Archive for March 7th, 2009

Kyle Busch came back from mechanical problems to score his second straight win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Commercial Lines 200 Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Sprint Cup practice times: Atlanta

Practice 3 (Saturday): FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 179.522 30.882 Leader 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 178.793 31.008 -0.126 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 178.700 31.024 -0.142 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 178.660 31.031 -0.149 5 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin [...]

The Goodyear tire on which teams will race in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 hasn’t done much to help drivers navigate the slick, worn-out Atlanta Motor Speedway – but don’t put all of the blame on Goodyear, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. Told that many drivers were complaining that the tire package was worse than the one [...]

IT’S A NEW TIRE. HOW DOES IT FEEL? “I think there are parts of it that are better. I think the track is getting to the point where it’s fallen off worse than what the tires are. We don’t have a ton of grip but I don’t know that there’s any solution for that really [...]

Tony Stewart was extremely outspoken last March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his criticism of the tire Goodyear brought to the race. Three tire tests (and one race) later, all reports are that this weekend’s tire will wear much better and should provide more grip. But not everyone is convinced. “They did these tire tests [...]