I get a text message when each Cup race ends, with a list of the top ten finishers. I was surely surprised by yesterday’s list. What an unusual group of 10 there… I figured it was either a big wreck or rain… yep, I was right. Check out all the results and latest NASCAR news right here in today’s Stock Car Gazette…
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Kurt Busch wins rain-shortened Cup race in New Hampshire
Former series champion Kurt Busch stayed on track when the leaders pitted late in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire and the strategy paid off with a win when the race was cut 17 laps short by rain. It is the first victory for the Penske Racing driver since last September at California Speedway [...]
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Sorenson mulls goals, longer contract with Ganassi team
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Montoya Penalized Two Laps
Juan Pablo Montoya was hit with a two-lap penalty Sunday after he intentionally ran into NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Kyle Busch during a late caution period at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Montoya spun out Busch, but the move backfired when Busch’s car came back across the track and hit Montoya’s. The former open-wheel star, in his second full season in NASCAR, was called to the NASCAR hauler after the race for a talking to, although officials said there would be no further penalties. The penalty dropped Montoya to 32nd place, while Busch finished 25th.
The Lenox Tools 400 Winner: Kurt Busch
Even Kurt Busch couldn’t believe his good fortune, he had just taken the lead in the Lenox Tools 400 when his fellow competitors started peeling off to get gas. Busch had pitted for fuel with 84 laps to go and he was still going to be a few laps short, unless there was a caution. Busch, Casey Mears, Michael Waltrip, Greg Biffle and a few others pitted on lap 217. All those drivers were stretching the fuel and hearing that rain was on the way. They took the gamble and chose not to pit on the final two cautions and with 20 laps to go, the race was red-flagged for light rain. Kurt Busch lucked into a victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when the rain got harder and NASCAR called the race with Busch leading. It was the first win for Busch this year, the 18th victory of his 273 race career.
Michael Waltrip finished in the second spot, a badly needed good points day. J.J. Yeley was also in need of a good finish and he brought his Toyota home in third place. Martin Truex Jr. was fourth followed by Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, Casey Mears, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte to round out the top ten. One has to feel for Tony Stewart — he led the most laps (132) but finished a disappointing 13th because of the way the rain caution fell. The Sprint Cup Series moves to Dover International Speedway next Saturday night, June 5th, 2008, for the Coke Zero 400. The race is scheduled to start at 8:00 PM / Eastern Time on TNT. The race will also be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 128.
2008 Lenox Tools 301 Final Results
Race Date June 29, 2008
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Pos Start Car Driver Make Sponsor Points/Bonus/Laps/Status
1 26 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 190/5 284 Running
2 36 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 170/0 284 Running
3 30 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 165/0 284 Running
4 8 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 160/0 284 Running
5 11 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Hancock/Best Buy/Garmin 155/0 284 Running
6 6 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 150/0 284 Running
7 24 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST/Kellogg’s 151/5 284 Running
8 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 142/0 284 Running
9 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 138/0 284 Running
10 2 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 134/0 284 Running
11 19 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 130/0 284 Running
12 31 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet LENOX Industrial Tools 127/0 284 Running
13 28 20 Tony Stewart ** Toyota The Home Depot 134/10 284 Running
14 3 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 126/5 284 Running
15 16 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Alltel 118/0 284 Running
16 40 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 115/0 284 Running
17 17 99 Carl Edwards Ford DISH Network/DishDVRs 112/0 284 Running
18 9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 109/0 284 Running
19 29 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 106/0 284 Running
20 43 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row 108/5 284 Running
21 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 100/0 284 Running
22 18 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 97/0 284 Running
23 39 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army 94/0 284 Running
24 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard/AMP Energy 96/5 284 Running
25 27 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 88/0 284 Running
26 22 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Camping World/RVs.com 90/5 284 Running
27 25 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI/Principal Financial 82/0 283 Running
28 33 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 79/0 283 Running
29 42 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Sylvania/Menards 76/0 282 Running
30 14 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 73/0 282 Running
31 1 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Berlin City Auto Group 75/5 282 Running
32 32 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco/Havoline 67/0 282 Running
33 41 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 64/0 281 Running
34 4 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 61/0 281 Running
35 34 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Victory Junction Gang 58/0 281 Running
36 21 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Ford. Drive one. 55/0 281 Running
37 37 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Atlas Copco 52/0 280 Running
38 7 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge The Guitar Hero/Target 49/0 280 Running
39 20 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 46/0 280 Running
40 35 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance/Red Sox 43/0 272 Accident
41 13 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 40/0 270 Accident
42 38 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Champion Mortgage 37/0 209 Engine
43 10 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 34/0 202 Oil Line
** Led Most Laps
* Rookies
All Results Unofficial
2008 Top-40 Sprint Cup Points After Lenox Tools 301
Race Date June 29, 2008
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
POS +/- DRIVER POINTS/BEHIND/STARTS/POLES/WINS/TOP 5/TOP 10
1 — Kyle Busch 2496 17 2 5 10 11
2 — Jeff Burton 2432 -64 17 0 1 4 10
3 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2352 -144 17 1 1 7 11
4 — Carl Edwards 2262 -234 17 0 3 6 12
5 — Jimmie Johnson 2220 -276 17 1 1 4 8
6 — Jeff Gordon 2171 -325 17 2 0 7 8
7 +1 Denny Hamlin 2150 -346 17 1 1 5 9
8 -1 Greg Biffle 2119 -377 17 2 0 5 7
9 +2 Tony Stewart 2042 -454 17 0 0 5 8
10 -1 Kasey Kahne 2031 -465 17 2 2 3 8
11 -1 Clint Bowyer 2021 -475 17 0 1 4 8
12 +1 Kevin Harvick 2016 -480 17 0 0 2 5
Top 12 Drivers In The Running For The Chase For The Championship
13 -1 Matt Kenseth 2001 -495 17 0 0 3 10
14 +3 Martin Truex Jr. 1945 -551 17 0 0 2 5
15 +1 Ryan Newman 1905 -591 17 1 1 2 6
16 -1 Brian Vickers 1903 -593 17 0 0 3 4
17 -3 David Ragan 1888 -608 17 0 0 2 4
18 +4 Kurt Busch 1794 -702 17 0 1 2 3
19 -1 Travis Kvapil 1731 -765 17 0 0 0 3
20 -1 Juan Montoya 1705 -791 17 0 0 1 2
21 +2 Bobby Labonte 1705 -791 17 0 0 0 1
22 -1 David Gilliland 1692 -804 17 0 0 1 2
23 +1 Casey Mears 1657 -839 17 0 0 1 4
24 -4 Jamie McMurray 1656 -840 17 0 0 0 3
25 — Elliott Sadler 1621 -875 17 0 0 1 4
26 — Paul Menard 1519 -977 17 0 0 0 0
27 +1 David Reutimann 1496 -1000 17 0 0 0 1
28 -1 Mark Martin 1437 -1059 12 0 0 2 5
29 +1 Michael Waltrip 1421 -1075 17 0 0 1 1
30 -1 Dave Blaney 1363 -1133 16 0 0 0 2
31 +3 Reed Sorenson 1329 -1167 16 0 0 1 2
32 — Robby Gordon 1329 -1167 17 0 0 0 1
33 -2 Sam Hornish Jr.* 1294 -1202 17 0 0 0 0
34 -1 Regan Smith* 1269 -1227 16 0 0 0 0
35 — Scott Riggs 1211 -1285 16 0 0 0 0
36 — J.J. Yeley 1047 -1449 14 0 0 1 1
37 +1 Joe Nemechek 952 -1544 14 1 0 0 0
38 -1 Patrick Carpentier* 927 -1569 14 1 0 0 0
39 — Michael McDowell* 833 -1663 12 0 0 0 0
40 — A.J. Allmendinger 690 -1806 9 0 0 0 0
* Rookies
Sorenson May Stay With Ganassi
If statistics told the whole story, Reed Sorenson could well be headed to another team and team owner Chip Ganassi looking for another driver for his No. 41 Dodge next season. Instead, Sorenson is mulling a contract extension offer from Ganassi, one he believes will result in continuation of his NASCAR partnership with Ganassi well into the future. “I expect everything will be worked out in the next week or two,” said the 22-year-old native of Peachtree City, Ga.
Darby Offers Open Testing
John Darby, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup director, had a nice surprise for the series crew chiefs Saturday, offering them the opportunity to guide the sanctioning organization in setting next year’s testing policy. “NASCAR’s the policy-maker, but one thing that’s really reliant on the teams’ input is what we test, how many times we test and where we test,” Darby said after a brief meeting with the crew chiefs in the garage area at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Dale Jr. Says “Leave Me Alone”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. got a little testy Friday when asked again about future plans to move his Nationwide Series team up to Sprint Cup. “I shouldn’t have said anything about that, man,” Earnhardt said. “I should have kept it to myself, because I don’t want to talk about it in the press. That’s personal to me, what I do with my business, and I’m damn sure ain’t going to air my timeline out over the media. “If we feel like we want to do that, we’ll do it. We’ll let you know and that will be that. I don’t want to answer questions about it every week. My [Nationwide] team is doing great. I’d be foolish to make too many changes right now.”
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KURT Busch wins at New Hampshire: #2-Kurt Busch won the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 for his 1st win of 2008 and the 18th of his career and Busch has now won at least a race a year for ther last 6 years. His last win came at Michigan in August 2007, 29 races ago. The race was called on lap 284 of 301 after a wreck, then the rains came. #55-Michael Waltrip finished 2nd, his best finish and first top five since a 5th at Pocono in June 2005. #96-J.J. Yeley was 3rd for his 2nd career top-five finish and best finish since a 2nd at Charlotte last October. #1-Truex Jr. and #19-Sadler rounded out the top five. #41-Sorenson finished 6th, followed by #5-Mears, #11-Hamlin, #48-Johnson and #43-Labonte. #99-Edwards was the best finishing Ford driver at 17th. #20-Stewart led the most laps with 132 but a late caution before the rain came, mixed up the field and he finished 13th. #88-Earnhardt Jr. wrecked and finished 24th. #18-Kyle Busch was never in contention during the race, was running around 17th when he and #42-Montoya tangled AFTER the caution, spinning both, with Busch finishing 25th and his points lead drops to 64 points over #31-Burton, who finished 12th. #42-Montoya finished 32nd and was penalized two laps for rough driving [he admitted on TV he spun Busch on purpose]. Pole sitter #10-Patrick Carpentier finished 31st. There were 7 cautions for 33 laps and their were 9 lead changes among 8 drivers.
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Daytona:
no changes in the top 35, but the #00 and #77 drop to 25 points ahead
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
30) #22-Blaney/Davis Racing: 1394 +125
31) #41-Sorenson/Ganassi Racing: 1378 +109
32) #01-Smith/DEI: 1345, +76
33) #7-Gordon/Gordon: 1329 +60
34) #77-Hornish/Penske Racing: 1294 +25
35) #00-McDowell/Waltrip Racing: 1294 20 points ahead of 36th
these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35:
36) #66-Riggs/Haas CNC Racing: 1269 25 points out of 35th
37) #96-Yeley/Hall of Fame Racing: 1137 -157
38) #84-Allmendinger/Red Bull Racing: 1133 -159
For the owner points standings, see my Drivers/Owners Points Standings page
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2008/points/17nhms2008points.htm#OWN
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Fast Facts
.. Kurt Busch won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301, his 18th victory in 273 Sprint Cup Series races.
.. This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2008.
.. This is his third victory and sixth top-10 finish in 15 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
.. Michael Waltrip (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 25 races at New Hampshire. It is his first top-10 finish in 2008.
.. J.J. Yeley (third) posted his first top-five and third top-10 finish in 14 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
.. Regan Smith (27th) was the highest finishing rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-29-2008)
Montoya and Kyle Busch tangle: While trying to wreck #18-Kyle Busch on Sunday, #42-Juan Pablo Montoya managed to wreck himself in the process near the end of the Lenox Industrial Tools 301. And he did it during a caution. After a caution flag flew with 21 laps to go, Montoya ran into the right-rear fender of Busch’s car. It caused Busch to spin and hit Montoya’s car as Montoya was driving by. “We always give each other lots of room,” Montoya said of Busch. “But he went wide like I wasn’t there. Then I got beside him and he started banging me like he was trying to wreck me. I looked at him like, ‘What are you doing?’ ” Montoya had no problem admitting he deliberately ran into Busch’s car. “Yeah. I did what he did to me,” Montoya said. “I don’t appreciate people who race me like that. There’s a fine line and he crossed it.” Apparently, NASCAR officials felt the same was about Montoya’s retaliation move. He was assessed a two-lap penalty for rough driving outside of race procedure. It dropped Montoya to 32nd in the finishing order. Busch finished 25th, but still leads the Cup standings by 64 points over #31-Jeff Burton. So what caused the altercation with Montoya? “I have no idea,” Busch said. “I got a run on him earlier. I didn’t turn down into him. He ran me up the race track. The caution came out and he thought he had to beat me. I touched his door and he spun me out. I don’t know what his beef is.”(ESPN.com)(6-30-2008)
Stewart hits 10,000 laps led: when #20-Tony Stewart led 132 laps at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, he surpassed 10,000 career laps led, the 13th driver in history to do so. Stewart now has led 10,123 laps. Richard Petty is the all-time lap leader. Jeff Gordon is the leading active driver and 8th overall. See the laps led list on my MISC stats page.(6-30-2008)
http://www.jayski.com/stats/statsmenu.htm#lapsled
Prelude to the Dream on SPEED: SPEED will offer multiple replays of Tony Stewart’s Prelude to the Dream, beginning July 5 at 1:00pm/et and previously only available through HBO Pay-Per-View. The race, run June 4 at famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, benefited Kyle Petty’s new Victory Junction Gang Camp outside Kansas City.(6-30-2008)
SPEED’s Wendy Venturini reported that sources say Mark Martin could announce his 2009 plans next week at Daytona.(SPEED)(6-29-2008)
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Rainfall halts what turned into a wild one on Sunday
Kurt Busch bypasses late stop, wins
LOUDON, N.H. – You win some, you lose some and sometimes it rains. That all added up to an improbable finish and a victory for Kurt Busch in Sunday’s Lenox 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/16098.html
Rewind | A lot of teams had the same opportunity as laps wound down – http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/16143.html
David Poole’s blog | Tony Stewart was absolutely a pro postrace – http://turn-lane.blogspot.com/
Manufacturer cutbacks? | The autoextremist.com report and NASCAR spokesman’s denial – http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/16026.html
Montoya calls it self-defense, but Kyle Busch asks ‘what his beef is’
LOUDON, N.H. – Kyle Busch predicted a dismal day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. What an understatement
http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/16110.html
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Stewart Wins at New Hampshire: #20-Tony Stewart won the Camping World 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his 5th win of the season and the 11th win of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series. Stewart is also the 22nd different winner at New Hampshire. The track has never seen a repeat winner in the Nationwide Series. #32-Denny Hamlin finished second, followed by #18-Kyle Busch, #33-Kevin Harvick, #60-Carl Edwards, #6-David Ragan, #99-David Reutimann, #1-Mike Bliss, #2-Clint Bowyer, and #88-Brad Keselowski. The race finished under caution after #16-Greg Biffle wrecked on the last lap. The race was slowed by 5 cautions for 22 laps and there were 5 leaders with 11 lead changes.
New Hamphshire Race Page – http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/18nhis.htm#results
Driver Standings: Clint Bowyer’s point led dips by 6 points to 182 following the New Hampshire race. David Reutimann moves to second, Carl Edwards moves to third, Brad Keselowski falls two spots to fourth, and David Ragan remains fifth.
New Hamphshire Race Page – http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/18nhis.htm#standings
New Hampshire Fast Facts:
.. Tony Stewart won the Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com, his seventh victory in 84 Nationwide Series races.
.. This is his fifth victory and sixth top-10 finish in seven races in 2008.
.. This is first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
.. Stewart became the 22nd different race winner in as many races at New Hampshire.
.. Denny Hamlin (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in nine races this season. It is his fourth top-10 in as many New Hampshire races.
.. Kyle Busch (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at New Hampshire.
.. Dario Franchitti (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
.. Clint Bowyer retained the lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings and now leads David Reutimann by 182 points.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-28-2008)
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Hornaday wins at Memphis: A smooth restart on a green-white-checkered by #33-Ron Hornaday ensured the win in the O’Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park. This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2008; his 36th career win in the series. Hornaday’s previous best finish here was first in 1998 the first race at Memphis Motorsports Park. Hornaday once again leads the driver point standings. Pole-sitter, #23-Johnny Benson had trouble on a restart when the gears got stuck causing the motor to over-rev and putting him out of the race. Benson finished 33rd and dropped to 4th place in the point standings. Rounding out the top ten were #99-Erik Darnell, #88-Matt Crafton, #14-Rick Crawford, #11-David Starr, #2-Jack Sprague, #5-Mike Skinner, #09-Bobby East, #51-Shane Sieg, #4-Stacy Compton. There were 3 lead changes among 3 drivers; 9 caution flags for 37 laps. Complete race results are posted on the Memphis Race Page.(Unofficial)(6-28-2008)
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/12memphis2008.htm#results
Hornaday retakes the points lead: #33-Ron Hornaday takes over the points lead once again following Memphis with 1742 points, 27 points ahead of second place #88-Matt Crafton. Rounding out the top ten are #30-Todd Bodine, #23-Johnn Benson, #14-Rick Crawford, #5-Mike Skinner, #99-Erik Darnell, #2-Jack Sprague, #60-Terry Cook, #8-Chad McCumbee. Complete driver point standings are posted on the Memphis Race Page.(Unofficial)(6-28-1008)
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/12memphis2008.htm#standings
Sad news: Arrangements added: The patriarch of a very familiar family in Southwest Florida has died. Bob Germain Sr. passed away Friday night in his sleep. A friend of the family says that Germain was not in bad health and this was a very sudden, unexpected loss. Memorial plans are tentative at this point, but a wake may be Monday night with the funeral on Tuesday morning. The Germain family is still finalizing the details. Between Germain Motor Company, Germain Racing, Germain Arena, Germain Amphitheatre and Germain Properties of Naples, the Germain family employs over 1200 people nationally and over 400 people in Florida.(WBBH-NBC2 News)(6-28-2008)
Arrangements: Visitation is scheduled for 6:00-8:00pm Monday at Naples Memorial Funeral Home, 525 111th Ave. N. in Naples, Florida. Funeral services start at 11:00am Tuesday at North Naples United Methodist Church, 6000 Goodlette Road in Naples.(news-press.com)(6-29-2008)
Skinner gets new crew chief UPDATE Lax on interim basis: Mike Skinner got a surprise when he reached the garage area at Memphis Motorsports Park on Friday — he had a new crew chief. Bill Davis Racing recently folded its ARCA series team when rookie Michael Annett graduated to the Truck Series. On Thursday, it was announced the Annett’s crew chief Joe Lax was taking over as crew chief for Skinner’s team. Skinner was 13th fastest in the first practice with a best lap of 114.538 mph. He improved to second on the board with a top speed of 115.656mph [no word on status of Jeff Hensley].(Memphis Commercial Appeal)(6-28-2008)
UPDATE: On SPEED/TV’s prerace report, Krista Voda reported that Jeff Hensley is still with BDR; Joe Lax will be Skinner’s crew chief on an interim basis. Mike Skinner added that Jeff Hensley is not at the track due to an illness in the family.(6-28-2008)
Kyle Busch to run both Kentucky & ORP: Busch will enter Craftsman Truck Series races when those are companion events or reachable – he says he simply couldn’t make the Memphis race this weekend. “Kentucky and St. Louis are two weeks that are together for the truck and Nationwide stuff. I never really had St. Louis plans to run in the Nationwide so we’re just going to go and run Kentucky for the truck race. “Companion events ultimately, those are the easiest and we’ve still got plenty of those that are planned,” Busch said. “Sometimes there’s a couple that are still back and forth traveling-wise. Like Indy, Indy will be a big one. We’re going to run the truck race, the Nationwide race and the Cup race that weekend at Indy so that will be a big weekend. You don’t have to go that far. You just have to go over to Claremont there to the short track.(SceneDaily.com)(6-28-2008)
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Hornaday Wins O’Reilly 200 at Memphis
06-28-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
Defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ron Hornaday Jr. scored a dominating victory in Saturday night’s O’Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park, race No. 12 of 25 on the season. Hornaday led all but 65 laps on the night, and in the process reclaimed the series points lead over Johnny Benson, who broke a motor midway through the race after running strong early on. Hornaday easily bested Erik Darnell, Matt Crafton and Rick Crawford to seal the deal in a green-white-checkered finish. Benson took the lead on the opening lap, his Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota Tundra holding off the Zaxby’s Ford F-150 of second-qualifier Bobby East. Defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. took over the second spot on Lap 2, quickly moving his Camping World Chevrolet Silverado around East.
http://www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_08/articles/000011/001183.htm
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Allgaier Cleans House at Cayuga; Wins Inaugural Cayuga ARCA RE/MAX 250
NELLES CORNERS ONT (6-29-08) – Justin Allgaier, in his father Mike Allgaier’s no. 16 Zoller & Bergfield Farming-AG Tech Chevrolet, recovered from a mid-race spin, raced his way back into the lead, survived two late-race restarts, and then drove away from Frank Kimmel and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. to win the inaugural Cayuga ARCA RE/MAX 250 Sunday afternoon at Cayuga Motor Speedway.
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Mikey Kile Takes Lucas Oil 200
By Paul Warner
Sunday, June 29, 2008 6:03:00 PM
Late-race bump, pass puts rookie in Salem Speedway Victory Lane
Salem, Ind.-How wild was the finish of the Lucas Oil 200 presented by Touchstone Energy at Salem Speedway? Well, consider this, Benny Gordon was running third and figured he was in the right place on a restart with four laps remaining.
“I really thought they were going to wreck each other and I was going to get a win,” said Gordon.
Gordon was referring to leader Allen Purkhiser and rookie Mikey Kile, who were both searching for their first Hooters Pro Cup wins and leaving nothing on the table.
Gordon’s premonition proved incorrect, but just barely.
Read more – http://usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2763
See the Race Results – http://usarprocup.com/Event/2008-06-28/2008-06-28-RaceResults.asp
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NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES presented by SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO-A&W 300 UNOFFICIAL Results
Saturday
At Barrie Speedway
Barrie, Ontario
Lap length: 0.333 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Scott Steckly, Milverton, Ont., Dodge, 300 laps, 55.457 mph, $7,891.
2. (1) Don Thomson, Jr., Ayr, Ont., Chevrolet, 300, $3,688.
3. (4) D.J. Kennington, St. Thomas, Ont., Dodge, 300, $4,543.
4. (10) Derek Lynch, Warkworth, Ont., Dodge, 300, $3,898.
5. (8) Brad Graham, Glencoe, Ont., Dodge, 300, $3,025.
6. (3) Andrew Ranger, Roxton Pond, Que., Ford, 300, $2,415.
7. (13) Alex Tagliani, Lachenaie, Que., Ford, 299, $3,195.
8. (7) Mark Dilley, Barrie, Ont., Dodge, 299, $2,336.
9. (19) Doug Brown, Brantford, Ont., Dodge, 299, $3,020.
10. (6) Kerry Micks, Mt. Albert, Ont., Ford, 297, $1,866.
11. (17) Kent Nuhn, Williamsford, Ont., Chevrolet, 296, $1,646.
12. (12) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Cambridge, Ont., Dodge, 291, $1,537.
13. (16) Jason Hathaway, Appin, Ont., Dodge, 278, $1,427.
14. (11) John Gaunt, Barrie, Ont., Dodge, 270, $1,317.
15. (14) Ron Beauchamp, Jr., Windsor, Ont., Dodge, 268, $1,229.
16. (21) Jason White, Sun Peaks, B.C., Chevrolet, 257, rear end, $1,208.
17. (15) Peter Gibbons, Stouffville, Ont., Chevrolet, 222, $1,142.
18. (20) Jim Lapcevich, Hamilton, Ont., Chevrolet, 75, accident, $1,098.
19. (18) Joey McColm, Ajax, Ont., Dodge, 65, ignition, $1,055.
20. (9) Anthony Simone, Holland Landing, Ont., Chevrolet, 63, accident, $1,010.
21. (5) Dave Whitlock, Petrolia, Ont., Dodge, 63, engine, $976.
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 1 hour 48 minutes 5 seconds
Margin of Victory: .963 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: D.Thomson Jr. (86.226 mph, 13.903 seconds)
Caution Flags: 10 for 74 laps.
Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: S.Steckly 1-41; D.Thomson,Jr. 42-60; S.Steckly 61; D.Thomson,Jr. 62-88; S.Steckly 89-107; D.Kennington 108; S.Steckly 109-119; M.Dilley 120-143; K.Micks 144; S.Steckly 145-172; B.Graham 173-174; A.Ranger 175-203; D.Thomson,Jr. 204-263; S.Steckly 264-300.
Standings: 1. S.Steckly, 540; 2. D.Thomson,Jr., 477; 3. D.Lynch, 445; 4. D.Kennington, 442; 5. J.Fitzpatrick, 430; 6. P.Gibbons, 420; 7. A.Ranger, 420; 8. K.Micks, 419; 9. B.Graham, 412; 10. A.Tagliani, 404.
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NASCAR History Courtesy of TNT
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TNT Not Getting A Lot To Work With From NASCAR
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Monday Night Match-Up: Waltrip/Biffle vs. Jarrett/Evernham
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/06/monday-night-match-up-waltripbiffle-vs.html
Drunk Monkeys And Technical Problems Headline “RaceDay” On SPEED
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/06/drunk-monkeys-and-technical-problems.html
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