Rain canceled Friday’s cup practices. Truck race set off first practice time.

Ron Hornaday makes his 300th career start.

James Buescher and Ty Dillon on the front row of the truck race.

Buescher to the lead on green flag.

Caution lap 4 as Jennifer Jo Cobb blew and engine.

Green flag restart lap 9 [...]]]> It’s championship weekend… what would the races bring?

Rain canceled Friday’s cup practices. Truck race set off first practice time.

Ron Hornaday makes his 300th career start.

James Buescher and Ty Dillon on the front row of the truck race.

Buescher to the lead on green flag.

Caution lap 4 as Jennifer Jo Cobb blew and engine.

Green flag restart lap 9 Harvick to the lead.

Lap 13 shows 3 trucks out of race.

Lap 21 caution, Harvick first off pit road and to the lead on restart lap 24.

3 wide for the lead on lap 26 Buescher to lead around Harvick and Hamlin.

Caution lap 30 Gresham spun Qurroga who slid but didn’t hit anything.

Green flag restart lap 35, Sauter to the lead while Harvick and Buescher get into each other.

Lap 38 Sadler and Sauter battle for lead,Sauter remains in the lead.

Lap 40 Sadler get the lead.

Green flag stops start lap 70.

Lap 73 Harvick gets hit by Buescher getting on to pit road.

Sauter back to the lead after stops cycle threw.

Caution with 38 to go Chastin spun as truck got loose, Sauter first off pit road.

Caution with 17 laps to go for rain, Sauter in lead .

NASCAR red flags and calls race with 15 to go.

Sauter wins. Austin Dillon wins Championship.

Austin Dillon is the youngest Champ in NASCAR Truck history.

Childress says it feels like when Earnhardt won his first Championship.

This is the 2nd NASCAR Truck Championship for RCR Racing.

Joey Coulter is the 2011 NASCACR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year.

This is the 11th Driver title for RCR.

Keselowski starts on the pole for the Nationwide race.

NASCAR has scheduled a competition caution for lap 35.

One of the best anthems this season.

Sadler to the lead on the start of the race.

Lap 3 Morgan Shepherd blew an engine, Skinner into the wall and McClure has damage too.

5 cars off the track already.

Restart lap 7 with Sadler back to the lead.

Lap 9 Keselowski to the lead.

Caution lap 15 Steven Wallace kissed the wall

Restart lap 17 Bowyer to the lead.

Lap 19 Keselowski to lead, 4 cars officially out of race.

Lap 30 Stenhouse JR clinched championship.

Competition Caution lap 35, Keselowski off pit road first.

Lap 61 Edwards to the lead.

Lap 86 green flag stops start.

Caution lap 94 Ranger spin then hits inside wall.

Lap 97 restart Edwards to the lead, 18 cars on lead lap.

Lap 100 Bayne to the lead

Lap 131 caution Barnett into the wall

Restart lap 137 Edwards to the lead.

Lap 146 caution Steven Wallace spin in turn 1. Bowyer and Annett stayed out, Keselowski 1st off pit road.

Restart lap 151 Bowyer to the lead

46 to go spotter Calinoff tells Stenhouse new leader the 6.

Lap 174 Caution Bayne in the wall again with a right rear tire cut.

Stremme off pit road first with a 2 tire stop.

Lap 179 back to green, Keselowski to the lead.

Caution lap 182 Sorenson has a flat and spins

14 to go restart Keselowski to the lead.

Caution lap 188 Kenny Wallace into the inside wall.

Back to green with 7 laps to go Edwards and Keselowski battle for the lead.

Keselowski wins the race. Stenhouse Jr the Champion. The #60 wins owners title.

Timmy Hill wins Rookie of the year.

Both truck and Nationwide Champs this year where ROTY last year.

Cool burnout with Stenhouse Jr and Edwards.

Keselowski’s win gives Penske racing its 350th all time victory.

There were no poles for Jimmie Johnson this year.

Carl Edwards on Pole Truex Jr on the outside.

Lap 3 Kurt Busch had a transmission go but no caution.

Caution lap 14 rain in turn, Stewart’s grill fixed under caution, hole from damage.

Edwards first off pit road and the lead on restart.

Caution lap 33 Blaney spin in turn 4.

More work on Stewart’s car. Rear tire changer slipped on Edwards stop

Montoya did not pit, Keselowski to the lead on restart

Bayne kisses the wall right in front of Stewart.

Edwards back t the lead.

Ambrose down a cylinder.

Green flags stops start lap 76, after they cycle through Edwards remains in the lead.

Lap 86 caution as Ragan blew and engine.

Restart lap 87 Edwards to the lead.

Kenseth kisses the wall no caution

Lap 105 Johnson pits unexpectedly

Lap 107 Caution rain in turn 3 and 4

Red flag lap 110, Harvick, Gordon, Edwards, Stewart off pit road

Restart lap 116 Gordon to the lead.

Montoya bounced off the wall lap 120.

Lap 123 Smoke to the lead.

Caution lap 133 Bayne in the wall.

Harvick first off pit road with 2 tires.

Green flag restart lap 138 Harvick to the lead.

Caution lap 140 48 spun

Green flag restart lap 146 Truex JR to the lead.

WOW what a restart SMOKE

Lap 152 Stewart (baby cakes) to the lead.

Lap 154 Caution big wreck, Cassel Bayne and Whitt on the back straight away.

Stewart had socket stuck in gun on right rear 2 tire stop.

Kenseth first off pit road and the lead lap 161

93 to goo Edwards to the lead.

Lap 185 Edwards clinched “most laps lead”

77 laps to go green flag stops begin with Burton pitting.

67 laps to go Stewart to the lead.

Caution lap 212 Rain

Edwards pits

49 to go Kyle Busch to the lead

38 to go restart Stewart to the lead.

Tony Stewart the Champion on the tiebreaker.

6 years for HMS engines and Chassis win as Champions

There 26 lead changes with 15 different leaders a record at Homestead.

Stewart passed 118 cars

“If this doesn’t go down as one of the greatest championship battles in history, I don’t know what will” ~Stewart

Only 97 days till the Daytona 500

It was labeled the wild card.

Almirola on the pole for the Nationwide race.

Duke didn’t get to start the race as there was no spotter on the roof.

Wreck on lap 1, Danica and Scott get into each other turn 3.

Restart lap 9 Almirola to the lead.

Lap 20 [...]]]> What would this race bring with the repave and changes?

It was labeled the wild card.

Almirola on the pole for the Nationwide race.

Duke didn’t get to start the race as there was no spotter on the roof.

Wreck on lap 1, Danica and Scott get into each other turn 3.

Restart lap 9 Almirola to the lead.

Lap 20 Almirola leads Bowyer,Allgaier, Edwards and Hornish Jr

Lap 35 Caution Sorenson blew a tire then car caught on fire.

Off pit road first Stenhouse Jr

Lap 43 restart Almirola to the lead.

Lap 67 Stenhouse Jr to the lead.

Lap 84 caution Kennington blew a tire.

Restart lap 90 Stenhouse Jr to the lead.

Stenhouse JR leading at the half way point.

Lap 130 caution Cope hard wreck with Bliss.

Race off pit road Stenhouse Jr first.

Restart lap 138 Hornish Jr takes the lead from Stenhouse Jr

Caution lap 143 Steven Wallace and Buescher.

Back to green lap 150 Hornish Jr to the lead.

Caution lap 160 Shepherd and Richardson.

Lap 165 Hornish Jr to the lead on restart.

Lap 175 caution Sadler, Amirola, Leffler and Shepherd.

Restart with 19 to go Hornish Jr to lead.

Hornish Jr wins his first NASCAR race. 1-2 finish for Penske.

Stenhouse JR now has a 41 point lead over Sadler.

JGR #18 has a 1 point lead on the RFR #60.

Kenseth on the pole with Dinger on the outside.

Caution lap 3 Ragan and Smith spin turn 3.

Restart lap 6 Kenseth back to lead.

Lap 7 Caution Bodine spin turn 4

Restart lap 12 Kenseth to the lead.

Lap 37 Stewart to lead, 3 wide for lead on the outside.

Caution lap 40 Competition caution

Kenseth 1st off pit road.

Restart lap 46 Stewart to the lead.

Caution lap 94 Bodine and Kahne spin on the backstretch

Kenseth first off pit road

Restart lap 98 Stewart to the lead.

Caution lap 159 Bodine in the wall blew tire turn 1.

Lap 167 Edwards to the lead.

Lap 169 caution Whitt spin on the backstretch.

Lap 172 restart Edwards to the lead.

Lap 178 caution Vickers Kenseth, Martinsville pay back on the back stretch.

Restart lap 181 Stewart to the lead.

Kyle Busch blew another motor for the weekend.

93 to go Caution Robby Gordon blew a tire

Kurt Busch off pit road first with a 2 tire stop.

39 laps to go and green flag stops start with Harvick.

Edwards to the lead with 33 to go

21 to go Stewart to the lead.

19 to Keselowski to the lead.

13 to go Kahne to the lead.

Kahne wins followed by Edwards and Stewart.

Edwards leads Stewart by 3 points.

Was a sell out crowd at Phoenix.

1st time in Chase history Johnson isn’t in contention for championship.

Kahne is the 18th different winner of 2011.

Darby’s comment on Vickers/Kenseth”had we felt it was more than a racing incident we would have reacted.”

Last race f the season next week at Homestead.

Buescher and Austin Dillon are on the front row to start the race. Buescher to the lead on the start. Ty Dillon and Crum get a pass through penalty for changing lanes before the start finish line on the start of the [...]]]> Well, they say everything in Texas is bigger. Maybe that holds true for tempers, too.

Buescher and Austin Dillon are on the front row to start the race. Buescher to the lead on the start.
Ty Dillon and Crum get a pass through penalty for changing lanes before the start finish line on the start of the race.
Lap 14 and the fun really began; Hornaday trying to get around a lapped truck gets loose. In trying to save it he pinch Kyle Busch up on the high side and bumps him. Caution comes out and then under this caution Busch speeds up and turns Hornaday into the wall really wrecking both trucks. Luckily Hornaday wasn’t injured. NASCAR parked Busch for his actions.
Lap 20 Caution for fluid on the track.
Lap 26 back to green Austin Dillon the leader.
Lap 27 Harvick takes the lead.
Lap 32 caution Johanna Long spins in turn 4.
Back to green lap 36.
Lap 40 Buescher the leader followed by Lofton,Peters,Harvick,Smith, White and Crafton.
Lap 52 Buescher still leading.
Lap 55 caution Feese and Kligerman get into each other in turn 2.
Lap 63 Back to green flag and Sauter to the lead.
Lap 65 running order Sauter, Whitt, Coulter, Buescher, Harvick.
Lap 76 Buescher to the lead.
Lap 92Harvick takes the lead.
Lap 97 Caution Crum and Smith accident in turn 2.
Lap 99 Buescher beats Harvick off pit road.
Lap 103 Buescher to the lead on the restart.
Lap 108 Harvick ,Buescher, Sauter, Whitt, and Austin Dillon
Lap 120 Harvick, Buescher, A Dillon, Sauter, Whitt, T Dillon, Coulter, Peters, Piquet JR, Bodine.
15 to go Harvick,Buescher, A Dillon,Whitt, T Dillon
13 to go Buescher and A Dillon continue to battle for second.
Lap 141 caution for fluid on track as Starr blows up.
Sauter and Buescher out of fuel under caution.
Lap 146 green flag Harvick and A Dillon battle for the lead.
Harvick wins,A Dillon,T Dillon,Piquet JR,Crafton, Sauter.
ECR engines 1-7 in finishing order. KHI #2 wins owners championship.
Points Dillon, Sauter -20,Buescher -28, Hornaday -48,Peters -58, Bodine -79,Crafton -95, Coulter -97

NASCAR parked Kyle Busch for the rest of the weekend. Hamlin will drive Nationwide and McDowell the cup car. Wise will drive the car McDowell qualified.
Sadler on the pole.
520 Starts for Kenny Wallace.
Sadler to the lead on the start.
Lap 2 Sadler,Bowyer, Stenhouse JR, Edwards, Logano
Lap 3 Caution Dick spin in turn 4.
Restart lap 8 Sadler leads.
Lap 16 Bowyer to the lead.
Lap 21 after starting at rear of field Hamlin up to p15.
Lap 22 Edwards to the lead, Bowyer followed by Bayne.
Lap 37 Hamlin moves into the top 10 running p10.
Lap 45 green flag stops have started.
Lap 50 Edwards, Bowyer, Keselowski
Lap 64 Edwards, Hornish Jr, Bowyer, and Keselowski
Lap 68 Danica lapped, both JRM cars are a lap down, 16 cars on lead lap
Lap 91 caution for debris in turn 4.
Lap 95 green flag restart has Edwards to the lead.
Half Way lap 100 Edwards, Bowyer, Hamlin,Keselowski, Sadler, Hornish Jr,
Logano,Leffler
Lap 115 Caution Ragan Blew up in turn 2, fluid on track.
Lap 116 Hamlin beats Keselowski and Sadler off pit road.
83 to go Edwards, Sadler, Bowyer, Hamlin
Lap 119 Back to green and Edwards to the lead.
Lap 120 Bowyer takes the lead.
Lap 126 Edwards and Sadler get around Bowyer
Lap 180 Caution debris on the back stretch, Danica is the lucky dog,
Restart 16 laps to go, Edwards, Bowyer, Hamlin, and Sadler
Lap 189 Caution Leffler accident in turn 4.Restart 7 laps to go. Edwards, Hamlin, Bowyer, Bayne, Sadler, Keselowski
Lap 194 Edwards and Bayne battle for the lead
Lap 196 Bayne leads Hamlin around Edwards for p2
Lap 199 Hamlin trying to pass Bayne for the win.
Bayne wins his first NNS race. Ford wins Manufactures championship.
Stenhouse Jr has a 17 point edge on Sadler.
Biffle Starts on the pole and lead on the start of the race.
Lap 25 Kenseth to the lead
Green Flag stops star lap 42 Ragan first in
Cycle through with Kenseth back to the lead.
Newman had a loose wheel and now down 2 laps.
Green Flag stops lap 87 Kurt Busch first in
Kenseth back to lead as they cycle through
Lap 112caution debris turn 2, 25 of 38 cars on lead lap.
Stewart and Kenseth battle for the lead on the restart.
Half way Stewart (1.140) lead over Kenseth, Ragan, Johnson
Lap 197 Green flag stops Earnhardt Jr first on pit road
Caution lap 201 Bodine into Montoya
Stewart off pit road first.
Kahne leader as he didn’t pit.
21 cars took the wave around.
Stewart back to the lead on t he restart
Caution 95 to go Johnson spins. Add to that a pit road penalty will restart last car on lead lap.
Stewart first off pit road and lead on restart
Caution 73 laps to go Logano blows an engine
Edwards first off pit road 2 tire change
Restart 69 to go Edwards leads
Caution 64 to go Debris turn 3
Hamlin and Keselowski have pit issues.
60 laps to go green flag Stewart to the lead
38 to go Gordon pits
30 to go Burton to the lead not pitted during green flag cycle
15 to go Newman to lead
5 to go Burton out of gas, Stewart to the lead
Stewart wins. Edwards leads points by 3 over Stewart.
Stewart’s consecutive victories at Martinsville and Texas mark the ninth time in his career where he’s notched back to back victories.
Win also marks the 3rd time in Stewart’s 13 year career that he’s won consecutive races twice in the same year.(2000 & 2005).

Check out the video of the Hornaday/Kyle Busch accident and interviews after the Truck Race. Kyle was parked for the entire weekend… meaning no Nationwide or Sprint [...]]]>

Check out the video of the Hornaday/Kyle Busch accident and interviews after the Truck Race. Kyle was parked for the entire weekend… meaning no Nationwide or Sprint Cup racing.

Rain has played with teams this weekend.

Matt Crafton qualified on the pole for the truck race.

Side by side racing at the start of the truck race with Crafton and Hornaday battling, with Crafton finally [...]]]> Writer and Stock Car Gazette editor Heather Meyer takes a look in the rear view mirror at the past weekend’s racing in Martinsville.

Rain has played with teams this weekend.

Matt Crafton qualified on the pole for the truck race.

Side by side racing at the start of the truck race with Crafton and Hornaday battling, with Crafton finally getting out front.

Sauter to the lead lap 13.

Lap 35 Sauter, Harvivk, Hamlin, Hornaday, Bodine, Crafton, Coulter, Loftin, Dillon, Peters

Lap 37 caution Carmichael said no brakes before hitting the wall.

Sauter stayed out and leads on the restart.

Lap 48 Hornaday takes the lead.

Lap 49 caution Whitt spun in turn 2.

Lap 57 back to green Sauter and Hornaday battle for the lead with it going to Hornaday.

Lap 78 Hamlin takes the lead.

Lap86 Caution Matt Loftin, Gaughan,Sauter get together in turn 4.

Leaders stayed out.

Laps 92 restart Hamlin to the lead.

Half way point in the race and Hamlin leading.

Lap 103 caution Max Gresham spins.

Hamlin to the lead on the restart lap 110.

Lap 112 Gresham spins again but no caution.

Lap 114 caution for debris.

Lap 119 back to green and Hamlin in the lead.

Lap 121 Hornaday and Crafton get into it, Crafton did a perfect 360 but no caution lost 7 spots in turn 4.

Caution on lap 130 Bodine and Papis get together.

Wow Speed now doing split screens for commercials.

Papis,” This is most ridiculous thing in the worlds…I’m pissed.”

Laps 138 restart Sadler to the lead.

Lap 139 Harvick to the lead.

Lap 141 Dillon to the lead.

Caution lap 146 Papis spins again in turn 3.

Restart lap 150 Dillon to the lead.

Lap 172 Caution for Ryan Sieg spin. Only 23 trucks on the lead lap.

Lap 178 Hornaday to the lead on restart.

Lap 180 caution turn 4 Long and Tanner get into each other.

Lap 186 back to green Dillon to lead, then Hamlin to lead.

Hamlin wins followed by Hornaday,Dillon,Sauter,Coulter, Harvick, Gale,Peters,Gaughan,Buescher,Bodine,Crafton,Piquet,Agnew,White Paludo and Lofton.

Dillon leads Buescher by 11 points,Hornaday and Sauter by 15.

Line up for cup race set by owner’s points, which means Edwards and Kenseth on the front row.

Kenseth to the lead on the start.

Edwards to the lead on lap 5.

Caution lap 7 Earnhardt Jr hopped the curb and got into Kurt Busch which caused a track jam. Gordon, Hamlin, Ragan, Bowyer, Smith and Skinner all involved.

Edwards to lead on restart.

Caution lap 30 Blaney,McMurray Vickers and Smith.

Stewart stayed out to lead a lap., the top 8 did not pit.

Stewart to the lead on lap 36 restart.

Lap 40 Kyle Busch to lead.

Caution lap 46 Vickers.

Kurt Busch upset no one else pitted.

Montoya pit penalty for speeding.

Kyle Busch to the lead on restart.

Lap 55 Allmendinger to the lead.

Lap 63 Hamlin to the lead

Lap 65 Caution Ruitemann spin.

Newman leading on the restart lap 72.

Caution lap 85 McMurray dumped by Vickers.

McMurray,”I don’t have any power here.” That would be because your batteries are behind you on the track.

Newman leader on restart lap 97.

Labonte and Kahne get together but no caution.

Caution lap 105 Ambrose dumped by Montoya.

Earnhardt Jr on radio “not enough sheet metal on this thing for the whole race.”

Restart lap 111 Allmenger to the lead.

Lap 119 Kyle Busch to the lead.

Lap 135 31 cars on the lead lap, 8 start and parks.

Caution lap 149 Logano spun by Earnhardt Jr.

2 tire stop for Newman getting him off pit road first.

Kyle Busch to the lead on the restart.

Lap 195 Caution Labonte slide with help from Sadler. Kyle Busch off pit road first.

Restart lap 204 Kyle Busch to the lead.

Lap 236 Jeff Gordon to the lead.

Gordon leading at half way point.

Lap 255 Edwards lapped

Lap 259 caution Mark Martin. Edwards the lucky dog

Gordon first off pit road, Bowyer pit road speed penalty.

Lap 236 restart Gordon to the lead.

181 laps to go Hamlin to the lead.

140 laps to go caution Gilliland spun in turn 1, Hamlin 1st off pit road and restart.

129 laps to go Gordon back to the lead.

102 laps to go caution Burton in wall turn 1 thanks to Kurt Busch. Harvick off pit road first with left side tires only.

8 wave arounds,Harvick to lead on restart.

93 laps to go caution Smith into Martin into Sadler who spun.

Edwards back to lead lap with lucky dog. 23 cars on the lead lap

89 laps to go and Stewart to lead on restart.

87 laps to go Caution Biffle spun around.

85 laps to go Stewart pits from second for tires.

81 laps to go restart Harvick to the lead

73 laps to go Kurt Busch and Menard spin.

68 laps to go restart Harvick to the lead.

63 Laps to go and Johnson to the lead.

43 to go caution Kenseth punts Vickers.

Johnson stayed out Earnhardt Jr 1st off pit road.

40 to go Restart Johnson to lead.

Caution Kyle Busch,Kenseth and Montoya.

Kyle Busch lost a tire completely trying to stay on the lead lap.

Restart with 27 to go Johnson to lead.

25 laps to go Newman spun by Kurt Busch

Restart 22 to go Johnson to lead.

Caution with 8 laps to go Vickers spun by Kenseth

Restart with 3 laps to go Stewart to the lead.

Stewart wins, Johnson, Gordon, Harvick and Hamlin.

Edwards 8 points over Stewart,Harvick, Keselowski,Kenseth,Johnson,Kyle Busch, Earnhardt Jr,Gordon, Hamlin and Newman.

Smoke trash talking in victory lane, “He (Edwards) better be worried, that’s all I’ve got to say. He isn’t going to have an easy 3 weeks.”

All 3 series are in Texas this week.