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THE RACE: 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 presented by Banamex - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Busch Series Race #3 of 35 for the 2006 season

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Race: Sunday, March 5, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico

Length: 80 Laps, 201.44 miles

TV: Fox - 2:00pm/et

Announcers: Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip

Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Jeanne Zelasko

Practice Dates/Times

Telcel-Motorola 200 practice: Friday, March 3, 2:15pm - 3:20pm/et; and 4:45 - 6:00p.m/et. Rookie only practice 3:50 - 4:20pm

Qualifying Info

Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 5, 1:15pm/et

Qualifying Time: Saturday, March 4, 1:35pm/et

Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions (road race qualifying), cars will be impounded. TV coverage live on Speed.

Qualifying Procedure:
Cars will be assigned a qualifying group based on the final practice times.
Each qualifying group will be approximately 6 minutes in length. The car with the best lap time during the group session will be the lap time of record.
Time begins when the first car receives the green flag at the start/finish line.
Time will only stop in the event of a red flag during a group. Time will then begin again when the first car retakes the green flag.
A car must qualify in its assigned group unless designated by the Series Director.
Once a car enters pit road or service area, it may not re-enter the qualifying group.
A five-minute clock may be applied to a car that does not enter the qualifying group at the designated time.
There will be nine qualifying sessions. The first group will include 6 cars and the remaining will include 5 cars.
(NASCAR PR)(3-3-06)

NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). BGNRacing.com has free qualifying coverage.

ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION

Hamlin Takes Mexico City Win: #20 Denny Hamlin led 40 of the 80 laps on the way to the road course win in Mexico. It was his first Busch Series win. He was followed by #9-Boris Said, #21-Kevin Harvick, #18-J.J. Yeley, and #11-Paul Menard. There were a record 9 cautions [only 2 races] for 22 laps.(3-5-2006)

NASCAR Busch Series Race Number 3
Unofficial Race Results for the telcel MOTOROLA 200 presented by BANAMEX - Sunday, March 5, 2006
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City, Mexico - 2.518 Mile Road Course
Total Race Length - 80 Laps - 201.440 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Sunday, March 5, 2006 @ 06:12 PM Eastern

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Pts	Bns	Award	Status	Ti. Led	Lps Led
1	2	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevrolet	80	190	10	$132,400	Running	2	40
2	1	9	Boris Said	Ingersoll-Rand Dodge	80	175	5	$80,525	Running	2	27
3	11	21	Kevin Harvick	U. S. Coast Guard Chevrolet	80	165		$61,125	Running
4	8	18	J.J. Yeley	The Home Depot/Vigoro Chevrolet	80	160		$61,705	Running
5	10	11	Paul Menard	Menards/Hot Shot Chevrolet	80	160	5	$56,180	Running	1	1
6	3	00	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation Chevrolet	80	150		$61,680	Running
7	9	5	Kyle Busch	Lowe’s/Hitachi Chevrolet	80	151	5	$45,385	Running	1	5
8	15	60	Carl Edwards	Ameriquest Mortgage Ford	80	142		$44,345	Running
9	6	90	Marc Goossens	citifinancial Ford	80	143	5	$46,000	Running	1	2
10	7	64	Jamie McMurray	Bell Helicopter Dodge	80	134		$43,450	Running
11	22	14	Carlos Contreras	Goulds Pumps Dodge	80	135	5	$45,725	Running	1	3
12	4	57	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe’s Chevrolet	80	127		$42,025	Running
13	30	25	Ashton Lewis Jr.	Marines Ford	80	124		$47,780	Running
14	5	66	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank/Xtreme gel Ford	80	121		$43,600	Running
15	28	88	Mark McFarland #	NAVY Chevrolet	80	118		$42,775	Running
16	13	2	Clint Bowyer	ACDelco Chevrolet	80	115		$48,155	Running
17	40	32	Jason Leffler	Lucas/FOE.com Chevrolet	80	112		$47,280	Running
18	19	77	Burney Lamar #	Dollar General Chevrolet	80	109		$48,600	Running
19	20	22	Kenny Wallace	AutoZone Ford	80	106		$46,680	Running
20	24	56	Chris Cook	l'Alsace Dodge	80	103		$41,750	Running
21	31	38	A.J. Foyt IV #	Great Clips Dodge	80	100		$50,000	Running
22	21	1	Jason Keller	Miccosukee Resorts Dodge	80	97		$51,955	Running
23	16	10	John Andretti #	Freedom Roads Camping World Ford	80	94		$41,050	Running
24	39	01	Jay Sauter	Western Union Chevrolet	80	91		$40,650	Running
25	18	35	Regan Smith	McDonald’s Ford	80	88		$46,405	Running
26	26	50	Danny O'Quinn Jr. #	World Finanacial Group Ford	80	85		$40,550	Running
27	17	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	80	82		$45,025	Running
28	38	43	Aaron Fike	RFMS Dodge	80	79		$42,975	Running
29	37	67	Rogelio Lopez	Telmex Dodge	80	76		$40,400	Running
30	41	36	Tim Sauter	Lester Buildings Chevrolet	80	73		$42,800	Running
31	36	58	Patrick Goeters	Burger King Chevrolet	79	70		$42,285	Running
32	34	06	Todd Kluever #	3M Ford	74	67		$40,250	Transmission
33	12	33	Ron Fellows	TBA Chevrolet	73	64		$40,215	Radiator
34	42	12	Joel Kauffman #	Take Me on Vacation Dodge	67	61		$42,180	Running
35	27	27	David Green	Kleenex/Cottonelle Ford	64	58		$50,175	Running
36	25	41	Reed Sorenson	Discount Tire Co. Dodge	60	55		$44,640	Engine
37	23	4	Paul Tracy	GIECO/BryMak Dodge	58	52		$47,580	Engine
38	14	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Roshfrans/Canals Ford	52	54	5	$40,020	Accident	1	2
39	32	68	Jimmy Morales	telcel Dodge	34	46		$39,970	Transmission
40	29	99	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's Sales & Lease Dodge	33	43		$39,885	Accident
41	43	0	Randy LaJoie	RACEGIRL International Chevrolet	25	40		$42,325	Engine
42	35	34	Carlos Pardo	telcel Chevrolet	25	37		$41,730	Radiator
43	33	59	Stacy Compton	Kingsford/Bush's Baked Beans Ford	3	34		$44,133	Engine

Race Comments

Before an estimated crowd of 72,428 - Denny Hamlin won the telcel MOTOROLA 200 presented by Banamex, posting his first NASCAR Busch Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #47 Wood (transmission change); #41 Sorenson (engine change); #68 Morales (unapproved impound adjustment; #59 Compton (backup car); #58 P. Goeters (unapproved impound adjustment;#67 Lopez (unapproved impound adjustment; #36 T. Sauter (unapproved impound adjustment;.

Failed to Qualify

(3) Eduardo Goeters, #49; Stan Silva Jr., #65; Chris Wimmer #, #23.

Time of Race	2 hours, 58 minutes, 59 seconds	Average Speed	67.528 mph	Margin of Victory	1.820 Seconds

Caution Flags

9 for 22 laps: Laps 6-7 (Oil on track); 20-21 (#50 spun turn 4); 26-27 (Debris); 36-38 (#99 accident turn 5); 50-52 (#12 spun turn 3); 54-56 (#5,15 accident turn 8; #10 spun turn 8); 63-65 (Oil); 73-74 (#77 spun turn 3); 77-78 (#35 accident turn 7).

Lead Changes

8 among 7 drivers: B. Said 1-26; D. Hamlin 27-38; K. Busch 39-43; M. Goossens 44-45; B. Said 46; P. Menard 47; C. Contreras 48-50; M. Jourdain Jr. 51-52; D. Hamlin 53-80.

Top 10 Driver Points

(1) K. Harvick 467; (2) J. Yeley 453; (3) D. Hamlin 445; (4) J. McMurray 409; (5) C. Bowyer 400; (6) B. Lamar 379; (7) J. Leffler 359; (8) C. Edwards 358; (9) J. Wood 351; (10) J. Keller 350.

Busch Pole Award	Boris Said (102.665 mph)
Raybestos Rookie of the Race	Mark McFarland #
Sunoco Diamond Performance Award	Denny Hamlin
Checkers/Rally's Double-Drive Thru Challenge Award	Denny Hamlin
WIX Filters Lap Leader Award	Denny Hamlin, #20 (40 Laps)
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award	A.J. Foyt IV, #38 (17 Places)
Bank of America Card Service Mid-Race Leader Award	Denny Hamlin
Goody's Headache Powder Extra Strenght Award	Denny Hamlin
Mobil 1 Oil Command Performance Driver of the Race	Denny Hamlin

(NASCAR Media)(3-5-2006)

Boris Said on Pole for Telcel-Motorola 200: #9-Boris Said captuerd the pole for Sunday's Busch race in Mexico City. #20-Denny Hamlin will start second, #57-Adrian Fernandez third, #66-Jorge Goeters fourth, and #90-Marc Goossens fifth. The qualifying session was slowed by 3 red flags for separate accidents by Tim Sauter, Mark McFarland, and Stacy Compton. Compton will go to a backup car. See the complete starting lineup on the Mexico City race page.(3-4-2006)

NASCAR Busch Series
telcel MOTOROLA 200 presented by BANAMEX
Starting Line-Up by Row
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City, Mexico

Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Saturday, March 4, 2006 @ 3:44 PM Eastern

	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
Row 1	1	9	Boris Said	Ingersoll-Rand Dodge	88.295	102.665
Row 1	2	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevrolet	88.429	102.509
Row 2	3	00	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation Chevrolet	88.448	102.487
Row 2	4	57	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe’s Chevrolet	88.449	102.486
Row 3	5	66	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank/Xtreme gel Ford	88.497	102.431
Row 3	6	90	Marc Goossens	citifinancial Ford	88.560	102.358
Row 4	7	64	Jamie McMurray	Bell Helicopter Dodge	88.731	102.160
Row 4	8	18	J.J. Yeley	The Home Depot/Vigoro Chevrolet	88.797	102.085
Row 5	9	5	Kyle Busch	Lowe’s/Hitachi Chevrolet	89.012	101.838
Row 5	10	11	Paul Menard	Menards/Hot Shot Chevrolet	89.081	101.759
Row 6	11	21	Kevin Harvick	U. S. Coast Guard Chevrolet	89.154	101.676
Row 6	12	33	Ron Fellows	TBA Chevrolet	89.215	101.606
Row 7	13	2	Clint Bowyer	ACDelco Chevrolet	89.355	101.447
Row 7	14	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Roshfrans/Canals Ford	89.414	101.380
Row 8	15	60	Carl Edwards	Ameriquest Mortgage Ford	89.447	101.343
Row 8	16	10	John Andretti #	Freedom Roads Camping World Ford	89.476	101.310
Row 9	17	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	89.491	101.293
Row 9	18	35	Regan Smith	McDonald’s Ford	89.538	101.240
Row 10	19	77	Burney Lamar #	Dollar General Chevrolet	89.699	101.058
Row 10	20	22	Kenny Wallace	AutoZone Ford	89.756	100.994
Row 11	21	1	Jason Keller	Miccosukee Resorts Dodge	89.766	100.983
Row 11	22	14	Carlos Contreras	Goulds Pumps Dodge	89.823	100.918
Row 12	23	4	Paul Tracy	GIECO/BryMak Dodge	89.869	100.867
Row 12	24	56	Chris Cook	l'Alsace Dodge	89.898	100.834
Row 13	25	41	Reed Sorenson	Discount Tire Co. Dodge	89.978	100.745
Row 13	26	50	Danny O'Quinn Jr. #	World Finanacial Group Ford	90.034	100.682
Row 14	27	27	David Green	Kleenex/Cottonelle Ford	90.055	100.658
Row 14	28	88	Mark McFarland #	NAVY Chevrolet	90.166	100.535
Row 15	29	99	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's Sales & Lease Dodge	90.193	100.504
Row 15	30	25	Ashton Lewis Jr.	Marines Ford	90.209	100.487
Row 16	31	38	A.J. Foyt IV #	Great Clips Dodge	90.216	100.479
Row 16	32	01	Jay Sauter	Western Union Chevrolet	90.222	100.472
Row 17	33	68	Jimmy Morales	telcel Dodge	90.279	100.409
Row 17	34	59	Stacy Compton	Kingsford/Bush's Baked Beans Ford	90.327	100.355
Row 18	35	06	Todd Kluever #	3M Ford	90.640	100.009
Row 18	36	34	Carlos Pardo	telcel Chevrolet	90.665	99.981
Row 19	37	58	Patrick Goeters	Burger King Chevrolet	90.928	99.692
Row 19	38	67	Rogelio Lopez	Telmex Dodge	90.956	99.661
Row 20	39	43	Aaron Fike	RFMS Dodge	91.347	99.235
Row 20	40	32	Jason Leffler	FOE.com Chevrolet	Owner Points
Row 21	41	36	Tim Sauter	Lester Buildings Chevrolet	Owner Points
Row 21	42	12	Joel Kauffman #	Take Me on Vacation/Bluegrass Dodge	Owner Points
Row 22	43	0	Randy LaJoie	RACEGIRL International Chevrolet	Past Champion

Did Not Qualify:
#49-Eduardo Goeters, 98.820mph
#65-Stan Silva, Jr., 98.774
#23-Chris Wimmer, 98.175

(NASCAR Media)(3-4-2006)

Sorenson Changes Engine: Reed Sorenson blew an engine during final Busch Series practice Friday and will have to start the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the rear of the field Sunday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.(NASCAR Scene)(3-4-2006)

Qualifying Order: The Mexico Busch Series Qualifying order is posted at NASCAR.COM.(3-3-2006)

Wood Leads Happy Hour in Mexico: #47-Jon Wood paced Mexico's Happy Hour session. #90-Marc Goossens was second, followed #00-Johnny Sauter, #18-J.J. Yeley, and #21-Kevin Harvick. There was 1 caution when Reed Sorenson lost on engine.(3-3-2006)

NASCAR Busch Series
telcel MOTOROLA 200 presented by BANAMEX
Final Practice (Happy Hour)
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City, Mexico

Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Friday, March 3, 2006 @ 6:02 PM Eastern

Pos	Car #	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap#	#Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	88.091	102.903	10	11
2 *	90	Marc Goossens	citifinancial Ford	88.265	102.700	11	11	-0.174	-0.174
3	00	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation Chevrolet	88.337	102.616	11	11	-0.246	-0.072
4	18	J.J. Yeley	The Home Depot/Vigoro Chevrolet	88.629	102.278	3	15	-0.538	-0.292
5	21	Kevin Harvick	U. S. Coast Guard Chevrolet	88.714	102.180	11	11	-0.623	-0.085
6	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevrolet	88.733	102.158	1	17	-0.642	-0.019
7 *	33	Ron Fellows	TBA Chevrolet	88.817	102.062	13	13	-0.726	-0.084
8	66	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank/gel Xtreme Ford	88.825	102.052	9	10	-0.734	-0.008
9	2	Clint Bowyer	ACDelco Chevrolet	88.880	101.989	12	12	-0.789	-0.055
10	64	Jamie McMurray	Bell Helicopter Dodge	88.975	101.880	9	15	-0.884	-0.095
11 *	57	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe’s Chevrolet	89.136	101.696	1	11	-1.045	-0.161
12	14	Carlos Contreras	Goulds Pumps Dodge	89.152	101.678	11	12	-1.061	-0.016
13	9	Boris Said	Ingersoll-Rand Dodge	89.231	101.588	9	13	-1.140	-0.079
14	35	Regan Smith	McDonald’s Ford	89.275	101.538	9	10	-1.184	-0.044
15	1	Jason Keller	Miccosukee Resorts Dodge	89.363	101.438	16	20	-1.272	-0.088
16	11	Paul Menard	Menards/Hot Shot Chevrolet	89.406	101.389	12	14	-1.315	-0.043
17	59	Stacy Compton	Kingsford/Bush's Baked Beans Ford	89.541	101.236	12	13	-1.450	-0.135
18	27	David Green	Kleenex/Cottonelle Ford	89.601	101.169	1	14	-1.510	-0.060
19 *	10	John Andretti #	Freedom Roads Camping World Ford	89.655	101.108	4	9	-1.564	-0.054
20 *	56	Chris Cook	l'Alsace Dodge	89.658	101.104	8	13	-1.567	-0.003
21	60	Carl Edwards	Ameriquest Mortgage Ford	89.682	101.077	16	16	-1.591	-0.024
22	38	A.J. Foyt IV #	Great Clips Dodge	89.715	101.040	7	8	-1.624	-0.033
23	22	Kenny Wallace	AutoZone Ford	89.738	101.014	12	12	-1.647	-0.023
24 *	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Roshfrans/Canals Ford	89.835	100.905	6	10	-1.744	-0.097
25	5	Kyle Busch	Lowe’s/Hitachi Chevrolet	89.840	100.899	3	7	-1.749	-0.005
26	4	Paul Tracy	GIECO/BryMak Dodge	89.881	100.853	7	9	-1.790	-0.041
27	77	Burney Lamar #	Dollar General Chevrolet	90.103	100.605	13	21	-2.012	-0.222
28 *	68	Jimmy Morales	telcel Dodge	90.132	100.572	9	11	-2.041	-0.029
29 *	88	Mark McFarland #	NAVY Chevrolet	90.169	100.531	10	16	-2.078	-0.037
30	25	Ashton Lewis Jr.	Marines Ford	90.208	100.488	9	11	-2.117	-0.039
31	99	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's Sales & Lease Dodge	90.398	100.277	11	11	-2.307	-0.190
32 *	50	Danny O'Quinn Jr. #	World Finanacial Group Ford	90.532	100.128	16	18	-2.441	-0.134
33	41	Reed Sorenson	Discount Tire Co. Dodge	90.693	99.950	1	1	-2.602	-0.161
34	32	Jason Leffler	FOE.com Chevrolet	90.778	99.857	13	14	-2.687	-0.085
35 *	65	Stan Silva Jr.	A&S Metals/Stan Silva Trucking Chevrolet	91.042	99.567	4	8	-2.951	-0.264
36 *	49	Eduardo Goeters	TBA Ford	91.189	99.407	4	4	-3.098	-0.147
37 *	23	Chris Wimmer #	Hotel Preston Chevrolet	91.299	99.287	5	10	-3.208	-0.110
38 *	06	Todd Kluever #	3M Ford	91.437	99.137	10	11	-3.346	-0.138
39	34	Carlos Pardo	telcel Chevrolet	91.594	98.967	3	4	-3.503	-0.157
40 *	0	Randy LaJoie	RACEGIRL International Chevrolet	92.036	98.492	9	11	-3.945	-0.442
41 *	01	Jay Sauter	Western Union Chevrolet	92.240	98.274	6	10	-4.149	-0.204
42	58	Patrick Goeters	TBA Chevrolet	92.243	98.271	2	12	-4.152	-0.003
43	12	Joel Kauffman #	Take Me on Vacation/Bluegrass Dodge	92.430	98.072	10	10	-4.339	-0.187
44 *	67	Rogello Lopez	Telmex Dodge	93.077	97.390	1	3	-4.986	-0.647
45	43	Aaron Fike	RFMS Dodge	93.276	97.183	4	11	-5.185	-0.199
46	36	Tim Sauter	Lester Buildings Chevrolet	93.317	97.140	1	1	-5.226	-0.041

* - Required to qualify on time

(NASCAR PR)(3-3-2006)

Yeley Leads First Practice in Mexico: #18-J.J. Yeley was fastest in the first practice session in Mexico. He was followed by #20-Denny Hamlin, #57-Adrian Fernandez, #64-Jamie McMurray, and #21-Kevin Harvick. There was 1 caution for oil on the track and a red flag for an accident by #12-Joel Kauffman. The session was extended by 20 minutes.(3-3-2006)

NASCAR Busch Series
telcel MOTOROLA Mexico 200
Practice #1
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City, Mexico

Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Friday, March 3, 2006 @ 3:40 PM Eastern

Pos	Car #	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap#	#Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	18	J.J. Yeley	The Home Depot/Vigoro Chevrolet	89.524	101.256	6	8
2	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevrolet	89.737	101.015	1	15	-0.213	-0.213
3 *	57	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe’s Chevrolet	89.999	100.721	11	11	-0.475	-0.262
4	64	Jamie McMurray	Bell Helicopter Dodge	90.061	100.652	9	10	-0.537	-0.062
5	21	Kevin Harvick	U. S. Coast Guard Chevrolet	90.073	100.638	7	7	-0.549	-0.012
6	00	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation Chevrolet	90.218	100.477	5	11	-0.694	-0.145
7	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	90.286	100.401	8	10	-0.762	-0.068
8	11	Paul Menard	Menards/Hot Shot Chevrolet	90.288	100.399	7	8	-0.764	-0.002
9	2	Clint Bowyer	ACDelco Chevrolet	90.314	100.370	10	10	-0.790	-0.026
10	9	Boris Said	Ingersoll-Rand Dodge	90.437	100.233	4	12	-0.913	-0.123
11 *	90	Marc Goossens	citifinancial Ford	90.466	100.201	18	18	-0.942	-0.029
12	1	Jason Keller	Miccosukee Resorts Dodge	90.471	100.196	9	10	-0.947	-0.005
13	4	Paul Tracy	GIECO/BryMak Dodge	90.566	100.091	6	15	-1.042	-0.095
14 *	33	Ron Fellows	TBA Chevrolet	90.658	99.989	10	11	-1.134	-0.092
15 *	10	John Andretti #	Freedom Roads Camping World Ford	90.762	99.874	8	15	-1.238	-0.104
16	59	Stacy Compton	Kingsford/Bush's Baked Beans Ford	90.895	99.728	8	9	-1.371	-0.133
17	41	Reed Sorenson	Discount Tire Co. Dodge	90.976	99.639	3	8	-1.452	-0.081
18	66	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank/gel Xtreme Ford	91.031	99.579	8	9	-1.507	-0.055
19	22	Kenny Wallace	AutoZone Ford	91.094	99.510	6	10	-1.570	-0.063
20	27	David Green	Kleenex/Cottonelle Ford	91.143	99.457	4	14	-1.619	-0.049
21	60	Carl Edwards	Ameriquest Mortgage Ford	91.400	99.177	2	7	-1.876	-0.257
22	99	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's Sales & Lease Dodge	91.560	99.004	7	7	-2.036	-0.160
23	35	Regan Smith	McDonald’s Ford	91.659	98.897	5	9	-2.135	-0.099
24	5	Kyle Busch	Lowe’s/Hitachi Chevrolet	91.669	98.886	5	7	-2.145	-0.010
25	32	Jason Leffler	FOE.com Chevrolet	91.715	98.837	15	16	-2.191	-0.046
26 *	88	Mark McFarland #	NAVY Chevrolet	91.848	98.693	9	9	-2.324	-0.133
27 *	56	Chris Cook	l'Alsace Dodge	91.967	98.566	4	4	-2.443	-0.119
28	25	Ashton Lewis Jr.	Marines Ford	92.081	98.444	3	3	-2.557	-0.114
29	38	A.J. Foyt IV #	Great Clips Dodge	92.240	98.274	8	8	-2.716	-0.159
30 *	68	Jimmy Morales	telcel Dodge	92.368	98.138	5	7	-2.844	-0.128
31	14	Carlos Contreras	Goulds Pumps Dodge	92.681	97.806	1	4	-3.157	-0.313
32 *	06	Todd Kluever #	3M Ford	92.986	97.486	11	11	-3.462	-0.305
33 *	50	Danny O'Quinn Jr. #	World Finanacial Group Ford	93.362	97.093	11	15	-3.838	-0.376
34	34	Carlos Pardo	telcel Chevrolet	93.535	96.913	2	2	-4.011	-0.173
35	12	Joel Kauffman #	Take Me on Vacation/Bluegrass Dodge	93.760	96.681	8	10	-4.236	-0.225
36 *	49	Eduardo Goeters	TBA Ford	93.775	96.665	7	9	-4.251	-0.015
37 *	67	Rogello Lopez	Telmex Dodge	93.902	96.535	2	2	-4.378	-0.127
38 *	65	Stan Silva Jr.	A&S Metals/Stan Silva Trucking Chevrolet	93.969	96.466	2	3	-4.445	-0.067
39 *	0	Randy LaJoie	RACEGIRL International Chevrolet	94.005	96.429	3	5	-4.481	-0.036
40	36	Tim Sauter	Lester Buildings Chevrolet	94.091	96.341	3	7	-4.567	-0.086
41	43	Aaron Fike	RFMS Dodge	94.365	96.061	3	4	-4.841	-0.274
42	77	Burney Lamar #	Dollar General Chevrolet	94.446	95.979	9	13	-4.922	-0.081
43 *	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Roshfrans/Canals Ford	95.277	95.142	1	3	-5.753	-0.831
44 *	01	Jay Sauter	Western Union Chevrolet	95.350	95.069	2	3	-5.826	-0.073
45 *	23	Chris Wimmer #	Hotel Preston Chevrolet	95.975	94.450	4	4	-6.451	-0.625
46	58	Patrick Goeters	TBA Chevrolet	No Time

* - Required to qualify on time

* - Required to qualify on time

(NASCAR PR)(3-3-2006)

NASCAR to Use Road Qualiyfing Rules in Mexico: NASCAR will experiment with a new qualifying format for road courses when the Busch Series cars go out in groups Saturday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The exact number of groups, the number of cars per group and the time allotted for each group is still to be determined, Busch Series Director Joe Balash said today. Each car will have its best lap used as its qualifying time. There could be four or more cars for each group, and the length of the session likely will be somewhere from five to 10 minutes, Balash said. The cars will be spread out at the start of their qualifying session. (NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)(3-2-2006)

There are 47 entires for the Telcel-Motorola 200. See BGNRacing.com or NASCAR.COM for the complete list.(3-1-2006)

NASCAR Busch Series News & Notes

“Double duty” drivers join other NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series regulars on entry list … The seven drivers who are attempting to run the full season in both the NASCAR Busch Series and in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup – Clint Bowyer (#2 ACDelco Chevrolet), Kyle Busch (#5 Lowe’s Chevrolet), Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin (#20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet), Kevin Harvick (#29 U.S. Coast Guard Chevrolet), Reed Sorenson (#41 Discount Tire Co. Dodge) and J.J. Yeley (#18 Vigoro/Home Depot Chevrolet) will be joined by premier series regulars Jamie McMurray (#64 Bell Helicopter Dodge) and Michael Walltrip (#99 Aaron’s Sales & Lease Chevrolet) on the entry list for Sunday’s race. All but Waltrip competed in the event last year. Harvick (second), Edwards (third) and Bowyer (seventh) finished in the top 10 one year ago.

Mexican drivers offer formidable challenge … In addition to Adrian Fernandez, Jorge Goeters and Carlos Contreras, each of whom was a factor is last year’s race, the other Mexican drivers entered in the event present solid competition for their counterparts from the United States. Michel Jourdain Jr. (#15 Roshfrans Ford) participated in 20 NASCAR Busch Series events last year including the Mexico City race; his experience in a stock car plus his familiarity with the track from his time in Champ Car make him a favorite as well. Carlos Pardo (#34 Telcel/VecTech.MobiTech Chevrolet) won the inaugural Desafio Corona Series title in 2004, Mexico’s stock car touring series. Pardo, who has run extensively on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez course, also started two former NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch North Series (now Busch East Series) events in 2005. Other drivers from Mexico who have entered the event are Rogello Lopez (#67 Telmex Chevrolet) and Jimmy Morales (#68 Telmex Dodge).

Aces up their sleeve? … Road course specialists will also pose a threat for a win on Sunday. Paul Tracy, who won at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2003 in Champ Car competition, will drive the #34 Geico Dodge for Biagi Bros. Racing in place of regular driver Mark Green. Ron Fellows (#33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet) returns hoping to better his 41st-place finish one year ago due to an accident. Fellows has three NASCAR Busch Series road-course wins, all at Watkins Glen International. Marc Goossens (#90 CitiFinancial Ford), the road-course ace from Belgium, will make his NASCAR Busch Series debut Sunday. This will be Goossens’ first race in a stock car; his only other experience came back in January when he tested at Sebring International Raceway for Robert Yates Racing. Additionally, Chris Cook (#56 I’Alsace Chevrolet) returns for a second consecutive year. Cook finished 26th in last year’s event. He owns his own driving and testing company, and has instructed drivers such as reigning NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Tony Stewart.

Other duties for Fellows, Said … In addition to the race, Ron Fellows and Boris Said (#9 Ingersoll-Rand Dodge) will serve in two roles this weekend. Not only will Fellows attempt to qualify the #33 car himself, but he will be a teammate to Raybestos Rookie Burney Lamar (#77 Dollar General Chevrolet). In addition, Fellows will also act as a teacher to Lamar, who has limited road-course experience. “[Ron] Hornaday will be making the trip to Mexico just to coach me and (Ron) Fellows is one of the best in the world at road-course racing,” said Lamar. Said, meanwhile, has won pole awards in each of NASCAR’s three national series. His first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series pole came at Infineon Raceway in 2003. In 1998, he captured the pole at Heartland Park (Topeka, Kan.) in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and at Watkins Glen in the NASCAR Busch Series. In addition to his driving responsibilities in Mexico City, Said also serves as a technical consultant on the development of road course cars and as a driver coach to the Evernham Motorsports stable of drivers.

This Week’s NASCAR Busch Series Leaders … Through 2 races of the 35-race season:
· Points leader – Kevin Harvick (302)
· Money won – Burney Lamar ($127,920)
· Laps led – Greg Biffle (67)
· Miles led – Greg Biffle (141.50)
· Victories – Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart (1)
· Busch Poles – Carl Edwards, J.J. Yeley (1)
· Top-five finishes – Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Burney Lamar, Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Jon Wood (1)
· Top-10 finishes – Kevin Harvick, J.J. Yeley (2)
· Races led – Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton (2)
· Weeks in Top 10 – Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Todd Kluever, Burney Lamar, Reed Sorenson, Jon Wood, J.J. Yeley (2)
ON DECK: LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

A fourth different track in four races awaits the drivers of the NASCAR Busch Series next week when they compete at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of Preseason Thunder testing just four weeks ago. The facility is also the fourth in four events where the teams will have woken up in a different time zone – Daytona (Eastern Time), California (Pacific Time), Mexico City (Central Time) and back once again to Pacific Time in Vegas. Mark Martin captured this race one year ago, his second of back-to-back West Coast wins after having won at California the week before in 2005. Carl Edwards won the Busch Pole last year, his first in the NASCAR Busch Series. Jeff Burton and Martin are the only drivers to have won more than once in a series race at Las Vegas (two wins each), while Martin leads all drivers with two poles at the track.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK

Six drivers made their NASCAR Busch Series debuts at this race last year; all were from Mexico. … Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is the 45th track the NASCAR Busch Series has raced on. … Jorge Goeters set the qualifying standard last year with his Busch Pole at 103.366 mph. … Race winner Martin Truex Jr. set the track record at 67.591 one year ago. … Truex also set the mark for laps led, with 45 out of the 80 laps around the eight-turn track.
ETC.

Ford has the early lead in the Bill France Performance Cup standings thanks to Greg Biffle’s win at California last Saturday. Although tied with Chevrolet with one win on the young season, Ford leads with 15 points, Chevrolet is second with 13 points and Dodge is third with no wins and 10 points. … NASCAR Busch Series owner Armando Fitz has joined forces with NASCAR’s first Hispanic driver, Carlos Contreras, to establish a new NASCAR Mexico team – FitzContreras Racing. The team will run all 14 races on the 2006 Desafio Corona schedule beginning with the first scheduled race in Guadalajara, Mexico on March 26. … The Sauter brothers will play the role of the “Three Amigos” this weekend. Johnny Sauter will be joined in Mexico City by brothers Jay (#01 Western Union Chevrolet) and Tim (#36 Lester Buildings Chevrolet) who both make their first attempts at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Johnny and Tim will run the full NASCAR Busch Series schedule this season while Jay will run in selected events. … Marc Goossens can speak four different languages – Italian, Japanese, Dutch and French. … Mark McFarland (#88 U.S. NAVY Chevrolet) received a score of four out of five in January at the Bob Bondurant School for High Performance Driving in preparation for the Mexico City event. The race will be his first on a road course in a stock car. On Monday, McFarland and his JR Motorsports team owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., were guests of the famous Blue Angels, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Crew, and flew for an hour at speeds reaching Mach 1.2 or over 890 mph. … Despite racing at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time in his career, Burney Lamar isn’t new to road-course racing, having run five times at Infineon Raceway during his NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series career. … Although he’s spent the majority of his time working his way up the stock car racing ladder on oval tracks in recent years, Paul Menard (#11 Menard’s Chevrolet) got his start in road-course racing and posted a victory in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series event at the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake in 2001. … The 2006 season marks the 25th anniversary of series sponsor Anheuser-Busch. In the series’ inaugural year in 1982, races were contested in seven states; the farthest west was Indiana. Today, races are run in 21 states, including California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and Kansas, and internationally in Mexico City. Last year’s event was the first points race for the NASCAR Busch Series held outside the United States.
QUOTEBOOK

“I really enjoyed our first trip to Mexico last year and I have been looking forward to going back. Last year I didn’t know what to expect, so I just kept an open mind and I was extremely impressed. (We) posted a strong eighth-place finish, and this time we are looking to improve on that result. We had a tough finish last weekend in California when something broke on the car, so a strong run this weekend in Mexico would be good medicine.” – Kenny Wallace

“I’ve always been interested in NASCAR. Unfortunately, I have had to admire it from a distance. I went to California Speedway this past weekend to attend my first NASCAR Busch race. It was unbelievable how many fans were there.” – Marc Goossens

"I won at a road course race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Topeka in 1998. I love turning right and left.” – Stacy Compton (#59 Kingsford/Bush’s Baked Beans Ford)

"I talked to Jorge Goeters at California and he said to come talk to him if I needed help when I got there. I told him I'd be happy to return the favor at an oval track in the United States if he gets the chance to run another NASCAR Busch Series race this year." – Todd Kluever

“Hopefully, being Adrian’s teammate, I’ll have a built-in fan base. I could do a lot worse than to be associated with the biggest sports star in the country.” – Kyle Busch
FROM THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES 25th ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVES

The NASCAR Busch Series has had 15 road course events in its 25-year history. The courses involved have been Watkins Glen International, Road Atlanta and Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Watkins Glen leads all courses with 12 series events. Road Atlanta staged the series’ first road course event in 1986 with Darrell Waltrip taking the checkers. Terry Labonte leads all series drivers in road course wins with four including three in a row from 1994 to ‘96. Each of his wins came at Watkins Glen. Canadian Ron Fellows follows Labonte with three victories. Labonte also leads all series drivers in road course Busch Poles with three.
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES 25th ANNIVERSARY QUOTEABLES

“I loved the NASCAR Busch Series. It was a heck of a lot of fun. Those years in it were the best years of my career, really. You knew it was serious hard racing because so many of those [NASCAR NEXTEL] Cup guys raced with us on a regular basis. When you won races or won a championship there, you did something. You made your mark in motorsports. It was fun and difficult.” – Chuck Bown, 1990 NASCAR Busch Series champion.
Fast Facts What: Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex (Race #3 of 35 in the NASCAR Busch Series).
Where: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico.
When: 2:05 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 5.
Track Layout: 2.518-mile road course (eight turns).
Race Length: 201.44 miles/80 laps.
Posted Awards: $2,452,988
TV: FOX, 2:00 p.m., ET.
Radio: MRN, XM Satellite.
2005 Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
2005 Polesitter: Jorge Goeters.
2006 NASCAR Busch Series Top 10: 1. Kevin Harvick 302. 2. J.J. Yeley 293. 3. Clint Bowyer 285. 4. Jamie McMurray 275. 5. Todd Kluever 273. 6. Burney Lamar 270. 7. Jon Wood 269. 8. Reed Sorenson 268. 9. Greg Biffle 265. 10. Denny Hamlin 255.
Pre-race schedule (all times local): Fri., March 3 – Practice, 1:15 – 2:20 p.m.; “Rookie Practice,” 2:15 – 3:20 p.m.; Final Practice, 3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Sat., March 4 – Qualifying, 12:35 p.m. (Impound).

Additional Mexico City Busch Race Info at:
mexico200.com (Official Track Site)
ESPN.com NASCAR page
BGNRacing.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com

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