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THE RACE: 2007 TELCEL-MOTOROLA 200 - AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ

Busch Series Race #3 of 35 for the 2007 season

Last Race - California
Next Race - Las Vegas

Race: 2:00pm/et, Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico

Length: 80 Laps, 201.44 miles

TV: ESPN2 - 1:30pm/et

Radio: MRN

Purse: $2,512,372

Announcers: Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree

Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro

Practice Dates/Times

Practice: Friday, March 2, 2:00-3:15pm/et and 4:45-6:00pm/et. Rookie Practice, 4:00-4:30pm/et

Qualifying Info

Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 2, 1:00pm/et

Qualifying Time: Saturday, March 3, 11:30am/et

Qualifying: Road Race Qualifying, cars will be impounded.

ESPN2 will offer live TV coverage of qualifying. NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). TheHotLap.com has free qualifying coverage.

ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION

Montoya Gets First NASCAR Win at Mexico: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya put on a dominating performance at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to capture his first NASCAR win in his 7th Busch Series start. He led 43 laps during the day. Montoya had to overcome a broken overflow hose to the fuel cell that caused him to have to make an unscheduled pit stop with less than 30 laps to go which put him back in 19th place at that point. #20-Denny Hamlin, who was last year's Mexico race winner, finished second. #9-Boris Said was third and #60-Carl Edwards fourth. #41-Scott Pruett, who led 20 laps before being spun out in contact with Montoya on lap 72, battled back to finish 5th. The race was slowed by 8 cautions, including 6 in the last 20 laps.(3-4-2007)

NASCAR Race Number 3
tecel MOTOROLA Mexico 200
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Sunday March 4, 2007

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Pts	Total Award	Status
1	3	42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline/telcel Dodge	82	195	$113,100	Running
2	5	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevy	82	175	$71,675	Running
3	7	9	Boris Said	Ragu/Wisk/Hellmann's Dodge	82	165	$70,500	Running
4	9	60	Carl Edwards	Scotts Ford	82	165	$61,750	Running
5	1	41	Scott Pruett	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	82	160	$63,825	Running
6	23	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	82	150	$62,770	Running
7	4	27	Jorge Goeters	STAR Motorsports Ford	82	151	$48,335	Running
8	12	59	Marcos Ambrose #	Kingsford/Bush's/Matchlight Ford	82	142	$47,295	Running
9	17	5	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe's Chevy	82	138	$52,450	Running
10	30	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	82	134	$57,200	Running
11	32	16	Todd Kluever	3M Ford	82	130	$53,800	Running
12	25	99	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	82	127	$52,227	Running
13	31	10	Dave Blaney	Fan1st.com Toyota	82	124	$45,550	Running
14	35	6	David Ragan #	Discount Tire Ford	82	121	$44,550	Running
15	26	36	Brent Sherman	BIG LOTS Chevy	82	118	$43,200	Running
16	34	14	Kyle Krisiloff #	Clabber Girl Ford	82	115	$44,300	Running
17	18	35	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	McDonald's Ford	82	112	$44,175	Running
18	22	66	Steve Wallace	Homelife Communities Dodge	82	109	$44,050	Running
19	28	7	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevy	82	106	$50,465	Running
20	16	37	Greg Biffle	Yard-Man Ford	82	108	$43,200	Running
21	27	88	Shane Huffman	U.S. NAVY Chevy	82	100	$43,775	Running
22	39	34	Brian Simo	Chevy	82	97	$41,725	Running
23	38	13	Todd Souza	Turn Left for the Cure Chevy	82	94	$42,050	Running
24	10	21	P.J. Jones	AutoZone Chevy	82	91	$49,125	Running
25	11	17	Michel Jourdain	Dish Network Ford	82	88	$49,225	Running
26	8	4	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	82	85	$48,050	Running
27	13	90	Stephen Leicht	citifinancial Ford	82	87	$50,000	Running
28	20	28	German Quiroga Jr.	telcel/Motorola Chevy	81	84	$43,425	Running
29	29	67	Rogelio Lopez	telmex Dodge	81	76	$41,675	Running
30	19	29	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn Chevy	81	73	$55,600	Running
31	37	77	Kertus Davis	Dollar General Chevy	81	70	$43,260	Running
32	6	33	Ron Fellows	Camping World Chevy	81	67	$48,725	Running
33	33	0	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	Home Hardware Chevy	81	64	$43,390	Running
34	43	98	Alex Garcia #	Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy	80	61	$41,155	Running
35	2	22	Carlos Contreras	Family Dollar Dodge	72	63	$41,125	Running
36	21	25	David Gilliland	freecreditreport.com Ford	67	55	$43,090	Accident
37	15	1	J.J. Yeley	Miccosukee Resorts Chevy	67	52	$41,055	Engine
38	14	18	Brad Coleman #	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	60	49	$42,995	Transmission
39	42	46	John Young	BodiPro Ford	32	46	$40,945	Brakes
40	36	30	Stanton Barrett	theracespace.com Chevy	29	43	$40,860	Handling
41	24	44	Ruben Pardo	Family Dollar Dodge	7	40	$40,775	Handling
42	40	68	Antonio Perez	telmex Dodge	2	37	$40,705	Transmission
43	41	23	Brad Keselowski #	Oklahoma Centennial Chevy	1	34	$40,580	Engine

Race Comments:	Before an estimated crowd of 72,971 - Juan Pablo Montoya won the telcel MOTOROLA Mexica 200 presented by Banamex, posting his first career NASCAR ictory. Before the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: # 6 Ragan, #17 Jourdain, #21 Jones, #67 Lopez, #77 Davis, #88 Huffman, #99 Edwards (engine change); #29 Wimmer (unapproved impound adjutment).
Failed to Qualify:	N/A
Time of Race:	02 Hrs, 45 Mins, 15 Secs.
Average Speed:	74.969 MPH
Margin of Victory:	0.750 Seconds
Caution Flags:	8 for 14 laps: Laps: 25-26(#98 spun turn 1); 54-55(#13, 27 accident turn 4); 62-63(#18 spun turn 4); 66-67(#1,59 accident turn 3); 70-71(#1,25 accident turn 4); 74-75(#41,42 accident esses); 78-78(88 spun turn); 80-80(Debris).
Lead Changes:	12 among 9 drivers: S. Pruett 1-3; J. Montoya # 4-9; C. Contreras 10; D. Hamlin 11; J. Goeters 12-14; C. Edwards 15; G. Quiroga Jr. 16-24; J. Montoya # 25-44; G. Biffle 45; S. Leicht 46; J. Montoya # 47-53; S. Pruett 54-72; J. Montoya # 73-82.
Busch Pole Award	Scott Pruett, #41
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge	Scott Pruett, #41
Featherlite "Most Improved Driver	Jason Leffler, #38 (32 Places)
Raybestos "Rookie of the Race	Juan Pablo Montoya, #42
Sunoco Diamond Performance	Juan Pablo Montoya, #42
WIX Filters "Lap Leader	Juan Pablo Montoya, #42 (43 Laps)
Next Race:	Mar. 10, 2007 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Edwards Takes Over Points Lead: For the first time in more than a year, the Busch Series has a points leader other than Kevin Harvick. With Harvick not racing at Mexico, Carl Edwards took over the series' points lead. Denny Hamlin is in second, 40 points behind Edwards. Dave Blaney is third, Greg Biffle fourth, and Kevin Harvick fifth.(3-4-2007)

Points Report
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
tecel MOTOROLA Mexico 200
UNOFFICAL - Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 2/24/2007 @ 8:16 PM Pacific - UNOFFICAL

Pos	Driver	BPts	Points	Ldr	Nxt	Starts	Pole	Wins	T5s	T10	Winnings
1	Carl Edwards	10	495			3	0	0	2	2	$190,750
2	Denny Hamlin	5	455	-40	40	3	0	0	1	3	$173,550
3	Dave Blaney	0	433	-62	22	3	0	0	1	2	$168,725
4	Greg Biffle	5	397	-98	36	3	0	0	1	2	$128,450
5	Kevin Harvick	10	345	-150	52	2	0	1	1	2	$148,800
6	Marcos Ambrose	0	345	-150	0	3	0	0	0	1	$127,550
7	Matt Kenseth	15	327	-168	18	2	0	1	1	1	$134,325
8	David Reutimann	0	324	-171	3	3	0	0	0	0	$139,287
9	Jon Wood	0	322	-173	2	3	0	0	0	1	$146,240
10	Brent Sherman	0	310	-185	12	3	0	0	0	0	$118,785
11	Regan Smith	0	308	-187	2	3	0	0	0	1	$139,600
12	Jason Leffler	0	301	-194	7	3	0	0	0	1	$155,815
13	Mike Wallace	0	301	-194	0	3	0	0	0	0	$137,550
14	Juan Pablo Montoya	10	284	-211	17	3	0	1	1	1	$194,136
15	Bobby Hamilton, Jr	0	279	-216	5	3	0	0	0	0	$113,090
16	Steve Wallace	0	279	-216	0	3	0	0	0	0	$115,585
17	Tony Stewart	0	272	-223	7	2	0	0	0	1	$75,950
18	David Ragan	0	264	-231	8	3	0	0	0	0	$115,222
19	Kyle Krisiloff	0	261	-234	3	3	0	0	0	0	$114,425
20	Shane Huffman	0	255	-240	6	3	0	0	0	0	$114,495
21	Stephen Leicht	5	254	-241	1	3	0	0	0	0	$133,825
22	Todd Kluever	0	251	-244	3	2	0	0	0	0	$109,570
23	Kyle Busch	15	232	-263	19	2	0	0	1	1	$91,925
24	Scott Wimmer	0	197	-298	35	2	0	0	0	0	$118,565
25	Joe Nemechek	0	185	-310	12	2	0	0	0	0	$68,825
26	Casey Mears	0	170	-325	15	1	0	0	1	1	$60,400
27	Boris Said	0	165	-330	5	1	0	0	1	1	$79,025
28	Clint Bowyer	5	165	-330	0	1	0	0	1	1	$62,550
29	Paul Menard	0	164	-331	1	2	0	0	0	0	$89,205
30	Scott Pruett	5	160	-335	4	1	1	0	1	1	$63,825
31	David Gilliland	0	158	-337	2	1	0	0	0	0	$90,390
32	Jamie Mcmurray	0	155	-340	3	2	0	0	0	0	$68,280
33	Mark Martin	0	155	-340	0	1	0	0	1	1	$58,000
34	Martin Truex, Jr	5	155	-340	0	1	0	0	0	1	$53,450
35	Dale Earnhardt, Jr	5	151	-344	4	1	0	0	0	1	$56,575
36	Jeff Burton	5	151	-344	0	1	0	0	0	1	$35,250
37	Jorge Goeters	5	151	-344	0	1	0	0	0	1	$54,860
38	J J Yeley	0	146	-349	5	1	0	0	0	0	$65,355
39	Kertus Davis	0	143	-352	3	1	0	0	0	0	$68,540
40	Adrian Fernandez	0	138	-357	5	1	0	0	0	1	$46,950
41	Robby Gordon	0	130	-365	8	1	0	0	0	0	$47,300
42	Sam Hornish	0	128	-367	2	2	0	0	0	0	$80,455
43	Ward Burton	0	128	-367	0	2	0	0	0	0	$69,690
44	David Stremme	0	127	-368	1	1	0	0	0	0	$25,525
45	Scott Riggs	0	115	-380	12	1	0	0	0	0	$30,420
46	Timothy Peters	0	112	-383	3	1	0	0	0	0	$33,110
47	Bobby Labonte	0	109	-386	3	1	0	0	0	0	$44,875
48	Aric Almirola	0	106	-389	3	1	1	0	0	0	$51,950
49	Jeff Green	0	106	-389	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,365
50	Reed Sorenson	0	104	-391	2	2	0	0	0	0	$64,845
51	Brad Keselowski	0	101	-394	3	1	0	0	0	0	$65,390
52	Eric Mcclure	0	101	-394	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,730
53	Brian Simo	0	97	-398	4	1	0	0	0	0	$41,725
54	Todd Souza	0	94	-401	3	1	0	0	0	0	$42,050
55	P.J. Jones	0	91	-404	3	1	0	0	0	0	$49,125
56	Michel Jourdain	0	88	-407	3	1	0	0	0	0	$47,225
57	Steve Grissom	0	88	-407	0	1	0	0	0	0	$45,800
58	Kenny Wallace	0	85	-410	3	1	0	0	0	0	$32,045
59	German Quiroga Jr.	5	84	-411	1	1	0	0	0	0	$43,425
60	Jay Sauter	0	79	-416	5	1	0	0	0	0	$25,265
61	Robert Richardson	0	79	-416	0	1	0	0	0	0	$45,350
62	Rogelio Lopez	0	76	-419	3	1	0	0	0	0	$41,675
63	Ron Fellows	0	67	-428	9	1	0	0	0	0	$43,225
64	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	0	64	-431	3	1	0	0	0	0	$41,390
65	Carlos Contreras	5	63	-432	1	1	0	0	0	0	$43,125
66	Alex Garcia #	0	61	-434	2	1	0	0	0	0	$41,155
67	Brad Coleman #	0	49	-446	12	1	0	0	0	0	$42,995
68	John Andretti	0	46	-449	3	1	0	0	0	0	$49,645
69	John Young	0	46	-449	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,945
70	Stanton Barrett	0	43	-452	3	1	0	0	0	0	$40,860
71	Kasey Kahne	0	40	-455	3	1	0	0	0	0	$47,825
72	Morgan Shepherd	0	40	-455	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,020
73	Ruben Pardo	0	40	-455	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,775
74	Antonio Perez	0	37	-458	3	1	0	0	0	0	$40,705

Owner Points Following Race #3
tecel MOTOROLA Mexico 200
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Sunday March 4, 2007

Pos	Owner	Car #	Points	Ldr	Nxt	PPos	G/L
1	Jack Roush	60	495	--	--	1	0
2	Joe Gibbs	20	455	-40	-40	5	-3
3	Jack Roush	17	415	-80	-40	2	1
4	Jack Roush	16	406	-89	-9	6	-2
5	Richard Childress	21	393	-102	-13	3	2
6	Rick Hendrick	5	370	-125	-23	9	-3
7	Delana Harvick	33	364	-131	-6	4	3
8	Richard Childress	29	348	-147	-16	7	1
9	Tad Geschickter	59	345	-150	-3	11	-2
10	Michael Waltrip	99	324	-171	-21	13	-3
11	Jodi Geschickter	47	322	-173	-2	17	-6
12	Ray Evernham	9	320	-175	-2	32	-20
13	John Mcgill	36	310	-185	-10	15	-2
14	Gregory Pollex	10	309	-186	-1	18	-4
15	Bobby Ginn	4	308	-187	-1	10	5
16	James Finch	7	301	-194	-7	14	2
17	Todd Braun	38	301	-194	0	35	-18
18	Joe Gibbs	18	285	-210	-16	8	10
19	Floyd Ganassi	42	284	-211	-1	46	-27
20	Tammy Brewer	27	279	-216	-5	42	-22
21	Gary Weisbaum	35	279	-216	0	24	-3
22	Rusty Wallace	66	279	-216	0	23	-1
23	Gene Haas	28	269	-226	-10	20	3
24	Jack Roush	6	264	-231	-5	38	-14
25	Frank Cicci	34	264	-231	0	25	0
26	Chip Ganassi	41	264	-231	0	44	-18
27	Clarence Brewer	37	263	-232	-1	33	-6
28	Gregory Pollex	14	261	-234	-2	37	-9
29	Dale Earnhardt, Jr	88	255	-240	-6	31	-2
30	Robert Yates	90	254	-241	-1	26	4
31	Delana Harvick	77	252	-243	-2	21	10
32	Edward Rensi	25	243	-252	-9	16	16
33	Armando Fitz	22	218	-277	-25	34	-1
34	Rick Hendrick	24	201	-294	-17	12	22
35	Andrea Nemechek	87	185	-310	-16	19	16
36	Todd Braun	32	170	-325	-15	22	14
37	James Finch	1	168	-327	-2	43	-6
38	Keith Duesenberg	0	165	-330	-3	45	-7
39	Richard Childress	2	165	-330	0	27	12
40	Teresa Earnhardt	15	164	-331	-1	28	12
41	Jack Roush	106	155	-340	-9	30	11
42	Teresa Earnhardt	111	155	-340	0	29	13
43	Teresa Earnhardt	8	151	-344	-4	36	7
44	Jack Roush	126	134	-361	-17	39	5
45	Robby Gordon	155	130	-365	-4	40	5
46	Roger Penske	12	128	-367	-2	41	5
47	Keith Coleman	23	120	-375	-8	47	0
48	Kelly Souza	13	94	-401	-26	74	-26
49	Tom Eriksen	67	76	-419	-18	56	-7
50	Alex Garcia	98	61	-434	-15	59	-9
51	John Young	46	46	-449	-15	78	-27
52	Stanton Barrett	30	43	-452	-3	52	0
53	Armando Fitz	44	40	-455	-3	-1	54
54	Tom Eriksen	68	37	-458	-3	57	-3
55	Mary Louise Miller	170	25	-470	-12	48	7
56	Jimmy Means	252	16	-479	-9	49	7

Pruett On Pole in Mexico: #41-Scott Pruett will set on pole for the Telcel-Motorola 200 at Mexico Sunday. His qualifying speed was 103.647mph, which is a track record. #22-Carlos Contreras will lineup outside row 1. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya and #27-Jorge Goeters will make up row 2. The remainder of the top 10 during the session were #20-Denny Hamlin, #33-Ron Fellows, #9-Boris Said, #4-Regan Smith, #60-Carl Edwards, and #21-P.J. Jones. With 43 cars at the track, everyone qualified. Notes from qualifying: #1-J.J. Yeley's car was smoking during his qualifying lap and the crew will have to check to see if there is an engine problem. NASCAR found a cracked fuel cell in the #23-Brad Keselowski Chevy. The team missed their qualifying opportunity and will start at the rear of the field. #46-John Young and #98-Alex Garcia also did not make qualifying attempts.(3-3-2007)

Starting Lineup
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, March 03, 2007

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	41	Scott Pruett	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	87.458	103.647
2	22	Carlos Contreras	Family Dollar Dodge	87.661	103.407
3	*42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline/telcel Dodge	87.675	103.391
4	27	Jorge Goeters	STAR Motorsports Ford	87.835	103.203
5	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevy	87.934	103.086
6	33	Ron Fellows	Camping World Chevy	87.996	103.014
7	9	Boris Said	Rago/Wisk/Hellmann's Dodge	88.292	102.668
8	*4	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	88.356	102.594
9	60	Carl Edwards	Scotts Ford	88.406	102.536
10	21	P.J. Jones	AutoZone Chevy	88.439	102.498
11	*17	Michel Jourdain	Dish Network Ford	88.489	102.440
12	59	Marcos Ambrose #	Kingsford/Bush's/Matchlight Ford	88.561	102.357
13	90	Stephen Leicht	citifinancial Ford	88.590	102.323
14	18	Brad Coleman #	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	88.758	102.129
15	*1	J.J. Yeley	Miccosukee Resorts Chevy	88.761	102.126
16	37	Greg Biffle	Yard-Man Ford	88.856	102.017
17	5	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe's Chevy	88.944	101.916
18	35	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	McDonald's Ford	89.017	101.832
19	29	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn Chevy	89.048	101.797
20	28	German Quiroga Jr.	telcel/Motorola Chevy	89.090	101.749
21	25	David Gilliland	freecreditreport.com Ford	89.457	101.331
22	66	Steve Wallace	Homelife Communities Dodge	89.592	101.179
23	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	89.758	100.992
24	*44	Ruben Pardo	Family Dollar Dodge	89.800	100.944
25	99	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	89.808	100.935
26	36	Brent Sherman	BIG LOTS Chevy	89.873	100.862
27	88	Shane Huffman	U.S. NAVY Chevy	89.877	100.858
28	7	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevy	89.979	100.744
29	*67	Rogelio Lopez	telmex Dodge	89.989	100.732
30	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	90.025	100.692
31	10	Dave Blaney	Fan1st.com Toyota	90.084	100.626
32	16	Todd Kluever	3M Ford	90.114	100.593
33	0	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	Home Hardware Chevy	90.571	100.085
34	14	Kyle Krisiloff #	Clabber Girl Ford	90.648	100.000
35	6	David Ragan #	Discount Tire Ford	90.666	99.980
36	*30	Stanton Barrett	theracespace.com Chevy	90.978	99.637
37	77	Kertus Davis	Dollar General Chevy	90.987	99.627
38	*13	Todd Souza	Turn Left for the Cure Chevy	91.003	99.610
39	*34	Brian Simo	Chevy	91.212	99.382
40	*68	Antonio Perez	telmex Dodge	91.487	99.083
41	*23	Brad Keselowski	Oklahoma Centennial Chevy	DNS
42	*46	John Young	BodiPro Ford	DNS
43	*98	Alex Garcia	Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy	DNS

*Required to qualify on time
Did Not Qualify: None

Montoya Paces Happy Hour: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya was fastest during Happy Hour with a speed of 104.180mph. #41-Scott Pruett was second, #20-Denny Hamlin third, #22-Carlos Contreras fourth, and #27-Jorge Goeters fifth. The rest of the top 10 were #18-Brad Coleman, #4-Regan Smith, #59-Marcos Ambrose, #9-Boris Said, and #33-Ron Fellows. There were a few incidents during the session: #37-Greg Biffle got into the grass in turn 7 and then slipped up into the wall. He will have to go to a backup. #67-Rogelio Lopez had an oil line or some other engine trouble late in the session. The Roush cars of #17-Michel Jourdain and #6-David Ragan both had engine problems. 40 drivers practiced during the session.(3-2-2007)

NBS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 02, 2007 @ 03:34 PM Pacific

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	# Laps
1	*42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline/telcel Dodge	87.011	104.180	8
2	41	Scott Pruett	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	87.547	103.542	1
3	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevy	87.755	103.297	16
4	22	Carlos Contreras	Family Dollar Dodge	87.840	103.197	8
5	27	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank Ford	88.033	102.970	11
6	18	Brad Coleman #	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	88.464	102.469	11
7	*4	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	88.538	102.383	6
8	59	Marcos Ambrose #	Kingsford/Bush's/Matchlight Ford	88.630	102.277	10
9	9	Boris Said	Rago/Wisk/Hellmann's Dodge	88.728	102.164	15
10	33	Ron Fellows	Camping World Chevy	88.733	102.158	16
11	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	88.739	102.151	14
12	66	Steve Wallace	Homelife Communities Dodge	88.810	102.070	14
13	5	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe's Chevy	88.821	102.057	20
14	21	P.J. Jones	AutoZone Chevy	88.822	102.056	17
15	25	David Gilliland	freecreditreport.com Ford	89.015	101.835	16
16	*1	J.J. Yeley	Miccosukee Resorts Chevy	89.127	101.707	12
17	88	Shane Huffman	U.S. NAVY Chevy	89.176	101.651	16
18	90	Stephen Leicht	citifinancial Ford	89.236	101.582	25
19	60	Carl Edwards	Scotts Ford	89.284	101.528	12
20	37	Greg Biffle	Yard-Man Ford	89.339	101.465	3
21	35	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	McDonald's Ford	89.554	101.222	6
22	*17	Michel Jourdain	Dish Network Ford	89.640	101.124	7
23	7	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevy	89.866	100.870	10
24	29	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn Chevy	89.946	100.780	10
25	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	89.991	100.730	19
26	*13	Todd Souza	Turn Left for the Cure Chevy	90.025	100.692	7
27	36	Brent Sherman	BIG LOTS Chevy	90.169	100.531	10
28	*67	Rogelio Lopez	telmex Dodge	90.289	100.398	9
29	14	Kyle Krisiloff #	Clabber Girl Ford	90.301	100.384	17
30	28	German Quiroga Jr.	telcel/Motorola Chevy	90.351	100.329	5
31	*98	Alex Garcia #	Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy	90.604	100.049	22
32	6	David Ragan #	Discount Tire Ford	90.697	99.946	3
33	16	Todd Kleuver	3M Ford	90.805	99.827	10
34	99	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	90.893	99.731	11
35	*46	John Young	BodiPro Ford	91.009	99.603	11
36	*30	Stanton Barrett	theracespace.com Chevy	91.133	99.468	11
37	0	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	Home Hardware Chevy	91.139	99.461	7
38	77	Kertus Davis	Dollar General Chevy	92.168	98.351	8
39	*34	Brian Simo	Chevy	92.243	98.271	11
40	*23	Brad Keselowski #	Oklahoma Centennial Chevy	92.272	98.240	9

*Required to qualify on time

NBS Rookie Practice
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 02, 2007 @ 01:49 PM Pacific

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	# Laps
1	*42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline/telcel Dodge	88.956	101.902	6
2	41	Scott Pruett	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	89.140	101.692	7
3	59	Marcos Ambrose #	Kingsford/Bush's/Matchlight Ford	89.225	101.595	5
4	21	P.J. Jones	AutoZone Chevy	89.597	101.173	8
5	37	Greg Biffle	Yard-Man Ford	89.815	100.927	7
6	18	Brad Coleman #	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	89.867	100.869	7
7	29	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn Chevy	90.423	100.249	6
8	90	Stephen Leicht	citifinancial Ford	90.456	100.212	5
9	28	German Quiroga Jr.	telcel/Motorola Chevy	90.539	100.120	4
10	7	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevy	90.571	100.085	7
11	66	Steve Wallace	Homelife Communities Dodge	90.634	100.015	7
12	25	David Gilliland	freecreditreport.com Ford	90.804	99.828	9
13	99	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	91.034	99.576	5
14	35	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	McDonald's Ford	91.069	99.538	9
15	88	Shane Huffman	U.S. NAVY Chevy	91.169	99.429	8
16	*67	Rogelio Lopez	telmex Dodge	91.504	99.065	2
17	*13	Todd Souza	Turn Left for the Cure Chevy	91.632	98.926	5
18	0	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	Home Hardware Chevy	91.682	98.872	5
19	14	Kyle Krisiloff #	Clabber Girl Ford	92.248	98.266	7
20	*68	Antonio Perez	telmex Dodge	92.309	98.201	4
21	77	Kertus Davis	Dollar General Chevy	92.713	97.773	8
22	*34	Brian Simo	Chevy	92.762	97.721	5
23	*46	John Young	BodiPro Ford	96.048	94.378	1
24	*23	Brad Keselowski #	Oklahoma Centennial Chevy	103.703	87.411	1

*Required to qualify on time

Scott Pruett Leads Mexico Practice: #41-Scott Pruett led the 43 competitors in the opening practice session at Mexico. His top speed was 102.226mph. The remainder of the top 5 were #20-Denny Hamlin, #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, #22-Carlos Contreras, and #5-Adrian Fernandez. Dave Blaney broke a suspension piece and crashed the #10 and will go a backup. 35 drivers got on the track during the session.(3-2-2007)

NBS Practice 1
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 presented by Banamex
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 02, 2007 @ 12:20 PM Pacific

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	# Laps
1	41	Scott Pruett	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	88.674	102.226	9
2	20	Denny Hamlin	Rockwell Automation Chevy	88.693	102.204	8
3	*42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline/telcel Dodge	89.025	101.823	13
4	22	Carlos Contreras	Family Dollar Dodge	89.156	101.673	8
5	5	Adrian Fernandez	Lowe's Chevy	89.472	101.314	11
6	27	Jorge Goeters	Scotiabank Ford	89.557	101.218	8
7	*1	J.J. Yeley	Miccosukee Resorts Chevy	89.598	101.172	6
8	33	Ron Fellows	Camping World Chevy	89.815	100.927	10
9	9	Boris Said	Rago/Wisk/Hellmann's Dodge	89.840	100.899	19
10	*17	Michel Jourdain	Dish Network Ford	89.886	100.848	8
11	*4	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	89.926	100.803	9
12	60	Carl Edwards	Scotts Ford	89.959	100.766	9
13	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	90.039	100.676	8
14	59	Marcos Ambrose #	Kingsford/Bush's/Matchlight Ford	90.045	100.670	11
15	18	Brad Coleman #	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	90.478	100.188	10
16	21	P.J. Jones	AutoZone Chevy	90.629	100.021	8
17	90	Stephen Leicht	citifinancial Ford	90.822	99.808	19
18	16	Todd Kleuver	3M Ford	90.845	99.783	8
19	29	Scott Wimmer	Holiday Inn Chevy	90.876	99.749	8
20	10	Dave Blaney	Fan1st.com Toyota	90.924	99.696	8
21	25	David Gilliland	freecreditreport.com Ford	90.926	99.694	11
22	37	Greg Biffle	Yard-Man Ford	90.935	99.684	7
23	28	German Quiroga Jr.	telcel/Motorola Chevy	90.947	99.671	8
24	47	Jon Wood	Clorox/American Red Cross Ford	90.958	99.659	10
25	88	Shane Huffman	U.S. NAVY Chevy	91.298	99.288	10
26	66	Steve Wallace	Homelife Communities Dodge	91.382	99.197	5
27	99	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	91.480	99.091	6
28	35	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	McDonald's Ford	91.755	98.794	12
29	*30	Stanton Barrett	theracespace.com Chevy	92.050	98.477	3
30	6	David Ragan #	Discount Tire Ford	92.170	98.349	14
31	7	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevy	92.196	98.321	15
32	36	Brent Sherman	BIG LOTS Chevy	92.202	98.315	3
33	0	J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr.	Home Hardware Chevy	93.224	97.237	11
34	77	Kertus Davis	Dollar General Chevy	94.106	96.325	15
35	*46	John Young	BodiPro Ford	0.000	0.000	0

*Required to qualify on time

Mexico Entry List: UPDATE 2: There are 43 drivers on the tentative entry list for Sunday's race in Mexico City. See the complete list on the Mexico Race Page.(2-27-2007)
UPDATE: There are currently 42 entries for the race as the Braun Racing #32 car will not attempt the race.(3-1-2007)
UPDATE 2: The Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 will have a full 43-car field with the late addition of Ruben Pardo. Pardo, a native of Mexico City, is entered in Fitz Motorsports' #44 Dodge.(SceneDaily.com)(3-2-2007)

NASCAR Busch Series
Tecel Motorola Mexico 200
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquex
Preliminary Entry List
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Tuesday February 27, 2007

Ent	Car	Driver	Hometown	Team	Owner
1	0	John Fitzpatrick Jr.	Cambridge, ONT	Hefty-Racegirl Chevy	Keith Duesenberg
2	1	J.J. Yeley	Phoenix, AZ	Miccosukee Resort Chevy	James Finch
3	4	Regan Smith	Cato, NY	Ginn Resorts Chevy	Bobby Ginn
4	5	Adrian Fernandez	Mexico City, MEX	Lowe's Chevy	Rick Hendrick
5	6	David Ragan	Kannapolis, NC	Discount Tire Ford	Jack Roush
6	7	Mike Wallace	St. Louis, MO	Geico Chevy	James Finch
7	9	Boris Said	Carlsbad, CA	TBA Dodge	Ray Evernham
8	10	Dave Blaney	Hartford, OH	Fan1st.Com Toyota	Greg Pollex
9	13	Todd Souza	Watsonville CA	Mobil 1 Chevy	Kelly Souza
10	14	Kyle Krisiloff	Carmel, IN	Clabber Girl Baking Powder Ford	Greg Pollex
11	16	Greg Biffle	Vancouver, WA	3M Ford	Jack Roush
12	17	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Mexico City, MEX	Dish Network Ford	Jack Roush
13	18	Brad Coleman	Martinsville, VA	Carino's Italian Grill Chevy	Joe Gibbs
14	20	Denny Hamlin	Midlothian, VA	Rockwell Automation Chevy	Joe Gibbs
15	21	P.J. Jones	Rolling Hills, CA	Autozone Chevy	Richard Childress
16	22	Carlos Cotreras	Mexico City, MX	Family Dollar Dodge	Armando Fitz
17	23	Brad Keselowski	Rochester Hills, MI	Oklahoma Centennial Chevy	Keith Coleman
18	25	David Gilliland	Riverside, CA	Free Credit Report.Com Ford	Ed Rensi
19	27	Jorge Goeters	Mexico City, MEX	Scotia Bank Ford	Tammy Brewer
20	28	German Quiroga Jr.		TBA Chevy	Gene Haas
21	29	Scott Wimmer	Wausau, WI	Holiday Inn Chevy	Richard Childress
22	30	Stanton Barrett	Los Angeles, CA	TBA Chevy	Stanton Barrett
23	32	TBA		TBA Toyota	Todd Braun
24	33	Ron Fellows	Toronto, ONT	Camping World Chevy	Delana Harvick
25	34	Brian Simo	Carlsbad, CA	TBA Chevy	Frank Cicci
26	35	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Nashville, TN	McDonald's Ford	Gary Weisbaum
27	36	Brent Sherman	N. Barrington, IL	Big Lots Chevy	John McGill
28	37	Greg Biffle	Vancouver, WA	Yardman Ford	Clarence Brewer
29	38	Jason Leffler	Long Beach, CA	Great Clips Toyota	Todd Braun
30	41	Scott Pruett	Sacramento, CA	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge	Chip Ganassi
31	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Bogota, COL	Texaco-Havoline/Telcel Dodge	Floyd Ganassi
32	46	John Young		Bodi Pro Ford	John Young
33	47	Jon Wood	Stuart, VA	Clorox Ford	Jodi Geschickter
34	59	Marcos Ambrose	Launceston	Kingsford Ford	Tad Geschickter
35	60	Carl Edwards	Columbia, MO	Scotts Ford	Jack Roush
36	66	Steve Wallace	Charlotte, NC	Homelife Communities Dodge	Rusty Wallace
37	67	Rogelio Lopez	Mexico City, MEX	Telmex Dodge	Tom Eriksen
38	68	Antonio Perez		Telmex Dodge	Tom Eriksen
39	77	Kertus Davis	Gaffney, SC	Dollar General Stores Chevy	Delana Harvick
40	88	Shane Huffman	Hickory, NC	U.S. Navy Chevy	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
41	90	Stephen Leicht	Asheville, NC	CitifinancialFord	Robert Yates
42	98	Alex Garcia	Caracas, Venezuela	Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy	Alex Garcia
43	99	David Reutimann	Zephyrhills, FL	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	Michael Waltrip

NASCAR Busch Series News & Notes - Mexico City:

Round Two: Hamlin, Said Ready For Mexico City

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2007) – For the first time in its short three-year history, the NASCAR Busch Series Telcel-MOTOROLA Mexico 200 can produce a repeat winner.

Denny Hamlin (#20 Rockwell Automation Chevy) is poised to set that standard.

Boris Said (#9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge) would like to reverse his second-place finish from one year ago and become the third different winner in three races at the 2.518-mile Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course.

The race – the first of three road-course events on the NASCAR Busch Series schedule this season – has had its share of road-course specialists entered over the past two seasons.

But the opposite of the expected outcome has been the norm as drivers with little or no road course experience – Martin Truex Jr. and Hamlin – have captured the previous wins.

Last year’s victory was the first for Hamlin in NASCAR national series competition.

“I always expected to win my first race on a short track but to win a road course race with a great driver like Boris Said in your mirror is something I’ll never forget,” Hamlin said.

ESPN – the new television home to the NASCAR Busch Series – has added to the momentum of the Mexico City event with a history-making broadcast on Sunday.

ESPN2 will air the race in English and it will be simulcast on ESPN Deportes in Spanish, marking the first Spanish-language telecast of a major sporting event in ESPN’s history.

Inaugural NASCAR Mexico Series Season Debuts Sunday

The NASCAR Busch Series made history two years ago with its inaugural race in Mexico City – the first points event for the series on international soil.

Now another NASCAR series is preparing for its debut at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the NASCAR Mexico Series, which contests its first-ever race on Sunday as a precursor to the NASCAR Busch Series event.

The formation of the NASCAR Mexico Series is fueling a transition from the country’s historically open-wheel racing fan base to stock car racing.

As the NASCAR Busch Series race continues to establish itself as one of the premier motorsports events in Mexico, the new touring series offers opportunities for Mexico’s top teams and drivers to showcase their talents in a NASCAR-sanctioned system.

The 2007 schedule features 14 races over a nine-month span from March through November. Races will take place on 10 ovals and four road courses in seven of Mexico’s major cities.

Each race is expected to feature an average of 30 cars.

Additionally this year, three NASCAR Mexico Series drivers – including 2006 NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year Ruben Pardo – plan to run full-time in the Busch East Series.

Hometown Heroes, Road-Course Aces In Mexico City Mix

Sunday’s race features another stout list of entries, arguably stronger than the first two series events held in Mexico City.

Along with defending race winner Denny Hamlin and his new nemesis, Boris Said, two international superstars bring another one-two punch to the mix.

Columbia’s Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge) will return to his road-course roots and pit his talents against Mexican icon Adrian Fernandez (#5 Lowe’s Chevy), who has come agonizingly close to capturing a checkered flag in the first two races.

Hometown favorites Michel Jourdain Jr. (#17 Dish Network Ford), Carlos Contreras (#22 Family Dollar Dodge) and Jorge Goeters (#27 Scioto Bank Ford) – who claimed the inaugural Busch Pole at the track in 2005 – also return.

Fellow Mexicans Rogelio Lopez (#67 Telmex Dodge) and Antonio Perez (#68 Telmex Dodge) are teammates.

Canadians Ron Fellows (#33 Camping World Chevy), Montoya’s teammate Scott Pruett (#41 Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge) and John Fitzpatrick Jr. (#0 Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy) are joined by Australian Marcos Ambrose (#59 Kingsford Ford) – who finds himself in 10th place in series points after the first two races. Ambrose is a veteran racer but a rookie in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Venezuelan Alex Garcia (#98 Dixien-OmniSource Corp. Chevy) looks to transition from open-wheel racing to stock cars.

Road warrior P.J. Jones (#21 AutoZone Chevy) is a surprise entry in the 2006 series championship car, running in place of reigning series champion Kevin Harvick and his teammate Timothy Peters.

Early-Season Results Point To Close Manufacturer Race

Ford pulled to within two points of leader Chevy in the Bill France Performance Cup standings following Matt Kenseth’s victory at California last Saturday.

Newcomer Toyota is keeping pace with those already in double-digits in points, standing third with 10. Dodge is fourth with six points.

Chevy has claimed the first two wins at Mexico City but Ford (2005) and Dodge (2006) have captured Busch Poles for previous events.

Said’s Stats Create High Expectations

When the NASCAR Busch Series or the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series comes to a road course, it’s time for Boris Said to shine.

Sunday in Mexico City at the world-famous Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez will be no different.
For the second-consecutive season, Said will drive for Evernham Motorsports and the expectation will translate exactly the same south of the border as it does in the U.S.

He’ll be expected to post a top finish. That’s what happens when you win a Busch Pole – as he did last year – and when you dominate the Loop Data statistics – as he does every year.

Of the drivers competing in Sunday’s Telcel-MOTOROLA Mexico 200, Said owns a top track-specific Driver Rating of 119.1 (he has an average finish of 3.5 at the track). He also excels in another key stat – Average Running Position. Said boasts a field-best average running position of 7.494.
Said’s name is peppered throughout the Loop Data stats, usually in the top five.

Along with Driver Rating and Average Running Position, the wild-mane road course specialist holds top-five marks in:

- Speed in Traffic
- Quality Passes
- Fastest Driver by Frontstretch, Far Straightaway and Turns 1-4
- Fastest Green Flag Speed
- Laps in the Top 15

Adding intrigue to Sunday’s race will be the hometown heroes involved in the event. Mexican-born drivers Carlos Contreras, Jorge Goeters, Adrian Fernandez and Michel Jourdain Jr. all own impressive stats at their “home” track.

Contreras, Goeters and Fernandez have top- 15 Driver Ratings while Jourdain has 27 Quality Passes, which ranks in the top 15.

Somehow lost in the fray could be last year’s winner Denny Hamlin. Not typically known for his road-course prowess, Hamlin has a Driver Rating of 110.6, which is second only to Said among the drivers in Sunday’s field.

ETC

Kevin Harvick (Daytona International Speedway) and Matt Kenseth (California) are the first drivers to sweep NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup wins to open a season. … Some drivers will be making their road course debuts this weekend and went through extensive training in the off-season to hone their skills in preparation for this event and the other two road courses on the 2007 schedule at Montreal and Watkins Glen. Shane Huffman (#88 U.S. NAVY Chevy) Dodge) attended the Bondurant Racing School. Steve Wallace (#66 Homelife Communities Dodge) was tutored by Boris Said. Kertus Davis (#77 Dollar General Chevy) trained at Virginia International Raceway – his only other “appearance” on a road course came when he was eight-years-old in a go-kart. … Qualifying will utilize a road race format where groups of cars assigned by practice time will have six minutes on the track. A car’s best lap time during the session will be the lap time of record. … The series continues its season-opening cross-country tour March 10 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Teams tested at the 1.5-mile track Feb. 5-6, gathering notes for the intermediate venues on the schedule. Las Vegas will be the fourth different track layout the series has competed on in the first four races this year.

The Race: Telcel-MOTOROLA Mexico 200 presented by Banamex
The Place: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
The Date: March 4, 20071
The Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ESPN2, 1:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 2.518-mile road course
Race Purse: $2,512,372
2005 Winner: Denny Hamlin
2006 Pole: Boris Said

No. Driver Pts
1 Harvick 345
2 Edwards 330
3 Kenseth 327
4 Blaney 309
5 Biffle 289
6 Hamlin 280
7 Stewart 272
8 Kyle Busch 232
9 Smith 223
10 Ambrose 203

Schedule (all times local):
Fri., March 2 - Practice,1-2:15 p.m., Rookie Practice,3-3:30 p.m., Final Practice 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Sat., March 3 - Qualifying, 10:30 a.m. (Impound).

Additional Mexico Busch Race Info at:
mexico200.com
ESPN.com Busch page
TheHotLap.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com

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