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Busch wins pole at Richmond:

#5-Kyle Busch lead a group of 14 drivers to best the previous track record (126.868 mph set in 2002 by Dale Earnhardt Jr.) with a lap of 129.348mph t owin the pole for the Funai 250 at Richmond International Raceway, his 3rd pole of the season. The 3/4-mile track ...

Hamilton Jr. listed in the #09 at RIR:

NASCAR.com's Chevy American Revolution 400 ar RIR Entry List has Bobby Hamilton Jr. in the #09 Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts Dodge.(5-11-2004)...

Richmond Notes and Facts:

WHAT: NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Race 11 of the 34-race schedule...

Open Testing at Lowe’s:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, ARCA RE/MAX Series and IPOWER DASH Series teams will be testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway Monday, May 10, through Wednesday, May 12, in preparation for the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge on May 22, the May 30 Coca-Cola...

Truex wins at Gateway and takes points lead:

#8-Martin Truex Jr. raced to his third Busch Series victory in six races, leading 123 of 200 laps in the Charter 250 on Saturday night to take the season points lead. Truex started from the pole and finished 6.601 seconds ahead of #2-Ron Hornaday Jr. on the 1.25-mile...

Testing at Texas UPDATE:

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers are scheduled to test at Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 6th and Friday, May 7th from 9am to 5pm, include Ultra Motorsports drivers #1-Ted Musgrave and #2-Andy Houston along with Orleans Racing driver #62-Steve Park.(TMS ...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes – St. Louis:

It will be all in a days work, literally, for the NASCAR Busch Series this weekend at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis. Practice, qualifying and the Charter 250 will all be held on Saturday. Indianapolis Raceway Park has been the only one-day show the ...

Richmond Testing Continues:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers are threatening to break the poll record of 21.194 seconds (approximately 127 mph) at Richmond International Raceway. After two full days of testing the new asphalt among more than 20 drivers, all agreed that the record would fall during Wawa...

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES NEWS & NOTES – CALIFORNIA

Coast Guard, Labonte Racing and California Speedway to host Hispanic students Nearly 150 Hispanic college and high school engineering students will get an up-close and personal look at the NASCAR Busch Series at California Speedway this week. On Thursday, 20 students...

Truex Jr. wins at Talladega:

When it appeared #81-Dale Earnhardt Jr. would not be able to pass #8-Martin Truex Jr., he pushed him instead - all the way to Victory Lane. Late in Saturday's race, Earnhardt Jr. fell in behind the leader Truex - who drives for Chance 2 Motorsports, co-owned by Earnhardt...

Tire testing at RIR next week UPDATE:

Goodyear will hold a tire test next Tuesday and Wednesday at Richmond International Raceway because of the repaving done there. #12-Ryan Newman, #17-Matt Kenseth and #29-Kevin Harvick will test tires.(Roanoke Times)(4-21-2004) UPDATE: Please note that both days of ...

Sprague on the pole at Martinsville:

#16-Jack Sprague's lap at 92.375mph on Friday earned the pole for Saturday's Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Although he has three series championships (1997, 1999 and 2001) and now 21 career poles, Sprague's pole Friday is his first at the .526-mile short track...

No Cup for Hamilton:

Most racers would jump at the chance to compete at the Nextel Cup level, but Craftsman Truck driver Bobby Hamilton isn't one of them."I left Winston Cup because I wasn't in a car that was capable of winning every week," says Hamilton, who's third in truck series points...

Truex Jr. wins pole at Nashville…BUT goes to the rear:

#8-Martin Truex shattered the Nashville Superspeedway track record with a lap of 166.515mph Friday and won his second Busch series pole of the season. A total of 21 drivers topped the qualifying record of 163.324 set by Randy LaJoie before last year's Pepsi 300, starting...

Law Firm Sponsors teams in all three Series:

The law firm of Jenkins, Jenkins & Jenkins in La Plata, Md., decided during the winter to become a NASCAR sponsor and now has its name on cars in the Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck series. Frank Jenkins spearheaded the firm's entry into motorsports, thinking...

Chaffin to drive the #77:

DGN Racing and Donnie Neuenberger announced that Truck Series driver Chad Chaffin will drive the #77 BG Products Busch Series car in the upcoming Pepsi 300 events at Nashville Superspeedway. Chad Chaffin competes in the #18 Dickies Dodge owned by Bobby Hamilton Racing...

Nashville News and Notes:

You might say that David Green (No. 37 Timber Wolf Chevrolet) had a pretty good year at Nashville Superspeedway in 2003. He won the season's first race there with a thrilling last-lap pass of Johnny Sauter (No. 27 Kleenex/Scott Brand Products Chevrolet), and then finished...

Martinsville Notes II:

Jack Sprague's (No. 16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series record at Martinsville Speedway mirrors the previous Augusta National stats of golf professional Phil Mickelson, who broke his Masters drought last Sunday. Sprague, on three occasions, has...

Kenseth wins at Texas:

#17-Matt Kenseth swept by #5-Kyle Busch on Lap 186 of Saturday's O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, then passed #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. just as a caution was coming out on Lap 195. After the race was red-flagged, Kenseth then pulled away on the restart with three...

Teams test at Nashville:

Four Busch Series Drivers tested at Nashville Superspeedway on Monday, March 29th: #25-Bobby Hamilton, Jr.; #22-Jason Keller, #37-David Green and #27-Johnny Sauter. No speeds reported. And on Tuesday, March 30th, scheduled to test include: #2-Ron Hornaday, #22-Jason...