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Charlotte Rookie Notes:

#1-Martin Truex Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 8 UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Truex Jr. finished fifth, his best finish in 39 Nextel Cup Series races and the best by a Raybestos Rookie on a restrictor plate track this season. Truex...
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Kahne wins at Charlotte:

#9-Kasey Kahne won the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his 6th win of the 2006 season and 7th or his career, leading 134 of 334 laps and getting himself back into The Chase. #48-Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd, followed by #31-Jeff Burton, #8-Dale Earnhardt...
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Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

After an ignominious beginning (we had a 14 car job at the end of lap 1) we settled down tonight to an entertaining event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. When the checkers fell, we had a familiar face in Victory Lane as Kasey Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep tonight by...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Charlotte [31 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5763 #17-Matt Kenseth 5718 -45 #29-Kevin Harvick 5674 -89 #6-Mark Martin 5661 -102 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5657 -106 #11-Denny Hamlin 5626 -137 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5617 -146 #9-Kasey Kahne 5603 -160 #5-Kyle Busch 5568 -...
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Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

• Scott Riggs won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Bank of America 500, lapping Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 28.203 seconds at 191.469 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005. • This is Riggs’ third...
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ESPN broadcast crew announced UPDATE 3 Daugherty, Petree, Rusty:

hearing that the 2007 ESPN/ABC broadcast crew will be announced this week, supposedly Dr. Jerry Punch, former Cup champ Rusty Wallace and former Truck Series owner/NBA Basketball player Brad Daugherty will be in the booth. UPDATE: been told the announcement will come...
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Talladega Race Notes:

• Brian Vickers won the 2006 UAW-FORD 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, scoring his first career Nextel Cup victory in his 107th career start. • Vickers became the second first-time winner in 2006 joining Denny Hamlin, who swept both races at Pocono. • Vickers has scored...
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Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

...the old way, not the Chase after Talladega: 1) #17-Matt Kenseth 4327 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4125 -202 3) #29-Kevin Harvick 4006 -321 4) #31-Jeff Burton 3905 -422 5) #6-Mark Martin 3904 -423 6) #11-Denny Hamlin 3865 -462 7) #20-Tony Stewart 3824 -503 8) #8-Dale Earnhardt...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Talladega [30 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5598 #17-Matt Kenseth 5592 -6 #6-Mark Martin 5588 -10 #29-Kevin Harvick 5565 -33 #11-Denny Hamlin 5547 -51 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5492 -106 #24-Jeff Gordon 5451 -147 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5442 -156 #9-Kasey Kahne 5413 -...
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WOW! Wild Day at Talladega; Vickers Wins:

#25-Brian Vickers won the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on the final lap after pulling out with 'teammate' #48-Jimmie Johnson to pass #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap, got into Johnson, who was along side with Earnhardt Jr, Johnson turned when he got...
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Sponsor change on the #29? UPDATE 4 Shell/Pennzoil to be sponsor:

hearing that GM Goodwrench will not return as the primary sponsor of Kevin Harvick's #29 RCR Chevy in 2007, supposedly Reese's/Hershey's will return as a co-sponsor and a gasoline and lubricant supplier would be the other co-primary.(9-16-2006) UPDATE: During the PRN...
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Talladega Rookie Notes:

#07-Clint Bowyer was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 1 Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway. Bowyer finished ninth, his ninth top-10 of the 2006 season and second consecutive. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the seventh time in 2006. Bowyer...
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Johnson DID serve penalty:

#48-Jimmie Johnson DID serve the pass-thru penalty after getting caught speeding on his final pit stop at Kansas Speedway [on the final lap as the checkered flag fell]. On Speed's Victory Lane it was mentioned Johnson had not served the penalty, no place else was it...
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Kansas Race Notes:

• Tony Stewart won the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, scoring his 27th Nextel Cup victory in his 277th career start. • This is Stewart’s third victory in 2006. He also won at Martinsville and Daytona in July. • This is Stewart’s first victory in six races at Kansas...
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Rumblings – Kansas Race Notes:

Somebody give that man a pot pie! "Everthing's up to date in Kansas City" after all (my apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein) as we ended up with the top-two finishers today running on the apron and mass confusion as to where anybody finished in the Banquet 400 at ...
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Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

...the old way, not the Chase after Kansas: 1) #17-Matt Kenseth 4162 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4029 -133 3) #29-Kevin Harvick 3856 -306 4) #31-Jeff Burton 3818 -344 5) #11-Denny Hamlin 3760 -402 6) #6-Mark Martin 3757 -405 7) #20-Tony Stewart 3722 -440 8) #24-Jeff Gordon...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Kansas [29 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5511 #11-Denny Hamlin 5442 -69 #6-Mark Martin 5441 -70 #17-Matt Kenseth 5427 -84 #29-Kevin Harvick 5415 -96 #24-Jeff Gordon 5391 -120 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5388 -123 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5346 -165 #5-Kyle Busch 5278 -233...
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Kahne wins pole at Kansas:

#9-Kasey Kahne won the Budweiser Pole for the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway with a speed of 178.377mph for his 5th pole of 2006 and 11th of his career. The rest of the top-10 starters are #10-Scott Riggs, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #25-Brian Vickers, #18-J.J. Yeley, #07-...
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Kansas Qualifying Notes:

• Kasey Kahne won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Banquet 400, lapping Kansas Speedway in 30.273 seconds at 178.377 mph. Matt Kenseth holds the track-qualifying record of 29.858 seconds, 180.856 mph - set Oct. 8, 2005. • This is Kahne’s 11th career Bud Pole ...
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Kansas Rookie Notes:

Martin Truex Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the September 24 Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway. Truex Jr. scored a sixth-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. The finish was the best for Truex...