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* Kyle Busch won the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International. He won from the first-place starting position, the ninth race at Watkins Glen won from that position. Busch became the first driver to score three victories on road courses in a single ...

UNOFFICAL Drivers Points Standings [after Watkins race 22 of 36]:

1) #18-Kyle Busch 3254 [8 wins] 2) #99-Carl Edwards 3012 -242 [4 wins] 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson 3010 -244 [2 wins] 4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2985 -269 [1 win] 5) #31-Jeff Burton 2945 -309 [1 win] 6) #24-Jeff Gordon 2754 -500 7) #20-Tony Stewart 2744 -510 8) #9-Kasey Kahne...

Chase stats after Pocono:

The record for consecutive race changes in the Chase field during the final 13 races of the first 26, is six straight, set in 2005. With Matt Kenseth dropping out and Clint Bowyer bouncing back in at Pocono, that record has been tied and could be broken with another...

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So…what did the points standings look like a year ago after Pocono and 21 races?

all made it into the chase five races later 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 3236 [6th in 2008, finished 2nd in 2007] 2) #11-Denny Hamlin 2870 -366 [12th,10th] 3) #17-Matt Kenseth 2825 -411 [4th,13th] 4) #31-Jeff Burton 2763 -473 [8th,5th] 5) #20-Tony Stewart 2749 -487 [6th,9th] ...

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* Carl Edwards won the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway from the 15th-place starting position. It was Edwards' 11th career Sprint Cup victory in 142 races, and fourth win of the season. * This marked only the fourth race in 2008 that has been won...

UNOFFICAL Drivers Points Standings [after Pocono race 21 of 36]:

1) #18-Kyle Busch 3059 [7 wins] 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2883 -176 [1 win] 3) #99-Carl Edwards 2874 -185 [4 wins][would be 2nd w/out 100pts penalty] 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson 2859 -200 [2 wins] 5) #31-Jeff Burton 2833 -226 [1 win] 6) #24-Jeff Gordon 2678 -381 7) #9-Kasey...

Latest on Indy Tires:

Goodyear officials will most likely test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before this year ends in an effort to remedy the tire problems that marred Sunday's Allstate 400 Sprint Cup race at the track. After Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth ...

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* Jimmie Johnson won the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Johnson won the race from the Coor's Light pole starting position. He is only the second driver to win at Indy from the pole. Kevin Harvick won at Indy in 2003 from the pole. * Johnson...

Roush Miffed At Goodyear:

Team owner Jack Roush got a second-place finish in Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from Carl Edwards, but he was not in a good mood. Roush said that because his team wasn't invited to the Goodyear tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in April that involved...

UNOFFICAL Drivers Points Standings [after Indy race 20 of 36]:

1) #18-Kyle Busch 3004 [7 wins] 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2751 -253 [1 win] 3) #31-Jeff Burton 2733 -271 [1 win] 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson 2689 -315 [2 wins] 5) #99-Carl Edwards 2684 -320 [3 wins][would be 2nd w/out 100pts penalty] 6) #24-Jeff Gordon 2539 -465 7) #16-Greg...

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* Carl Edwards won the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250. It was his second Gateway win (2006) in his fifth race there. Edwards has four top-10 results in his five Gateway races, and four top-six finishes in his past four races there. Edwards became the fourth driver...

Busch, Kenseth come up short in ASA race at Iowa:

All weekend long Tim Schendel was fast around the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway as he was able to back up those fast times in practice and qualifying by taking the ASA Midwest Tour Rasmussen Group Twin 75's. Schendel took the checkered flag while Jonathan Eilen would hold...

Kenseth Wins Fourth Miller Lite Nationals Title at Slinger Speedway:

Matt Kenseth wasn't completely sure how he won the 29th Miller Lite Slinger Nationals. Runner-up Jeremy Lepak credited Kenseth's experience at Slinger Speedway. Third-place Dennis Prunty thought a stronger engine played a big role. But why didn't really matter, so ...

Kyle Busch testing Late Models this week:

Kyle Busch will be shaking down his super late model stock car at The Milwaukee Mile on Wednesday, July 16. This short track car is what he'll be driving at The Mile on Sunday, August 24 in the "Wisconsin All-Star 100 With Matt Kenseth" race, one of four stock car ...

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* Kyle Busch won the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Busch posted his 11th career win in his 133rd start. He posted his seventh win of the 2008 season; his last win came at Daytona last week. Busch scored his first victory at Chicagoland Speedway in his fourth...

UNOFFICAL Drivers Points Standings [after Chicago race 19 of 36]:

1) #18-Kyle Busch 2881 [7 wins] 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2622 -259 [1 win] 3) #31-Jeff Burton 2593 -288 [1 win] 4) #99-Carl Edwards 2509 -372 [3 wins][would be 3rd w/out 100pts penalty] 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson 2494 -387 [1 win] 6) #24-Jeff Gordon 2384 -497 7) #16-Greg...

Chase notes:

#16-Greg Biffle's last place finish at Daytona dropped him three more spots, now in 11th only 10 points ahead of Kevin Harvick in 13th. Biffle has dropped six spots over the last five races, managing only 495 points in that period. What once looked like a waltz into...

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* Kyle Busch won the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway. Busch started ninth in the race. He scored his 10th-career series victory in 132 races. He remained first in the standings with an unofficial points lead of 182 points over second...

Chase notes going into Daytona:

Only 56 points separate 9th place #20-Tony Stewart, 10th place #9-Kasey Kahne, 11th place #07-Clint Bowyer, 12th place #29-Kevin Harvick and 13th place #17-Matt Kenseth. Harvick finished four spots ahead of Kenseth at Loudon and unseated him from the final "bubble ...

UNOFFICAL Drivers Points Standings [after New Hampshire race 17 of 36]:

1) #18-Kyle Busch 2496 [5 wins] 2) #31-Jeff Burton 2432 -64 [1 win] 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2352 -144 [1 win] 4) #99-Carl Edwards 2262 -234 [3 wins] 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson 2220 -276 [1 win] 6) #24-Jeff Gordon 2171 -325 7) #11-Denny Hamlin 2150 -346 [1 win] 8) #16-...