Mike Bliss - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Week One of Indy Testing over:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers Kurt Busch and Ricky Rudd improved upon their test speeds from July 5 during testing of race setups July 6, putting the wrap on a two-day Allstate 400 at the Brickyard test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Reigning series champion Busch...

Testing at Indy:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will test during three separate sessions in July at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, preparing for the 12th annual Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, Aug. 7. The first test session takes place Tuesday, July 5 and Wednesday, July...

Bliss in the #30 at Daytona:

Mike Bliss has been named to drive the #30 Smith & Wesson Chevrolet of SKI Motorsports at Daytona International Speedway.(SKI Motorsports PR)(6-29-2005)...

NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes: Daytona

Second half Top 10 ramped up, too The 79 points separating the first four positions in the NASCAR Busch Series point standings is also reflective throughout the remainder of top 10. Kenny Wallace has accumulated five top-10 finishes in his last seven races including...

Stewart wins at Infineon Raceway:

#20-Tony Stewart won the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway for his first win of 2005, 4th on a road course, 2nd at Infineon Raceway and 20th of his career. It is Stewart's first win in 30 races, since Watkins Glen last August. #21-Ricky Rudd coasted to the finish...

Michigan Qualifying Notes:

Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Batman Begins 400, lapping Michigan International Speedway in 37.069 seconds at 194.232 mph. He broke Dale Earnhardt Jrs, track-qualifying record of 37.667 seconds, 191.149 mph, set Aug. 18, 2000. This...

Justin Labonte fills in for Bliss at DIS test:

With Mike Bliss still recovering from recent hernia surgery, NASCAR Busch Series driver Justin Labonte got behind the wheel of the #0 NetZero/BestBuy Chevy fielded by Haas CNC Racing during a one-day test session the Daytona International Speedway in preparation for...

Rumblings – Pocono:

Maybe he was practicing his back flips during that rain delay last night... Carl Edwards led the final 15 laps today at Pocono Raceway and won the Pocono 502.5 under caution. In what was easily one of the worst events we've ever seen at a place that is usually pretty...

Testing at Daytona:

Testing in preparation for the 47th annual Pepsi 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race and the fourth annual Winn Dixie 250 presented by Pepsico NASCAR Busch Series race will be held Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14, 9:00am to 5:00pm/et. Drivers scheduled to test: #...

Testing at Daytona:

Testing in preparation for the 47th annual Pepsi 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race and the fourth annual Winn Dixie 250 presented by Pepsico NASCAR Busch Series race will be held Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14, 9:00am to 5:00pm/et. Drivers scheduled to test: #...

Gaughan to relieve Bliss at Pocono:

Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan will share driving duties in the #0 NetZero Best Buy Racing Chevrolet with Mike Bliss, who underwent successful hernia surgery Monday morning, for this weekends event at Pocono Raceway. When it became obvious to us that Mike would...

Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

We ran 400 laps tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway, and the winner wasn't decided till the last turn of the last lap! Jimmie Johnson passed Bobby Labonte on the outside coming off turn 4 for the final time and pulled off the three-peat tonight in the Coca-Cola 600. Johnson...

Newman to start Coke 600 on outside pole? UPDATE – Yep:

during Newman's press conference, he was asked: "WILL YOU START ON THE OUTSIDE? [at the start of Sunday's Coca-Cola 600] "Do I have that option? I'll have to think about that. I've got two or three days. That's a good one."(Dodge/Clear!Blue PR), yes he has the option...

Vickers wins Nextel Open:

#25-Brian Vickers won the Nextel Open at Lowe's Motor Speedway with a last lap bump of leader #0-Mike Bliss about 100 feet from the start-finish line. Pole sitters Mike Bliss had led the most lap with 16 before his 'mishap'. Vickers transfers into the Nextel All-Star...

Bliss wins pole for Nextel Open:

#0-Mike Bliss won the pole for the Nextel Open with an unofficial track record of 189.208mph, #5-Kyle Busch is on the outside pole, followed by #41-Casey Mears, #77-Travis Kvapil and #25-Brian Vickers. Two drivers wrecked on their first lap, #11-Jason Leffler [his ...

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings Nextel Challenge:

Two for one tonight when it came to quals..... First off, we timed in for the NEXTEL Open. Mike Bliss knocked Kyle Busch off the pole late to take the top-spot for tomorrow night's 30 lapper. His speed of 189.208 (28.540) was easily a new track record, but I betcha...

Mansfield News and Notes:

Mansfield hosts downtown festival Mansfield, Ohio, delighted with the thousands that lined streets for last years hauler parade, will close city streets Friday evening to showcase participants in the UAW/GM Ohio 250. Hauler display and driver autograph opportunities...

Mansfield News and Notes:

Musgrave didnt lead em all but he came close Musgrave led 158 of 160 laps at Gateway to set a series record for domination by a winner in a live pit stop era race. There have been five occasions in which the winner led every lap - most recently by Ron Hornaday Jr. (...

Bliss wrecks during practice:

#0-Mike Bliss crashed while running third during practice and will go to a backup car - "We were in qualifying trim and we wrecked in Turn 2. I'm okay. We feel like our primary car was good and we should be able to apply all that to the back up car. Our back-up car...

Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Ends:

#24-Jeff Gordon took to Lowe's Motor Speedway's renovated racing surface like the proverbial duck took to water Wednesday night as 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teams made final preparations for the May 29 NASCAR All-Star Challenge and the May 29 Coca-Cola 600. The unofficial...