Dave Blaney News

NASCAR Countdown: ESPN2 Lowes Motor Speedway Highlights:

NASCAR Countdown: ESPN2 Lowes Motor Speedway Highlights:

May 24, 2007
ESPN2s NASCAR Countdown will preview the live, prime-time NASCAR Busch Series race at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Lowes Motor Speedway. Allen Bestwick will host the telecast with studio analyst Brad Daugherty. Analyst Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Cutaway Car.

Ramblings – Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

May 24, 2007
It's an all-Penske front row! Ryan Newman toured the Lowe's Motor Speedway tonight in 29.140 seconds (185.312 mph) to take the Bud Pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, his second top-spot of the season (his other pole came at Atlanta in March)...his 6th at Lowe's...and

Coca-Cola 600 – Qualifying Fast Facts:

Coca-Cola 600 – Qualifying Fast Facts:

May 24, 2007
.. Ryan Newman won the Bud Pole for the Coca-Cola 600 with a lap of 29.140 seconds, 185.312 mph. .. This is his 39th Bud Pole in 200 career Nextel Cup races. .. This is just his second top-10 start in 2007 “ both Bud Poles. He also won the Bud Pole at Atlanta. .. This

Rumblings – Race Notes:

Rumblings – Race Notes:

May 13, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon (steamin' all the way) had enough water to make it to Victory Lane today at Darlington Raceway and took the Dodge Avenger 500 for his third win of the season. Career victory #78 (and 7th at Darlington) was #157 for Hendrick Motorsports (their 8th of

Darlington Goodyear Tire Notes:

Darlington Goodyear Tire Notes:

May 11, 2007
Both the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series will run the same combination of left- and right-side tires at Darlington this weekend . . . this is the first time that Goodyear has brought out this tire setup, and Darlington is the only track at which these tire codes

Rumblings – Richmond Race Notes:

Rumblings – Richmond Race Notes:

May 6, 2007
Jimmie Johnson outsprinted teammate Kyle Busch in a 20 lap dash to the checkers today and took the Crown Royal Presents the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Run one day late due to rain last night, it didn't seem to matter to the Hendrick boyz cause

Stock Car Fans:

Stock Car Fans:

April 28, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole today at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon and David Gilliland ran identical times.....to the thousandth of a second (49.857.....192.069 MPH), but since Gordon is waaaaay ahead of Gilliland in Owner Points, he gets the spot. This was

Cat M-Series scheme for Blaney at MIS in June:

Cat M-Series scheme for Blaney at MIS in June:

April 28, 2007
#22-Dave Blaney is scheduled to run a brand new special paint scheme at Michigan in June, featuring the CAT logo on the hood and the M-Series motor grader on the rear decklid & quarter panels. See an image of the scheme on my #22 Team Schemes page.(4-28-2007)

Stewart not Happy with NASCAR:

Stewart not Happy with NASCAR:

April 25, 2007
#20-Tony Stewart accused NASCAR of "playing God" by using caution flags to orchestrate closer racing. During his Tony Stewart Live program Tuesday night on Sirius Satellite Radio, Stewart lambasted officials for throwing four yellow flags for debris during Saturday

Rumblings – Phoenix Race Notes:

Rumblings – Phoenix Race Notes:

April 21, 2007
We had that dreaded caution during a green flag pit cycle tonight, but after everything "shook" out, the top two cars were back at the front and we had a solid 19 lapper to the checkers. And in the end, it was Jeff Gordon prevailing for the first time ever at Phoenix

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

April 15, 2007
We had a good old-fashioned Texas Shootout today for the final 20 laps or so, and Jeff Burton prevailed over Matt Kenseth to take the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Burton passed Kenseth in turn two on the final lap (the only one he led today, btw) and held on

Qualifying Rained Out

Qualifying Rained Out

April 13, 2007
for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the field was set by the rules book, so the top-35 in 2007 Owners Pts fill the top 35 spots, then #83-Brian Vickers as a past race winner in 2006-2007 (2006 race winner at Talladega in the #25), #44-Dale Jarrett (past

Buschwhackers will miss most of Busch test at Charlotte:

Buschwhackers will miss most of Busch test at Charlotte:

April 12, 2007
Some Busch Series teams will skip the upcoming May 14-15 test at Lowe's Motor Speedway. That's because their drivers will be at the Nextel Cup test May 14-15 at Dover, a critical test for the car of tomorrow. Teams with Cup drivers competing for them on the Busch level

Blaney to Make 100th Busch Start:

Blaney to Make 100th Busch Start:

April 3, 2007
Dave Blaney will hit a major milestone in his career this weekend. He will post his 100th Busch Series start in the Pepsi 300 at Nashville.(Braun Racing PR)(4-3-2007)

Jeff Burton Leads Tuesday Testing:

Jeff Burton Leads Tuesday Testing:

March 27, 2007
Jeff Burton led Tuesday's NASCAR Busch Series test session at Richmond International Raceway, topping the speed charts at 125.267 mph (21.554 seconds). Matt Kenseth was second fastest with a speed of 124.850 mph (21.626 seconds). Forty drivers turned laps for the first