THE RACE: 2007 USG DUROCK 300 – CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
Busch Series Race #20 of 35 for the 2007 season
- Race: 3:00pm/et, Saturday, July 14, 2007 in Joliet, IL
- Length: 200 Laps, 300 miles
- TV: ABC – 2:30pm/et
- Radio: MRN
- Purse: $1,544,672
- Announcers: Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree
- Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro
Practice Dates/Times
- Practice: Friday, July 13, 2:10-3:10pm/et & 5:45-6:45pm/et. Rookie practice, 3:15-3:45pm/et
Qualifying Info
- Qualifying Draw: Friday, July 13, 1:10pm/et
- Qualifying Time: Saturday, July 14, 11:05am/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions, cars will be impounded.
- NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). TheHotLap.com has free qualifying coverage.
GOODYEAR TIRE NOTES
Busch Series — Race No. 20 — USG Durock 300
Chicagoland Speedway (1.5-mile oval) — Joliet, Ill.
Fast Facts for July 13-15, 2007
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires: Busch Series: Left-side — 575, Right-side — 575
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4078; Right-side — D-4064
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 87.4 in.; Right-side — 88.7 in.
Technical Inspection Inflation: Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi; Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 45 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 20 psi; Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 44 psi
Notes: Teams in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series will run the same tire codes at Chicagoland this weekend . . . this is the same specific combination of left- and right-side tires that Nextel Cup and Busch Series teams ran at Texas earlier this season . . . in addition, teams in these two series have run this left-side code (D-4078) with a different right-side code at several other tracks this season, including California, Dover and Michigan . . . Busch teams have also run this left-side code at Kansas and Kentucky in 2007 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one-mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Chicagoland . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION
- Harvick Wins at Chicago: #21-Kevin Harvick tool the lead late in the USG Durock 300 and held off a late charge by #17-Matt Kenseth to win at Chicagoland Speedway. It was his second win in the last three Busch races. #29-Jeff Burton led 50 laps on the day but fell to third at the end. #2-Clint Boyer was fourth and #5-Kyle Busch fifth. The rest of the top 10: #15-Paul Menard, #20-Denny Hamlin, #33-Tony Stewart, #10-Dave Blaney, and #90-Stephen Leicht. Point leader Carl Edwards had to pit late in the race for a loose wheel and then was penalized. He finished 2 laps down in 20th. The race was slowed by 6 cautions for 22 laps and there were 8 leaders with 14 lead changes.(7-14-2007)
NASCAR Race Number 20
Unofficial Race Results for the Usg Durock “300” – Saturday, July 14, 2007
Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, IL – 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300 Miles – Purse: $1,544,672Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Total Award Status Times Laps 1 8 21 Kevin Harvick AutoZone Chevy 200 190 5 $86,400 Running 1 27 2 10 17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 200 175 5 $63,325 Running 1 13 3 14 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 200 170 5 $56,475 Running 4 50 4 18 2 Clint Bowyer Camping World Chevy 200 160 $37,025 Running 5 6 5 Kyle Busch DELPHI Chevy 200 165 10 $34,475 Running 3 58 6 21 15 Paul Menard Menards/AKONA Chevy 200 150 $33,550 Running 7 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 200 151 5 $38,400 Running 2 22 8 22 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevy 200 142 $32,850 Running 9 5 10 Dave Blaney ABF U-Pack Moving Toyota 200 138 $29,510 Running 10 15 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 200 134 $37,491 Running 11 27 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 200 130 $25,500 Running 12 4 9 Kasey Kahne Ragu Dodge 200 127 $30,600 Running 13 7 24 Casey Mears National Guard/33rd Infantry Brigade 200 124 $24,175 Running 14 33 88 Brad Keselowski # U.S. NAVY Chevy 200 121 $26,290 Running 15 32 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 200 118 $23,530 Running 16 25 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 200 115 $28,120 Running 17 23 99 David Reutimann XM Satellite Radio Toyota 199 112 $33,622 Running 18 39 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 199 109 $30,762 Running 19 42 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 199 106 $21,865 Running 20 2 60 Carl Edwards Sharp AQUOS Ford 198 108 5 $29,430 Running 2 26 21 17 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 198 100 $27,245 Running 22 12 27 Ward Burton Kleenex/Jewel-Osco Ford 198 97 $23,435 Running 23 24 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-man by MTD Ford 198 94 $21,675 Running 24 29 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 198 91 $23,490 Running 25 31 22 David Stremme Supercuts Dodge 197 88 $21,055 Running 26 19 26 Todd Kluever Dish Network/The Weather Channel 197 90 5 $30,682 Running 1 3 27 28 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 197 82 $20,835 Running 28 41 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Lilly/Walgreens Ford 196 79 $27,002 Running 29 13 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Eckrich/Jewel-Osco Ford 196 76 $26,877 Running 30 40 70 Mark Green ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevy 196 73 $22,930 Running 31 30 30 Stanton Barrett Smith & Wesson Chevy 196 70 $22,345 Running 32 36 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities/RAPID 196 67 $26,522 Running 33 26 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 196 64 $26,412 Running 34 16 55 Robby Gordon Verizon Wireless Ford 195 61 $20,015 Running 35 35 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 194 58 $21,905 Running 36 34 28 Derrike Cope U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 194 55 $21,795 Running 37 20 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 190 52 $25,972 Running 38 3 18 Aric Almirola Z-Line Designs Chevy 167 54 5 $26,912 Accident 1 1 39 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 161 46 $25,015 Electrical 40 38 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 143 43 $24,512 Accident 41 43 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 71 40 $24,402 Handling 42 37 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Dodge 13 37 $21,115 Overheating 43 11 12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 4 34 $18,988 Accident Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 75,000 – Kevin Harvick won the USG Durarock 300, his 29th career NASCAR Busch Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #6 Ragan (backup car, missed drivers introductions). Failed to Qualify: (2) 58 Chris Horn, 05 Justin Ashburn. Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 12 Mins, 41 Secs. Average Speed: 135.661 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.012 Seconds Caution Flags: 6 for 22 laps: Laps: 5-7 (#12 accident turn 1); 81-84 (Debris); 95-98 (#18 accident turn 3); 146-149 (#36 accident turn 3); 154-156 (#37 spun fronstretch); 167-170 (#18 spun backstretch). Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers: D. Hamlin 1-7; C. Edwards 8-32; D. Hamlin 33-47; M. Kenseth 48-60; C. Edwards 61; J. Burton 62-63; A. Almirola 64; T. Kluever 65-67; K. Busch 68-81; J. Burton 82-101; K. Busch 102-126; J. Burton 127-147; K. Busch 148-166; J. Burton 167-173; K. Harvick 174-200. Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Edwards 3,074;(2) K. Harvick 2,358;(3) D. Reutimann 2,207;(4) D. Blaney 2,194;(5) D. Ragan # 2,116;(6) J. Leffler 2,097;(7) B. Hamilton Jr. 2,059;(8) S. Leicht 2,000;(9) C. Bowyer 1,999;(10) M. Ambrose # 1,939. Sunoco Diamond Performance: Kevin Harvick, #21 Busch Pole Award: Denny Hamlin, #20 (179.503 mph) WIX Filters “Lap Leader: Todd Kluever, #26 (3 Laps) Raybestos “Rookie of the Race: Brad Keselowski, #88 Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge: Paul Menard, #15 (121.619 seconds) Featherlite “Most Improved Driver: David Reutimann, #99 (6 Places)
- Edwards’ Point Lead Drops…to 716: Carl Edwards’ 20th place finish at Chicago allowed Kevin Harvick to shave 82 points off the points lead, but Edwards is still 716 ahead of Harvick. David Reutimann remains third, Dave Blaney remains fourth, and David Ragan jumps over Jason Leffler into fifth.(7-14-2007)
Points Report
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
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Saturday, 7/14/2007 @ 5:01 PM CentralPos Driver BPts Points Ldr 1 Carl Edwards 100 3074 0 2 Kevin Harvick 40 2358 -716 3 David Reutimann 10 2207 -867 4 Dave Blaney 15 2194 -880 5 David Ragan # 15 2116 -958 6 Jason Leffler 15 2097 -977 7 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 5 2059 -1015 8 Stephen Leicht 15 2000 -1074 9 Clint Bowyer 45 1999 -1075 10 Marcos Ambrose # 5 1939 -1135 11 Matt Kenseth 60 1936 -1138 12 Mike Wallace 45 1928 -1146 13 Greg Biffle 25 1891 -1183 14 Casey Mears 15 1862 -1212 15 J.J. Yeley 10 1828 -1246 16 Regan Smith 25 1820 -1254 17 Shane Huffman 5 1727 -1347 18 Denny Hamlin 40 1704 -1370 19 Steve Wallace 15 1703 -1371 20 Scott Wimmer 20 1694 -1380 21 Kyle Busch 80 1678 -1396 22 Kyle Krisiloff # 0 1656 -1418 23 Juan Pablo Montoya 20 1625 -1449 24 Jeff Burton 45 1616 -1458 25 Brent Sherman 20 1564 -1510 26 Ward Burton 0 1497 -1577 27 Mike Bliss 0 1441 -1633 28 Tony Stewart 15 1364 -1710 29 Todd Kluever 15 1354 -1720 30 David Stremme 10 1345 -1729 31 Aric Almirola 15 1271 -1803 32 David Gilliland 5 1257 -1817 33 Kasey Kahne 25 1164 -1910 34 Jamie Mcmurray 5 1157 -1917 35 Jon Wood 0 1154 -1920 36 Bobby Labonte 5 1148 -1926 37 Reed Sorenson 0 1141 -1933 38 Eric Mcclure 5 1141 -1933 39 Brad Coleman 10 900 -2174 40 Jason Keller 10 870 -2204 41 Brad Keselowski # 0 860 -2214 42 Paul Menard 0 713 -2361 43 Timothy Peters 0 646 -2428 44 Robert Richardson 5 644 -2430 45 Kelly Bires 5 639 -2435 46 Danny O’quinn, Jr 0 546 -2528 47 Stanton Barrett 0 533 -2541 48 Justin Diercks 0 505 -2569 49 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 10 503 -2571 50 Tony Raines 0 467 -2607 51 Scott Riggs 0 460 -2614 52 Mark Martin 0 452 -2622 53 Kevin Hamlin 5 423 -2651 54 Johnny Sauter 0 423 -2651 55 Ryan Newman 10 389 -2685 56 Robby Gordon 0 385 -2689 57 Cale Gale 0 385 -2689 58 Jay Sauter 0 376 -2698 59 Sam Hornish, Jr 0 368 -2706 60 Kurt Busch 15 357 -2717 61 Morgan Shepherd 0 351 -2723 62 Kertus Davis 0 335 -2739 63 Kevin Conway 0 328 -2746 64 Chase Miller 0 318 -2756 65 Richard Johns 0 307 -2767 66 D J Kennington 0 307 -2767 67 Joe Nemechek 0 300 -2774 68 David Green 0 294 -2780 69 Brett Rowe 0 275 -2799 70 Derrike Cope 0 253 -2821 71 Boris Said 0 241 -2833 72 Mark Green 0 240 -2834 73 Kevin Lepage 0 227 -2847 74 Mike Harmon 0 221 -2853 75 Jeff Green 0 200 -2874 76 Martin Truex, Jr 5 195 -2879 77 Bobby Santos 0 189 -2885 78 Bobby East 0 188 -2886 79 Brad Teague 0 172 -2902 80 Scott Pruett 5 160 -2914 81 Jimmie Johnson 5 155 -2919 82 Jorge Goeters 5 151 -2923 83 Todd Bodine 0 150 -2924 84 Ron Young 0 143 -2931 85 Donnie Neuenberger 5 140 -2934 86 Adrian Fernandez 0 138 -2936 87 Johnny Benson 0 138 -2936 88 Justin Ashburn 0 134 -2940 89 Brian Vickers 0 124 -2950 90 Elliott Sadler 0 121 -2953 91 Marc Mitchell 0 103 -2971 92 Chris Horn 0 101 -2973 93 Brian Simo 0 97 -2977 94 Carlos Contreras 5 97 -2977 95 Todd Souza 0 94 -2980 96 P J Jones 0 91 -2983 97 Steve Grissom 0 88 -2986 98 Michel Jourdain 0 88 -2986 99 Kerry Earnhardt 0 88 -2986 100 Kenny Wallace 0 85 -2989 101 German Quiroga 5 84 -2990 102 Shelby Howard 0 82 -2992 103 Jerick Johnson 0 80 -2994 104 Timothy Mccreadie 0 79 -2995 105 Rogelio Lopez 0 76 -2998 106 Trevor Boys 0 76 -2998 107 Travis Kvapil 0 70 -3004 108 Ron Fellows 0 67 -3007 109 J R Fitzpatrick 0 64 -3010 110 Alex Garcia 0 61 -3013 111 Frank Kreyer 0 61 -3013 112 Scott Lagasse 0 58 -3016 113 Ron Hornaday, Jr 0 55 -3019 114 A J Frank 0 52 -3022 115 Ian Henderson 0 52 -3022 116 Dange Hanniford 0 49 -3025 117 Larry Foyt 0 49 -3025 118 John Andretti 0 46 -3028 119 John Young 0 46 -3028 120 Jamie Mosley 0 43 -3031 121 Danny Efland 0 43 -3031 122 Eddie Macdonald 0 40 -3034 123 Caleb Holman 0 37 -3037 124 Mike Potter 0 37 -3037 125 Randy Macdonald 0 34 -3040 126 Michael Waltrip 0 34 -3040 127 Ruben Pardo 0 0 -3074 128 Tono Perez 0 0 -3074
Owner Points Following Race # 20
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
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Saturday, 7/14/2007 @ 4:43 PM CentralPos Owner Car # Points Ldr 1 Jack Roush 60 3,074 — 2 Richard Childress 29 2,868 -206 3 Joe Gibbs 20 2,672 -402 4 Richard Childress 21 2,618 -456 5 Delana Harvick 33 2,408 -666 6 Ray Evernham 9 2,304 -770 7 Gregory Pollex 10 2,220 -854 8 Michael Waltrip 99 2,207 -867 9 Armando Fitz 22 2,207 -867 10 Jack Roush 17 2,203 -871 11 Jack Roush 6 2,116 -958 12 Todd Braun 38 2,097 -977 13 Tammy Brewer 27 2,061 -1,013 14 Gary Weisbaum 35 2,059 -1,015 15 Floyd Ganassi 42 2,048 -1,026 16 Clarence Brewer 37 2,027 -1,047 17 Robert Yates 90 2,000 -1,074 18 Richard Childress 2 1,999 -1,075 19 James Finch 1 1,988 -1,086 20 Rick Hendrick 5 1,986 -1,088 21 Chip Ganassi 41 1,983 -1,091 22 Delana Harvick 77 1,982 -1,092 23 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 88 1,969 -1,105 24 Joe Gibbs 18 1,960 -1,114 25 Jack Roush 16 1,950 -1,124 26 Tad Geschickter 59 1,939 -1,135 27 James Finch 7 1,928 -1,146 28 Rick Hendrick 24 1,893 -1,181 29 Jodi Geschickter 47 1,863 -1,211 30 Bobby Ginn 4 1,820 -1,254 31 Rusty Wallace 66 1,703 -1,371 32 Gregory Pollex 14 1,656 -1,418 33 Edward Rensi 25 1,649 -1,425 34 John McGill 36 1,564 -1,510 35 Gene Haas 28 1,512 -1,562 36 Keith Duesenberg 0 1,267 -1,807 37 Roger Penske 12 1,114 -1,960 38 Mary Louise Miller 70 770 -2,304 39 Keith Coleman 23 758 -2,316 40 Teresa Earnhardt 15 713 -2,361 41 Jack Roush 26 677 -2,397 42 Bryan Mullet 11 651 -2,423 43 Frank Cicci 34 592 -2,482 44 Jimmy Means 252 590 -2,484 45 John McNelly 156 481 -2,593 46 Stanton Barrett 230 463 -2,611 47 Bill Riley 91 431 -2,643 48 Johnny Davis 01 414 -2,660 49 Robby Gordon 55 385 -2,689 50 Teresa Earnhardt 8 382 -2,692 51 Pat Macdonald 72 369 -2,705 52 Todd Braun 32 353 -2,721 53 Andrea Nemechek 87 300 -2,774 54 Jack Roush 106 282 -2,792 55 Wayne Day 05 282 -2,792 56 Cindy Shepherd 89 246 -2,828 57 Donnie Richardson 244 221 -2,853 58 Teresa Earnhardt 111 195 -2,879 59 James Rowe 273 186 -2,888 60 Rick Hendrick 148 155 -2,919 61 Jerry Young 171 143 -2,931 62 Fred Horn 58 132 -2,942 63 Gina Macdonald 271 116 -2,958 64 Kelly Souza 113 94 -2,980 65 Susan Spraker 163 88 -2,986 66 Armando Fitz 144 80 -2,994 67 Jack Johnson 176 80 -2,994 68 Tom Eriksen 167 76 -2,998 69 Chris Lencheski 30 70 -3,004 70 Alex Garcia 298 61 -3,013 71 Eddie D’hondt 192 52 -3,022 72 John Young 146 46 -3,028 73 Charles Henderson 175 37 -3,037 74 Lori Morgan 200 37 -3,037 75 Jay Robinson 149 34 -3,040 76 Robert Richardson 180 31 -3,043 77 Jeff Barrister 250 31 -3,043 78 Earl Sadler 195 22 -3,052
- Hamlin wins the pole: #20-Denny Hamlin will start from the pole for the USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland Speedway after qualifying with a speed of 179.503. It’s Hamlin’s fourth pole for the year. Rounding out the top ten were; #60-Carl Edwards, #18-Aric Almirola, #9-Kasey Kahne, #10-Dave Blaney, #5-Kyle Busch, #24-Casey Mears, #21-Kevin Harvick, #16-Greg Biffle, #17-Matt Kenseth. Two on track incidents during qualifying; #6-David Ragan got loose and hit the wall causing considerable damage to the #6. #05-Justin Ashburn also scraped the wall during his run. Both will have to go to a backup car. DNS-#05-Ashburn; no backup car; #58-Chris Horn.(7-14-2007)
Starting Line Up by Row
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, July 14, 2007 @ 12:01 PM CentralPos Car Driver Team Time Speed 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 30.083 179.503 2 60 Carl Edwards Sharp AQUOS Ford 30.114 179.319 3 18 Aric Almirola Z-Line Designs Chevy 30.210 178.749 4 9 Kasey Kahne Ragu Dodge 30.302 178.206 5 10 Dave Blaney ABF U-Pack Moving Toyota 30.329 178.047 6 5 Kyle Busch DELPHI Chevy 30.336 178.006 7 24 Casey Mears National Guard/33rd Infantry Brigade 30.375 177.778 8 21 Kevin Harvick AutoZone Chevy 30.379 177.754 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 30.409 177.579 10 17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 30.487 177.125 11 12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 30.491 177.101 12 27 Ward Burton Kleenex/Jewel-Osco Ford 30.507 177.009 13 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Eckrich/Jewel-Osco Ford 30.553 176.742 14 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 30.644 176.217 15 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 30.648 176.194 16 55 Robby Gordon Verizon Wireless Ford 30.650 176.183 17 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 30.651 176.177 18 2 Clint Bowyer Camping World Chevy 30.693 175.936 19 26 Todd Kluever Dish Network/The Weather Channel Ford 30.693 175.936 20 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 30.720 175.781 21 15 Paul Menard Menards/AKONA Chevy 30.796 175.347 22 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevy 30.803 175.308 23 99 David Reutimann XM Satellite Radio Toyota 30.820 175.211 24 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-man by MTD Ford 30.855 175.012 25 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 30.890 174.814 26 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 30.892 174.803 27 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 30.907 174.718 28 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 30.913 174.684 29 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 30.929 174.593 30 30 Stanton Barrett Smith & Wesson Chevy 30.946 174.498 31 22 David Stremme Supercuts Dodge 30.949 174.481 32 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 30.955 174.447 33 88 Brad Keselowski # U.S. NAVY Chevy 30.959 174.424 34 28 Derrike Cope U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 31.067 173.818 35 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 31.110 173.578 36 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities/RAPID Industrial 31.131 173.461 37 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Dodge 31.220 172.966 38 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 31.274 172.667 39 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 31.324 172.392 40 70 Mark Green ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevy 31.327 172.375 41 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Lilly/Walgreens Ford 31.518 171.331 42 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford Owner Points 43 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 31.545 171.184 DNQ; #-58 Chris Horn; #-05 Justin Ashburn.
- Hamlin fastest in final practice: #20-Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 177.713 followed by #60-Carl Edwards in second; #18-Aric Almirola, third; #38-Jason Leffler, fourth and #29-Jeff Burton, fifth. Rounding out the top ten #5-Kyle Busch, #2-Clint Bowyer, #12-Ryan Newman, #59-Marcos Ambrose and #17-Matt Kenseth. The two slowest on track were #58-Chris Horn in 44th and #05-Justin Ashburn in 45th.(7-13-2007)
NBS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, July 13, 2007 @ 05:51 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 30.386 177.713 30 2 60 Carl Edwards Sharp AQUOS Ford 30.393 177.672 18 3 18 Aric Almirola Z-Line Designs Chevy 30.553 176.742 22 4 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 30.569 176.650 24 5 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 30.575 176.615 27 6 *5 Kyle Busch DELPHI Chevy 30.653 176.165 15 7 *2 Clint Bowyer Camping World Chevy 30.662 176.114 14 8 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 30.692 175.942 29 9 *12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 30.692 175.942 8 10 *17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 30.773 175.479 24 11 *15 Paul Menard Menards/AKONA Chevy 30.803 175.308 22 12 *26 Todd Kluever Dish Network/The Weather Channel Ford 30.821 175.205 22 13 21 Kevin Harvick AutoZone Chevy 30.834 175.131 31 14 22 David Stremme Supercuts Dodge 30.873 174.910 11 15 9 Kasey Kahne Ragu Dodge 30.880 174.870 17 16 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 30.890 174.814 27 17 99 David Reutimann XM Satellite Radio Toyota 30.902 174.746 24 18 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 30.903 174.740 27 19 10 Dave Blaney ABF U-Pack Moving Toyota 30.942 174.520 20 20 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 30.999 174.199 45 21 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 31.047 173.930 22 22 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Eckrich/Jewel-Osco Ford 31.057 173.874 27 23 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 31.081 173.740 25 24 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 31.113 173.561 30 25 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 31.122 173.511 8 26 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 31.165 173.271 26 27 *24 Casey Mears National Guard/33rd Infantry Brigade 31.201 173.071 32 28 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 31.205 173.049 27 29 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevy 31.244 172.833 42 30 *55 Robby Gordon Verizon Wireless Ford 31.244 172.833 18 31 28 Derrike Cope U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 31.277 172.651 16 32 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 31.311 172.463 37 33 88 Brad Keselowski # U.S. NAVY Chevy 31.357 172.210 30 34 27 Ward Burton Kleenex/Jewel-Osco Ford 31.480 171.537 31 35 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Lilly/Walgreens Ford 31.483 171.521 33 36 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities/RAPID Industrial 31.555 171.130 21 37 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 31.571 171.043 29 38 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-man by MTD Ford 31.622 170.767 28 39 *70 Mark Green ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevy 31.625 170.751 23 40 *30 Stanton Barrett Smith & Wesson Chevy 31.735 170.159 23 41 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 31.854 169.523 31 42 *89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Dodge 32.169 167.863 3 43 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 32.223 167.582 12 44 *58 Chris Horn HornAutomotive.com Chevy 32.403 166.651 20 45 *05 Justin Ashburn 31-W Insulation/Fmi Fireplaces Chevy 32.715 165.062 16 *Required to qualify on time
NBS Rookie Practice
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, July 13, 2007 @ 02:46 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 30.728 175.735 13 2 18 Aric Almirola Z-Line Designs Chevy 31.169 173.249 14 3 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Lilly/Walgreens Ford 31.268 172.701 10 4 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 31.297 172.540 6 5 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 31.310 172.469 10 6 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 31.437 171.772 6 7 88 Brad Keselowski # U.S. NAVY Chevy 31.623 170.762 13 8 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 31.686 170.422 4 9 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities/RAPID Industrial 31.933 169.104 4 10 *58 Chris Horn HornAutomotive.com Chevy 32.137 168.031 6 11 *05 Justin Ashburn 31-W Insulation/Fmi Fireplaces Chevy 33.023 163.522 8 12 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 33.178 162.758 7 *Required to qualify on time
- Edwards fastest in first practice: There were 45 cars on track for the first practice session. #60-Carl Edwards was the fastest with a speed of 175.776 followed by #5-Kyle Busch in second; #24-Casey Mears, third; #2-Clint Bowyer, fourth and #29-Jeff Burton, fifth. Rounding out the top ten were; #17-Matt Kenseth, #10-Dave Blaney, #20-Denny Hamlin, #12-Ryan Newman and #99-David Reutimann. Slowest on track were; #0-Eric McClure in 44th; #05-Justin Ashburn, 45th. #66-Steve Wallace got loose and hit the wall; no word if he would be going to a back up car.(7-13-2007)
NBS Practice 1
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, July 13, 2007 @ 02:10 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 60 Carl Edwards Sharp AQUOS Ford 30.721 175.776 23 2 *5 Kyle Busch DELPHI Chevy 30.784 175.416 13 3 *24 Casey Mears National Guard/33rd Infantry Brigade 30.883 174.853 21 4 *2 Clint Bowyer Camping World Chevy 30.913 174.684 25 5 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 30.953 174.458 37 6 *17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 30.978 174.317 23 7 10 Dave Blaney ABF U-Pack Moving Toyota 31.008 174.149 18 8 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 31.013 174.121 18 9 *12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 31.043 173.952 35 10 99 David Reutimann XM Satellite Radio Toyota 31.044 173.947 23 11 21 Kevin Harvick AutoZone Chevy 31.079 173.751 7 12 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 31.095 173.661 20 13 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 31.124 173.500 25 14 *15 Paul Menard Menards/AKONA Chevy 31.133 173.449 21 15 22 David Stremme Supercuts Dodge 31.139 173.416 18 16 9 Kasey Kahne Ragu Dodge 31.144 173.388 21 17 *26 Todd Kluever Dish Network/The Weather Channel Ford 31.204 173.055 25 18 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 31.244 172.833 18 19 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevy 31.299 172.529 19 20 18 Aric Almirola Z-Line Designs Chevy 31.307 172.485 29 21 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities/RAPID Industrial 31.348 172.260 11 22 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 31.442 171.745 15 23 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 31.451 171.696 19 24 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 31.455 171.674 25 25 27 Ward Burton Kleenex/Jewel-Osco Ford 31.461 171.641 20 26 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 31.480 171.537 28 27 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 31.481 171.532 22 28 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 31.501 171.423 15 29 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 31.566 171.070 16 30 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 31.614 170.810 18 31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya# Texaco/Havoline Dodge 31.630 170.724 19 32 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 31.656 170.584 25 33 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 31.672 170.498 8 34 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Eckrich/Jewel-Osco Ford 31.677 170.471 10 35 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Lilly/Walgreens Ford 31.709 170.299 18 36 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-man by MTD Ford 31.747 170.095 16 37 88 Brad Keselowski # U.S. NAVY Chevy 31.783 169.902 24 38 *70 Mark Green ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevy 31.817 169.721 19 39 *55 Robby Gordon Verizon Wireless Ford 31.836 169.619 10 40 *30 Stanton Barrett Smith & Wesson Chevy 31.909 169.231 15 41 28 Derrike Cope U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 32.138 168.025 10 42 *89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Dodge 32.182 167.796 4 43 *58 Chris Horn HornAutomotive.com Chevy 32.390 166.718 16 44 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 33.158 162.857 19 45 *05 Justin Ashburn 31-W Insulation/Fmi Fireplaces Chevy 33.330 162.016 15 *Required to qualify on time
- Chicago Entry List: UPDATE 3: There are 45 entries for Saturday afternoon’s USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.(7-9-2007)
UPDATE: #4-Regan Smith was on the prelinary entry list. The team’s shut down will bring the entry list down to 44.(7-9-2007)
UPDATE 2: Derrike Cope will be in the #28 Border Patrol Chevy. Johnny Sauter was on the original entry list.(7-10-2007)
UPDATE 3: Mark Green and the #70 team have been added to bring the entries back to 45.(7-10-2007)Preliminary Entry List
Chicagoland Speedway
USG Durock 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Mon, July 09, 2007 @ 05:41 PM EasternCar Driver Team Name Owner 1. 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy Keith Duesenberg 2. 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resort Chevy James Finch 3. 2 Clint Bowyer Camping World Chevy Richard Childress 4. 05 Justin Ashburn 31-W Insulation Chevy Wayne Day 5. 5 Kyle Busch Delphi Chevy Rick Hendrick 6. 6 David Ragan Discount Tire Ford Jack Roush 7. 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy James Finch 8. 9 Kasey Kahne Ragu Dodge Ray Evernham 9. 10 Dave Blaney ABF U-Pack Moving Toyota Greg Pollex 10. 11 Jason Keller TBA Chevy Bryan Mullet 11. 12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge Roger Penske 12. 14 Kyle Krisiloff Lily/Walgreens Ford Greg Pollex 13. 15 Paul Menard Menards Chevy Teresa Earnhardt 14. 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford Jack Roush 15. 17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford Jack Roush 16. 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy Joe Gibbs 17. 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy Joe Gibbs 18. 21 Kevin Harvick Auto Zone Chevy Richard Childress 19. 22 David Stremme Supercuts Dodge Armando Fitz 20. 24 Casey Mears National Guard-53rd Infantry Brigade Rick Hendrick 21. 25 David Gilliland FreeCreditReport.com Ford Ed Rensi 22. 26 Todd Kluever Dish Network Ford Jack Roush 23. 27 Ward Burton Kleenex Ford Tammy Brewer 24. 28 Derrike Cope U.S. Border Patrol/Checkers/Rally’s Gene Haas 25. 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy Richard Childress 26. 30 Stanton Barrett Smith & Wesson Chevy Lencheski Chris 27. 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevy Delana Harvick 28. 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr McDonald’s Ford Gary Weisbaum 29. 36 Brent Sherman Big Lots! Chevy John McGill 30. 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-Man Ford Clarence Brewer 31. 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota Todd Braun 32. 41 Reed Sorenson Wriglery’s Juicy Fruit Dodge Chip Ganassi 33. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi 34. 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/American Red Cross Ford Jodi Geschickter 35. 55 Robby Gordon Verizon Wireless Ford Robby Gordon 36. 58 Chris Horn TBA Chevy Fred Horn 37. 59 Marcos Ambrose Kingsford Ford Tad Geschickter 38. 60 Carl Edwards Sharp Ford Jack Roush 39. 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge Rusty Wallace 40. 70 Mark Green Foretravel Motorcoach Chevy Mary Louise Miller 41. 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy Delana Harvick 42. 88 Brad Keselowski U.S. Navy Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr. 43. 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Dodge Cindy Shepherd 44. 90 Stephen Leicht Citifinancial Ford Robert Yates 45. 99 David Reutimann XM Satellite Radio Toyota Michael Waltrip DRIVERS IN RED are required to qualify for the race on speed.
NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes – Chicago
Chicagoland Synonymous With First-Time Series Winners Including Mears
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 10, 2007) – Chicago may be known as the “Second City,” but its 1.5-mile speedway is quickly gaining a reputation as a “first-timer” track.
The six previous races at Chicagoland Speedway have resulted in four drivers securing their first career NASCAR Busch Series win.
Casey Mears (#24 National Guard – 53rd Infantry Brigade Chevy) is the most recent member of the group; he’s the defending winner of the race, capturing his first NASCAR national series victory at Chicago one year ago.
Justin Labonte won his first – and to date only – NASCAR Busch Series race at Chicago in 2004 when he took advantage of Mike Wallace (#7 GEICO Chevy) running out of fuel on the final lap.
In 2002, Johnny Sauter (#28 U.S. Border Patrol Chevy) held off late charges from Todd Bodine and Jeff Burton (#29 Holiday Inn Chevy) to win his first NASCAR Busch Series race.
The inaugural race at Chicago in 2001 was won by Jimmie Johnson, a victory that still stands as his lone NASCAR Busch Series win in 85 career starts.
Mears and Sauter are entered in Saturday’s race, as are former winners Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#35 McDonald’s Ford – 2003) and reigning series champion Kevin Harvick (#21 AutoZone Chevy – 2005) who also won the first two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series events at Chicagoland.
Those four drivers also will try to become the first two-time winner at Chicago in NASCAR Busch Series competition.
Sherman Hopes Chicago Homecoming Results In Second-Half Resurgence
Since homecomings bring back familiarity, Brent Sherman (#36 Big Lots Chevy) is banking that Saturday’s visit to Chicagoland Speedway can help return him to his first-half performance this season.Sherman, a resident of Wauconda, Ill. – a tick under 50 miles from Chicago – began the year in surprising fashion. He was 10th in the standings after three races, and 19th after seven events. Included in that span was his season-best finish to date, 15th at Mexico City.
Since a 16th-place at Talladega Superspeedway last April, Sherman has struggled to find early-season consistency. His average finish in that span has been 33rd, although he has registered three finishes of 24th or better in his last five races.
Sherman has one other NASCAR Busch Series start at his home track, in 2005 with owner Ketih Barnwell. He finished 24th.
In The Loop: First To Claim Second? Defending Race Winner Mears Among Chiacgo Repeat Favorites
Casey Mears will try to make it two in a row Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway – a lofty feat considering consecutive wins haven’t been posted since the NASCAR Busch Series started racing there in 2001.Mears impressed last season in his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Chicago since 2003, leading 47 laps and racking up solid statistics. He had a Driver Rating of 127.3, an Average Running Position of 5.9, 24 Fastest Laps Run and spent 193 of the 200 laps in the top 15.
But the competition is strong again this weekend, with a number of double-duty drivers competing in the USG Durock 300.
One driver pulling double duty is Ryan Newman (#12 Kodak Dodge) who, in two starts (2001, ‘05), has two Busch Poles. In 2005, Newman finished third, earning a Driver Rating of 135.4. In that race, he also had an Average Running Position of 3.3, 40 Fastest Laps Run and spent all but four of the 200 laps in the top 15.
As usual, series leader Carl Edwards (#60 Sharp Ford) should run up front at Chicago. In his only two starts at the Joliet track, Edwards has two top-five finishes. In 2005, he finished fourth and last year, he was second to Mears. Combined, Edwards has a Driver Rating of 120.8, an Average Running Position of 6.6, 66 Fastest Laps Run (which is more than any other driver) and 361 Laps in the Top 15.
Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick will run his third consecutive race this weekend and there’s no reason to think his success won’t continue. Harvick has a win and a runner-up finish over his last two NASCAR Busch Series races this season and has finishes of first and fourth in his last two Chicago races.
He has a Chicago Driver Rating of 120.2, an Average Running Position of 5.6, 13 Fastest Laps Run and 386 Laps in the Top 15 – which is more than any other driver.
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Keselowski In #88 Chevy: JR Motorsports will have a new driver in the #88 U.S. NAVY Chevy this weekend at Chicagoland.
Brad Keselowski, who most recently competed in the NASCAR Busch Series for Keith Coleman Racing, replaces Shane Huffman for the next three events. Huffman was relieved of his duties last week and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove the #88 Chevy at Daytona International Speedway.
Keselowski, a 24-year-old native of Rochester Hills, Mich., drove in 13 races for KCR this season before the team suspended its operations due to owner Keith Coleman’s medical issues. Keselowski, who finished 12th in the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings running for his father’s team, posted his career-best finish of 24th at Dover last month. He competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series two weeks ago at Memphis Motorsports Park for Germain Racing when the team needed a last-minute replacement for Ted Musgrave. Keselowski scored the pole, led four times for a total of 62 laps and contended for the win. -
Turning The Leicht Back On: Although Stephen Leicht (#90 CitiFinancial Ford) is ranked a career-best ninth in the standings, he’s fallen into a mini-slump following his landmark win at Kentucky Speedway late last month. The 20-year-old was a respectable 14th at The Milwaukee Mile after his Kentucky win, but has finished 25th and 27th in his last two races at New Hampshire International Speedway and Daytona, respectively. Leicht has a daunting task in front of him as he works to gain back momentum – he will compete at Chicagoland for the first time in his NASCAR Busch Series career. Last season, Leicht’s then-teammate Elliott Sadler drove the #90 Ford in this event.
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Keller Approaching More Milestones: Jason Keller (#11 Dutch Quality Stone Chevy) returns to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2005 and is once again on the precipice of breaking series records.
The first series driver to earn $9 and $10 million in winnings is also second in all-time series starts with 408 – the only driver other than Tommy Houston (417) to surpass the 400-start mark. Keller is $23,189 from the $11 million threshold as well and could break through at Chicago. His current combined CJM Racing and Brewco Motorsports schedule also could make the all-time starts leader before the end of the 2007 season. The 37-year-old Keller, with 10 career victories, doesn’t want to look too far into the future, however.
“I try not to think about [the starts record],” he said. “I don’t want to jinx myself. The focus with this team (CJM) is to go out there and try to build on our program.
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Interesting Combo At Iowa: Iowa Speedway – the 7/8-mile tri-oval in Newton, Iowa designed by former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion and current NASCAR Busch Series team owner Rusty Wallace – will host a Rolex Sports Car Series race Friday night with an interesting duo as participants. Mark Martin, the all-time NASCAR Busch Series wins (47) and poles (30) leader – and Patrick Carpentier, who announced this week his intentions to participate in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal on Aug. 4 – both are scheduled to compete at Iowa. The race will be Martin’s debut in a Rolex Series car while Carpentier, a Rolex Series veteran, will debut in the NASCAR Busch Series at Montreal.
The Director’s Take: Chicagoland
INSIGHT FROM JOE BALASH, NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DIRECTOR“At Chicagoland, like at most of the 1.5-mile speedways we run on, the majority of the teams will try to make the best use of their “coil bind” set-up, where the front spring is fully compressed.
Teams want to find the best balance so the car will rotate in the corners and turn as easily as possible.
The coil bind makes the car look like it’s riding directly on the front bumper; the nose seals right to the track giving the best aero advantage to the team that manages to use their shocks to hold the car down the best.The driver will need to do his part, too, using the brakes to “set” the car down on the spring. They won’t want it to slam, instead there needs to be a smooth compressing of the spring.”
News From The NAPA Auto Parts 200
Carpentier In The Field: Patrick Carpentier, a regular driver in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series who also has competed in the IndyCar and Champ Car series, announced Tuesday that he will enter the Aug. 4 NASCAR Busch Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
Carpentier, a 35-year-old native of Quebec, is scheduled to drive the #22 Dodge for Fitz Motorsports in the event. Carpentier was already scheduled to race in Round 11 of the 2007 Daytona Prototype schedule in Montreal on Aug. 3.
“I think running both series on the same weekend will be a plus for me … however, this advantage shouldn’t last forever as my opponents
are all talented professionals and they won’t take too much time to figure out the track,” Carpentier said at a press conference in Montreal announcing his participation.
2007 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGSDriver Points
1. David Ragan 180
2. Marcos Ambrose 166
3. Juan Pablo Montoya 153
4. Kyle Krisiloff 150
5. Brad Coleman 88
6. Brad Keselowski 87
7. Robert Richardson Jr. 67
8. Justin Diercks 51
9. Sam Hornish Jr. 35
10. Bobby Santos 21
11. Alex Garcia 7ESPN/ABC
ESPN on ABC will feature NASCAR Busch Series racing live from Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. The telecast begins with NASCAR Countdown at 2:30 p.m. ET; the race starts at 3 p.m. ESPN2 will carry the final practice session on Friday and qualifying on Saturday.Suzy Kolber hosts NASCAR Countdown from the ESPN Pit Studio, joined by Wallace and analyst Brad Daugherty, while Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Chevy Cutaway Car.
Rusty Wallace will work in the ESPN booth as analyst for the telecast and will be joined by Andy Petree. Dr. Jerry Punch will handle play-by-play. Pit reporters will be Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Mike Massaro.
ESPN2 will have live coverage of qualifying from Chicagoland as well as the series’ final practice session. Practice coverage will air at 5:45 p.m. ET Friday, with the live qualifying show hosted by Kolber at 11 a.m. Saturday.
2007 At-A-Glance: NASCAR Busch Series Leaders After 19 Of 35 Races:
Traditional Statistics:
Driver points – Edwards (2966)
Victories – Edwards (4)
Races led — Edwards (14)
Laps led – Edwards (648)
Top-five finishes – Edwards (12)
Top-10 finishes – Edwards (15)
Owner points – Roush (#60) – (2966)
Money Won – Edwards ($776,355)
Miles led – Ky. Busch (928.53)
Busch Poles – Hamlin (3)
Closing in on Top 10 – Leicht 10th (1866 pts): Bowyer (-6); Smith (-25); M. Wallace (-26)
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 – Blaney, Edwards, Harvick (19)Loops Data Statistics:
Average Running Position – Edwards (7.2)
Fastest Laps Run – Edwards (420)
Quality Passes – Edwards (736)
Laps In Top 15 – Edwards (3,204 of a possible 3,564)Chevy Lands 10th Win Of 2007; Posts 16th Consecutive Double-Digit Win Season
With its 10th win of the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season having been registered last Saturday at Daytona by Kyle Busch (#5 Delphi Chevy), Chevy not only continued to lead the Bill France Performance Cup standings, but extended its double-digit win streak to 16 consecutive seasons.Chevy had 10 wins in 1992 to begin the streak – the longest in each of NASCAR’s three national series – and averaged nearly 18 wins through last season.
Ford remains in second place in the manufacturer standings, 20 points behind Chevy and has one win at Chicagoland, in 2003 with Bobby Hamilton Jr., who returns to the track in a Ford for Saturday’s race.
Dodge ranks third in the standings, four points ahead of fourth-place Toyota. Dodge has won two of the last three races at Chicago while Toyota makes its series debut there.
Manufacturers’ Championship
2007 Point Standings
Chevy 142
Ford 122
Dodge 79
Toyota 75Up Next: Gateway 250 At Gateway International Raceway
The NASCAR Busch Series returns to its stand-alone schedule next week at Gateway ternational Raceway for the Gateway 250 on Saturday, July 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will carry the broadcast.The race, held in St. Louis – the home city of series sponsor Busch Beer – is the first of three consecutive stand-alone events that also takes the series to O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis (Aug. 28) and then to the inaugural race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Aug. 4.
Missouri native (Columbia) and series points leader Carl Edwards is the defending winner of the Gateway 250 while Denny Hamlin was the polesitter in 2006.
A pair of two-time series champions, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick, each has two wins at the track and both won their races in consecutive seasons – Earnhardt in 1998-99 and Harvick in 2000-01.
2007 Point Standings
No. Driver Points
1 Edwards 2966
2 Harvick 2168
3 Reutimann 2095
4 Blaney 2056
5 Leffler 2033
6 Ragan 2010
7 Hamilton Jr. 1983
8 Ambrose 1887
9 Leicht 1866
10 Biffle 1845The Race: USG Durock 300
The Place: Chicagoland Speedway
The Date: July 14, 20071
The Time: 3:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ABC, 2:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1.5-mile tri-oval
Race Purse: $1,544,672
2006 Winner: Casey Mears
2006 Pole: Carl EdwardsSchedule:
Fri.: 1:10-2:10 p.m. – Practice; 2:15-2:45 p.m. – Rookie Practice; 4:45 p.m. – Final Practice (one hour, time permitting). Sat.: 10:05 a.m. – Qualifying (Impound).
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- Additional Chicago Busch Race Info at:
chicagolandspeedway.com
ESPN.com Busch page
TheHotLap.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com
- Race: 7:00pm/et, Saturday, June 9, 2007 in Lebanon, TN
- Length: 225 Laps, 300 miles
- TV: ESPN2 – 6:30pm/et
- Radio: MRN
- Purse: $1,183,720
- Announcers: Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree
- Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro
Practice Dates/Times
- Practice: Friday, June 8, 6:00-7:00pm/et & 8:00-9:00pm/et. Rookie Practice, 7:15-7:45pm/et
Qualifying Info
- Qualifying Draw: Friday, June 8, 5:00pm/et.
- Qualifying Time: Saturday, June 9, 3:05pm/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions, cars will be impounded.
- NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). TheHotLap.com has free qualifying coverage.
Goodyear Tire Notes
NASCAR Busch Series — Race No. 15 — Federated Auto Parts 300
Nashville Speedway (1.333-mile oval) — Lebanon, Tenn.
Fast Facts for June 8-9, 2007
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Number of Tires: Left-side — 575; Right-side — 575
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4092; Right-side — D-4094
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 87.3 in.; Right-side — 88.6 in.
Technical Inspection Inflation: Left Front — 26 psi; Left Rear — 26 psi; Right Front — 40 psi; Right Rear — 38 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 20 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi; Right Front — 36 psi; Right Rear — 34 psi
Estimated Pit Window: Every 65-70 laps, based on fuel mileage.
Notes: This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Goodyear brought to Nashville for the NASCAR Busch Series race earlier this season . . . Nashville is the only track at which Busch Series teams are scheduled to run these codes in 2007 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals one mile or greater in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Nashville . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION
- Edwards Wins at Nashville: #60-Carl Edwards passed #2-Clint Bowyer with 34 laps to go and pulled away to win the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Edward has won 4 races this season, all of them on concrete tracks (Bristol, Nashville twice, and Dover). Bowyer held on for second, #38-Jason Leffler was third, #29-Scott Wimmer fourth, and #4-Regan Smith fifth. The rest of the top 10 were #11-Jason Keller, #6-David Ragan, #16-Todd Kluever, #99-David Reutimann, and #20-Aric Almirola. There were 7 leaders with 12 lead changes and 5 cautions for 25 laps.(6-9-2007)
NASCAR Race Number 15
Unofficial Race Results for the Federated Auto Parts 300
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Nashville Superspeedway – Nashville, TN – 1.33 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 225 Laps – 299.93 Miles – Purse: $1,183,720Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Total Award Status Times Laps 1 7 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 225 190 5 $55,700 Running 2 49 2 2 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevrolet 225 180 10 $38,100 Running 4 116 3 14 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 225 165 $43,973 Running 4 9 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevrolet 225 165 5 $41,798 Running 3 41 5 11 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevrolet 225 155 $31,598 Running 6 17 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet 225 155 5 $19,375 Running 1 1 7 16 6 David Ragan # Coats/Discount Tire Ford 225 146 $19,750 Running 8 6 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 225 142 $29,823 Running 9 30 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 225 138 $23,048 Running 10 3 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevrolet 225 134 $26,175 Running 11 29 91 David Green YRT2 Toyota 225 130 $16,925 Running 12 1 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 225 132 5 $25,523 Running 1 6 13 8 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Ford 225 124 $22,923 Running 14 34 41 David Stremme Wrigley’s Winterfresh Dodge 224 121 $16,600 Running 15 20 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/Dollar General Ford 224 118 $19,800 Running 16 12 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 224 115 $22,323 Running 17 15 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 224 117 5 $22,648 Running 1 2 18 32 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevrolet 224 109 $16,575 Running 19 18 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevrolet 223 106 $22,073 Running 20 4 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevrolet 223 103 $24,075 Running 21 37 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevrolet 223 100 $21,318 Running 22 22 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge 223 97 $23,535 Running 23 28 42 Kevin Hamlin Texaco/Havoline Dodge 223 94 $23,875 Running 24 24 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford 222 91 $17,965 Running 25 33 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevrolet 222 88 $20,763 Running 26 19 33 Cale Gale Camping World Chevrolet 222 85 $23,385 Running 27 26 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 221 82 $20,543 Running 28 31 37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 221 79 $15,815 Running 29 39 56 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Power Equipment Co. Chevrolet 220 76 $15,780 Running 30 40 28 Robert Richardson, Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet 220 73 $18,165 Running 31 21 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Design Chevrolet 193 70 $17,675 Accident 32 25 77 Kertus Davis Dollar General Chevrolet 187 67 $23,140 Running 33 10 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 164 69 5 $20,308 Engine 1 10 34 13 25 Richard Johns freecreditreport.com Ford 147 61 $15,595 Accident 35 35 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevrolet 145 58 $15,575 Engine 36 5 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Dollar General Ford 109 55 $20,248 Engine 37 27 92 Bobby Santos # Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota 63 52 $15,535 Transmission 38 23 30 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org Chevrolet 44 49 $15,515 Rear End 39 38 73 Brett Rowe Fikes Automotive/FMI Fireplaces 28 46 $15,470 Engine 40 43 23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevrolet 23 43 $15,425 Handling 41 36 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 18 40 $15,380 Handling 42 42 52 Brad Teague Ford 16 37 $15,360 Transmission 43 41 70 Justin Diercks # BIOMET/Foretravel Chevrolet 5 34 $15,290 Rear End Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 45,000, Carl Edwards won the Federated Auto Parts 300, his 13th career NASCAR Busch Series victory.Before the green flag, the the following drivers under penalty dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #73 Brett Rowe, #92 Bobby Santos (engine change); #47 Kelly Bires (backup). Failed to Qualify: (1) #05 Justin Ashburn. Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 18 Mins, 28 Secs. Average Speed: 129.949 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.656 Seconds Caution Flags: 5 for 25 laps: Laps: 3-5 (#14, 77 accident frontstretch); 66-71 (#92 spin turn 4); 111-118 (oil on track); 137-140 (#18 accident turn 4); 154-157 (#25 accident turn 4). Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers: S. Wallace 1-6; C. Bowyer 7-49; S. Wimmer 50-67; C. Bowyer 68-105; S. Wimmer 106-111; C. Bowyer 112-121; C. Edwards 122-136; S. Wimmer 137-153; J. Keller 154; S. Leicht 155-164; C. Blount 165-166; C. Bowyer 167-191; C. Edwards 192-225. Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Edwards 2,460;(2) K. Harvick 1,798;(3) D. Blaney 1,715;(4) D. Reutimann 1,649;(5) R. Smith 1,633;(6) M. Kenseth 1,591;(7) B. Hamilton Jr. 1,574;(8) D. Ragan # 1,571;(9) C. Bowyer 1,529;(10) G. Biffle 1,513. Busch Pole Award Steve Wallace, #66 (161.288 mph) Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Scott Wimmer, #29 (123.666 seconds) Featherlite Most Improved Driver Regan Smith, #4 (21 Places) Raybestos Rookie of the Race David Ragan, #6 Sunoco Diamond Performance Carl Edwards, #60 WIX Filters Lap Leader Scott Wimmer, #29 (41 Laps)
- Edwards’ Point Lead Jumps to 662: Carl Edwards win, combined with Kevin Harvick skipping the Nashville race, pushed Edwards’s point lead to 662. Harvick remains in second, Dave Blaney remains in third. David Reutimann moved to fourth in the points and Regan Smith moved up to fifth.(6-9-2007)
Points Report
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
UNOFFICAL
Provided by NASCAR Statistics- Saturday, 6/9/2007 @ 9:12 PM EasternPos Driver BPts Points Ldr 1 Carl Edwards 70 2460 0 2 Kevin Harvick 20 1798 -662 3 Dave Blaney 15 1715 -745 4 David Reutimann 10 1649 -811 5 Regan Smith 20 1633 -827 6 Matt Kenseth 50 1591 -869 7 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 5 1574 -886 8 David Ragan # 15 1571 -889 9 Clint Bowyer 40 1529 -931 10 Greg Biffle 25 1513 -947 11 Marcos Ambrose # 5 1508 -952 12 Jason Leffler 15 1482 -978 13 Casey Mears 15 1462 -998 14 Jeff Burton 40 1446 -1014 15 J.J. Yeley 10 1419 -1041 16 Mike Wallace 40 1399 -1061 17 Denny Hamlin 30 1393 -1067 18 Juan Pablo Montoya 20 1391 -1069 19 Stephen Leicht 10 1385 -1075 20 Shane Huffman 5 1344 -1116 21 Kyle Busch 60 1318 -1142 22 Steve Wallace 15 1293 -1167 23 Kyle Krisiloff # 0 1240 -1220 24 Brent Sherman 20 1202 -1258 25 Ward Burton 0 1179 -1281 26 Scott Wimmer 15 1154 -1306 27 Jon Wood 0 1154 -1306 28 David Stremme 5 1092 -1368 29 Mike Bliss 0 979 -1481 30 Jamie Mcmurray 5 954 -1506 31 Todd Kluever 5 944 -1516 32 David Gilliland 5 935 -1525 33 Tony Stewart 10 897 -1563 34 Kasey Kahne 25 887 -1573 35 Bobby Labonte 5 863 -1597 36 Eric Mcclure 5 857 -1603 37 Aric Almirola 5 798 -1662 38 Reed Sorenson 0 739 -1721 39 Brad Keselowski # 0 739 -1721 40 Brad Coleman 5 565 -1895 41 Paul Menard 0 563 -1897 42 Timothy Peters 0 534 -1926 43 Jason Keller 5 464 -1996 44 Mark Martin 0 452 -2008 45 Justin Diercks # 0 435 -2025 46 Johnny Sauter 0 423 -2037 47 Danny O’quinn Jr. 0 400 -2060 48 Robert Richardson, 0 383 -2077 49 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 10 382 -2078 50 Stanton Barrett 0 381 -2079 51 Jay Sauter 0 376 -2084 52 Sam Hornish, Jr 0 368 -2092 53 Tony Raines 0 367 -2093 54 Kurt Busch 15 357 -2103 55 Ryan Newman 10 355 -2105 56 Scott Riggs 0 339 -2121 57 Robby Gordon 0 324 -2136 58 Joe Nemechek 0 300 -2160 59 Kertus Davis 0 262 -2198 60 Boris Said 0 241 -2219 61 Morgan Shepherd 0 240 -2220 62 Brett Rowe 0 229 -2231 63 Kevin Conway 0 228 -2232 64 D J Kennington 0 222 -2238 65 David Green 0 209 -2251 66 Kevin Hamlin 0 203 -2257 67 Jeff Green 0 200 -2260 68 Martin Truex, Jr 5 195 -2265 69 Cale Gale 0 167 -2293 70 Derrike Cope 0 164 -2296 71 Kevin Lepage 0 163 -2297 72 Scott Pruett 5 160 -2300 73 Jimmie Johnson 5 155 -2305 74 Jorge Goeters 5 151 -2309 75 Ron Young 0 143 -2317 76 Adrian Fernandez 0 138 -2322 77 Brad Teague 0 126 -2334 78 Bobby Santos # 0 125 -2335 79 Richard Johns 0 122 -2338 80 Elliott Sadler 0 121 -2339 81 Kelly Bires 0 118 -2342 82 Chase Miller 97 -2363 83 Brian Simo 0 97 -2363 84 Justin Ashburn 0 97 -2363 85 Donnie Neuenberger 0 95 -2365 86 Todd Souza 0 94 -2366 87 Bobby East 0 91 -2369 88 P J Jones 0 91 -2369 89 Steve Grissom 0 88 -2372 90 Michel Jourdain 0 88 -2372 91 Kenny Wallace 0 85 -2375 92 German Quiroga 5 84 -2376 93 Mike Harmon 0 83 -2377 94 Rogelio Lopez 0 76 -2384 95 Travis Kvapil 0 70 -2390 96 Ron Fellows 0 67 -2393 97 J R Fitzpatrick 0 64 -2396 98 Carlos Contreras 5 63 -2397 99 Alex Garcia 0 61 -2399 100 Dange Hanniford 0 49 -2411 101 John Andretti 0 46 -2414 102 John Young 0 46 -2414 103 Jerick Johnson 0 40 -2420 104 Caleb Holman 0 37 -2423 105 Michael Waltrip 0 34 -2426 106 Ruben Pardo 0 0 -2460 107 Tono Perez 0 0 -2460 108 Randy Macdonald 0 0 -2460
Owner Points Following Race # 15
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
UNOFFICIAL
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 6/9/2007 @ 8:49 PM EasternPos Owner Car # Points Ldr 1 Jack Roush 60 2,460 — 2 Richard Childress 29 2,158 -302 3 Joe Gibbs 20 1,942 -518 4 Richard Childress 21 1,867 -593 5 Jack Roush 17 1,809 -651 6 Delana Harvick 33 1,788 -672 7 Ray Evernham 9 1,685 -775 8 Armando Fitz 22 1,657 -803 9 Michael Waltrip 99 1,649 -811 10 Bobby Ginn 4 1,633 -827 11 Rick Hendrick 5 1,626 -834 12 Floyd Ganassi 42 1,594 -866 13 Gregory Pollex 10 1,591 -869 14 Gary Weisbaum 35 1,574 -886 15 Jack Roush 6 1,571 -889 16 Delana Harvick 77 1,569 -891 17 Jack Roush 16 1,532 -928 18 Richard Childress 2 1,529 -931 19 Tad Geschickter 59 1,508 -952 20 Rick Hendrick 24 1,493 -967 21 Tammy Brewer 27 1,485 -975 22 Todd Braun 38 1,482 -978 23 Clarence Brewer 37 1,447 -1,013 24 James Finch 1 1,441 -1,019 25 James Finch 7 1,399 -1,061 26 Robert Yates 90 1,385 -1,075 27 Chip Ganassi 41 1,358 -1,102 28 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 88 1,344 -1,116 29 Jodi Geschickter 47 1,342 -1,118 30 Joe Gibbs 18 1,306 -1,154 31 Rusty Wallace 66 1,293 -1,167 32 Gregory Pollex 14 1,240 -1,220 33 John McGill 36 1,202 -1,258 34 Gene Haas 28 1,196 -1,264 35 Edward Rensi 25 1,142 -1,318 36 Roger Penske 12 1,080 -1,380 37 Keith Duesenberg 0 983 -1,477 38 Keith Coleman 23 758 -1,702 39 Frank Cicci 34 592 -1,868 40 Teresa Earnhardt 15 563 -1,897 41 Jack Roush 126 490 -1,970 42 Mary Louise Miller 70 460 -2,000 43 Jimmy Means 52 419 -2,041 44 Bryan Mullet 11 400 -2,060 45 Teresa Earnhardt 8 382 -2,078 46 Stanton Barrett 30 381 -2,079 47 Robby Gordon 155 324 -2,136 48 John McNelly 56 319 -2,141 49 Andrea Nemechek 87 300 -2,160 50 Bill Riley 91 282 -2,178 51 Jack Roush 106 282 -2,178 52 Pat Macdonald 72 250 -2,210 53 Todd Braun 32 229 -2,231 54 Teresa Earnhardt 111 195 -2,265 55 Johnny Davis 01 194 -2,266 56 James Rowe 73 186 -2,274 57 Wayne Day 05 171 -2,289 58 Rick Hendrick 148 155 -2,305 59 Jerry Young 171 143 -2,317 60 Kelly Souza 113 94 -2,366 61 Cindy Shepherd 89 89 -2,371 62 Donnie Richardson 244 83 -2,377 63 Tom Eriksen 167 76 -2,384 64 Alex Garcia 298 61 -2,399 65 Eddie D’hondt 92 52 -2,408 66 Armando Fitz 144 46 -2,414 67 John Young 146 46 -2,414 68 Jack Johnson 176 40 -2,420 69 Charles Henderson 175 37 -2,423 70 Robert Richardson 180 31 -2,429 71 Jeff Barrister 250 31 -2,429 72 Earl Sadler 195 22 -2,438
- Steve Wallace On Pole in Nashville: #66-Steve Wallace captured his second career Busch Series pole at Nashville (his first was at Bristol earlier this year). His qualifying speed was 161.288mph. #2-Clint Bowyer was second, followed by #20-Aric Almirola, #21-Timothy Peters, #59-Marcos Ambrose, #16-Todd Kluever, #60-Carl Edwards, #35-Bobby Hamilton, Jr., #29-Scott Wimmer, and #90-Stephen Leicht. #47-Kelly Bires wrecked on his second lap and will have to go to a backup. #05-Justin Ashburn was the only driver to not qualify.(6-9-2007)
Starting Line Up by Row
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sun, June 10, 2007 @ 03:33 AM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed 1 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 29.753 161.288 2 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy 29.767 161.212 3 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 29.828 160.882 4 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 29.828 160.882 5 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Dollar General Ford 29.861 160.705 6 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 29.867 160.672 7 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 29.904 160.474 8 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Ford 29.909 160.447 9 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 29.919 160.393 10 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 29.928 160.345 11 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 29.946 160.248 12 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 29.969 160.125 13 25 Richard Johns freecreditreport.com Ford 30.011 159.901 14 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 30.025 159.827 15 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 30.096 159.450 16 6 David Ragan # Coats/Discount Tire Ford 30.120 159.323 17 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 30.132 159.259 18 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 30.150 159.164 19 33 Cale Gale Camping World Chevy 30.151 159.159 20 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/Dollar General Ford 30.158 159.122 21 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Design Chevy 30.178 159.016 22 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge 30.191 158.948 23 30 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org Chevy 30.192 158.943 24 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford 30.193 158.937 25 77 Kertus Davis Dollar General Chevy 30.195 158.927 26 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 30.242 158.680 27 92 Bobby Santos # Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota 30.290 158.429 28 42 Kevin Hamlin Texaco/Havoline Dodge 30.291 158.423 29 91 David Green YRT2 Toyota 30.296 158.397 30 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 30.299 158.381 31 37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 30.338 158.178 32 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 30.430 157.700 33 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 30.458 157.555 34 41 David Stremme Wrigley’s Winterfresh Dodge 30.540 157.132 35 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 30.611 156.767 36 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 30.729 156.165 37 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 30.810 155.755 38 73 Brett Rowe Fikes Automotive/FMI Fireplaces Chevy 30.820 155.704 39 56 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Power Equipment Co. Chevy 30.838 155.613 40 28 Robert Richardson, Jr. # U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 30.966 154.970 41 70 Justin Diercks # BIOMET/Foretravel Chevy 31.774 151.029 42 52 Brad Teague Ford 31.859 150.626 43 23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 32.020 149.869 Did Not Qualify: #05 Justin Ashburn.
- Leicht fastest in final Busch practice session: #90-Stephen Leicht was the fastest in the final practice at Nashville Superspeedway with a speed of 161.675. #20-Aric Almirola was second, #29-Scott Wimmer was third, #38-Jason Leffler was fourth, and #35-Bobby Hamilton Jr. fifth.(6-8-2007)
NBS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, June 09, 2007 @ 08:01 AM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 29.615 162.040 23 2 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 29.677 161.701 34 3 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 29.705 161.549 31 4 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 29.733 161.396 21 5 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Ford 29.776 161.163 30 6 33 Cale Gale Camping World Chevy 29.793 161.071 19 7 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 29.847 160.780 31 8 *91 David Green YRT2 Toyota 29.870 160.656 19 9 22 Carlos Contreras Family Dollar Dodge 29.872 160.645 32 10 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 29.890 160.549 26 11 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 29.900 160.495 34 12 99 Mark Green Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 29.903 160.479 19 13 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Dollar General Ford 29.917 160.404 22 14 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Design Chevy 29.918 160.398 21 15 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge 29.923 160.372 31 16 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 29.958 160.184 28 17 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 29.960 160.174 33 18 77 Kertus Davis Dollar General Chevy 29.966 160.141 28 19 *25 Richard Johns freecreditreport.com Ford 29.984 160.045 25 20 41 Scott Lagasse, Jr. Wrigley’s Winterfresh Dodge 29.999 159.965 31 21 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 30.003 159.944 15 22 *30 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org Chevy 30.029 159.806 21 23 37 Casey Atwood Cub Cadet Ford 30.079 159.540 26 24 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford 30.101 159.423 30 25 >*2 Brandon Miller BB&T; Chevy 30.113 159.360 38 26 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/Dollar General Ford 30.136 159.238 40 27 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 30.143 159.201 12 28 42 Kevin Hamlin Texaco/Havoline Dodge 30.148 159.175 37 29 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 30.173 159.043 22 30 *56 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Power Equipment Co. Chevy 30.303 158.361 19 31 6 Auggie Vidovich Coats/Discount Tire Ford 30.318 158.282 25 32 1 Chad Chaffin Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 30.377 157.975 25 33 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 30.415 157.777 13 34 60 Matt McCall Dish Network Ford 30.460 157.544 36 35 10 Chad Blount Camping World Toyota 30.487 157.405 19 36 *89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 30.533 157.168 5 37 *23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 30.786 155.876 9 38 28 Robert Richardson, Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 30.936 155.120 14 39 *52 Brad Teague Ford 31.126 154.173 3 40 *70 Justin Diercks # BIOMET/Foretravel Chevy 31.310 153.267 18 41 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 31.353 153.057 18 42 *05 Justin Ashburn FMI Fireplaces/31W Insulation Chevy 32.394 148.139 6 43 *73 Brett Rowe Fikes Automotive/FMI Fireplaces Chevy 32.520 47.565 1 *Required to qualify on time
NBS Rookie Practice
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, June 09, 2007 @ 06:46 AM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/Dollar General Ford 29.948 160.238 9 2 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge 29.982 160.056 17 3 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Dollar General Ford 30.115 159.349 10 4 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Design Chevy 30.300 158.376 20 5 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford 30.454 157.575 13 6 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 30.670 156.466 14 7 28 Robert Richardson, Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 30.837 155.618 3 8 *92 Bobby Santos Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota 30.871 155.447 6 9 *70 Justin Diercks # BIOMET/Foretravel Chevy 31.493 152.377 5 10 *23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 31.687 151.444 7 *Required to qualify on time
- Kluever fastest in first Busch practice session: #16-Todd Kluever was the fastest with a speed of 161.593 in the first practice session for the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. #35-Bobby Hamilton Jr. was second. #88-Shane Huffman was third. #29 Scott Wimmer was fourth. #38-Jason Leffler was fifth.(6-8-2007)
NBS Rookie Practice
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, June 09, 2007 @ 06:46 AM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 29.630 161.957 25 2 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Ford 29.837 160.834 12 3 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 29.862 160.699 24 4 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 29.893 160.533 20 5 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 29.904 160.474 24 6 *2 Brandon Miller BB&T; Chevy 29.909 160.447 25 7 *91 David Green YRT2 Toyota 29.943 160.265 14 8 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 29.961 160.168 17 9 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 29.966 160.141 19 10 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 29.985 160.040 26 11 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 29.986 160.035 16 12 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 29.989 160.019 18 13 99 Mark Green Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 30.000 159.960 25 14 37 Casey Atwood Cub Cadet Ford 30.035 159.774 22 15 77 Kertus Davis Dollar General Chevy 30.039 159.752 15 16 33 Cale Gale Camping World Chevy 30.122 159.312 15 17 42 Kevin Hamlin Texaco/Havoline Dodge 30.123 159.307 26 18 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Dollar General Ford 30.159 159.117 19 19 6 Auggie Vidovich Coats/Discount Tire Ford 30.168 159.069 27 20 41 Scott Lagasse, Jr. Wrigley’s Winterfresh Dodge 30.168 159.069 24 21 22 Carlos Contreras Family Dollar Dodge 30.189 158.959 21 22 47 Kelly Bires Clorox/Dollar General Ford 30.199 158.906 21 23 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge 30.246 158.659 31 24 1 Chad Chaffin Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 30.289 158.434 28 25 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 30.334 158.199 22 26 *30 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org Chevy 30.386 157.928 21 27 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 30.400 157.855 29 28 *25 Richard Johns freecreditreport.com Ford 30.460 157.544 21 29 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford 30.481 157.436 35 30 10 Chad Blount Camping World Toyota 30.502 157.327 17 31 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 30.521 157.229 11 32 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Design Chevy 30.522 157.224 23 33 *56 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Power Equipment Co. Chevy 30.539 157.137 15 34 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 30.554 157.060 26 35 60 Matt McCall Dish Network Ford 30.683 156.399 14 36 *89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 30.869 155.457 4 37 28 Robert Richardson, Jr U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 30.963 154.985 13 38 *70 Justin Diercks # BIOMET/Foretravel Chevy 31.204 53.788 22 39 *92 Bobby Santos Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota 31.226 153.680 9 40 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 31.307 153.282 19 41 *52 Brad Teague Ford 31.395 152.852 6 42 *05 Justin Ashburn FMI Fireplaces/31W Insulation Chevy 34.652 138.486 1 *Required to qualify on time
- Nashville Entry List: There are 46 entries for Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. With this being a stand-alone event, there are a limited number of Cup drivers on the list: #1-J.J. Yeley, #2-Clint Bowyer, #6-David Ragan, #10-Dave Blaney, #37-Greg Biffle, #41-David Stremme, #60-Carl Edwards, and #99-David Reutimann.(6-4-2007)
Preliminary Entry List
Nashville Superspeedway
Federated Auto Parts 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Mon, June 04, 2007 @ 02:11 PM EasternEnt Car Driver Team Name Owner 1. 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy Keith Duesenberg 2. 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resort Chevy James Finch 3. 01 James Hylton Race Girl Chevy Johnny Davis 4. 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy Richard Childress 5. 4 Regan Smith Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevy Bobby Ginn 6. 05 Justin Ashburn FMI Fireplaces/31-W Insulation Chevy Wayne Day 7. 6 David Ragan Coats/Discount Tire Ford Jack Roush 8. 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy James Finch 9. 9 Chase Miller Lipton Dodge Ray Evernham 10. 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota Greg Pollex 11. 11 Jason Keller TBA Chevy Bryan Mullet 12. 14 Kyle Krisiloff Clabber Girl Baking Powder Ford Greg Pollex 13. 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford Jack Roush 14. 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy Joe Gibbs 15. 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy Joe Gibbs 16. 21 Timothy Peters Auto Zone Chevy Richard Childress 17. 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge Armando Fitz 18. 23 Brad Keselowski MACtac Chevy Keith Coleman 19. 25 Richard Johns FreeCreditReport.com Ford Ed Rensi 20. 27 Bobby East Federated Auto Parts Ford Tammy Brewer 21. 28 Robert Richardson U.S. Border Patrol Chevy Gene Haas 22. 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy Richard Childress 23. 30 Stanton Barrett 4Caring.org Chevy Stanton Barrett 24. 33 Cale Gale Camping World Chevy Delana Harvick 25. 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr McDonald’s Ford Gary Weisbaum 26. 36 Brent Sherman Big Lots! Chevy John McGill 27. 37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford Clarence Brewer 28. 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota Todd Braun 29. 41 David Stremme Wriglery’s Winterfresh Dodge Chip Ganassi 30. 42 Kevin Hamlin Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi 31. 44 Carlos Contreras Family Dollar Dodge Armando Fitz 32. 47 Jon Wood Clorox Ford Jodi Geschickter 33. 52 Brad Teague TBA Ford Jimmy Means 34. 56 Danny O’Quinn Jr Power Equipment Company Chevy John McNelly 35. 59 Marcos Ambrose Kingsford Ford Tad Geschickter 36. 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford Jack Roush 37. 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge Rusty Wallace 38. 70 Justin Diercks Foretravel Motorcoach Chevy Mary Louise Miller 39. 73 Brett Rowe Fike’s Automotive/Spectra Metal Sales James Rowe 40. 77 Kertus Davis Dollar General Chevy Delana Harvick 41. 88 Shane Huffman U.S. Navy Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr. 42. 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Dodge Cindy Shepherd 43. 90 Stephen Leicht Citifinancial Ford Robert Yates 44. 91 David Green Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota Bill Riley 45. 92 Bobby Santos Riley-D’Hondt Motorsports Toyota Eddie D’Hondt 46. 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Michael Waltrip Driver in Red must qualify on time.
NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes – Federated Auto Parts 300
Is he going for a two-fer? A sweep? A three-peat? What about four on the floor?
Whatever the term, Carl Edwards (#60 Dish Network Ford) aims to continue his hot streak in the season and at Nashville Superspeedway, site of Saturday nights Federated Auto Parts 300.
Lets review the definitions:
Two-fer Edwards looks to win his second race in a row. He won at Dover International Speedway last Saturday. He won back-to-back races earlier this year at Bristol Motor Speedway and the first race at Nashville.
Sweep Edwards won at Nashville in April and seeks to become the first driver to capture both races in the same season at the track.
Three-peat In addition to his victory last April, Edwards also carries the distinction of defending race winner, having won this event one year ago. In the process, he became just the second driver to win more than one race at the 1.33-mile concrete oval. Scott Riggs won in 2002 and again in 03.
Four on the floor The series points leader is also the season leader in victories with three. A fourth win would not only pad that lead but put him in pretty exclusive company.
Since the series inception in 1982, only seven drivers have won four or more races through the first 15 events of the season.
Two-time series champion Sam Ard had six wins in the first 15 races in 1984 to lead the group. Another two-time champion, Martin Truex Jr., is the last driver to register four wins after 15 races when he did so in 2004. Truex went on to win six races that year. The series record for wins in a season is held by Ard with 10 in 1983.
Back To Basics: Saturday Night At Nashville Returns Series To Roots
The entry list for Nashville is a combination of series veterans and new faces a mix that give this race the true feel of a NASCAR Busch Series event.
Bobby Hamilton Jr., Jason Keller (#11 CJM Racing Chevy) and David Green (#91 YRT2 Toyota) the 1994 series champion who won at Nashville in 2003 are veterans who call the series home. The trio will be on a series track together for the first time since the Michigan race in 2004.
The race will also help introduce fans to new faces, including Greens teammate Bobby Santos (#92 Riley-DHondt Motorsports Toyota); Kevin Harvick Inc. teammates Cale Gale (#33 Camping World Chevy) and Kertus Davis (#77 Dollar General Chevy), Timothy Peters (#21 AutoZone Chevy) and 20-year-old Chase Miller (#9 Lipton Dodge) who will make his series debut for Evernham Motorsports.
The infusion of fresh names adds to some talented up-and-coming young series regulars who are poised to take advantage of their opportunity at Nashville like Steve Wallace (#66 HomeLife Communities Dodge), Stephen Leicht (#90 CitiFinancial Ford), Aric Almirola (#20 Rockwell Automation Chevy), Danny OQuinn Jr. (#56 Power Equipment Co. Ford), last years Raybestos Rookie of the Year.
In The Loop: Edwards Strong At Nashville, But Series Regulars Have High Marks, Too
If this weekends NASCAR Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is anything like the event this past April, expect lots of competitive balance in the equation.
The April race, won by Carl Edwards, had nine different leaders six of which led at least 20 laps.
In the end, Edwards proved to be the class of the field, but he had stiff competition from the likes of David Reutimann (#99 Aarons Dream Machine Toyota), Jason Leffler (#38 Great Clips Toyota) and Shane Huffman (#88 U. S. NAVY Chevy).
Reutimann, who led 35 laps in a second-place finish, had a second-best Driver Rating of 123.9, a second-best Average Running Position of 4.347, 10 Fastest Laps Run (third-most) and the third-fastest Green Flag Speed at 160.060 mph. His first national series win in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition came at the track.
Leffler also challenged for the win. He led 38 laps that race, had a Driver Rating of 118.8 (third-best), an Average Running Position of 4.444 and had 24 Fastest Laps Run which was second-most.
Huffman, another of the series key regulars, had an Average Running Position of 5.080 and a Driver Rating of 114.2 in the April Nashville race.
But it was Edwards who placed himself at the top of most of the Loop Data categories. He had race-best figures in Average Running Position (3.382), Driver Rating (144.5), Fastest Laps Run (65) and Green Flag Speed (160.449 mph).
Another driver to watch Saturday is Nashvilles favorite son, Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#35 McDonalds Ford). He finished ninth in April and scored an impressive Average Running Position of 7.756 and a Driver Rating of 101.1. He also ranked second in Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green) with 32.
Clint Bowyer is another driver who has had past success at Nashville. Though he did not race there in April, he will pull double duty this weekend and race in Nashville and at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Poco#He won at Nashville in 2005 and finished second in both races there in 2006. At Nashville, he has a series-best Driver Rating of 128.4 and an Average Running Position of 4.434.
NBS ETC.
- Labonte Tests in Montreal: Two-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion Terry Labonte who also has 11 NASCAR Busch Series wins, four of those at Watkins Glen International will participate in a one-day test at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Tuesday, June 12. Labonte will drive the #21 Chevy of Richard Childress Racing and similar to Jeff Burtons test in Mexico City three years ago also in RCR equipment, will be on point for information to be shared among all teams participating in the August 4 event. Labonte, like Burton, was selected since hes not running in the event.
The test will consist of two sessons; 9 a.m. noon and 1 5:00 p.m. at the 2.709-mile road course located on a man-made island on the St. Lawrence River. Media may enter the track beginning at 11:30 a.m. and a press conference featuring Labonte, NASCAR competition executives and the race promoter is scheduled for noon at the track. Log on to NASCARMedia.com for further information and application for credentials to attend. - Double-Duty Drivers: The second Nashville race kicks off the portion of the stand-alone season where double-duty drivers will have subs for practice and qualifying. Nine drivers are scheduled for double duty in Nashville and at Pocono Raceway this weekend. Matt McCall will sub for points leader Carl Edwards while Auggie Vidovich does the same for Edwards teammate David Ragan. Brandon Miller stands in for Clint Bowyer; Chad Blount for Dave Blaney (#10 Camping World Toyota); Scott Lagasse Jr. for David Stremme; Jay Sauter for J.J. Yeley (#1 Miccosukee Resort Chevy) and Mark Green for David Reutimann. Subs for Greg Biffle and Mike Bliss (#22 Family Dollar Dodge) are to be announced.
- Hamilton Jr. Seeks His Indy: Indiana native Tony Stewart craved to win the Brickyard 400, which he finally did in his seventh try. Denny Hamlin, a Virginia native, has echoed those same sentiments, saying a win at Richmond would be the biggest of his career. Bobby Hamilton Jr. has those same feelings about a victory at Nashville. That citys favorite son has three top fives and five top 10s in eight races at the track including a runner-up finish in 2002.
- Bires Replaces Wood At Nashville: Wood Brothers/JTG Racing announced Tuesday that developmental driver Kelly Bires, driver of the teams #21 Ford in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition, will stand in for Jon Wood in the #47 Clorox/American Red Cross Ford this weekend at Nashville. Travis Kvapil drove for Wood at Dover last Saturday.
Bires (prounounced BYers) is a 22-year old native of Mauston, Wis., who has started six races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season, five for Wood Bros./JTG Racing. He posted his career-best finish (10th) at Atlanta earlier this year.
Prior to Dover, Wood had started 83 consecutive races in the NASCAR Busch Series dating back to 2004, his first full season in the series. He was 22nd in the point standings with one top-10 finsih this season 10th at Mexico City in March prior to Dover.
The Directors Take: Nashville
WHAT TO WATCH FOR AT NASHVILLE: THOUGHTS FROM JOE BALASH, NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DIRECTOR
Nashville is a big, wide track so theres not a tendency for drivers to get into each other. Fuel economy is going to be a big factor because the track lends itself to a lot of long green flag runs.
From the team perspective, those who nail the shock and spring set-up are going to be the ones to beat. Getting those dialed in so the car carries its corner speed is going to be the key to this race. Its all about getting the car to turn through the corners without pushing.
Even though were headed to our second concrete track in two weeks, tire wear isnt as critical an issue at Nashville as it was at Dover.
The surface at Nashville isnt as abraisive as it is at Dover. And the banking at Dover is more severe, even in the straightatways. Nashvilles long back straight away gives the tires a chance to cool down.
Rookie Spotlight: Ambrose Catches Ragan At Top Of Leader Board
Gotcha, Mate Ambrose Pulls Even With Ragan: For the first time in six races, Marcos Ambrose (#59 Kingsford Ford) finds himself back on top of the Raybestos Rookie standings, tied in points (139) with David Ragan (#6 Discount Tire Ford) who was in first place during Ambroses absence. The native of Launceston, Tasmania, finished a career-best sixth at Dover and was within laps of registering his first top-five finish. His previous best result was eighth at the Mexico City race in March.
Ragans Woes: Ragan, meanwhile, is searching for answers following his second sub-par finish in succession. He was 25th two weeks ago in Charlotte and followed up with a DNF due to an accident, relegating him to a 32nd-place finish at Dover. His outing at Nashville last April wasnt kind, either, as an accident left him with a season-worst 36th-place finish.
Rookie Reunion At Nashville: Seven of the 11 drivers in the Raybestos Rookie program this season are entered at Nashville, the most since nine ran at Richmond International Raceway last month. Justin Diercks (#70 Foretravel Chevy) and Bobby Santos are both entered in their first events since Richmond.
ESPN/ABC
After a brief hiatus, Rusty Wallace returns to the booth for ESPN2s coverage of Saturday night racing at Nashville Superspeedway. The telecast begins with NASCAR Countdown at 6:30 p.m. ET, with race coverage at 7 p.m. The deuce will also air practice and qualifying from Nashville beginning at 6 p.m. ET Friday with the live qualifying show airing at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Dr. Jerry Punch will be the lead announcer for practice, qualifying and the race. Hell be joined by analysts Andy Petree and Wallace. Pit reporters Jamie Little, Mike Massaro and Shannon Spake will contribute to the telecasts. Allen Bestwick will host the qualifying show Friday and NASCAR Countdown Saturday leading up to the race. Hell be joined in the ESPN Pit Studio throughout the weekend by analyst Brad Daugherty, while Tim Brewer will be at the ESPN Chevy Cutaway Car.
In addition to the NASCAR Busch Series race telecast on ESPN2, ESPNs signature broadband service, ESPN360.com, will deliver a live online simulcast of NASCAR Busch Series events in June, ESPN360.coms most explosive month of coverage yet, with up to 102 live events. A Spanish-language version of the race will be televised on ESPN Deportes, ESPNs domestic Spanish-language network.
2007 At-A-Glance: NASCAR Busch Series Leaders After 14 Of 35 Races:
Traditional Statistics:
Driver points Edwards (2270)
Races led — Edwards (10)
Laps led Ky. Busch (536)
Top-five finishes Edwards (10)
Top-10 finishes Edwards (12)
Owner points Roush (#60) – (2270)
Money Won Edwards ($599,200)
Miles led Ky. Busch (766.03)
Busch Poles Hamlin (3)
Closing in on Top 10 J Burton 10th (1446 pts) Biffle (-12), Ragan (-21)
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 Blaney, Edwards, Harvick (14)Loop Data Statistics:
Driver Rating Edwards (115.7)
Average Running Position Edwards (7.126)
Fastest Laps Run Ky. Busch (242 fastest laps)
Quality Passes Edwards (611)
Laps In Top 15 Edwards (2,365 of a possible 2,589)Edwards, Ford Have The Upper Hand At Nashville, But Toyota Was Strong In April Debut
Carl Edwards series-leading third win of the season has helped Ford cut into Chevys lead in the Bill France Performance Cup standings as the series makes its second and final appearance of the season at Nashville.Ford registered its first win since Edwards Roush Fenway Racing teammate Matt Kenseth won at Texas two months ago and comes to the Music City 12 points behind first-place Chevy.
Ford holds favored status this weekend in Nashville as Edwards goes for the season sweep of the two events and his third victory in a row at the 1.33-mile concrete track. Edwards recent success gives the manufacturer five wins at Nashville, tied with Chevy Chevy had won four of the previous five races before the current streak by Edwards and Ford. Third-place Dodge intervened in Chevys recent run with a 2005 win by Reed Sorenson.
But fourth-place Toyota could surprise. It had a strong series debut at Nashville last April by placing three cars in the top five in positions 2, 3 and 4.
Manufacturer’s Champion 2007 Point Standings
Chevy 103
Ford 91
Dodge 62
Toyota 52Up Next: Meijer 300 Presented By Oreo At Kentucky Speedway
The NASCAR Busch Series travels to the site of one of the most memorable wins in its 26-year history next week. Kentucky Speedway is the place for the Meijer 300 on June 16.
Last year, virtual unknown David Gilliland a part-time driver with a part-time team swept past J.J. Yeley in the closing laps to secure his first NASCAR national series win and a place in series lore.
Gillilands win continued what has become a Kentucky Speedway norm a new face in Victory Lane. No driver has registered a repeat win at Kentucky and the same goes for the winners of the Busch Pole there have been six different polesitters as well.
The pre-race festivities feature 70s rock icon Peter Frampton, who will perform prior to the start of the 300-mile, 200-lap evert at the 1.5-mile oval.
FAST FACTS
The Race: Federated Auto Parts 300 Presented By Dollar General
The Place: Nashville Superspeedway
The Date: June 9, 20071
The Time: 7:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1.333-mile oval
Race Purse: $1,183,720
2006 Winner: Carl Edwards
2006 Pole: Todd Kluever2007 Point Standings
# Driver Points
1 Edwards 270
2 Harvick 1798
3 Blaney 1598
4 Kenseth 1591
5 Reutimann 1511
6 Smith 1478
7 Mears 1462
8 Ambrose 1453
9 Hamilton Jr. 1450
10 J Burton 446Schedule: Fri.5-6 p.m. Practice; 6:15-6:45 p.m. Rookie Practice; 78 p.m. Final Practice. Sat. 2:05 p.m. Qualifying (Impound).
- Labonte Tests in Montreal: Two-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion Terry Labonte who also has 11 NASCAR Busch Series wins, four of those at Watkins Glen International will participate in a one-day test at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Tuesday, June 12. Labonte will drive the #21 Chevy of Richard Childress Racing and similar to Jeff Burtons test in Mexico City three years ago also in RCR equipment, will be on point for information to be shared among all teams participating in the August 4 event. Labonte, like Burton, was selected since hes not running in the event.
- Additional Nashville Busch Race Info at:
nashvillesuperspeedway.com
ESPN.com Busch page
TheHotLap.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com
- Race: 3:00pm/et, Saturday, June 2, 2007 in Dover, DE
- Length: 200 Laps, 200 miles
- TV: ESPN2 – 2:30pm/et
- Radio: MRN
- Purse: $1,127,483
- Announcers: Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
- Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro
Practice Dates/Times
- Practice: Friday, June 1, 9:00-10:20am/et & 2:00-3:00pm/et. Rookie Practice, 1:20-1:45pm/et
Qualifying Info
- Qualifying Draw: Friday, June 1, 8:00am/et
- Qualifying Time: Saturday, June 2, 11:05am/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions, cars will be impounded.
- ESPN2 will have live TV coverage of qualifying. NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). TheHotLap.com has free qualifying coverage.
ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION
- Edwards Wins at Dover: #60-Carl Edwards put on a dominating performance at Dover International Speedway to win the Dover 200 on Saturday. He led 119 of the 200 laps and held of #20-Denny Hamlin and #21-Scott Winner to take the win. Edwards has won all three races on concrete tracks this year (Nashville, Bristol, and Dover). #24-Casey Mears finished fourth and #17-Matt Kenseth fifth. The rest of the top 10 were #59-Marcos Ambrose, #77-Kevin Harvick, #33-Tony Raines, #22-Mike Bliss, and #25-Bobby Hamilton, Jr. There were 6 leaders and 9 lead changes. The race was slowed by 10 cautions for 46 laps and there were 2 red flags for track clean up.(6-2-2007)
NASCAR Race Number 14
Unofficial Race Results for the Dover “200 – Saturday, June 2, 2007
Dover International Speedway – Dover, DE – 1 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 200 Miles – Purse: $1,127,483Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Total Award Status Times Laps 1 8 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 200 195 10 $49,575 Running 3 122 2 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 200 175 5 $40,925 Running 2 50 3 2 21 Scott Wimmer AutoZone Chevy 200 165 $40,923 Running 4 9 24 Casey Mears National Guard 58th Infantry Brigade 200 160 $21,100 Running 5 19 17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 200 160 5 $19,375 Running 1 25 6 3 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 200 150 $33,423 Running 7 29 77 Kevin Harvick Dollar General Chevy 200 146 $23,860 Running 8 28 33 Tony Raines Camping World Chevy 200 142 $22,620 Running 9 30 22 Mike Bliss Supercuts Dodge 200 138 $26,648 Running 10 17 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Premium Chicken Ford 200 134 $25,148 Running 11 27 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 200 130 $22,540 Running 12 12 9 Kasey Kahne Wisk Dodge 200 127 $21,550 Running 13 22 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 200 124 $18,325 Running 14 24 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 200 121 $21,325 Running 15 35 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 200 118 $22,398 Running 16 4 10 Dave Blaney Fan1st.com Toyota 199 115 $21,948 Running 17 13 27 Ward Burton Scott Shop Towels/Wal-Mart Ford 199 112 $21,473 Accident 18 6 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 199 114 5 $21,050 Accident 1 2 19 15 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 198 106 $21,000 Running 20 10 37 Jamie McMurray Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Ford 198 103 $16,425 Running 21 38 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 197 100 $21,273 Running 22 11 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 196 97 $21,173 Running 23 40 72 D.J. Kennington Vector Security Dodge 195 94 $17,900 Running 24 33 23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 189 91 $17,175 Accident 25 25 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 177 88 $15,275 Running 26 5 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 171 85 $19,768 Accident 27 21 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 165 82 $15,025 Accident 28 34 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 163 79 $16,975 Handling 29 31 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 162 76 $14,900 Accident 30 23 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 162 73 $17,300 Accident 31 20 47 Travis Kvapil Clorox Ford 152 70 $16,795 Accident 32 7 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 125 67 $14,760 Accident 33 18 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 124 69 5 $21,693 Accident 1 1 34 16 90 Stephen Leicht citi financial Ford 124 61 $19,358 Accident 35 14 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 103 58 $19,328 Accident 36 36 28 Robert Richardson Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 87 55 $16,610 Running 37 26 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 36 52 $19,283 Accident 38 32 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 20 49 $14,545 Oil Pressure 39 39 52 Donnie Neuenberger Ford 20 46 $16,510 Clutch 40 37 01 Kevin Lepage RACEGIRL Chevy 6 43 $16,465 Overheating 41 43 76 Jerick Johnson American Legion Chevy 4 40 $14,445 Handling 42 42 05 Brad Teague RACEGIRL Chevy 3 37 $14,410 Handling 43 41 71 Randy MacDonald Vector Security Chevy 2 34 $14,358 Handling Race Comments: Before and estimated crowd of 40,000 – xx won the Dover 200, his 12th NASCAR Busch Series victory. No one dropped to the rear. Failed to Qualify: N/A Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 09 Mins, 04 Secs. Average Speed: 92.975 MPH Margin of Victory: Under Seconds Caution Flags: 11 for 47 laps: Laps: 12-16 (#36 accident backstretch); 39-45 (#88 accident backstretch); 87-90 (#28 accident turn 1); 118-123 (Debris); 126-130 (#6,7,90 accident turn 1 [Red 5:20 Lap 127]); 161-164 (Debris); 167-171 (#4,18,25,36,41,99 accident frontstretch [Red 5:30 Lap 167); 173-175 (#16 spun turn 4); 181-183 (#11 spun turn 3); 192-195 (#23 accident backstretch); 200-200 (). Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers: D. Hamlin 1-46; G. Biffle 47-48; D. Hamlin 49-52; C. Edwards 53-87; M. Wallace 88; C. Edwards 89-161; M. Kenseth 162-186; C. Edwards 187-200. Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Edwards 2,270;(2) K. Harvick 1,798;(3) D. Blaney 1,598;(4) M. Kenseth 1,591;(5) D. Reutimann 1,511;(6) R. Smith 1,478;(7) C. Mears 1,462;(8) M. Ambrose # 1,453;(9) B. Hamilton Jr. 1,450;(10) J. Burton 1,446. Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Marcos Ambrose, #59 (135.977) Busch Pole Award Denny Hamlin, #20 (153.564 mph) Featherlite “Most Improved Driver Mike Bliss, #22 (30 Places) WIX Filters “Lap Leader Mike Wallace, #7 (1 Lap) Sunoco Diamond Performance Carl Edwards, #60 Raybestos “Rookie of the Race Marcos Ambrose, #59
- Edwards Point Lead up to 472: Carl Edwards Dover win at Dover increased his point lead by 49 and moves him 473 points ahead of Kevin Harvick. Dave Blaney remains third, Matt Kenseth fourth, and David Reutimann fifth. The standings will start to shake up a bit over the next few weeks as Busch and Cup run at different tracks.(6-2-2007)
Points Report
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200
UNOFFICAL
Provided by NASCAR Statistics- Saturday, 6/2/2007 @ 6:13 PM EasternPos Driver Points Ldr 1 Carl Edwards 2270 0 2 Kevin Harvick 1798 -472 3 Dave Blaney 1598 -672 4 Matt Kenseth 1591 -679 5 David Reutimann 1511 -759 6 Regan Smith 1478 -792 7 Casey Mears 1462 -808 8 Marcos Ambrose # 1453 -817 9 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 1450 -820 10 Jeff Burton 1446 -824 11 Greg Biffle 1434 -836 12 David Ragan # 1425 -845 13 Denny Hamlin 1393 -877 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 1391 -879 15 Clint Bowyer 1349 -921 16 Kyle Busch 1318 -952 17 Jason Leffler 1317 -953 18 Stephen Leicht 1316 -954 19 Mike Wallace 1311 -959 20 J.J. Yeley 1310 -960 21 Shane Huffman 1238 -1032 22 Travis Kvapil 1224 -1046 23 Ward Burton 1179 -1091 24 Steve Wallace 1161 -1109 25 Kyle Krisiloff # 1158 -1112 26 Brent Sherman 1102 -1168 27 Scott Wimmer 989 -1281 28 David Stremme 971 -1299 29 Jamie Mcmurray 954 -1316 30 David Gilliland 935 -1335 31 Tony Stewart 897 -1373 32 Kasey Kahne 887 -1383 33 Mike Bliss 864 -1406 34 Bobby Labonte 863 -1407 35 Todd Kluever 802 -1468 36 Eric Mcclure 799 -1471 37 Reed Sorenson 739 -1531 38 Brad Keselowski # 696 -1574 39 Aric Almirola 664 -1606 40 Brad Coleman 565 -1705 41 Paul Menard 563 -1707 42 Mark Martin 452 -1818 43 Timothy Peters 431 -1839 44 Johnny Sauter 423 -1847 45 Justin Diercks 401 -1869 46 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 382 -1888 47 Jay Sauter 376 -1894 48 Sam Hornish, Jr 368 -1902 49 Tony Raines 367 -1903 50 Kurt Busch 357 -1913 51 Ryan Newman 355 -1915 52 Scott Riggs 339 -1931 53 Stanton Barrett 332 -1938 54 Robby Gordon 324 -1946 55 Danny O’quinn, Jr 324 -1946 56 Robert Richardson 310 -1960 57 Jason Keller 309 -1961 58 Joe Nemechek 300 -1970 59 Boris Said 241 -2029 60 D.J. Kennington 222 -2048 61 Jeff Green 200 -2070 62 Morgan Shepherd 200 -2070 63 Martin Truex, Jr 195 -2075 64 Kertus Davis 195 -2075 65 Brett Rowe 183 -2087 66 Derrike Cope 164 -2106 67 Kevin Lepage 163 -2107 68 Scott Pruett 160 -2110 69 Kevin Conway 158 -2112 70 Jimmie Johnson 155 -2115 71 Jorge Goeters 151 -2119 72 Ron Young 143 -2127 73 Adrian Fernandez 138 -2132 74 Brad Teague 126 -2144 75 Elliott Sadler 121 -2149 76 Kevin Hamlin 109 -2161 77 Brian Simo 97 -2173 78 Justin Ashburn 97 -2173 79 Donnie Neuenberger 95 -2175 80 Todd Souza 94 -2176 81 P J Jones 91 -2179 82 Steve Grissom 88 -2182 83 Michel Jourdain 88 -2182 84 Kenny Wallace 85 -2185 85 German Quiroga 84 -2186 86 Mike Harmon 83 -2187 87 Cale Gale 82 -2188 88 Jerick Johnson 80 -2190 89 David Green 79 -2191 90 Rogelio Lopez 76 -2194 91 Bobby Santos 73 -2197 92 Ron Fellows 67 -2203 93 J R Fitzpatrick 64 -2206 94 Carlos Contreras 63 -2207 95 Alex Garcia 61 -2209 96 Richard Johns 61 -2209 97 Dange Hanniford 49 -2221 98 John Andretti 46 -2224 99 John Young 46 -2224 100 Caleb Holman 37 -2233 101 Michael Waltrip 34 -2236 102 Randy Macdonald 34 -2236 103 Ruben Pardo 0 -2270 104 Tono Perez 0 -2270
Owner Points Following Race # 14
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200
UNOFFICIAL
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 6/2/2007 @ 6:13 PM EasternPos Owner Car # Points 1 Jack Roush 60 2,270 2 Richard Childress 29 1,993 3 Jack Roush 17 1,809 4 Joe Gibbs 20 1,808 5 Richard Childress 21 1,764 6 Delana Harvick 33 1,703 7 Rick Hendrick 5 1,626 8 Ray Evernham 9 1,588 9 Armando Fitz 22 1,542 10 Michael Waltrip 99 1,511 11 Delana Harvick 77 1,502 12 Floyd Ganassi 42 1,500 13 Rick Hendrick 24 1,493 14 Bobby Ginn 4 1,478 15 Gregory Pollex 10 1,474 16 Tad Geschickter 59 1,453 17 Gary Weisbaum 35 1,450 18 Jack Roush 6 1,425 19 Tammy Brewer 27 1,394 20 Jack Roush 16 1,390 21 Clarence Brewer 37 1,368 22 Richard Childress 2 1,349 23 James Finch 1 1,332 24 Todd Braun 38 1,317 25 Robert Yates 90 1,316 26 James Finch 7 1,311 27 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 88 1,238 28 Chip Ganassi 41 1,237 29 Joe Gibbs 18 1,236 30 Jodi Geschickter 47 1,224 31 Rusty Wallace 66 1,161 32 Gregory Pollex 14 1,158 33 Gene Haas 28 1,123 34 John McGill 36 1,102 35 Edward Rensi 25 1,081 36 Roger Penske 12 1,080 37 Keith Duesenberg 0 925 38 Keith Coleman 23 715 39 Frank Cicci 34 592 40 Teresa Earnhardt 15 563 41 Jack Roush 126 490 42 Mary Louise Miller 170 426 43 Jimmy Means 52 382 44 Teresa Earnhardt 8 382 45 Stanton Barrett 230 332 46 Robby Gordon 155 324 47 Andrea Nemechek 87 300 48 Jack Roush 106 282 49 Pat Macdonald 72 250 50 Bryan Mullet 11 245 51 John McNelly 156 243 52 Todd Braun 32 229 53 Teresa Earnhardt 111 195 54 Johnny Davis 01 194 55 Wayne Day 05 177 56 Rick Hendrick 148 155 57 Bill Riley 91 152 58 Jerry Young 171 143 59 James Rowe 273 140 60 Kelly Souza 113 94 61 Donnie Richardson 244 83 62 Jack Johnson 76 80 63 Tom Eriksen 167 76 64 Alex Garcia 298 61 65 Cindy Shepherd 89 49 66 Armando Fitz 144 46 67 John Young 146 46 68 Charles Henderson 175 37 69 Gina Macdonald 71 34 70 Jeff Barrister 250 31 71 Robert Richardson 180 31 72 Earl Sadler 195 22
- Hamlin On Pole in Dover: #20-Denny Hamlin captured his third Busch pole in the last four races with a qualifying speed of 153.564mph. #21-Scott Wimmer will start second, #59-Marcos Ambrose third, #10-Davle Blaney fourth, and #4-Regan Smith fifth. The rest of the top ten are #16-Greg Biffle, #6-David Ragan, #60-Carl Edwards, #24-Casey Mears, and #37-Jamie McMurray. There were a few incidents during the session. #72-D.J. Kennington spun on his qualifying lap but didn’t hit anything. #60-Carl Edwards scraped the wall while coming to the green, but only suffered minor sheetmetal damage. #76-Jerick Johnson spun but didn’t hurt anything. With only 43 cars at the track, there were no DNQs.(6-2-2007)
Starting Line Up by Row
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, June 02, 2007 @ 12:15 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 23.443 153.564 2 21 Scott Wimmer AutoZone Chevy 23.534 152.970 3 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 23.545 152.899 4 10 Dave Blaney Fan1st.com Toyota 23.556 152.827 5 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 23.588 152.620 6 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 23.616 152.439 7 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 23.651 152.213 8 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 23.672 152.078 9 24 Casey Mears National Guard 58th Infantry Brigade 23.734 151.681 10 37 Jamie McMurray Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Ford 23.744 151.617 11 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 23.749 151.585 12 9 Kasey Kahne Wisk Dodge 23.763 151.496 13 27 Ward Burton Scott Shop Towels/Wal-Mart Ford 23.772 151.439 14 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 23.799 151.267 15 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 23.807 151.216 16 90 Stephen Leicht citi financial Ford 23.808 151.210 17 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Premium Chicken Ford 23.814 151.172 18 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 23.846 150.969 19 17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 23.848 150.956 20 47 Travis Kvapil Clorox Ford 23.850 150.943 21 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 23.883 150.735 22 11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 23.895 150.659 23 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 23.899 150.634 24 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 23.939 150.382 25 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 23.953 150.294 26 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 23.957 150.269 27 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 23.996 150.025 28 33 Tony Raines Camping World Chevy 24.020 149.875 29 77 Kevin Harvick Dollar General Chevy 24.068 149.576 30 22 Mike Bliss Supercuts Dodge 24.115 149.285 31 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 24.125 149.223 32 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 24.187 148.840 33 23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 24.194 148.797 34 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 24.349 147.850 35 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 24.356 147.808 36 28 Robert Richardson Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 24.678 145.879 37 01 Kevin Lepage RACEGIRL Chevy 24.709 145.696 38 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 24.777 145.296 39 52 Donnie Neuenberger Ford 24.977 144.133 40 72 D.J. Kennington Vector Security Dodge 25.446 141.476 41 71 Randy MacDonald Vector Security Chevy 26.758 134.539 42 05 Brad Teague RACEGIRL Chevy 27.202 132.343 43 76 Jerick Johnson American Legion Chevy 0.000 0.000 Did Not Qualify: None.
- Hamlin Paces in Happy Hour: #20-Denny Hamlin’s speed of 153.231mph was fastest in Happy Hour at Dover. #9-Kasey Kahne was second, #16-Greg Biffle third, #10-Dave Blaney fourth, and #21-Scott Wimmer fifth. Mark Martin practiced the #47 in place of Jon Wood, who is sick. There were 2 incidents during the session; a spin and contact with the wall by #14-Kyle Krisiloff. The team will repair the damage. And contact with the wall by #23-Brad Keselowski.(6-1-2007)
NBS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200 Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, June 01, 2007 @ 02:59 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 23.494 153.231 19 2 9 Kasey Kahne Wisk Dodge 23.561 152.795 22 3 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 23.569 152.743 10 4 10 Dave Blaney Fan1st.com Toyota 23.584 152.646 10 5 21 Scott Wimmer AutoZone Chevy 23.644 152.259 20 6 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 23.704 151.873 11 7 77 Kevin Harvick Dollar General Chevy 23.788 151.337 21 8 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 23.833 151.051 20 9 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 23.842 150.994 31 10 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 23.881 150.747 28 11 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 23.922 150.489 12 12 47 Mark Martin Clorox Ford 23.936 150.401 12 13 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 23.940 150.376 12 14 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 23.964 150.225 8 15 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 23.976 150.150 18 16 27 Ward Burton Scott Shop Towels/Wal-Mart Ford 23.976 150.150 25 17 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 23.980 150.125 14 18 22 Mike Bliss Supercuts Dodge 23.984 150.100 19 19 33 Tony Raines Camping World Chevy 23.995 150.031 25 20 *17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 24.008 149.950 21 21 *25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 24.024 149.850 5 22 *24 Casey Mears National Guard 58th Infantry Brigade 24.059 149.632 14 23 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 24.067 149.582 20 24 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 24.079 149.508 32 25 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Premium Chicken Ford 24.088 149.452 31 26 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 24.092 149.427 31 27 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 24.093 149.421 24 28 37 Jamie McMurray Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Ford 24.139 149.136 32 29 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 24.163 148.988 23 30 90 Stephen Leicht citi financial Ford 24.236 148.539 20 31 *89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 24.381 147.656 5 32 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 24.578 146.472 3 33 28 Robert Richardson Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 24.635 146.134 2 34 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 25.026 143.850 19 35 *72 D.J. Kennington Vector Security Dodge 25.055 143.684 23 36 *52 Donnie Neuenberger Ford 25.109 143.375 11 37 *23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 25.820 139.427 4 38 *01 Kevin Lepage RACEGIRL Chevy 27.005 133.309 1 39 *71 Randy MacDonald Vector Security Chevy 27.013 133.269 3 40 *05 Brad Teague RACEGIRL Chevy 28.693 125.466 1 *Required to qualify on time
NBS Rookie Practice
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, June 01, 2007 @ 01:49 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 23.917 150.521 7 2 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 23.924 150.477 15 3 *23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 23.953 150.294 9 4 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 23.959 150.257 2 5 *25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 24.191 148.816 11 6 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 24.546 146.663 4 7 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 24.574 146.496 4 8 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 24.620 146.223 6 9 28 Robert Richardson Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 24.696 145.773 4 10 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 25.254 142.552 3 11 *72 D.J. Kennington Vector Security Dodge 25.265 142.490 8 12 *76 Jerick Johnson American Legion Chevy 25.541 140.950 12 *Required to qualify on time
- Edwards Fastest in Busch Practice: #60-Carl Edwards was the fastest of 38 drivers who took to the track Friday morning for the opening practice session at Dover. His top speed was 152.957mph. #90-Stephen Leicht was second, #20-Denny Hamlin third, #10-Dave Blaney fourth, and #77-Kevin Harvick fifth. The rest of the top 10 were #29-Jeff Burton, #24-Casey Mears, #33-Tony Raines, #16-Greg Biffle, and #9-Kasey Kahne.(6-1-2007)
NBS Practice 1
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200 Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, June 01, 2007 @ 10:25 AM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 60 Carl Edwards Dish Network Ford 23.536 152.957 21 2 90 Stephen Leicht citi financial Ford 23.649 152.226 20 3 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevy 23.656 152.181 19 4 10 Dave Blaney Fan1st.com Toyota 23.661 152.149 24 5 77 Kevin Harvick Dollar General Chevy 23.700 151.899 19 6 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy 23.705 151.867 18 7 *24 Casey Mears National Guard 58th Infantry Brigade 23.730 151.707 21 8 33 Tony Raines Camping World Chevy 23.739 151.649 22 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 23.742 151.630 20 10 9 Kasey Kahne Wisk Dodge 23.763 151.496 28 11 37 Jamie McMurray Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Ford 23.766 151.477 34 12 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 23.787 151.343 35 13 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 23.790 151.324 25 14 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 23.832 151.057 27 15 *11 Jason Keller Dutch Quality Stone Chevy 23.832 151.057 30 16 *23 Brad Keselowski # MACtac Chevy 23.849 150.950 20 17 27 Ward Burton Scott Shop Towels/Wal-Mart Ford 23.896 150.653 18 18 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 23.900 150.628 22 19 66 Steve Wallace HomeLife Communities Dodge 23.912 150.552 21 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 23.915 150.533 18 21 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 23.927 150.458 27 22 *25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 23.933 150.420 24 23 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 23.938 150.389 27 24 47 Jon Wood Clorox Ford 23.944 150.351 18 25 21 Scott Wimmer AutoZone Chevy 23.954 150.288 10 26 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 23.961 150.244 20 27 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 23.977 150.144 24 28 *17 Matt Kenseth Arby’s Ford 24.005 149.969 18 29 22 Mike Bliss Supercuts Dodge 24.053 149.669 9 30 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 24.066 149.589 32 31 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 24.089 149.446 25 32 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s Premium Chicken Ford 24.203 148.742 13 33 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 24.244 148.490 35 34 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 24.413 147.462 12 35 28 Robert Richardson Jr. U.S. Border Patrol Chevy 24.648 146.056 25 36 *72 D.J. Kennington Vector Security Dodge 24.741 145.507 27 37 *52 Donnie Neuenberger Ford 25.148 143.153 10 38 *0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevy 25.152 143.130 28 *Required to qualify on time
- Entry List: There are just 40 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday’s Dover 200.(5-29-2007)
Preliminary Entry List
Dover International Speedway
Dover 200
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Tue, May 29, 2007 @ 03:50 PM EasternEnt. Car Driver Driver’s Hometown Team Name Owner 1. 0 Eric McClure Chilhowie, VA Hefty Chevy Keith Duesenberg 2. 01 James Hylton Inman, SC Race Girl Chevy Johnny Davis 3. 1 J.J. Yeley Phoenix, AZ Miccosukee Resort Chevy James Finch 4. 4 Regan Smith Cato, NY Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevy Bobby Ginn 5. 6 David Ragan Kannapolis, NC Discount Tire Ford Jack Roush 6. 7 Mike Wallace St. Louis, MO GEICO Chevy James Finch 7. 9 Elliott Sadler Emporia, VA Lawry’s Dodge Ray Evernham 8. 10 Dave Blaney Hartford, OH Fan1st.com Toyota Greg Pollex 9. 11 Jason Keller Greenville, SC TBA Chevy Bryan Mullet 10. 14 Kyle Krisiloff Carmel, IN Clabber Girl Baking Powder Ford Greg Pollex 11. 16 Greg Biffle Vancouver, WA 3M Ford Jack Roush 12. 17 Matt Kenseth Cambridge, WI Arby’s Ford Jack Roush 13. 18 Kevin Conway Cornelius, NC Z-line Designs Chevy Joe Gibbs 14. 20 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Rockwell Automation Chevy Joe Gibbs 15. 21 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Auto Zone Chevy Richard Childress 16. 22 Mike Bliss Milwaukie, OR Supercuts Dodge Armando Fitz 17. 23 Brad Keselowski Rochester Hills, MI MACtac Chevy Keith Coleman 18. 24 Casey Mears Bakersfield, CA National Guard Chevy Rick Hendrick 19. 25 David Gilliland Riverside, CA FreeCreditReport.com Ford Ed Rensi 20. 27 Ward Burton South Boston, VA Kleenex Ford Tammy Brewer 21. 28 Robert Richardson McKinney, TX U.S. Border Patrol Chevy Gene Haas 22. 29 Scott Wimmer Wausau, WI Holiday Inn Chevy Richard Childress 23. 33 Tony Stewart Columbus, IN Old Spice Chevy Delana Harvick 24. 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr Nashville, TN McDonald’s Ford Gary Weisbaum 25. 36 Brent Sherman N. Barrington, IL Big Lots! Chevy John McGill 26. 37 Jamie McMurray Joplin, MO Yard-Man Ford Clarence Brewer 27. 38 Jason Leffler Long Beach, CA Great Clips Toyota Todd Braun 28. 41 Reed Sorenson Peachtree City, GA Wriglery’s Juicy Fruit Dodge Chip Ganassi 29. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Bogota, CO Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi 30. 47 Jon Wood Stuart, VA Clorox Ford Jodi Geschickter 31. 52 Donnie Neuenberger Brandywine, MD TBA Ford Jimmy Means 32. 59 Marcos Ambrose Launceston, AU Kingsford Ford Tad Geschickter 33. 60 Carl Edwards Columbia, MO Scotts Ford Jack Roush 34. 66 Steve Wallace Charlotte, NC Homelife Communities Dodge Rusty Wallace 35. 72 D.J. Kennington St. Thomas, CA Vector Security Dodge Pat MacDonald 36. 77 Kertus Davis Gaffney, SC Dollar General Chevy Delana Harvick 37. 88 Shane Huffman Hickory, NC U.S. Navy Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr. 38. 89 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Victory In Jesus Dodge Cindy Shepherd 39. 90 Stephen Leicht Asheville, NC Citifinancial Ford Robert Yates 40. 99 David Reutimann Zephyrhills, FL Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Michael Waltrip
NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes – Dover 200
Putting It Into Dover-Drive: Jeff Burtons 2006 Win Started His Surge DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 29, 2007) Jeff Burton (#29 Holiday Inn Chevy) had a good start to his 2006 season in both NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series competition, but after winning last years Dover 200, both of his series seasons seemed to click.
Burton had ended a national series winless streak that dated back to 2001 with a NASCAR Busch Series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March last season, but its the Dover win that truly launched his special year.
The 39-year-old South Boston, Va., native who is tied for fourth on the all-time series wins list with 24 two of those wins came in succession this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Atlanta ran off four top fives and five top-10 finishes in the remaining nine NASCAR Busch Series races on his schedule after he won at Dover one year ago.
The resurgence was also evident in his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup ride as he surged in the point standings to not only claim a spot in the 2006 Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, but took the lead after winning that series fall race at Dover. He held on to the top spot for the subsequent three races before eventually finishing seventh, his first foray into the Premier Series top 10 since 2001.
And the surge continues. In addition to the two NASCAR Busch Series wins this year, Burton is ninth in the points, the first time since 1999 hes been in the top 10 more than once in the same season. Hes also fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standings with one win.
Top-10 Shuffle: Smith, Blaney Up; Reutimann, Hamilton Jr. Down
After 13 weeks of racing, the NASCAR Busch Series point standings are on either side of the lucky scale depending on which driver you talk to.
After seven consecutive weeks in the top 10 with a high ranking of fifth, Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#35 McDonalds Ford) fell out of the standings after a season-worst 36th-place last Saturday at Lowes Motor Speedway. Hamilton is only four points out of finding his way back into the top 10, however.
David Reutimann (#99 Aarons Dream Machine Toyota) is also a bad-luck recipient as of late. After spending the last six weeks in the top 10, most recently ranked a career-high third following the event at Darlington Raceway, Reutimann is now fifth due to a 43rd place finish in Charlotte as a result of engine failure just four laps into the race. Hes still well within striking distance of spots within the top five, though.
Those who consider 13 lucky include Regan Smith (#4 Ginn Resorts Chevy) who has tied Reutimann with 1,393 points and is sixth in the standings, a career-best for the Cato, N.Y., native. Hes also the highest-ranked among series regulars and tied his career-best fifth-place finish at LMS.
Reutimanns misfortune pushed Dave Blaney (#10 Fan1st.com Toyota) back into third place and within striking distance of reigning series champion Kevin Harvick (#77 Dollar General Chevy). Blaney comes to Dover 169 points behind second place Harvick.
In The Loop: Hamilton Jr.s Dover History Could East Recent Slump
Jeff Burton returns to Dover International Speedway this weekend to defend his NASCAR Busch Series win of a year ago. At that race, Burton flashed his veteran wile. Driving arguably only the third-best car in that race, he captured the checkered flag, nudging out Carl Edwards (#60 Dish Network Ford) and Clint Bowyer, who led 67 and 62 laps, respectively. Burton led 19.Burton earned a Driver Rating of 122.1 in that event and also had an Average Running Position of 8.410, a race-high 41 Fastest Laps Run and a race-high 24 Fastest Laps Run. Overall at Dover, Edwards has a Driver Rating of 103.9 and an Average Running Position of 7.6.
Another driver to watch this weekend is Ragan Smith who made a charge up the point standings with a fifth-place finish last weekend at Lowes Motor Speedway. The performance, which matched his career-best finish, vaulted Smith from eighth to sixth place in the standings, another career mark.
He had the fourth-best Average Running Position (7.925), the fifth-best Driver Rating (105.7) and the eighth-fastest Green Flag Speed. Also, Smith spent only eight laps outside the top 15.
On the other hand, Bobby Hamilton Jr. has dropped from the top 10. Hamilton has struggled of late with finishes of 22nd, 20th and 33rd over his last three races. His fall peaked this past weekend in Charlotte, as he dropped from seventh to 12th in the standings.
Hamilton stats at LMS were below par as well. Hamilton had an Average Running Position of 36.315 and a Driver Rating of 38.1. Coming into the Lowes race, he had a season-to-date Average Running Position of 22.477 and a Driver Rating of 64.3.
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Hamilton, though, who finished second at Dover in 2003 and fourth in 04, the last time he raced at at The Monster Mile in NASCAR Busch Series competition.
NBS ETC.
- Time To Walk The Walk: Track activity will be far from over following Saturdays Dover 200. The fourth annual NASCAR Foundation Track Walk returns, offering fans the opportunity to walk The Monster Mile while raising money for The NASCAR Foundation and its Family of Charities organizations that participate in the event.Over 1,200 participants including fans and drivers joined the walk last year. Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge), Greg Biffle (#16 3M Ford), Ward Burton (#27 Kleenex Ford) and J.J. Yeley (#1 Miccosukee Resorts Chevy) are among the NASCAR Busch Series drivers scheduled to walk following the Dover 200.
With over 1,200 people participating in the 2006 event, we hope that the 2007 walk can provide even more support for all the charities that are participating, said Mike Helton, president of NASCAR and The NASCAR Foundation.
Fans can register online by accessing the NASCAR Foundation website at www.foundation.nascar.com.
- Also Of Note: Kasey Kahne (#9 Wisk Dodge) goes for back-to-back wins this weekend. He captured last Saturdays race in Charlotte. Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards have won consecutive races this season.
- Jason Keller (#11 CJM Racing Chevy) goes for start #404 at Dover. Hes chasing the all-time record of 417 set by Tommy Houston.
- Shane Huffman (#88 U.S. NAVY Chevy) is scheduled to visit Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Navy Investigative Services headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday prior to arriving in Dover.
- Keep an eye on Steve Wallace (#66 HomeLife Communities Dodge). The 19-year-old now has his uncle, NASCAR Busch Series veteran Kenny Wallace, spotting for him and the RWI team has traditionally done well at Dover.
- James Hylton (#01 RACEGIRL Chevy), 72, and Morgan Shepherd (#89 Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge), 65, are entered at Dover. Shepherd won at Dover from the Busch Pole in 1986.
- In addition to Shepherd, there are five other former winners at Dover entered in the field including two-time victors and Roush Fenway teammates Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth (#17 Arbys Ford). Kenseths win in 1998 came one day before his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup debut. His seven top-five finishes are the most among all drivers in NASCAR Busch Series competition at the track and his 637 laps led are the most among active drivers at The Monster Mile.
The Director’s Take: Dover
WHAT TO WATCH FOR AT DOVER: THOUGHTS FROM JOE BALASH,NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DIRECTOR
Dover lives up to its Monster Mile nickname due to the loads that are placed on all of the chassis parts. The high banking and high speeds also place a lot of stress on all of the suspension parts.
The concrete surface will be a factor, too. Teams will need to manage their tires since Dover is one of four tracks we go to this year where only five sets of tires can be used. The majority of our events utilize six sets for practice, qualifying and the race.
Pit strategy plays a big part at this race. Pit road at Dover is tight with concrete boxes, so drivers need to have their cars under control and not slide the tires. This is key especially if theyre making a two-tire stop.
Lastly, teams may gamble on taking fuel only to gain track position.
Rookie Spotlight: Ambrose Righting The Ship
High Five: Ragan Ups Lead Over Montoya: increased his lead from two to five points over Juan Pablo Montoya following last Saturday nights race in Charlotte. Ragans finish wasnt sharp 25th but it was enough to pad his lead after Montoyas 40th-place result due to an accident. That finish was his worst since the start of the season at Daytona when he was also saddled with 40th.
Ambrose Regains Some Footing: Early-season surprise Marcos Ambrose (#59 Kingsford Ford) led the standings as recently as after Talladega but has lacked consistency since Atlanta where he finished 28th. Ambrose had four top-20 finishes in his first seven races including two top 10s but averaged a forgetful 26th over his next four events. But hes picked up his performance over the last two races with finishes of 19th and 20th, respectively.
Richardson Returns: Robert Richardson Jr. is scheduled to drive the #28 U.S. Border Patrol Chevy for Haas/CNC Racing at Dover. Richardsons last race was at Talladega Superspeedway in April where he posted his career-best finish (19th).
2007 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGSDriver Points
1. David Ragan 132
2. Juan Pablo Montoya 127
3. Marcos Ambrose 123
4. Kyle Krisiloff 110
5. Brad Keselowski 73
6. Brad Coleman 50
7. Justin Diercks 39
8. Sam Hornish Jr. 35
9. Robert Richardson Jr. 23
10. Alex Garcia 7
11. Bobby Santos 6ESPN / ABC
Suzy Kolber will make her debut as host of NASCAR Countdown on Saturday from Dover. The pre-race show will air on ESPN2 beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET, with race coverage of the Dover 200 starting at 3 p.m.
ET. Shell be joined in the ESPN pit studio by analyst Brad Daugherty with Tim Brewer at the ESPN Chevy Cutaway Car.
Dr. Jerry Punch will be the lead announcer for the race telecast, with Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the ESPN booth handling analysis. Jarrett is filling in for ESPNs lead auto racing analyst, Rusty Wallace, who will rejoin NASCAR coverage next week when the series heads to Nashville Superspeedway for its third stand-alone event of the season. Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Mike Massaro will serve as pit reporters.
In addition to the telecast on ESPN2, ESPNs signature broadband service, ESPN360.com, will deliver a live online simulcast of the event, and a Spanish-language version of the race will be televised on ESPN Deportes, ESPNs domestic Spanish-language network.
2007 At-A-Glance: NASCAR Busch Series Leaders After 13 Of 35 Races:
Traditional Statistics:Driver points Edwards (2075)
Victories Bowyer, J. Burton, Edwards, Kenseth (2)
Races led Edwards (9)
Laps led Ky. Busch (536)
Top-five finishes Edwards (9)
Top-10 finishes Edwards (11)
Owner points Roush (#60) – (2075)
Money Won Edwards ($549,625)
Miles led Ky. Busch (764.03)
Busch Poles Ky. Busch, Hamlin (2)
Closing in on Top 10 Biffle 10th (1320 pts), Ky Busch (-2), Hamilton Jr. (-4), Ambrose (-17), Mears (-18), Montoya (-50)
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 Blaney,Edwards, Harvick (13)Loop Data Statistics:
Driver Rating Ky. Busch (113.2)
Average Running Position Edwards (7.516)
Fastest Laps Run Ky. Busch (242 fastest laps)
Quality Passes Edwards (599)
Laps In Top 15 Edwards (2,165 of a possible 2,389)Chevy Rules In Manufacturer Standings And At Dover, But Dodge Could Factor In
Chevy remains solidly in the lead in the Bill France Performance Cup standings as the NASCAR Busch Series moves on to Dover. Chevy is also the leader in victories at The Monster Mile, having won 20 times at the track, including two in a row and six of the last eight races there.Ford second in the standings broke into that streak with a Greg Biffle victory in this race in 2004. But its Dodge (third in the rankings) that snapped Chevys string most recently with a victory by Ryan Newman in the fall race in 2005, and its Dodge that may have an upper hand in once again challenging Chevy this weekend.
Kasey Kahne captured the manufacturers second win of the season last Saturday at Lowes Motor Speedway and first since Juan Pablo Montoya won in Mexico City in March. Dodge also had two cars in the top 10 in this event last year at Dover.
Toyota, 11 points behind Dodge in the standings, will make its debut at Dover.
Up Next: Federated Auto Parts 300 Presented By Dollar General At Nashville Superspeedway
The first portion of the summers stand-alone season begins June 9 at Nashville Superspeedway when the NASCAR Busch Series makes its second visit of the year to the 1.333-mile track for a Saturday night event.Standings leader Carl Edwards won this race last year while Roush Fenway teammate Todd Kluever captured his first career Busch Pole. Edwards will seek his second consecutive victory at Nashville after also winning arguably the most coveted trophy in the series the Gibson guitar custom-painted by famed NASCAR artist Sam Bass this past April.
The Federated Auto Parts 300 presented by Dollar General is the first of three consecutive stand-alone events for the NASCAR Busch Series in the month of June; solo races at Kentucky Speedway (June 16) and The Milwaukee Mile (June 23) follow.
FAST FACTS
The Race: Dover 200
The Place: Dover International Speedway
The Date: June 2, 20071
The Time: 3:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1-mile oval
Race Purse: $1,127,483
2006 Winner: Jeff Burton
2006 Pole: None – weather2007 Point Standings
No. Driver Points
1 Edwards 2075
2 Harvick 1652
3 Blaney 1483
4 Kenseth 1431
5 Reutimann 1393
6 Smith 1393
7 Ragan 1358
8 Bowyer 1349
9 J Burton 1340
10 Biffle 1320Schedule:
Fri. 910:20 a.m. Practice; 1:202:45 p.m. Rookie Practice; 23:00 p.m. Final Practice. Sat. 11:05 a.m. Qualifying (Impound).
- Additional Dover Busch Race Info at:
doverraceway.com
ESPN.com Busch page
TheHotLap.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com
- Race: 3:00pm/et, Saturday, March 24, 2007 in Bristol, TN
- Length: 300 Laps, 159.9 miles
- TV: ABC – 2:30pm/et
- Radio: PRN
- Announcers: Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree
- Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro
Practice Dates/Times
- Practice: Friday, March 23, 1:00-2:00 pm/et and 2:20-3:30 pm/et. Rookie Practice, 1:00-2:00pm/et.
Qualifying Info
- Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 23, 11:00 am/et
- Qualifying Time: Saturday, March 24, 11:00 am/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions, cars will be impounded.
- NASCAR Online will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Busch qualifying via the web (NOTE: this is a paid subscription service). TheHotLap.com has free qualifying coverage.
ENTRY, PRACTICE, QUALIFYING, AND RACE INFORMATION
- Edwards Wins at Bristol: #60-Carl Edwards dominated the Sharpie Mini 300, leading nearly half the laps on the day and the last 60 of the race. He held off #17 Matt Kenseth, and #5-Klye Busch, who again had a strong car throughout the day and battled back from a couple spins. #12-Ryan Newman was fourth and #2-Clint Bowyer fifth. The rest of the top ten were #8-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #37-Greg Biffle, #33-Kevin Harvick, #29-Scott Wimmer, and #22-Mike Bliss. In typical Bristol fashion, the race was slowed by 12 cautions for 103 laps and a short red flag during the third caution.(3-24-2007)
NASCAR Race Number 6
Unofficial Race Results for the Sharpie Mini “300 – Saturday, March 24, 2007
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – .53 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 300 Laps – 159.9 Miles – Purse: $1,464,894Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Total Award Status 1 3 60 Carl Edwards Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix Ford 300 195 $59,200 Running 2 11 17 Matt Kenseth Dish Network Ford 300 170 $45,025 Running 3 7 5 Kyle Busch Sta-Green/Lowe’s Chevy 300 170 $33,300 Running 4 2 12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 300 165 $27,450 Running 5 4 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy 300 160 $29,175 Running 6 19 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser/Sharpie Chevy 300 150 $24,475 Running 7 6 37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 300 146 $24,935 Running 8 9 33 Kevin Harvick Bounty Chevy 300 142 $30,395 Running 9 22 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 300 138 $31,200 Running 10 10 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 300 134 $26,600 Running 11 5 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 300 130 $23,900 Running 12 38 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 300 127 $40,325 Running 13 20 6 David Ragan Discount Tire Ford 300 124 $24,375 Running 14 34 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 300 121 $28,450 Running 15 37 34 Jay Sauter BearClawCoffee.com/RaceDayCenter. 300 118 $29,750 Running 16 24 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 298 115 $22,825 Running 17 29 30 Stanton Barrett Interush.net Chevy 298 112 $23,275 Running 18 32 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s McGriddle Ford 298 109 $31,430 Running 19 17 9 Kasey Kahne Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Dodge 298 111 $35,855 Running 20 31 90 Stephen Leicht Citifinancial Ford 298 103 $30,280 Running 21 40 56 Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Kymco USA Chevy 298 100 $22,525 Running 22 25 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 296 97 $22,875 Running 23 33 28 Johnny Sauter Checkers Chevy 295 94 $22,800 Running 24 41 0 Eric McClure Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy 294 91 $24,675 Running 25 26 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 292 88 $29,975 Running 26 27 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 292 85 $24,250 Running 27 8 27 Ward Burton Scott Extra Soft/Food City Ford 281 82 $27,905 Running 28 36 59 Marcos Ambrose Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 271 79 $27,855 Running 29 30 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 267 76 $27,805 Accident 30 16 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 267 73 $27,705 Accident 31 1 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge 261 75 $32,250 Running 32 15 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 258 67 $28,735 Accident 33 23 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 237 64 $26,830 Running 34 18 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 194 61 $25,615 Accident 35 13 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 177 58 $21,060 Engine 36 21 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 157 55 $25,550 Accident 37 35 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 134 52 $25,515 Running 38 14 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 131 49 $25,455 Accident 39 42 14 Kyle Krisiloff Clabber Girl Ford 77 46 $25,420 Accident 40 43 52 Brad Teague Jimmy Means Ford 53 43 $22,875 Engine 41 12 23 Brad Keselowski Oklahoma Centennial Chevy 36 40 $22,855 Accident 42 39 75 Caleb Holman Food Country USA/Lays Chevy 35 37 $20,830 Accident 43 28 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 5 34 $25,304 Accident Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 110,000 – Carl Edwards won the Sharpie Mini 300, his 10th career NASCAR Busch Series victory. Before the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #47 (backup car); #14 (unapproved impound adjustment). Failed to Qualify: N/A Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 29 Mins, 49 Secs. Average Speed: 64.038 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.260 Seconds Caution Flags: 12 for 103 laps: Laps: 8-24 (#36,47 accident turn 4); 26-32 (#23,38 accident turn 2); 38-44 (#1,23,38,59 accident turn 3 [Red-7:03-39]); 59-65 (#14,66 accident turn 4); 112-117 (#5 spun turn 2); 120-127 (#10,16,28,38,66,88 accidents frontstretch); 138-152 (#38, 88 accident turn 2); 160-163 (#4 accident frontstretch); 183-200 (#99 accident frontstretch); 233-237 (#5 spun turn 2); 260-263 (#20 accident turn 2); 269-273 (#7 accident turn 3). Lead Changes: 9 among 6 drivers: S. Wallace 1-32; C. Edwards 33-103; K. Busch 104-110; C. Edwards 111-112; C. Bowyer 113; K. Kahne 114-117; C. Edwards 118-131; K. Busch 132-213; R. Newman 214-240; C. Edwards 241-300. Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Edwards 1,005;(2) K. Harvick 808;(3) Ky. Busch 757;(4) D. Blaney 714;(5) M. Kenseth 683;(6) J. Montoya # 650;(7) M. Ambrose # 642;(8) G. Biffle 635;(9) M. Wallace 623;(10) B. Hamilton Jr. 600. Busch Pole Award Steve Wallace, #66 (125.387 mph) Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Jay Sauter, #34 Featherlite “Most Improved Driver Todd Kluever, #16 (21 Places) Raybestos “Rookie of the Race David Ragan, #6 Sunoco Diamond Performance Carl Edwards, #60 WIX Filters “Lap Leader Steve Wallace, #66 (32 Laps)
- Edwards Point Lead now near 200: Carl Edwards continues to expand his points lead in the Busch Series. It now stands at 197 over Kevin Harvick. Kyle Busch moves into fifth, Dave Blaney falls to fourth and Matt Kenseth jumps to fifth. (3-24-2007)
Points Report
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
UNOFFICAL
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 3/24/2007 @ 6:17 PM EasternPos Driver Points Ldr 1. Carl Edwards 1005 0 2. Kevin Harvick 808 -197 3. Kyle Busch 757 -248 4. Dave Blaney 714 -291 5. Matt Kenseth 683 -322 6. Juan Pablo Montoya # 650 -355 7. Marcos Ambrose # 642 -363 8. Greg Biffle 635 -370 9. Mike Wallace 623 -382 10. Bobby Hamilton Jr. 600 -405 11. Denny Hamlin 582 -423 12. David Reutimann 582 -423 13. David Ragan # 582 -423 14. Tony Stewart 576 -429 15. Shane Huffman 548 -457 16. Stephen Leicht 542 -463 17. Jon Wood 541 -464 18. Jeff Burton 531 -474 19. Regan Smith 531 -474 20. Steve Wallace 524 -481 21. Clint Bowyer 515 -490 22. Brent Sherman 498 -507 23. Jason Leffler 454 -551 24. J.J. Yeley 451 -554 25. Todd Kluever 442 -563 26. Kyle Krisiloff # 438 -567 27. Ward Burton 428 -577 28. Bobby Labonte 418 -587 29. David Stremme 412 -593 30. Kasey Kahne 386 -619 31. Casey Mears 362 -643 32. Jamie McMurray 357 -648 33. David Gilliland 353 -652 34. Reed Sorenson 338 -667 35. Scott Wimmer 335 -670 36. Eric McClure 329 -676 37. Paul Menard 328 -677 38. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 301 -704 39. Joe Nemechek 300 -705 40. Jay Sauter 297 -708 41. Brad Keselowski # 290 -715 42. Robby Gordon 257 -748 43. Aric Almirola 255 -750 44. Sam Hornish 246 -759 45. Jeff Green 200 -805 46. Timothy Peters 200 -805 47. Johnny Sauter 167 -838 48. Boris Said 165 -840 49. Kurt Busch 165 -840 50. Ryan Newman 165 -840
Owner Points Following Race # 6
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
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Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 3/24/2007 @ 6:40 PM EasternPos Owner Car # Points Ldr 1 Jack Roush 60 1,005 — 2 Rick Hendrick 5 895 -110 3 Richard Childress 29 866 -139 4 Richard Childress 21 802 -203 5 Joe Gibbs 20 783 -222 6 Jack Roush 17 771 -234 7 Delana Harvick 33 737 -268 8 Ray Evernham 9 666 -339 9 Floyd Ganassi 42 650 -355 10 Jack Roush 16 646 -359 11 Tad Geschickter 59 642 -363 12 Armando Fitz 22 637 -368 13 James Finch 7 623 -382 14 Gary Weisbaum 35 600 -405 15 Gregory Pollex 10 590 -415 16 Michael Waltrip 99 582 -423 17 Jack Roush 6 582 -423 18 Tammy Brewer 27 579 -426 19 Roger Penske 12 576 -429 20 Delana Harvick 77 561 -444 21 Dale Earnhardt, Jr 88 548 -457 22 Robert Yates 90 542 -463 23 Jodi Geschickter 47 541 -464 24 Bobby Ginn 4 531 -474 25 Gene Haas 28 530 -475 26 Clarence Brewer 37 528 -477 27 Rusty Wallace 66 524 -481 28 Richard Childress 2 515 -490 29 Frank Cicci 34 513 -492 30 Joe Gibbs 18 510 -495 31 Chip Ganassi 41 498 -507 32 John McGill 36 498 -507 33 James Finch 1 473 -532 34 Todd Braun 38 454 -551 35 Gregory Pollex 14 438 -567 36 Edward Rensi 25 438 -567 37 Keith Duesenberg 0 393 -612 38 Rick Hendrick 24 393 -612 39 Teresa Earnhardt 15 328 -677 40 Keith Coleman 23 309 -696 41 Teresa Earnhardt 8 301 -704 42 Andrea Nemechek 87 300 -705 43 Jack Roush 126 260 -745 44 Robby Gordon 155 257 -748 45 Todd Braun 32 204 -801 46 Stanton Barrett 30 155 -850 47 Teresa Earnhardt 111 155 -850 48 Jack Roush 106 155 -850 49 Mary Louise Miller 170 122 -883 50 John McNelly 56 100 -905 51 Kelly Souza 113 94 -911 52 Jimmy Means 52 90 -915 53 Tom Eriksen 167 76 -929 54 Jerry Young 171 67 -938 55 Alex Garcia 298 61 -944 56 John Young 146 46 -959 57 Charles Henderson 75 37 -968
- Steve Wallace on Pole for Sharpie Mini 300: #66-Steve Wallace captured his first career Busch pole at Bristol Saturday morning with a top speed of 125.387mph. #12-Ryan Newman will line up second. #60-Carl Edwards, #2-Clint Bowyer and #77-Bobby Labonte are the remainder of the top five. #47-Jon Wood wrecked during his qualifying attempt and will go to a backup. With only 43 drivers at the track, there were no DNQs.(3-24-2007)
Starting Line Up by Row
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, March 24, 2007 @ 12:17 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed 1 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge 15.303 125.387 2 12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 15.348 125.020 3 60 Carl Edwards Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix 15.351 124.995 4 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy 15.355 124.963 5 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 15.373 124.816 6 37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 15.376 124.792 7 5 Kyle Busch Sta-Green/Lowe’s Chevy 15.397 124.622 8 27 Ward Burton Scott Extra Soft/Food City Ford 15.402 124.581 9 33 Kevin Harvick Bounty Chevy 15.410 124.517 10 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 15.425 124.395 11 17 Matt Kenseth Dish Network Ford 15.426 124.387 12 23 Brad Keselowski # Oklahoma Centennial Chevy 15.459 124.122 13 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 15.469 124.042 14 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 15.494 123.841 15 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 15.511 123.706 16 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 15.535 123.515 17 9 Kasey Kahne Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Dodge 15.536 123.507 18 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 15.537 123.499 19 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser/Sharpie Chevy 15.537 123.499 20 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 15.555 123.356 21 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 15.559 123.324 22 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 15.561 123.308 23 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 15.578 123.174 24 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 15.603 122.976 25 1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 15.616 122.874 26 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 15.619 122.850 27 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 15.629 122.772 28 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 15.637 122.709 29 30 Stanton Barrett Interush.net Chevy 15.637 122.709 30 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 15.640 122.685 31 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 15.644 122.654 32 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s McGriddle Ford 15.678 122.388 33 28 Johnny Sauter Checkers Chevy 15.684 122.341 34 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 15.705 122.178 35 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 15.728 121.999 36 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 15.729 121.991 37 34 Jay Sauter Chevy 15.738 121.921 38 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 15.788 121.535 39 75 Caleb Holman Food Country USA/Lays Chevy 15.804 121.412 40 56 Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Kymco USA Chevy 15.831 121.205 41 0 Eric McClure Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy 15.869 120.915 42 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford Owner Points 43 52 Brad Teague Ford 16.199 118.452 Did Not Qualify: None
- Biffle Paces Happy Hour: #37-Greg Biffle was the fastest driver in Happy Hour for the Sharpie Mini 300. His top speed was 125.256 mph. #12-Ryan Newman was second, #22-Mike Bliss third, #38-Jason Leffler fourth and #17-Matt Kenseth fifth. #52-Brad Teague was the only driver to not get on the track.(3-23-2007)
NBS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, March 23, 2007 @ 03:30 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 *37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 15.319 125.256 33 2 *12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 15.322 125.232 22 3 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 15.334 125.134 34 4 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 15.361 124.914 58 5 17 Matt Kenseth Dish Network Ford 15.372 124.824 18 6 *2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy 15.376 124.792 27 7 *25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 15.395 124.638 64 8 5 Kyle Busch Sta-Green/Lowe’s Chevy 15.412 124.500 20 9 60 Carl Edwards Scotts Miracle Gro Moisture Control Ford 15.415 124.476 48 10 9 Kasey Kahne Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Dodge 15.417 124.460 35 11 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 15.429 124.363 34 12 *41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 15.439 124.283 33 13 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge 15.461 124.106 50 14 *8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser/Sharpie Chevy 15.483 123.929 35 15 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 15.491 123.865 53 16 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 15.492 123.857 34 17 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 15.511 123.706 40 18 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 15.513 123.690 44 19 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s McGriddle Ford 15.518 123.650 33 20 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 15.543 123.451 31 21 33 Kevin Harvick Bounty Chevy 15.545 123.435 31 22 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 15.551 123.388 24 23 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 15.553 123.372 42 24 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 15.566 123.269 28 25 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 15.572 123.221 70 26 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 15.577 123.182 36 27 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 15.612 122.905 42 28 27 Ward Burton Scott Extra Soft/Food City Ford 15.629 122.772 59 29 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 15.696 122.248 19 30 *56 Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Kymco USA Chevy 15.703 122.193 41 31 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 15.710 122.139 53 32 28 Johnny Sauter Checkers Chevy 15.716 122.092 20 33 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 15.729 121.991 32 34 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 15.745 121.867 20 35 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 15.748 121.844 36 36 *23 Brad Keselowski # Oklahoma Centennial Chevy 15.755 121.790 15 37 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 15.768 121.689 37 38 *1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 15.772 121.659 33 39 *75 Caleb Holman Food Country USA/Lays Chevy 15.815 121.328 30 40 34 Jay Sauter Chevy 15.835 121.175 49 41 *30 Stanton Barrett Interush.net Chevy 15.970 120.150 64 42 *0 Eric McClure Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy 16.560 115.870 45 *Required to qualify on time
- Keselowski Fastest in Bristol Practice: #23-Brad Keselowski was fastest in the opening practice session at Bristol. His top speed was 122.474mph. #5-Kyle Busch was second, #88-Shane Huffman third, #60 Carl Edwards fourth, and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. fifth. There were no indicents during the session.(3-23-2007)
NBS Practice 1
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, March 23, 2007 @ 02:11 PM EasternPos Car Driver Team Time Speed # Laps 1 *23 Brad Keselowski # Oklahoma Centennial Chevy 15.667 122.474 16 2 5 Kyle Busch Sta-Green/Lowe’s Chevy 15.674 122.419 31 3 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevy 15.697 122.240 70 4 60 Carl Edwards Scotts Miracle Gro Moisture Control Ford 15.705 122.178 43 5 *8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser/Sharpie Chevy 15.738 121.921 29 6 *12 Ryan Newman Kodak Dodge 15.772 121.659 52 7 17 Matt Kenseth Dish Network Ford 15.784 121.566 46 8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya # Texaco/Havoline Dodge 15.798 121.458 51 9 *2 Clint Bowyer BB&T; Chevy 15.818 121.305 35 10 59 Marcos Ambrose # Kingsford/Bush’s Ford 15.830 121.213 32 11 *37 Greg Biffle Cub Cadet Ford 15.838 121.152 57 12 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 15.862 120.968 38 13 33 Kevin Harvick Bounty Chevy 15.865 120.945 56 14 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald’s McGriddle Ford 15.865 120.945 25 15 *41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Dodge 15.880 120.831 29 16 9 Kasey Kahne Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper Dodge 15.903 120.656 38 17 99 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 15.913 120.581 41 18 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevy 15.919 120.535 44 19 22 Mike Bliss Family Dollar Dodge 15.923 120.505 36 20 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 15.925 120.490 48 21 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge 15.967 120.173 49 22 *25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 15.978 120.090 58 23 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevy 15.990 120.000 42 24 *1 J.J. Yeley Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 16.004 119.895 41 25 21 Timothy Peters AutoZone Chevy 16.005 119.888 48 26 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevy 16.006 119.880 25 27 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy 16.037 119.648 38 28 28 Johnny Sauter Checkers Chevy 16.050 119.551 62 29 10 Dave Blaney Camping World Toyota 16.050 119.551 31 30 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial Ford 16.072 119.388 52 31 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 16.116 119.062 55 32 34 Jay Sauter Chevy 16.140 118.885 30 33 27 Ward Burton Scott Extra Soft/Food City Ford 16.141 118.877 35 34 14 Kyle Krisiloff # Clabber Girl Ford 16.160 118.738 12 35 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy 16.177 118.613 53 36 *30 Stanton Barrett Interush.net Chevy 16.179 118.598 28 37 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 16.205 118.408 48 38 *52 Brad Teague Ford 16.220 118.298 7 39 *56 Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Kymco USA Chevy 16.237 118.175 47 40 18 Kevin Conway Z-Line Designs Chevy 16.237 118.175 49 41 *75 Caleb Holman Food Country USA/Lays Chevy 16.403 116.979 28 42 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevy 16.555 115.905 7 43 *0 Eric McClure Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy 16.986 112.964 9 *Required to qualify on time
NBS Rookie Practice
Bristol Motor Speedway
SHARPIE MINI 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, March 23, 2007 @ 12:49 PM EasternPosCarDriverTeamTimeSpeed# Laps159Marcos Ambrose #Kingsford/Bush’s Ford15.828121.228502*25David Gillilandfreecreditreport.com Ford15.851121.0522736David Ragan #Discount Tire Ford15.892120.740424*23Brad Keselowski #Oklahoma Centennial Chevy15.910120.60335542Juan Pablo Montoya #Texaco/Havoline Dodge15.938120.39228614Kyle Krisiloff #Clabber Girl Ford16.095119.21722721Timothy PetersAutoZone Chevy16.244118.124248*75Caleb HolmanFood Country USA/Lays Chevy16.272117.92038
- Bristol Entry List: UPDATE: There are 44 drivers entered for Saturday’s Sharpie Mini 300. However, the list has Kevin Conway in both the #18 and #40. He is scheduled to be in the #18 for Joe Gibbs. Also of note, Mike Bliss is listed as the driver of the #22 for Fitz Motorsports. The complete list is posted on the Bristol Race Page.(3-19-2007)
UPDATE: The teams of #01-Morgan Shepherd and #98-Alex Garcia have withdrawn. The #52- Brad Teague car has been added. There are 43 cars at the track.(3-23-2007)Preliminary Entry List
Bristol Motor Speedway
Sharpie Mini 300
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Mon, March 19, 2007 @ 02:11 PM EasternEnt Car Driver Driver’s Hometown Team Name Owner 1 0 Eric McClure Chilhowie, VA Hefty Chevy Keith Duesenberg 2 1 J.J. Yeley Phoenix, AZ Miccosukee Resort Chevy James Finch 3 01 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC RaceGirl Chevy Johnny Davis 4 2 Clint Bowyer Emporia, KS BB&T; Chevy Richard Childress 5 4 Regan Smith Cato, NY Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevy Bobby Ginn 6 5 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Spectracide/Lowe’s Chevy Rick Hendrick 7 6 David Ragan Kannapolis, NC Discount Tire Ford Jack Roush 8 7 Mike Wallace St. Louis, MO GEICO Chevy James Finch 9 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Kannapolis, NC Menards Chevy Teresa Earnhardt 10 9 Kasey Kahne Enumclaw, WA Hellmann’s Dodge Ray Evernham 11 10 Dave Blaney Hartford, OH Camping World Toyota Greg Pollex 12 12 Ryan Newman South Bend, IN Kodak Dodge Roger Penske 13 14 Kyle Krisiloff Carmel, IN Clabber Girl Baking Powder Ford Greg Pollex 14 16 Todd Kluever Sun Prairie, WI 3M Ford Jack Roush 15 17 Matt Kenseth Cambridge, WI Arby’s Ford Jack Roush 16 18 Kevin Conway Cornelius, NC Z-Line Designs Chevy Joe Gibbs 17 20 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Rockwell Automation Chevy Joe Gibbs 18 21 Timothy Peters Providence, NC Auto Zone Chevy Richard Childress 19 22 Mike Bliss Milwaukie, OR Family Dollar Dodge Armando Fitz 20 23 Brd Keselowski Rochester Hills, MI Oklahoma Centennial Commission Chevy Keith Coleman 21 25 David Gilliland Riverside, CA FreeCreditReport.com Ford Ed Rensi 22 27 Ward Burton South Boston, VA Kleenex Ford Tammy Brewer 23 28 Johnny Sauter Necedah, WI Checker’s/Rally’s Chevy Carl Haas 24 29 Scott Wimmer Wausau, WI Holiday Inn Chevy Richard Childress 25 33 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Bounty Chevy Delana Harvick 26 34 Jay Sauter West Salem, WI TBA Chevy Frank Cicci 27 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr Nashville, TN McDonald’s Ford Gary Weisbaum 28 36 Brent Sherman N. Barrington, IL Big Lots! Chevy John McGill 29 37 Greg Biffle Vancouver, WA Cub Cadet Ford Clarence Brewer 30 38 Jason Leffler Long Beach, CA Great Clips Toyota Todd Braun 31 40 Kevin Conway Cornelius, NC Triple Crown of Polo Dodge David Carver 32 41 Reed Sorenson Peachtree City, GA Wriglery’s Juicy Fruit Dodge Chip Ganassi 33 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Bogota, CO Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi 34 47 Jon Wood Stuart, VA Clorox Ford Jodi Geschickter 35 56 Danny O’Quinn Jr Coeburn, VA TBA Chevy John McNelly 36 59 Marcos Ambrose Launceston, AU Kingsford Ford Tad Geschickter 37 60 Carl Edwards Columbia, MO Scotts Ford Jack Roush 38 66 Steve Wallace Charlotte, NC Homelife Communities Dodge Rusty Wallace 39 75 Caleb Holman Abingdon, VA Food Country USA / Lays Chevy Charles Henderson 40 77 Bobby Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Dollar General Chevy Delana Harvick 41 88 Shane Huffman Hickory, NC U.S. Navy Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr. 42 90 Stephen Leicht Asheville, NC Citifinancial Ford Robert Yates 43 98 Alex Garcia Caracas, VE Dixien Chevy Alex Garcia 44 99 David Reutimann Zephyrhills, FL Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Michael Waltrip
NASCAR News & Notes – Bristol:
From the first short track of the season to using current owner points to set the top-30 qualifiers to the physical differences in cars on the track, this weekends Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway brings a plethora of change to the NASCAR Busch Series.
Finally getting back to its roots, the series will appear on a short track for the first time in 2007 after having raced on a superspeedway, a speedway, two intermediate tracks and a road course.
Saturdays race will be the sixth of the NASCAR Busch Series season, marking the first event of the year where the top 30 in 2007 owner points are automatically set for qualifying. The first five races of the year used the top-30 owner points from 2006. Owners will have had to attempt every event to date in order to hold a spot in the top 30 heading to Bristol, which means the likes of J.J. Yeley (#1 Miccosukee Resorts Chevy 35th in owner points), Brad Keselowski (#23 Oklahoma Centennial Chevy 41st in owner points), Greg Biffle (#37 Cub Cadet Ford 33rd in owner points), Eric McClure (#0 Hefty Chevy 39th in owner points) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 Menards Chevy one attempt) will have to qualify on time.
Additionally, the debut of the Car of Tomorrow in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race on Sunday adds another different competition component to NASCARs top two national series. The adjustable wing and adjustable splitter on the COT scheduled to race in 16 events this year, 10 of which are companion races with the NASCAR Busch Series are the major changes to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup car versus the NASCAR Busch Series car.
But what hasnt changed is the transfer of safety initiatives in either series from the Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., including: roof flaps, more robust seats, extra netting inside the cars, head and neck restraints, automatic fire extinguishers, stronger and safer fuel cells and relocation of ballast weight among many others.
3rd-Straight ABC Broadcast Set
The Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol is one of six select NASCAR Busch Series races this season that will air on ABC the third in succession with the other 29 to be televised by ESPN2. Coverage begins with the pre-race NASCAR Countdown show at 2:30 p.m. ET, with race coverage starting at 3 p.m.
Rusty Wallace, a nine-time winner at Bristol during his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series career, will serve as analyst working alongside two-time NASCAR champion crew chief Andy Petree in the booth. Dr. Jerry Punch will be the lead announcer.
ESPN’s pit reporter team will have a new face at Bristol as Shannon Spake, who has been reporting for ESPN’s SportsCenter, NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now this season, joins the telecast team working with Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Mike Massaro as regular pit reporter Allen Bestwick has the weekend off. Brent Musburger will host the telecast and studio analysts Tim Brewer and Brad Daugherty will join Musburger in the ESPN Pit Studio.
ESPN2 will have live coverage of practice and qualifying at Bristol. Live coverage of Friday’s one-hour final practice session will air from 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET. Qualifying will be televised live from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.
NASCAR Busch Series Leaders After 5 Of 35 Races:
Driver points Edwards (810)
Owner points Roush Fenway (#60) – (810)
Victories J. Burton (2), Harvick, Kenseth, Montoya (1)
Money won Edwards ($253,225)
Races led Ky Busch, M Wallace (4)
Miles led Ky Busch (290.50)
Laps led Ky Busch (297)
Busch Poles Almirola, Blaney, Harvick, Pruett (1), Ky Busch
Top-five finishes Edwards (4)
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 Blaney, Edwards, Harvick (5)
Top-10 finishes Edwards (5)
Raybestos Rookie Montoya (+5 over Ambrose)
Closing in on Top 10 – Reutimann (-11); Kenseth (-16); Wood (-22)Dodge Moves Into Second In Manufacturer Standings
The Bill France Performance Cup standings are getting close after the fifth race of the season.
Dodge made the big move this week taking the second spot by two points, dropping Ford to third.
Chevy continues to lead and now has a 38-race streak in first place dating back to last season.
Toyota is still seeking its first-ever series win and is currently in fourth, six points out of third place.In The Loop: Newman Could Surprise At Bristol
Usually, its the Matt Kenseths (#17 Dish Network Ford) and Kevin Harvicks (#33 Bounty Super Duty Shot Towels Chevy) whose names youd expect to see dotted throughout the Loop Data stats whenever the NASCAR Busch Series visits a short track like Bristol Motor Speedway.
Make no mistake, those names are still there, but a name you wouldnt quite expect to see is also there: Ryan Newman (#12 Kodak Dodge).
Newman, known more for his wide-open style of racing, does have a win at Bristol (2005). In two races there, he has the highest average Driver Rating (132.7), almost 15 points higher than second-place Harvick (117.9), and the highest Average Running Position of any driver at 5.264. Newmans Speed in Traffic which is always prevalent at Bristol is second best.
But, not surprisingly, Harvick and Kenseth have also fared very well at Bristol. Along with the second-best Driver Rating, Harvicks Average Running Position of 9.062 is fifth-best and he has the highest number of Quality Passes passes of cars in the top 15 while under green flag conditions with 64. Harvick won a race at Bristol in 2005. Harvicks Speed in Traffic is sixth-best.
Kenseth, who won the last race held at Bristol, has a Driver Rating of 109.5, which is sixth-best. His Average Running Position is a seventh-best 9.952. Kenseths Speed in Traffic is eighth-quickest.
Another driver worth watching is Kyle Busch (#5 Sta-Green/Lowes Chevroet), who has run extremely well over the past two races but had fallen on hard luck in each of them. Busch has some very solid numbers at Bristol. He has the eighth best Driver Rating at Bristol at 105.3 and the second-most Quality Passes of any driver running the race (49).NBS ETC.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is entered in his second NASCAR Busch Series event this season. The two-time series champion and current team owner will be racing against his driver Shane Huffman (#88 U.S. Navy Chevy). Earnhardt is known for his dominance on superspeedways, but he also excels at Bristol, where he won from the pole in 2004. A global gathering in Bristol? With Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge – Colombia), Marcos Ambrose (#59 Kingsford Ford – Australia), and Alex Garcia (#98 Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy – Venezuela), the NASCAR Busch Series will be an international affair in the mountains of Tennessee this weekend. Coeburn, Va., favorite son Danny OQuinn Jr. (#56 McNelly Motorsports Chevy), who drove for Roush Fenway Racing last season and won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award, looks to make his series return for the first time since last November at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#35 McDonalds Ford) is from Nashville, Tenn., and will run in his home state for the first time in series competition since 2004. Eric McClure (#0 Hefty Brand Chevy) is an Abingdon, Va., native, about a 20-minute drive from Bristol Motor Speedway.
The Race: Sharpie Mini 300
The Place: Bristol Motor Speedway
The Date: March 24, 20071
The Time: 3:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ABC, 2:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: .533-mile oval
Race Purse: $1,464,894
2006 Winner: Kyle Busch
2006 Pole: None (weather)
2007 Point Standings
No. Driver Pts
1 Edwards 810
2 Harvick 666
3 Blaney 641
4 Ky Busch 587
5 Hamlin 582
6 Stewart 576
7 Ambrose 563
8 M Wallace 547
9 J Burton 531
10 Montoya 529
Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Driver Points
Juan Pablo Montoya 58
Marcos Ambrose 53
David Ragan 43
Kyle Krisiloff 39
Brad Keselowski 29
Sam Hornish Jr. 25
Brad Coleman 11
Justin Diercks 10
Robert Richardson Jr. 9
Alex Garcia 7Schedule: Fri., March 23 Rookie Practice, 12:10-12:50 p.m., Practice, 1:00- 2:00 p.m., Final Practice, 2:20-3:30 p.m.; Sat., March 24 Qualifying, 11:10 a.m.
- Additional Bristol Busch Race Info at:
bristolmotorspeedway.com
ESPN.com Busch page
TheHotLap.com
Catchfence.com Busch site
NASCAR.com