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Week of 4/10/05
Kahne takes 2nd career Busch win
1 Kasey Kahne
2 Greg Biffle
3 Reed Sorenson
4 Carl Edwards
5 Elliott Sadler
April 16, 2005
Busch Race Results - Texas
April 16, 2005
Another poll for Newman, this time #30
Ryan Newman starts on the poll yet again with a speed of 192.582mph and a time of 28.040. April 16, 2005
Texas Terry goes to HOF
Terry Labonte was inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame this week. Terry of course a native Texan is a two time Cup Series Champion in 1984 and 1996. This weekend he'll be driving the #44 Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports. April 14, 2005
Who's Hot going into this weekend?
-Elliott Sadler has come from nowhere to post 4 top-10's in 6 races and sits 3rd in points
-Mark Martin also has 4 top 10's
-Of course you know about Jimmie Johnson's remarkable run of 12 Top's in a row April 14, 2005
TRACK STATS | TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Distance: 1.5 Mile Oval
Banking/Turns 1-4:24º
Banking in Straights: 5º
Length/Frontstretch: 2,250 ft.
Length/Backstretch:1,330 ft.
Miles/Laps: 501 mi. = 334 laps
Last years poll sitter: Bobby Labonte
Last years winner: Elliott Sadler April 14, 2005
BDR to field Skinner at 'Dega
Bill Davis Racing will enter Mike Skinner and their #23 Dodge at the up coming race at Talladega Superspeedway. Skinner drove that car at the Daytona 500 but wrecked and finished 30th. April 13, 2005
More 'Dega testing this week and next
TESTING | TALLADEGA
Casey Mears is shaking down his setup this week at the track to prepare for the May 1st race. Next week Richard Childress Racing and, Evernham Motorsports will be at the track. April 13, 2005
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Stuff to look out for this weekend...
-The Labonte's....Terry, Bobby, and Justin will all be racing at their home track.
-Jeff Gordon has never won at Texas, and will be hungry coming off his win last weekend.
-Mark Martin looks to start his 3rd Busch series race of 2005, in his other two starts he wasn't too bad.....he won both times. April 13, 2005
ON TV this weekend
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 4 p.m. Friday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 2 p.m. Saturday on Fox
NEXTEL CUP RACING FROM TEXAS @ 12:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox
All times are eastern April 13, 2005
Miami season finale to have lights
Homestead-Miami Speedway has begun installing lights to their track and will be ready for the season-finale weekend in November. NBC has scheduled the Cup race to start at 4pm on that Sunday, so the race, and the championship will finish under the lights in prime-time. April 12, 2005
Penalty - Robby Gordon's crew chief
As if Robby Gordon's Cup team didn't have enough problems, his crew chief Robert Temple was fined $5000 for an unapproved deck lid on the #7 machine at Martinsville. April 12, 2005
Testing / Driver Milestones
TESTING | TALLADEGA
Jeff Green has his #43 car at the track this week, getting ready for the May 1st race.
DRIVER MILESTONES
Robby Gordon is expected to make his 175th Cup start
Dale Jarrett will strap in for his 350th consecutive Cup start April 12, 2005
Busch, Truck point standings
POINT STANDINGS | TRUCK SERIES
5 Jimmy Spencer
4 Ron Hornaday
3 Ted Musgrave
2 Ricky Craven
1 Bobby Hamilton leads by 19
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
5 Martin Truex Jr.
4 Kevin Harvick
3 Clint Bowyer
2 Reed Sorenson
1 Carl Edwards is on top by 81 April 12, 2005
Marlin pretty sure he's out
Sterling Marlin is in the final year of his contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, and he said on Friday that he is 99.9% sure he won't be back for 2006. So who are the early contenders for the #40 Dodge? Well Ganassi related drivers David Stremme and Reed Sorenson top the list, but we'll see. April 11, 2005
Riggs snaggs first career cup poll
On Friday Scott Riggs managed to fight off Ryan Newman and Jeremy Mayfield to take his first career poll in the Cup Series. He posted a time of 19.588 at 96.67mph. April 11, 2005
Rough Sunday for Gibbs teams
Joe Gibbs Racing had a heartbreaking Sunday with Tony Stewart leading the most laps only to have his wheel fly off from a loose lug nut. Bobby Labonte ran his #18 Chevy up front until he lost a cylinder and finally his motor. Even worse for Bobby is he now sits 37th in points and needs to qualify to make the Texas race this weekend. April 11, 2005
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
10 Dale Jarrett
9 Kurt Busch drops 2 spots
8 Ryan Newman
7 Rusty Wallace
6 Jeff Gordon rockets up 6 positions
5 Tony Stewart
4 Mark Martin also up 6 from his 3rd place run
3 Elliott Sadler
2 Greg Biffle
1 Jimmie Johnson leads by 160 after posting his 12 straight top 10 on Sunday
April 11, 2005
RACE RECAP | MARTINSVILLE
10 Joe Nemechek
9 Elliott Sadler
8 Jimmie Johnson keeps his points lead
7 Ricky Rudd
6 Sterling Marlin great run
5 Rusty Wallace
4 Ryan Newman
3 Mark Martin
2 Kasey Kahne a bridesmaid yet again
VICTORY LANE
1 Coming from 3 laps down from a heavy tire vibration, grabbing his 6 career Martinsville win, 71st overall win, and second of 2005, I'm talking about Jeff Gordon...
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-Poll sitter Scott Riggs got loose on lap one, ran into the 12 of Ryan Newman
-Tony Stewart led the most laps, only to watch his entire right front wheel come off his 20 car, he finished 26th
-Teammate Bobby Labonte cannot catch a break either, while leading he blows a motor ends up 33rd and continues is run of bad finishes.
-Last weeks winner Kevin Harvick had clutch problems, went a bunch of laps down
-Late in the race Jeff Gordon ran out of race track, and spun series champion Kurt Busch into the wall April 10, 2005
Bobby Labonte takes first Truck Series win
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race - Kroger 250
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Va.
Saturday, April 9, 2005
1. (5) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 250, $41,535.
2. (4) Ricky Craven, Ford, 250, $27,050.
3. (11) Ron Jr. Hornaday, Chevrolet, 250, $20,340.
4. (2) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 250, $15,975.
5. (12) Chad Chaffin, Toyota, 250, $10,275.
6. (10) Shane Hmiel, Chevrolet, 250, $10,925.
7. (18) Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 250, $10,675.
8. (21) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 250, $8,275.
9. (7) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 250, $10,475.
10. (13) Terry Cook, Ford, 250, $11,875.
April 10, 2005
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