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Week of 3/26/06
Johnson crashes during Goodyear Tire test
TESTING | LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Teams checking out the tracks newly paved surface include Bobby Labonte, Scott Riggs, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Hamilton Jr., and Jimmie Johnson who wrecked his 48 machine in Turn 4 after blowing a right rear tire...ironically this was a Goodyear Tire test session....Jimmie is ok.
March 29, 2006
TV schedule - Martinsville
ON TV
The Busch Series has the weekend off, but we've got Cup and Trucks running Martinsville....
CUP SERIES QUALIFYING @ 3:30PM TOMORROW ON SPEED
TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 3PM SATURDAY ON SPEED
CUP SERIES RACING @ 1:30PM SUNDAY ON FOX
All times are eastern March 29, 2006
Martin adds 7 more Truck starts
Mark Martin has added 7 more Craftsman Truck Series races to his already busy 2006 schedule. This brings the grand total to 63 overall which includes the Trucks, Busch, Cup, and IROC series. March 29, 2006
Nemechek to make 400th Cup start
Joe Nemechek will be making his 400th career Cup start this weekend in Martinsville. Front Row Joe has 9 polls, 4 wins, 18 top 5's, and 59 top 10's so far. March 29, 2006
There's a new 'Lester'
Bill Lester and his wife Cheryl celebrated the birth of their second son on Tuesday, Austin Richard Lester is already posting competitive 'nap' times. March 29, 2006
Sherman out of #49, this weekend
Brent Sherman is out and Jimmy Spencer is in the #49 BAM Racing Dodge for this weekend and select other weekends. Brent will be back in the car next weekend, and Spencer becomes the team advisor. March 29, 2006
Jeff Gordon is fined, put on probation
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 28, 2006) – NASCAR announced today that Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet, has been fined $10,000 as a result of his involvement in an altercation on pit road after the completion of Sunday’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Gordon has also been placed on probation until Aug. 30, 2006. Gordon was in violation of Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup rule book. March 28, 2006
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
10 Dale Jarrett
9 Tony Stewart
8 Casey Mears
7 Jeff Gordon
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 Kyle Busch
4 Mark Martin
3 Jimmie Johnson slips 2 spots
2 Kasey Kahne is only 8 points back of the leader
1 Matt Kenseth
March 28, 2006
Tons O' Testing
Testing | Kentucky
At the track this week shaking down their setups are: Tony Raines, Ryan Newman, Bristol winner Kurt Busch, Sterling Marlin, and Morgan Shepherd.
Richmond
In the Busch Series over 40 drivers are testing at the track this week as part of their 3rd official testing sessions ok'd by NASCAR.
FULL LIST: Aric Almirola, John Andretti, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Kyle Busch, Stacy Compton, Chris Cook, Justin Diercks, Carl Edwards, Aaron Fike, David Gilliland, David Green, Mark Green, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Joel Kauffman, Jason Keller, Matt Kenseth, Burney Lamar, Jason Leffler, Ashton Lewis, Jr., Mark McFarland, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Danny O’Quinn Jr., Steve Park, David Reutimann, Elliott Sadler, Johnny Sauter, Tim Sauter, Regan Smith, Martin Truex Jr., Kenny Wallace, Steve Wallace, Michael Waltrip, Jason White, Jon Wood, J.J. Yeley. March 28, 2006
Jarrett to retire after 2008 season
Dale Jarrett said over the weekend that he will most likely retire after the 2008 season from Cup Series racing, however he may not finish his career driving the 88 UPS Ford. He said "We're working on a contract, but there have been other conversations so we have to explore all the options. When that's up, my gig is pretty much done ... move on, let someone else get in the car." March 27, 2006
Testing | Bristol | COT
Teams at the track this week checking out the Car of Tomorrow include Roush Racing, Ganassi Racing, and Richard Childress Racing. This new car will be run in 16 races next year, 26 races in 2008, and the full schedule in 2009. The debut will be next year at the spring Bristol race. March 27, 2006
Harvick second best to both Busch brothers
Not sure if you noticed, but after all the talk from Kevin Harvick about Kurt Busch this past weekend he ended up second. The Busch brothers Kyle and Kurt got the best of Harvick in both the Busch race and then the Cup race on Sunday. Kevin Harvick took second place in both races.
Harvick had strong words against Kurt this weekend, and that continued after the race on Sunday as well "Good day for us, but I hate to see Kurt Busch win. He's a big whiner. But what do I know?"
March 27, 2006
Bristol - Top 10
RACE RECAP | BRISTOL
10 Kasey Kahne is now 8 points out of first
9 Ryan Newman
8 Kyle Busch
7 Greg Biffle
6 Mark Martin
5 Bobby Labonte great run in the Petty Dodge
4 Carl Edwards
3 Matt Kenseth takes over the points lead
2 Kevin Harvick
VICTORY LANE
-Kurt Busch used the bump-in-run on Matt Kenseth with 4 laps to go to take the checkered flag for his 5th Bristol win in Rusty's old machine. 15th career win
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-Points leader Jimmie Johnson had a flat tire on lap 1, and had an uphill battle the entire day, the 48 finished 30th
-Tony Stewart led the most laps, but faded to 12th late in the race
-Fireworks after the race Jeff Gordon gave Matt Kenseth a hard shove to the chest. The 17 spun the 24 battling for 3rd, and Gordon went from a solid top 10 finish, to 21st.
Get the full race results right here:
http://www.finallapradio.com/newsfiles/stats.shtml March 26, 2006
Race Recap | Bristol
Race Recap: Kurt Busch Returns Legendary No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge to Victory Lane at Bristol
BRISTOL, TENN. -- The best way to describe Sunday's Food City 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race?
Typical Bristol Motor Speedway. With a few new twists, including snow and two of the sport's mildest-mannered drivers jawing at each other after the finish, former champion Matt Kenseth and four-time champion Jeff Gordon.
Kurt Busch won the race to give the Busch Boys a weekend sweep since younger brother Kyle won Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series race. It was the older Busch's first win in a Roger Penske-owned Dodge formerly driven by Rusty Wallace. It was his fifth win at this high-banked, one-half-mile oval, the previous wins coming in a Roush-prepared Ford.
Kevin Harvick finished second for the second time, having also grabbed the runnerup spot behind the younger Busch in Saturday's race.
It was typical Bristol bumping and banging and Kenseth and Gordon traded some paint in the last few laps with Kenseth's bumper having the last say in the on-track matter, turning Gordon around as the cars came for the checkered flag. Kenseth finished third and Gordon's spin cost him a sure-fire top five finish. Gordon wound up way back in 21st spot.
Busch took the lead from Kenseth by bumping him enough to upset his car and drove underneath while Kenseth battled for control just five laps from the finish. Harvick also slipped past at the same time.
That set the stage for Gordon and Kenseth, battling for third spot. However, Gordon took post-race honors in the off-track bumping category by shoving Kenseth backwards when he approached to have a discussion with Gordon after the two drivers had climbed from their race cars.
Carl Edwards was fourth and Bobby Labonte was fifth, the best finish in quite some time for the famous No. 43 Petty-owned Dodge formerly driven by NASCAR's all-time winner Richard Petty.
Rounding out the top 10 were Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, the younger Busch, Ryan Newman and last week's Atlanta winner Kasey Kahne.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., was 11th even though he never challenged for the lead. Tony Stewart was 12th, having led the race several times before his car lost its handle for the final 30 laps.
Busch literally drove the wheels off his Dodge Charger to make up several laps he lost when a cut tire sent him to the pits early in the race. He also managed to avoid a rash of spins and wrecks that brought out 19 caution periods during the cold afternoon, including one red flag period while workers cleaned up debris and fluids from a multi-car wreck.
Jimmie Johnson, the points leader coming into Sunday's race, was an early victim of Bristol's crowded straightaways, getting nudged into the wall. He was in for repairs for a long time and wound up 30th, 13 laps behind the winner Busch. The finish dropped Johnson to third place in the points behind leader Kenseth and Kahne. March 26, 2006
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