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Week of 10/30/05
'Slugger' moves to Yates
Richard "Slugger" Labbe who was let go from Jeremy Mayfield's #19 last month, has moved over to Robert Yates Racing as a consultant for all of their teams. He starts his new job this weekend. November 4, 2005
Earnhardt to go into Hall of Fame
7 time Cup Series Champion Dale Earnhardt will be inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, class of 2006 located at Talladega. Also on the list is Jack Roush, Harry Gant, Janet Guthrie, and "Humpy" Wheeler. November 4, 2005
Who's Hot - Texas
Who's hot going into this weekend?
Jeff Burton has 2 top 10's in a row
Jimmie Johnson has 2 wins in the Chase Races
Tony Stewart is, well, Tony Stewart....16 top 5's, and 23 top 10's on the season November 4, 2005
TRACK STATS | TEXAS
It's race #8 in the Chase for the Championship
Distance: 1.5 Mile Oval
Banking/Turns 1-4:24º
Banking in Straightaways: 5º
Length/Frontstretch: 2,250 ft.
Length/Backstretch:1,330 ft.
Miles/Laps: 501 mi. = 334 laps
Last year's poll sitter: Inaugural event (Spring: Ryan Newman)
Last year's winner: Inaugural event (Spring: Greg Biffle)
Up for grabs: $6.8 million November 4, 2005
Childress swapping crew chiefs
Richard Childress Racing will swap crew chiefs next week for Jeff Burton's #31 Chevy, and the #07 which will be driven by Clint Bowyer next year. Scott Miller moves to Burton's team, and Kevin Hamlin moves to the #07 car, however Gil Martin will take over those duties next season. November 3, 2005
3 Races left, Chase drivers haven't won
Only 3 races are left, and some Chase racers have never won at any of the coming tracks. They include: Jimmie Johnson, and Carl Edwards. Greg Biffle has won before at 2 of the 3 tracks, and Ryan Newman 1 of the 3. We'll see how it shakes down on Sunday.
November 3, 2005
ON TV - Texas
All 3 series invade Texas this weekend...
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 4pm Friday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 6pm Friday on Speed
TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 8pm Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP SERIES FINAL PRACTICE @12pm Saturday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 2pm Saturday on TNT
NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACING FROM TEXAS @ 3pm Sunday on NBC
ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN November 3, 2005
Goodwrench & Reeses share 29 in 06
GM Goodwrench and Hershey's Reeses will share the hood of Kevin Harvicks #29 car for the 2006 season. Goodwrench will handle 24 races, and Reeses will pick up the remaining 12 including the Brickyard 400 at Indy. November 1, 2005
Biffle hopes for 4th 2005 sweep
Greg Biffle is looking to grab the 4th season sweep of the year at Texas. We've got Jimmie Johnson who swept Lowes, Jeff Gordon at Martinsville, and Carl Edwards last week completed the Atlanta sweep. November 1, 2005
Smoke & Texas may not mix
Points leader Tony Stewart has had a tough time at Texas, so this weekend could be the race that others can pounce on Tony's lead. Stewart has never won at the track, and earlier this year he finished 31st with a blown motor, fire, and 2nd degree burns on his thigh. November 1, 2005
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH & TRUCK
BUSCH SERIES
5 Denny Hamlin
4 Reed Sorenson
3 Carl Edwards
2 Clint Bowyer is 100 points back of the leader...
1 Martin Truex Jr.
TRUCK SERIES
5 Bobby Hamilton
4 Todd Bodine
3 Ron Hornaday
2 Dennis Setzer
1 Ted Musgrave leads by 51 points November 1, 2005
'Car of Tomorrow' testing
The 'Car of Tomorrow' was tested in Atlanta yesterday. Drivers taking part were Jeff Burton, Sunday's winner Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Petty and Brian Vickers.
Full Release: HAMPTON, Ga. (October 31, 2005) – Cars were on track at Atlanta Motor Speedway today, just one day after the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500. With five race teams’ participation, NASCAR tested the Car of Tomorrow in a day-long test session.
Yesterday’s race winner Carl Edwards was among the drivers testing. Joining him were Jeff Burton, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Petty and Brian Vickers, all testing cars from their own teams and Brett Bodine driving NASCAR’s representative car.
“Safety tops the list of things that are different about this car,” Gary Nelson, vice president of research and development for NASCAR said. “We have done a lot of things in the last four years to improve safety that are car of tomorrow items, but we put them on the car of today if they would fit. You can’t just fit a bigger roll-cage, a different frame or different exhaust. The average race fan is going to see a taller, wider car that has been designed to enhance competition on the track.”
Drivers said they could tell a difference between the cars they drove yesterday and the Car of Tomorrow they drove today.
“These drive a lot more like my Busch car,” said 2004 Busch Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. “They have a lot more air on the back of them. They are real stable getting into the corner compared to a Cup car.”
Truex addressed NASCAR’s emphasis on safety.
“You’re always happy when they try and make things safer,” said Truex. “It doesn’t feel good when you hit the wall. They have done a good job with safety over the last two years. I haven’t really seen anybody get hurt in the last couple years, so they’ve come a long way.”
Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet doesn’t think the racing will change a lot from the fans perspective.
“As far as racing goes, we are all going to have the same thing, everybody is still going to try and find advantages like they do now, so I don’t see if being much different.” November 1, 2005
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
Basically 10-8 are now out of the Championship hunt from their misfortunes on Sunday.....so let's run em' down 10-1
10 Jeremy Mayfield -310
9 Kurt Busch -260
8 Rusty Wallace -257
7 Matt Kenseth -155
6 Mark Martin -143
5 Ryan Newman -107
4 Carl Edwards -107
3 Greg Biffle -75
2 Jimmie Johnson -43
1 Tony Stewart Leader November 1, 2005
Race RECAP | ATLANTA
RACE RECAP | ATLANTA
10 Elliott Sadler
9 Tony Stewart maintains his points lead
8 Jeff Burton
7 Greg Biffle
6 Jamie McMurray
5 Matt Kenseth
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a great run leading the most laps
3 Mark Martin
2 Jeff Gordon's 24 team is finally looking strong
VICTORY LANE
Carl Edwards completes the Atlanta sweep for the year grabbing his 3rd win of the season and his Cup Career.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-Several Chase Racers had problems including Rusty Wallace who wrecked early, Kurt Busch to crashed from a flat tire, and Jeremy Mayfield who had mechanical problems.
-Ryan Newman who took his 6th Atlanta poll in a row on Friday finished a lap down, and finished 23rd.
-Jimmie Johnson had handling problems and finished 16th
-Kyle Busch had a strong running going, but his hopes were dashed when NASCAR said he passed another car in the grass on pit road, he said he was just avoiding another car.
October 30, 2005
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