Nationwide and Truck News From Saturday, the 9th of August

NATIONWIDE:
STP Gets Back to Victory Circle!!
Wow, when I think of Watkins Glen, I think of road course. Makes sense, doesn't it. I mean, it is a road course. But by the end of the Nationwide "road course" race, the Zippo 200, I thought I had just finished watching a Bristol race!

We had drivers dumping drivers, NASCAR warning drivers to temper it, NASCAR putting drivers to the back of the field for not tempering it, cars in the air after ramming other cars, fenders flapping in the breeze on three cars after the car ramming incident and at the end of the race, if you get your browser on some pics of the race, some of the cars look like they've been through the tumble dry setting of a very angry clothes dryer. Yea, this was fun. Heck, the right side of the 59 car looked like the Hulk was mad at the puny human inside the car!

In the end, "In his 59th Nationwide Series start in the No. 59 Ford, Ambrose won." Too cool... followed up by Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick & Dario Franchitti who all survived the gas mileage gambit of the race.

(BTW: Joey Logano finished 7th.)

The one item that got me curious was Ryan Newman driving the Fitz #22 entry. The reports say he just wanted seat time for Sunday, but heck, the last time someone drove another teams car, he ended up going to that team! (Dale Earnhardt Jr. driving Kyle Busch's beat up car.) But I can't see Newman headed to Fitz. It makes no sense.

Clint Bowyer retains a 128 point lead over Keselowski in the driver points standings after yesterday's race.

See more details over on NASCAR.com
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TRUCK SERIES
After passing Erik Darnell in the closing laps of the Toyota Tundra 200, Johnny Benson put another notch in the records book, becoming the 5th driver to win three races in a row. He joins Mike Skinner (1996 and 2007), Ron Hornaday (1997), Greg Biffle (2000) and Todd Bodine (2005) with this win.

Behind Benson for the top 5 were Erik Darnell, Todd Bodine, Jack Sprague & Ron Hornaday.

This puts Benson 45 points up on Hornaday in the point standings, for now.

For details on the race, check our NASCAR.com.
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