Dover: Camping RV 400, as it goes

Jeff Gordon pulls away and leads the start lap, with Denny Hamlin falling in behind him and on lap 2, Kurt Busch gets planted in the wall from David Gilliland washing up the corner and into the No 2 Dodge.

On lap 12, Carpentier spins the No. 10 car and Carl Edwards taps him a bit. The team doesn't think there's any damage of note and we can't see anything of note, though in the replay, Edwards Office Depot hood looks like it flexed up more than I would like, but I'm not in the car.

Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart are pitting during this 2nd caution.

Lap 30: 24, 26, 17, 8, 11, 44, 18 & 88 cars are up front.

McMurray's Ford is lit up and took the lead on lap 31 and is plowing ahead with a pretty strong steed, no matter what line, low or high that he's in.

Lap 64 sees Joe Nemechek lose a right front tire and end up repainting the outside wall and many drivers are reported being grumbly about their cars.

After the pit stops, 17 24 8 11 26. The 11 car busted for speeding. Doh!

The lap 70 restart: 17, 24, 8, 26, 99, 44, 48, 07, 31 & 16 lead them across the start line.

28 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP

Lap 114: 17, 26, 8, 99, 24, 44, 16, 48, 07 & 18.

Lap 143 sees the RR tire blowing out on the No. 88 car. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stays off the wall. Some serious piston ring smoke is coming out of the No. 18 Toyota of Kyle Busch.

It seems lady luck as clocked out on Kyle.

Lap 149 restart shows 17, 99, 8, 24 & 16 leading the pack.

Sigh, Lap 157 yellow for the NO. 84 car up into the wall.

Lap 161 restart: 17, 99, 8, 24 & 16 cars lead them to the green.

Lap 163 caution: The No 7 and 26 cars get together and slap the outside wall. It looks like while Robby Gordon had been racing the lead lap cars, he got caught up holding off Jamie and went loose, taking Jamie into the outside wall.

Sam Hornish in the 77 car is in the wall, lap 171.

Wow, this is starting to feel like Indianapolis, but during the caution, Kyle Busch is pushed to the garage. The big question: Does he dash off and avoid camera face time? Or is there a reporter out there daring enough to get in his face and incur his wrathful vengeance against lady luck? The lime-green and black clad driver walks straight to the hauler past the ESPN reporter, despite her effort to catch is ear.

Did I mention this is only the 2nd time this year I've worn my No. 18 hat during a race day? Can you guess when was the first time I wore it?

Lap 179 green flag restart: 17, 99, 8, 16, 07, 29, 48, 31, 1 and the 12 cars lead the pack to the green. 12 car?? Did I just say that? Yep... not a typo. Go Ryan!

Lap 186: Sam Hornish in the No. 77 spins again. Now it's a heavy sigh!

Yes, there was a restart, but I'm waiting for lap 200 for a mid race lineup recap!

Lap 200:
48, 12 22 24 42 84 44 11 38 99 43 17 16 8 & 29.
(Can you tell some folk stayed out during the last caution, gambling that there will be another quick yellow?)

Kyle talks to the reporters... Something broke in the engine. Any hopes to win the Cup "It doesn't matter" he says. Wow, every sponsors dream spokesman. Kyle says that getting out there to only gather laps and get in every else's way is a waste. Interstate Batteries are filling out the chapter 11 papers now.

With 177 to go, oil being reported on windows.

So far, no yellow and Jimmie JOhnson is looking to pit soon.

Ryan Newman pits. With 160 to go, Johnson pits. Now, they go from hoping for yellow to hoping for no yellow.

156 to go: Hamlin off the pace with a flat tire. No caution. He got it to the pits.

Oh no, Hamlin in the garage. Rear end issues. It's possible this is what drivers were worried about earlier on the fluids on their windows.

After everyone has cycled through the green flag pit stops, a yellow has come out for debris with 109 laps to go. The pit gambles paid of for some of those guys.

The cream has risen to the top folks.

Restart: 48, 99, 16, 17, 8, 22, 24, 29, 44 & 07 cars lead the pack to the last 100 laps of the race.

64 laps to go: 99, 8, 16, 17 & 48 cars are at the front of the pack.

50 to go: Montoya hits the wall... RF tire.

Restart with 45 to go: 99, 8, 16, 17 & 48 cars lead the pack to the green.

24 to go: 99, 16, 17, 8 & 48 cars up front. 99, 16 and 17 swapping spots as they battle nose to tail. 99 took two tires on the last stop. Oops.

10 to go: 17, 16 & 99... with 16 taking the lead with 9 to go.

5 to go: 16, 17, 99, 8, 48

Greg Biffle goes on to win at Dover, his 2nd win in a row.

The top 15 across the line:

16 Greg Biffle,
17 Matt Kenseth,
99 Carl Edwards,
8 Mark Martin,
48 Jimmie Johnson,
29 Kevin Harvick,
24 Jeff Gordon,
07 Clint Bowyer,
31 Jeff Burton,
55 Mike Waltrip (Not a typo),
20 Tony Stewart,
22 Dave Blaney,
12 Ryan Newman,
43 Bobby Labonte,
5 Casey Mears

Sylvania 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire

Qualifying having been rained out, today's rain has subsided for now, and the field has been set by driver points.

Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards leads the field to the green flag start of the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire and by lap 5, Ewards takes the lead from Busch and pulls away.

Lap 10: 99, 07, 20, 18, 88, 24, 48, 31, 16 & 11

Lap 20: There's thought that Kyle Busch's car has issues... possible sway bar broken as the car rolls pretty badly. The LF is lifting way up in the corners compared to the other cars... dropping back spots every lap. While we're looking at this, the No. 20 Toyota moves into 2nd. The 18 team is waiting for the competition yellow at lap 35.

HOF racing car No. 96 with Joey Lagano was almost put a lap down just before the lap 35 competition yellow. Kyle Busch is 26th. The No. 18 car came into the pits while closed. They need the time to work on it. They change tires and he's away to do a circuit before getting more work done.

Lap 41 restart: 99, 20, 48 11 2

Kyle Busch will be down 2 laps due to a 1 lap penalty for running a lap and passing cars.. I think they said. The sway bar bolt was broken but he is still having problems.

Lap 55: 99, 48, 20, 2 & 11.

Lap 75: 48, 20, 2, 99, 88, 11, 07, 16, 31 & 9 lead the pack. The 18 car is 43rd, 2 laps down.

Lap 82: The 26, 6 and 18 cars have been in a wreck.

The 18 car spins coming out of turn 2, then the 6 and 26 got together and the 26 slid into the back of the 18 car.

Lap 89 restart: 48, 88, 99, 16 & 2 lead the field

Lap 110: 88, 48, 2, 16 & 11 lead the pack.

Lap 155: 88, 48, 16, 11, 2, 31, 99, 24, 07, 29 lead the pack as green flag pits start.

Lap 160: Tony Stewart speeding on pit road, drive through penalty.

Robby Gordon keeps pitting at an odd angle that blocks Jeff Gordon's exit from his pit that is right behind him.

Lap 214 Debris caution.

Lap 220 (80 to go) restart: 48, 11, 16, 99, 31, 88, 29 & 2 cars lead them to the green.

Is this the last pit stop for the day or setting us up for a gas mileage race?

The 78 car gets tapped by Regan Smith and wrecks on the front stretch. This puts Tony Stewart back on the lead lap in 21st place after his pit road speeding penalty!

Denny Hamlin is the ONLY one to pit. Tony Stewart pits for gas as he gets his lap back.

Restart with 73 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 88.

Big wreck before the lap complets. Many cars collected.

The No. 77 goes below the limit line and makes it 5 wide... he slides up into the No. 45 car which then gets turned loose, hits 17 and they collect the 96, 38, 83 and 5 cars. The track is red flagged to get clean up done.

Observation: Joey Logano is 39th, 3 laps down. This answers the question if HOF has good equipment or not.

Restart with 66 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88.

The 88 is racing the 31 hard... down inside of the 31... they be rubbin' a bit but for the moment, the 31 car pulls away from him.

Kyle Busch is 36th now!

52 to go: Johnson held off Biffle and pulled away. 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88.
Stewart is up to 12th.

Caution with 35 to go: A.J. Allmendinger smacks the outside wall in the front stretch after coming up on the No. 00 car.

Restart with 30 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88 lead the pack.

At that last pit stop, a few folk pitted, including Tony Stewart.

Caution with 20 to go: No 6 car spins, launched by the No. 55 car. The racing was getting pretty intense throughout the field.

The 07 pits, he was having issues so nothing lost here.

Restart - 18 to go: 48, 16, 99 and big crash in turn 2 as the 7 and the 10 get together.

Restart - 13 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88. Should I go out on a limb and guess who's going to win this one?

Biffle gets under Johnson and takes the lead with 11 to go.

It looks like Biffle was saving something!

5 to go: 16, 48 & 99

3 to go: 16 & 48. Biffle cannot make a mistake. Johnson is a few car lengths back, but he ins't going anywhere.

Today, there was no bad luck for Greg Biffle as he wins the Sylvania 300.
He was followed across the line by
Jimmie Johnson(48), Carl Edwards(99), Jeff Burton(31), Dale Earnhardt Jr.(88),
Kurt Busch(2), Martin Truex Jr.(1), Tony Stewart(20), Denny Hamlin(11) and
Kevin Harvick(29) rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Congratulations to Greg Biffle, who held back, saving gas until those last 10 laps!

Centurion Boats at The Glen: Massive Wreck, Kyles 8th Win

The start of the race sees all Hendrick power up front. Kyle Busch led early, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead by lap 2.

Lap 20 saw the first scheduled pit stops.

(Old Spice had a crazy suggestive ad with a Centaur in a shower and his girlfriend or wife scantily clad calling him a "provider". huh.)

The leader, Dale Jr, pitted on lap 28. Quite the range of strategies while we haven't seen any caution flags by this time. After the pit stops, Kyle Busch inherited the lead as Jr filled in the 6th spot.

At lap 42 they were having a wonderfully blistering pace, making me wonder if this can go caution free? Without a bunch of cautions bunching up the pack, and pit strategies spreading them out, it could be possible, barring a car getting stuck in the gravel and causing a full course yellow.
Jimmie Johnson pits on lap 42 prematurely. Tire problems initially reported.

Lap 45 - 18, 20, 99, 29, 88, 1, 16, 42, 31, 12 cars are the top 10.

Lap 47 saw the first caution. Not everyone pittted... just a few of the lead pack, then the rest of the gang piled in.

The 24 car spent a lot of time in the pits, working on the car. It's not handling too well, stuck around 25th and struggling to stay there.

Lap 50 restart: 18 20 99 29 42 31 26 2 07 5

Stewart "took" the lead on lap 54, got his 5 bonus points, and gave the lead back to Kyle Busch. Team work at it's best there.

Lap 55 saw green flag pit stops by the 18 and 20 cars, amongst others... it's more or less for guys who didn't pit at the last caution.

lap 64 sees caution for debris (gravel). Dale jr stayed out way too long and got caught leading while needing to pit. This is going to put him way back in the pack.

lap 66 restart: 18 20 12 1 21 11 01 42 48 29

Lap 78 Caution: Ryan newman's car spun, he could not get it restarted.

lap 81 restart: 18 20 21 42 1

At the end of lap 81, we see a mAssive wreck involving 9 cars total.

The 00 (McDowell) and 38 (Gilliland) cars got together.

The 38 car got into the 00 car going into turn 11. As they came out of 11, 00 either went a little wide with the 38 outside or the 38 just got a little too low trailing the oo car and the 38 car lost control, slapping the outside wall and bouncing back into traffic. He got hit hard by the No. 43 Dodge of Bobby Labonte, then pummeled by one, maybe more cars coming out of turn 11.

The 38 car is destroyed front and back. Gilliland got out and walked away. The No. 77 car of Sam Hornish Jr. slammed the end of the pit road wall HARD, sending large sized debris flying into the air towards photogs and others in the infield. Hornish just kept going after that, despite the visual appearance of such destruction.

As the cars came to a stop, Bobby Labonte got out of the No 43 Dodge car that was in the middle of the pit road entrance and staggered away ripping his driving gloves off and holding his right side. He's walking, but he could just have the wind knocked out of him. It's later reported he was taken to a local hospital for further observation.

All in all, 9 cars were involved in the wreck: 00, 22, 38, 41, 43, 55, 70, 77 and 78 cars.

This is the worse wreck I've ever seen at this track. Almost looked like a Talladega wreck with cars everywhere.

Gilliland was checked and released from the medical center but refused to comment with EPSN.

McDowell and Gilliland were called to the principals office. DOH! Apparently their paint exchange program started earlier on in the lap.

With 6 laps to go and almost 50 minutes later, the green flag falls for the restart and in the end, Kyle Busch gets his 8th win of the year.

The top 10 finishers: 18, 20, 21, 42, 1, 29, 48, 11, 99 & 2.

Kyle becomes first ever driver to win 3 road course races in one year with this win. He just keeps going and going and going...

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Trucks from Memphis

From Memphis Motorsports Track, in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series:

Brad Keselowski in the 9 truck was spun by Kvapil in turns 3 & 4 while he was holding off Travis going into the last 8 laps of the race. Keselowski slowed down while Kvapil poured into the corner. It was a racing thing, and Keselowski, did his team proud.

Kvapil won, followed by Sprague, Hornady, Skinner, Fike rounding out the top 5.

I'm tooling around, waiting for the nascar site to update, but I aint't got all night!! Man!! They need someone "Up On The Wheel" at their site to get things up and posted as fast as my efforts!!
You can check www.nascar.com for when they do update the info!!

By the way, keep your eye out for Brad Keselowski. he's going to be someone we will be hearing from down the road, BUT man, his name is a touch one to type when you're typing fast!!!!

Live Updates for Sonoma / Infineon Race

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