AT&T 250 Busch Race

According to the finish list, Aric Almirola won the race.

In reality, Almirola started the race, but once Denny Hamlin got into the car ( A team decision that was in contrast to what we first heard at the beginning of the race), he powered through being a lap down (positions lost while swapping drivers under yellow) to take the race checkered flag. But since Almirola started the race in the car, he gets the win!

Scott Wimmer came in 2nd, Leffler 3rd, Brad Coleman 4th & Jason Keller came in 5th.

See nascar.com for the Unofficial results.

This leads to unnoficial points standings at Carl Edwards having a 776 point lead on the rest of the pack!! David Reutimann is 2nd in points, followed by Ragan, Blaney & Harvick.

Craftsman Truck Race in Milwaukee

Johnny Benson won the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 last night, followed by Ron Hornaday, Todd Bodine, Mike Skinner & Rick Crawford.

Here are the unnoficial results:
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/2007/11/data/results_unofficial.html

This has Skinner in the lead of the Points standings, Followed by Hornaday in 2nd, Bodine in 3rd, Kvapil in 4th and Crawford in 5th. .... Wow, the points standings almost sounded like the race results.

See the unnoficial points standings at:
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/2007/data/standings_unofficial.html

Courtesy of Bruce Simmons, the Fan Reporter

Edwards Wins at Michigan

Carl Edwards wins the Race!!!

Followed by Truex Jr., Tony Stewart, Casey Mears, Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, and the highest finishing Toyota in the field, Michael Waltrip in 10th.

We get a picture perfect back flip from Edwards..

Go to http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/ for all the finishing details!!

Check out my recap of the race at:
http://nascar-notes.blogspot.com/2007/06/michigan-citizens-bank-400-coverage.html

Truck and Busch Notes

Craftsman Truck Update:

Travis Kvapil wins the Michigan 200.
Followed by Kyle Busch, Gaughan, Skinner & Musgrave.
See all other details at NASCAR.com


Busch Series Update:
Stephen Leicht won his first NBS race in the Meijer 300 at Kansas.
He was followed by Coleman, Wimmer, Stremme & Huffman.
See all the other details at NASCAR.com

Busch Series Federarted Auto Parts 300 in Nashville

Well, who'd you think won this one and flipped out over it?

Yep, Carl Edwards won the Busch Series Federarted Auto Parts 300 in Nashville Saturday, followed by Clint Bowyer, Jason Leffler, Scott Wimmer & Regan Smith rounding out the top 5.

The Pole sitter, Steve Wallace finished 12th, Greg Biffle 28th.

This was a good weekend for the Busch regulars to shine as the majority of the cup drivers did not make the trip to Nashville to compete, .. except of cource, for the winner.

See the entire fields finishing spots at nascar.com

Series Points:
Carl Edward has 2,460 points, a whole 662 points in front of Kevin Harvick who is 2nd in the points. WOW!! The highest ranked Busch Series regular is Bobby Hamilton Jr, at 7th.

See the Busch Series point standings at nascar.com

Pocono 500

Jeff Gordon wins a rained out race after a rain delayed start by more than 2 hours.

After a gutsy call by Jeff Gordon's crew chief, and timing with the rain, his tires worn out, brakes worn out, the race went yellow just as Ryan Newman got up next to him, but did not take the lead as the yellow came out, giving Jeff Gordon his 4th win this year!

24, 12, 1, 25 & 20 round out the top 5.

See the unofficial results at nascar.com

Eldora Charity Event Results

Carl Edwards strikes again!!

Results of the NEXTEL Prelude to the Dream Presented by Old Spice Dirt Late Model event June 6 at the half-mile Eldora Speedway:

1. Carl Edwards,
2. Kyle Busch,
3. Jeff Gordon,
4. Ken Schrader
5. Clint Bowyer,
6. Kasey Kahne,
7. Matt Kenseth,
8. J.J. Yeley,
9. David Reutiman,
10. Mark Martin

The rest can be found at http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/results.html

Monday's Autism Speaks 400 Race Winner

Martin Truex Jr led the field and was pulling away with a growing 7 second lead as he crossed the finish line at Dover for his FIRST NEXTEL CUP win.

Truex was followed by Newman, Edwards, Hamlin, Kenseth, Biffle, Martin, Bowyer, Jeff Gordon and Robby Gordon fill out the top 10 spots.

Truck and Busch Notes for Dover

Trucks: Ron Hornaday won the AAA Insurance 200 on Friday, followed by Stacy Comptom, Travis Kvapil, Johnny Benson & Mike Bliss. See the rest of the finishers at NASCAR.com

Busch: Carl Edwards had the strongest car in the field and couldn't be touched, no matter how many yellow flags came out in the last 50 laps. He was followed by Denny Hamlin, Scott Wimmer, Casey Mears & Matt Kenseth. See the rest of the 'unofficial' finishers at NASCAR.com

Coca Cola 600

After a long, long race, and late race (In the last 10 laps of the race) splash and go pit stops ended up giving the race to Casey Mears, for his first CUP win.
He was followed by JJ Yeley, Kyle Petty, Reed Sorenson & Brian Vickers 5th!!
30, 88, 11 & 48 round out the top 10.

To see the official results, go to NASCAR.com

ALL-Star Race

Kevin Harvick wins the All Star Race holding off a late race charge by none other than Jimmie Johnson, followed up by Mark Martin, Jeff Burton & Tony Stewart to round out the top 5.

Of note, Kyle Busch did what he's been doing a lot of lately, and that is wreck, and in doing so, took his brother out with him. Kyle forced his way under Kurt when Kurt had the low line going into turn 1, and the rest is history.

Kurt has matured a lot lately, and handled his after wreck interview very very well, and finished it up by saying he's not eating Kellogg's any time soon. (LOL)

And Casey Mears and Denny Hamlin were "battling for last", per Denny, when Johnny blew a tire and "took us out of our misery" Denny said in an on screen interview.

Of other note, the 31 car had the prominent blue AT & T logos on the 31 car, via a lack of a court injunction preventing them from doing so, and that may be some more legal issues down the road for them, but there they were, with their supportive sponsor!!

Darlington Race

Jeff Gordon won the Dodge Avenger 500 with an overheating car pushing steam as he crossed the finish line!!

Unofficial results on NASCAR.com

Lineup and Other Things

The Race Lineup for the Dodge Avenger 500 at Darlington Raceway:

Bowyer wins his first CUP pole in his career!

1 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 164.987
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ameriquest 164.876
3 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 164.430
4 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 164.314
5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 164.073
6 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 163.876
7 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express 163.838
8 21 Ken Schrader Ford Motorcraft 163.723
9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 163.713
10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 163.680
11 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 163.299
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 163.289
13 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 163.186
14 00 David Reutimann* Toyota Domino's Pizza 163.175
15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 163.153

Those that did not make the event: Jeremy Mayfield, Ward Burton, Mike Bliss, Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarrett & Scott Riggs

Full Lineup at NASCAR.com

The show is scheduled to start Saturday night, May 12, at 7pm ET, on Fox.

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Last Nights Busch Race saw Denny Hampin win his 2nd straight Busch event in a row there.
He was followed by Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Casey Mears, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Regan Smith, David Ragan *, Jason Keller & Juan Montoya * for the top 15.

See the entire set of results here

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Anyone watching the Busch race last night saw Newman and Stewart exchange paint and tire pieces for a few laps. Not sure if anything is going to come of it. It resulted in Ryan's tire going down after a retaliatory fender slap from Stewart.

The Jim Stewart 400, by Crown Royal

The last 50 laps were pretty intense with quite a few yellow flags, but Jimmie Johnson, chased by Kyle Busch took the checkered flag.

Harvick had the car to beat until he hit the 6 car in the pits and damaged his RF.
Stewart was coming on strong to until he got caught up in a multi car wreck.
Kahne, McMurray, Gilliland & Jeff Burton finished the race in the garage.

Complete Results can be found here:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/results

Point Standings after the event:
-- Jeff Gordon
+2 Jimmie Johnson (Moves up 2 spots)
-- Matt Kenseth
-2 Jeff Burton (Loses 2 spots)
-- Denny Hamlin
-- Tony Stewart
+1 Kyle Busch
+2 Kurt Busch
-- Kevin Harvick
+1 Clint Bowyer moves up 1 spot into 10th at 527 points behind the leader

See the full list here:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/standings

Basha's Supermarkets 200 Busch Race

Clint Bowyer won last nights Busch race, and it was well deserved and hard earned!

The top 10 were:
1. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 2. Matt Kenseth Ford 3. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 4. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet
5. Carl Edwards Ford 6. Greg Biffle Ford 7. Casey Mears Chevrolet 8. Regan Smith Chevrolet
9. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 10. Dave Blaney Toyota

The complete, unnoficial results

See info HERE

Samsung 500

Here's a snippet from my Race Recap blog for the last 20 laps:
20 to go: 24, 17, 16, 31 & 01. Kenseth is looking to pass Gordon.
17 to go: Kenseth goes on the outside and passes Gordon for the lead. Montoya is passing Stremme, Mark Martin has passed biffle for 4th.
13 to go - Burton takes 2nd from Gordon and looks to be closing on Kenseth. 17, 31, 24, 01 & 16.Burton gets inside of Kenseth, but cannot take the position. HERE's a whacky NOTE: The 5 car is back on the track - but JR is driving it according to the Fox announcers.
7 to go: Burton keeps bobbling and loses some ground. Kenseth goes up the hill, Burton catches back up. We're watching Truex trying to take 7th but Montoya fights back. (Look out Martin!!)
3 to go: Burton keeps getting inside of Kenseth,but he can't pull away.
2 to go: They are side by side. (31 and 17 that is)
LAST LAP: Finally, Burton gets out in front of Kenseth coming out of 2 and goes on to win the race!!!
The clean racer WINS, and Jeff Burton is the first driver to win multiple times at Texas!!31, 17, 01, 24, 26, 16, 1, 42, 11 & 40 ar the top 10.What a great last 20 laps!! Gotta love the classic car of yesterday!!

Jeff Gordon had a strong car, but slapped the wall in the last 20 laps. Stewart got spun out fighting Montoya for position and Johnson, while losing a cylinder, got collected and garaged it. Jr had a strong car, but got taken out of the action when Stewart got spun, Jr checked up and Kyle Busch slammed him hard in the back end. It was a crazy race.

It was so crazy, the last 10 laps, the 5 car finally got back out on the track , but JR was driving it, according to the Fox sports casters.

Here's today's results:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/results

O'Reilly 300 Busch Notes

Saturday's Busch race notes:
The starting line up pole sitter was David Ragan followed by Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Casey Mears & Kasey Kahne.

The last 10 laps was pretty fun to watch as Hamlin tried to chase down Kenseth. The top 10 finishers were:
Kenseth,
Hamlin,
Edwards,
Mears,
Ragan,
Reutimann,
Kyle Busch,
Kurt Busch,
Menard &
Jeff Burton.

Full Results

MARTINSVILLE Fender Banger

It was a great finish as Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson banged and bumped the last 5 laps away, as Gordon tried to get past Johnson. The finish was fun to watch and pretty tight.

After a number of yellow flags, a few tire failures, Kevin Harvick had the same fuel pump line problem Tony Stewart did last week, then after they got that fixed, they came back out and a few laps later the protective foam in the right door cuaght on fire.

A few other drivers were oveheard noting the excessive heat in the cars.

The total results are HERE

Martinsville - DNQ, trucks & stuff

Once again, sadly for the Mikey fans out there, Michael Waltrip did not make the starting field for this weekends race, The Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville. Neither did Paul Menard, Kenny Wallace, Kevin Lepage, Brian Vickers or Ward Burton.

For Dale Jarrett, the starting grid on NASCAR.com does not show that he got in with a provisional this week, so that's good news for MWR and David Ruetimann is starting 43rd.

Then again, weather.cnn.com is predicting thunder storms, so I ain't holding my breath.

TRUCK RACE Saturday: Mike Skinner won his 3rd in a row NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Kroger 250. He's also now only the 2nd driver to win more than once at Martinsville.

The top 10 were Skinner, T. Bodine, R Crawford, K Harvick, T Musgrave, R Hornaday, A Fike, T Walker, T Peters, J Benson. The complete race results are at
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/2007/4/data/results_unofficial.html
and series standings are at:
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/2007/data/standings_unofficial.html

Sharpie 500 Notes from BRISTOL

Green, White Checkered Restart:
Kyle Busch wins, as Jeff Burton got around Jeff Gordon fro 2nd as Gordon spun his tires on the restart.

Even though Burton had the better car, he did not move Kyle out of the way to pass him even thogh he had 2 opportunities to do so and Kyle Busch wins the first COT race in this new ERA of NASCAR.

5, 31, 24, 29, 16, 66, 8, 07, 26 & 25 are the top 10 in this first COT race.
Highest finishing Dodge: David Stremme, in 13th.
Highest finishing Toyota: Brian Vickers, in 15th.
CHEVY gets it's 600th win,
Hendricks 200th win.