April 2, 2004
Check off Atlanta as another track that is adding the SAFER walls with construction beginning in late summer. The track will be all set for their October 31st, Halloween race.
A bunch of Texas natives will compete in this weekends events at Texas. You've got The Labonte's Bobby, Terry and Justin, Larry Foyt and David Starr. Be sure to look for Uncle Bobby racing against nephew Justin for the first time in the Busch race tomorrow.
Casey Mears will carry Fugifilm on the hood of his race car this weekend, and yesterday he had the chance to pilot the companies 200 foot, 8 ton Blimp over Texas Motor Speedway.
Ricky Rudd will reach another milestone, by attempting his 810th start. Why this is so special is because he jumps over Darrell Waltrip to third on the all time start list.
QUALIFYING | BUSCH SERIES | TEXAS
10 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
9 Bobby Labonte (yeah you heard right)
8 Kasey Kahne
7 Johnny Sauter
6 Clint Bowyer debuts in the 21 car
5 Martin Truex Jr.
4 Joe Nemechek
3 David Green
2 Last weeks poll winner Greg Biffle just missed
ON THE POLL
1 Kyle Busch picks up his second poll of the year
April 1, 2004
**This is no April Fools**
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been docked 25 championship points, fined $10,000, and put on probation until June 1st for intentionally spinning his 8 car to cause a yellow flag. He admitted this was intentional both on his team radio, and to the media after the race, however even with the points loss he remains in 3rd place.
Do you think Dale Jr.'s punishment fit the crime?
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The entry lists for this weekends Busch and Cup events are the largest of the year. There will be 48 Cup cars, and 54 Busch cars trying for 43 spots in each race.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be repaving their track after this years Brickyard 400 on August 8th. It will cost $2 million dollars, and over 36,500 tons of asphalt will be used on the 2.5 miler.
Bill Elliott will be making his second NEXTEL Cup race of the year this weekend running his limited schedule. Awesome Bill finished 20th in Vegas.
ON TV
BUSCH SERIES HAPPY HOUR @ 3 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 4 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 1 p.m. Saturday on FX
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 2 p.m. Saturday on Fox
NEXTEL CUP RACING from Texas @ 1 p.m. Sunday on Fox
All times are eastern
March 31, 2004
Jamie McMurray has been fined $10,000 and put on probation until Aug. 31st for spinning Matt Kenseth's car near pit road after the race at Bristol. No points have be deducted, so he still stands at 14th.
Kevin Lepage is out, and Jimmy Spencer is in as the new driver of the #4 Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevy. Also, Featherlite has signed on to be the primary sponsor of the car for Texas this weekend.
NASCAR is now reviewing the caution that Dale Earnhardt Jr. created for himself by spinning out this past weekend. Dale Jr. admitted to spinning his car to the media after the race, we should find out their decision soon.
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
10 Johnny Sauter
9 David Stremme
8 Kyle Busch
7 Robby Gordon
6 Jason Keller
5 Greg Biffle
4 Michael Waltrip
3 Martin Truex Jr.
2 David Green
1 Kevin Harvick leads by 41 points
March 30, 2004
Remember when Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun his 8 car, causing a much needed caution for himself? It turns out, he did this on purpose, he said "I had a loose wheel and I didn't have any choice but to spin the car out to get a caution. So I went down in the corner, had some clear room behind me, and I just spun it out," Do you think NASCAR looks the other way when it comes to Jr.? Sound off on our message boards.
TESTING | MARTINSVILLE
The Ray Evernham #9 & #19 Dodges will be on hand this week to shake down the track. The series heads there after Texas this weekend.
POINT STANDINGS | NEXTEL CUP SERIES
1 Matt Kenseth +21
2 Kurt Busch
3 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 Tony Stewart
5 Ryan Newman
6 Jimmie Johnson
7 Kevin Harvick
8 Jermey Mayfield
9 Elliott Sadler
10 Sterling Marlin
BIGGEST LOSERS - Casey Mears and Kahne drops 6 spots,
BIGGEST GAINERS - Rusty Wallace, Sterling Marlin, and Ken Schrader jump 6 spots
March 29, 2004
RACE RECAP | BRISTOL
10 Michael Waltrip finally has a good finish
9 Jeff Gordon
8 Jamie McMurray
7 Ryan Newman
6 Ken Schrader great finish for the 49
5 Matt Kenseth 5th top 10
4 Sterling Marlin 2nd top 5
3 Kevin Harvick 3rd top 10
2 Rusty Wallace his best finish since Phoenix 2002
VICTORY LANE
For his 9th career Cup win, his 3rd in a row at Bristol, and 4th of the last 5...Kurt Busch easily wins after a two lap shootout after a red flag. His gable to stay out during a pit cycle paid off.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-The 42 of McMurray got into Kasey Kahne early, the 9 gets a DNF
-For the second race of the year Brian Vickers 25 car looses a drive shaft, those boys need to figure that out
-Due to the accordion effect, the 20 and 22 get into each other. Tony Stewart retaliates and they both get blacked flagged. Stewart never recovered, Wimmer came back to finish 13th.
-Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins to create a much needed caution for himself. He had a tire going down and was losing positions
-After the checkered flag Jamie McMurray spun Matt Kenseth near pit road, penalties should come this week.
RACE RECAP | BUSCH SERIES
On Saturday here's your top 5
5 David Green
4 Greg Biffle
3 Kyle Busch
2 Kevin Harvick
1 Martin Truex Jr. take his first career series win driving for Dale Jr.
The last couple of laps caused wrecks, confusion, and hot tempers. Lets put it this way The NASCAR Busch series trailer had a line formed outside.
-Johnny Benson and David Stremme aren't friends anymore
-Michael Waltrip thinks he should of finished 3rd instead of 7th
-Mike Bliss who was running top 5 forgot to take the checkered flag, headed down pit road, and finished 17th....ooooops.Updated: Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 9:45 AM Pacific
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