July 2, 2004
Ryan Newman and his crew chief Matt Borland had a chance this week to go supersonic. Both took flight in F-16's over Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, and both compared the G-Forces felt in the jet to Ryan's Cup car.
TRACK STATS | DAYTONA "UNDER THE LIGHTS"
Track Size: 2.5 Mile TRI-OVAL SUPERSPEEDWAY
It's 400 miles or 160 Laps
Length of Front Stretch: 1,900 Feet
Length of Back Stretch: 3,400 Feet
Banking in Corners: 31 degrees
Banking on Back Stretch: 3 degrees
Banking on Tri-Oval: 18 degrees
Last year’s winner: Greg Biffle
QUALIFYING | BUSCH SERIES
5 Ron Hornaday
4 Robby Gordon
3 Kevin Harvick
2 Robery Pressley
1 Mike Bliss - Second career poll
QUALIFYING | CUP SERIES
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 Dale Jarrett
3 Ricky Rudd
2 Michael Waltrip
1 Jeff Gordon- 3rd consecutive poll 47.705 seconds/188.659
July 1, 2004
Tony Stewart has been fined $50,000, loses 25 driver/owner points, and put on probation until August 18th for his incident with Brian Vickers at Infineon this past weekend. Tony drops from 5th to 6th in points, and Brian did not receive any penalties. NASCAR CEO Brian France said "It is a big deal. But his behavior at Sears Point is unacceptable. Tony has to work within the same rule structure and behavioral expectations that we have for all of our drivers. And one way or the other, we will figure that out."
The following is a statement from Tony Stewart:
"I understand and accept NASCAR's penalty. With NASCAR's continued growth and their rise in mainstream popularity, I realize their rules have become stricter than they were in the past. And after meeting with Brian France (NASCAR Chairman and CEO), I know it's my job to live within those rules.
"I'm putting this incident behind me and I plan no further comments. I'm going to focus on Daytona and the remaining races before the final 10-race run for the championship."
ON TV
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 8 p.m. Thursday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 6 p.m. Friday on FX
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 7:30 p.m. Friday on FX
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 3 p.m. Saturday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP PEPSI 400 @ 7 p.m. Saturday on Fox
All times are eastern
June 30, 2004
Robert Yates Racing has added CitiFinancial as an associate sponsor. Their logo will be on the #38 of Elliott Sadler, and the 88 of Dale Jarrett at Daytona this weekend.
This weekend will be one of the 6 times we see the Smirnoff Ice paint scheme on the 17 ride of Matt Kenseth.
Lots of beverage schemes this weekend at the Pepsi 400, don't forget about the 8 cars that will run the Coke C2 colors as well. If one of these drivers wins on Saturday, Coca-Cola will donate $250k to The Victory Junction Gang Camp.
Drivers Scheduled to participate: Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, John Andretti and Kevin Harvick
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
1. -- Martin Truex Jr.
2. -- Kyle Busch -28
3. -- David Green
4. -- Greg Biffle
5. +1 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
POINT STANDINGS | TRUCK SERIES
1. -- Dennis Setzer
2. -- Carl Edwards -131
3. -- Bobby Hamilton
4. -- Rick Crawford
5. +4 Ted Musgrave
June 29, 2004
Some other race results over the weekend include a win for Ron Hornaday in the Busch Series on Saturday night, and Ted Musgrave took home the hardware in Friday's Truck event.
Kurt Busch is in Chicago today to promote the upcoming race on July 11th. While there, he'll be taking batting practice with his favorite team, The Chicago Cubs before the game.
Adding a car for road specialist Scott Pruett to drive at Infineon paid off for Chip Ganassi Racing, with 3 of their cars finishing top 10 from Scott's help. Casey Mears finished 7th, Scott Pruett 3rd, and Jamie McMurray came in second.
TESTING | KENTUCKY
Ricky Rudd will be at the track today taking his #21 Motorcraft Ford through the paces.
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
1 Jimmie Johnson +27
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3 Matt Kenseth
4 Jeff Gordon
5 Tony Stewart
6 Elliott Sadler
7 Bobby Labonte
8 Kurt Busch
9 Ryan Newman
10 Kevin Harvick
June 28, 2004
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RACE RECAP | INFINEON
10 Elliott Sadler
9 Jeff Burton
8 Mark Martin
7 Casey Mears
6 Boris Said
5 Jimmie Johnson - 11th Top 5 this year
4 Michael Waltrip - 4th Top 5 in 5 races
3 Scott Pruett - best Cup finish at Infineon
2 Jamie McMurray - Best finish of the year
1 Jeff Gordon - From the poll, he grabs his 4th Infineon win leading 92 of 110 laps.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers have a post race incident and are called to NASCAR's hauler for discussion
-Rusty Wallace ran out of gas on lap 109 after having a Top 10 car all day, ends up 28th
-The defending race winner Robby Gordon had an awful day, first losing a tire, then cutting a couple more down, he finished 34th
-Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun a couple of times, but battled back for an 11th place finish.
-Jimmie Johnson started 34th, only to finish 5th, and pile on more points over Dale Jr. he leads by 27
-Sterling Marlin had problems with Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth
-The rookies didn't fair to well with Brian Vickers getting the best finish at 22nd
BUSCH SERIES
-Ron Hornaday came from a lap down to win in Milwaukee
TRUCK SERIES
-Ted Musgrave wins on Friday
Updated: Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 9:44 AM Pacific
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