Kasey Kahne was named one of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors. He's under the heading "At the top of their game" and the issues hits newsstands today.

A total of 8 drivers will run Coca-Cola as their primary sponsor for the upcoming Pepsi 400 at Daytona....Sounds like a Cola war is brewing. Look for Coke on the cars of Tony Stewart, Ricky Rudd, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Bill Elliott, and John Andretti.


TRACK STATS | MICHIGAN
Distance: 2-mile oval
Banking/Turns 1-4:18 º
Banking/Frontstretch: 12 º
Banking/Backstretch: 5 º
Length/Frontstretch: 3,600 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 2,242 ft.
Miles/laps: 400 miles, 200 laps

June 17, 2004

I said more would be on the way for Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick for their temper problems on Sunday. Both received $25,000 fines, and put on probation for the rest of the year, but no points taken since they each lost 10 finishing spots after the race.

After years of hard work, and donations. Kyle and Pattie Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp opens this weekend to kids. The camp is for kids with chronic illnesses or life-threatening diseases to come and have fun and just be kids, while they are there everything is paid for, including their needed medicine and care.

PAINT SCHEMES
A bunch of drivers will be running special Fathers Day cars, so if you're having trouble finding your favorite car on the track on Sunday you know why. The list includes Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby & Terry Labonte, Tony Stewart, Kyle Petty and more.

ON TV

NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 3 pm Friday Speed

TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 3pm Saturday on Speed

NEXTEL CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 6:30pm Saturday FX

BUSCH SERIES RACING@ 8pm Saturday FX

NEXTEL CUP RACING @ 1 p.m. Sunday Fox

All times are eastern

June 16, 2004

One of racing's most famous fathers will be the Grand Marshall for Sunday's Fathers Day event at Michigan. Richard Petty will give the command to start the engines.

Johnny Benson will drive the #17 Busch Series car for Matt Kenseth this weekend. Matt will be in Michigan for the Cup race, and the Busch race is in Kentucky.

Dave Blaney is the new driver of the #30 AOL Chevy. Johnny Sauter is out of the car, but still under contract with Richard Childress Racing and will drive certain races this year.

POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES

10 Kenny Wallace
9 Ron Hornaday
8 Jason Keller
7 Jason Leffler
6 Greg Biffle
5 Michael Waltrip
4 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
3 David Green
2 Kyle Busch
1 Martin Truex Jr. leads by 40 points

June 15, 2004

NASCAR was not too happy with Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth's spin festival at the end of the race on Sunday. So for now, they put both cars on the tail end of the lead lap. This put's Harvick 20th and Kenseth 21st.

NASCAR is expanding to Canada and is opening an office in Toronto to help grow the popularity of the sport up north. Canada is NASCAR's second largest audience to the U.S.

Dale Jr. is a television star over the next week, check him out on VH1 this week during their Hot 100 show, also on NASCAR Drivers 360 on FX, and on Spike TV's "Ride with Funkmaster Flex" check your local listings for show times.

POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2113 points
2. Jimmie Johnson 2055 (-58)
3. Matt Kenseth 1889 (-224)
4. Jeff Gordon 1874 (-239)
5. Tony Stewart 1854 (-259)
6. Bobby Labonte 1812 (-301)
7. Kurt Busch 1803 (-310)
8. Elliott Sadler 1773 (-340)
9. Kevin Harvick 1735 (-378)
10. Ryan Newman 1674 (-439)

BIGGEST GAINER: Jeremy Mayfield up 4 spots
BIGGEST LOSER: Michael Waltrip down 4 positions

June 14, 2004

RACE RECAP | POCONO

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Updated: Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 9:43 AM Pacific