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Nov 5, 2004
Phoenix Racing announced that Johnny Sauter will drive the #1 Yellow Dodge in the 2005 Busch Series. Team owner James Finch said "I know he is going to get in the car and drive his heart out every week."
DRIVER MILESTONES
Mark Martin will make his 600th career Cup start this weekend, as well as his 542 in a row. He has 41 poles, & 34 wins.
Also Ricky Rudd is making an astounding 750th consecutive Cup start, Rudd started in the series back in 1975.
QUALIFYING | BUSCH SERIES
5 Johnny Sauter
4 Ashton Lewis
3 Jamie McMurray
2 Greg Biffle
1 Kyle Busch grabs his 5th poll of 2004
By the way, points leader Martin Truex Jr. starts 9th
TRACK STATS | PHOENIX
Distance: 1-mile oval
Banking/Turns 1-2:11º
Banking/Turns 3-4:9 º
Banking/Straights: None
Length/Frontstretch: 1,179 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 1,551 ft.
Miles/laps: 312 miles, 312 laps
Up for Grabs: $4.8 million
Last years winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Nov 4, 2004
Whether you like the current point system or not, you've got to feel bad for Jamie McMurray. He's currently 11th in points with absolutely no shot at cracking the top 10 under the new rules. He's been running so well lately, that under the old point system he'd be 6th, and under the current point system he'd be 2nd had he gotten in after Richmond....that's gotta hurt.
DRIVER MILESTONES
Mark Martin will make his 600th career Cup start this weekend, as well as his 542 in a row. He has 41 poles, & 34 wins.
Also Ricky Rudd is making an astounding 750th consecutive Cup start, Rudd started in the series back in 1975.
QUALIFYING | CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
5 David Starr
4 Steve Park
3 Carl Edwards
2 Ken Schrader
1 Jack Sprague takes his 7th poll of the year
ON TV
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 3 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 4 p.m. Friday on Speed
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 5:30 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 1 p.m. Saturday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC
NEXTEL CUP RACING FROM PHOENIX @ 3 p.m. Sunday on NBC
All times are eastern
Nov 3, 2004
Rusty Wallace has been penalized by NASCAR for the incident with his teammate Ryan Newman on pit road in Martinsville. For his frustration, his wallet will be $10,000 lighter. There was contact between the 2 and 12 cars after the race, keep in mind Rusty is part owner of Ryan Newman's 12 team.
TESTING | KENTUCKY
A couple of cars will circle the track this week, including Jeremy Mayfield in the #19 Dodge, and R & D driver for Hendrick Motorsports Blake Feese will test their set ups.
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
10 Ashton Lewis
9 Kenny Wallace
8 Jason Leffler
7 Mike Bliss
6 Jason Keller
5 David Green
4 Ron Hornaday
3 Greg Biffle is 473 back
2 Kyle Busch is 176 back
1 Martin Truex Jr. is your leader
Nov 2, 2004
Richard Childress Racing announced over the weekend that Jeff Burton will move over to drive the #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet in 2005. Cingular has also extended their contract through 2007 with RCR. No word yet on the 30 car.
TESTING | HOMESTEAD MIAMI
Tons of teams at the track this week, including 7 of the top 10 teams, plus Jamie McMurray, Michael Waltrip, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte, Travis Kvapil and more. They are all gearing up for all of the season finales.
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
...with most of the top contenders having problems in Atlanta, the points race has tightened up.
10 Jeremy Mayfield
9 Matt Kenseth
8 Elliott Sadler
7 Ryan Newman
6 Tony Stewart
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. drops two spots from his late crash
4 Mark Martin is just 81 points back
3 Jeff Gordon drops a spot
2 Jimmie Johnson moves from 9th to second from his 3 consecutive wins
1 Kurt Busch dodges a bullet from his engine failure, and then others in the chase having problems.
Nov 1, 2004
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RACE RECAP | ATLANTA
10 Greg Biffle
9 Tony Stewart
8 Jamie McMurray
7 Brian Vickers best career Cup finish
6 Jeff Burton
5 Kasey Kahne
4 Joe Nemechek
3 Carl Edwards
2 Mark Martin dominates the race leading 227 of the laps
VICTORY LANE
Jimmie Johnson wins his 3rd race in a row for Hendrick Motorsports, it's his 7th this year, and rockets up to 2nd in points
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
Many in the Chase for the Championship had awful days.
First Kurt Busch blew is engine, DNF and finishes 42nd
Jeff Gordon had handling problems all day, then his rear end gears breaks, finishes 34th
Matt Kenseth also broke a motor and finished 41st
Ryan Newman fought handling problems
Elliott Sadler got wrecked on pit road by Joe Nemechek and tore up his steering
And Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrecked while running 3rd late in the race by Carl Edwards, Dale took responisblity for the crash
The points got all shaken up, and we'll run those down on tomorrow's show.
BUSCH SERIES
On Saturday Matt Kenseth took the in win the Busch series, then later also won the IROC race, the IROC Championship, and a million dollars.
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