Oct 22, 2004
Travis Kvapil will drive in this weekends Cup race at Martinsville for Penske Racing's #06 Dodge, also look for Formula One driver Klaus Graf to drive the #59 Dodge as a teammate to Ken Schrader and BAM racing. Graf will also make an attempt in the season finale at Miami.
Both Bill Lester and David Reutimann have been cleared to race this weekend after being involved in one of the most violent wrecks I've seen. The race was red flagged for 26 minutes for clean up and SAFER walls repair...certainly good news there.
TESTING | ATLANTA
11 drivers circled the track in preparation for next weekends race. The fastest was Mark Martin with a speed of 184.800mph, also testing were John Andretti, Jeff Green, Kerry Earnhardt and Boston Reid.
Jeff Gordon seems to be the one to watch this weekend with these stats:
Average Finish: 8.3
12 top 5's, and 17 top 10's
5 Bud Polls, leading all active drivers, including the last 3 in a row
Plus 5 wins at the track
TRACK STATS | MARTINSVILLE
A newly repaved surface and new SAFER walls, should change how they race this weekend.
Distance: .526-mile oval
Banking/Turns 1-4: 12 º
Banking/Straights: 0
Length/Frontstretch: 800 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 800 ft.
Miles/laps: 263 miles, 500 laps
Up for grabs: $ 4.7 million
Last years winner: Jeff Gordon from the poll
Oct 21, 2004
HAAS CNC Racing has swapped crew chiefs between their Busch and Cup teams. Robert 'Bootie" Barker moves over to Ward Burton's #0 Cup car, and Bill Ingle heads up the #00 Busch car.
Martin Truex Jr. will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut next weekend in Atlanta. He'll be driving the #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated.
TESTING | ATLANTA
Getting set for the race next week was Mark Martin, who turned in a lap of 30.04 seconds in his #6 Ford...also testing their Busch setups were points leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch.
PHOENIX
Teams checking out that track are Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick.
ON TV
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 3 p.m. Friday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 4:30 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 11 a.m. Saturday on Speed
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACING @ 1 p.m. Saturday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday on TNT
NEXTEL CUP RACING from Martinsville @ 1 p.m. Sunday on NBC
All times are eastern.
Oct 20, 2004
University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith and Joe Nemechek's NEMCO Motorsports will field a Busch car starting next season with Jamie Mosley as their driver, no sponsor has been named just yet.
Dave Blaney takes over the #14 FitzBradshaw Busch car for the rest of the season. The decision was mutual, and Casey Atwood leaves the team and starts to look for a new ride for 2005.
Bobby Labonte will run in the truck race this weekend at Martinsville. He will be behind the wheel of the No. 47 Acxiom Celebrity Silverado with a special paint scheme showcasing country music star Josh Turner.
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
5 Ron Hornaday
4 Jason Leffler
3 Greg Biffle is 475 points back
2 Kyle Busch is 144 out of first place
1 Martin Truex Jr.
POINT STANDINGS | TRUCK SERIES
5 Matt Crafton
4 Carl Edwards
3 Ted Musgrave
2 Dennis Setzer
1 Bobby Hamilton is up by 79
Oct 19, 2004
Dale Jr.'s 25 point penalty stands according to The National Stock Car Racing Commission for the use of inappropriate language on national TV after his win at Talladega.
Ron Hornaday has been inked to drive Kevin Harvick's #6 Silvarado in the truck series next year. He replaces Matt Crafton, who will finish out this year and is 5th in CTS points.
Texaco/Havoline will continue to be the primary sponsor of the #42 Dodge for a long time to come. This season marks the 17th consecutive year the company has sponsored a Cup car.
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
1 Kurt Busch +24
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3 Jeff Gordon
4 Elliott Sadler
5 Mark Martin
6 Tony Stewart
7 Matt Kenseth
8 Jimmie Johnson
9 Ryan Newman
10 Jeremy Mayfield
Jamie McMurray hangs onto the 11th spot over Dale Jarrett by 74
Oct 18, 2004
RACE RECAP | LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY
10 Tony Stewart
9 Jeff Burton
8 Jamie McMurray
7 Elliott Sadler
6 Dale Jarrett
5 Joe Nemechek
4 Kurt Busch involved in a lap one wreck, & battled back
3 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2 Jeff Gordon - wrecked twice, a simply amazing comeback
VICTORY LANE
1 Jimmie Johnson sweeps the season at Lowes, grabs his 5th win of 2004 and Chevrolet clinches the manufacturers championship
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-A first lap, first turn wreck was caused by Scott Riggs not getting up to speed, made it a long night for Chasers Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch.
-Brian Vickers was involved in a very hard crash when he lost control of his #25 machine...he is okay.
-Jeff Gordon spun on the front stretch, also took out a strong Rusty Wallace car
-The DeWalt Ford of Matt Kenseth found the wall after a tire goes flat, he battles back to a 11th place finish
-Kasey Kahne simply dominated this race, led 207 of 267 when he crashed with tire problems
-With 22 laps to go Jimmy Spencer ran into the back of Brendan Gaughan, and this takes out Ryan Newman and Mark Martin who were battling for second place.
BUSCH SERIES
On Friday Mike Bliss made a daring 3 wide pass to take his first career Busch win.
TRUCK SERIES
On Saturday in Texas, Todd Bodine wins his second in a row.
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