Jeff Burton wins the Food City 500

March 16, 2008

#31 Jeff Burton won the Food City 500 at the always crazy Bristol Motor Speedway Sunday, after a late wreck by #20 Tony Stewart in the last two laps:

When Hamlin’s fuel pickup burped in Turn 4 of the next-to-last lap, it set up a 1-2-3 finish for Richard Childress Racing teammates Burton, Harvick and Bowyer on the .533-mile concrete short track that was resurfaced before the August race last year.

The Childress drivers also benefited when Harvick took out the race’s dominant car, Tony Stewart’s No. 20 Toyota, on Lap 498 to set up the two-lap run to the finish. After a restart on Lap 496, Hamlin passed Stewart for the lead. A lap later, in Turn 1, Harvick nosed inside Stewart, slid up into the No. 20 and sent Stewart spinning into the Turn 2 wall.

Stewart had led 267 laps to that point but had to settle for a 14th-place finish. It was the third consecutive spring race at Bristol where Stewart led the most laps, yet failed to win.

SMOKE UPDATE: Tony Stewart led 267 laps at Bristol, but was forced into a 14th-place finish due to the careless driving of #29 Kevin Harvick. Stewart and Harvick may be friends off the track, but as a #20 fan, I can admit I let out more than one expletive as I saw Smoke turned around with 2 laps left. Can’t Home Depot Racing catch a break this season?

Next up, the Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway a week from Easter Sunday.

Carl Edwards wins the Auto Club 500

February 25, 2008

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#99 Carl Edwards won the Auto Club 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Monday, edging out #48 Jimmie Johnson and his teammate #24 Jeff Gordon:

Under blue skies Monday, some 21 hours after the race had started, Carl Edwards put the finishing touches on the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 at beleaguered Auto Club Speedway.

After caution flew on the final lap for Dale Jarrett’s spin, Edwards crossed the finish ahead of runner-up Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon, who atoned for disappointing finishes in the Feb. 17 Daytona 500.

SMOKE UPDATE: Tony Stewart scored a top 10 finish, picking up a handful of spots in the final laps to finish 7th, keeping him in third place in the standings.

Next up, the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speeday on Sunday.

NASCAR Top 12 present Top 10 12 List on Letterman

September 13, 2007

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For the first time in the history of the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN broadcasts, tonight’s LATE SHOW Top Ten wass instead a Top Twelve, “Top 12 Reasons I Love Racing,” presented by the 12 NASCAR drivers in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

From the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska…

The “Top Twelve Reasons I Love Racing”

12. Clint Bowyer: “We’ve got special mirrors that show objects the size that they actually are.

11. Kevin Harvick: “Sometimes back in the garages there’s horseplay with the airhose.”

10. Jeff Burton: “Between the G-forces and the fumes, I’m loopy most of the season.”

9. Kyle Busch: “Switch the ‘R’ and the ‘C’ in ‘Racing’ and you get ‘Caring.’”

8. Matt Kenseth: “Can hold 8 gigs of music on my new iHelmet.”

7. Martin Truex, Jr.: “In a pinch, checkered flags make a lovely tablecloth.”

6. Denny Hamlin: “Two more wins and I get to marry Ashley Judd.”

5. Kurt Busch: “You can talk to your car and pretend you’re David Hasselhoff.”

4. Carl Edwards: “How many people can say their “office” goes 200 miles per hour.”

3. Tony Stewart: “Driving fast and starting fights.”

2. Jeff Gordon: “It’s not one of those sports you have to inject stuff in your ass to be good.”

1. Jimmie Johnson: “Unlike most guys, I like it when my wife says, ‘You’re too fast.’”

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. must be kicking himself after missing out on this. See what you miss out on when you don’t make the Chase for the Cup?

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