Sprint Cup Results 2012

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Tony is sitting today.

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Tony Stewart Hits and Kills Driver on New York Dirt Track

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 10, 2014, 7:54 A.M. E.D

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/08/10/us/ap-us-tony-stewart-crash.html?ref=sports

Nascar should park him for today's race.

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Penske's No. 22 Nationwide team penalized

NASCAR handed down penalties Tuesday to Penske Racing's No. 22 team in the Nationwide Series after Joey Logano's race-winning Ford failed a post-race inspection last weekend at Dover International Speedway.

NASCAR docked the No. 22 team six points in the team owner standings, narrowing its lead to 28 points over the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing team in the season-long championship fight. Additionally, crew chief Jeremy Bullins was fined $10,000.


In response to the penalties, Penske Racing issued the following statement on Tuesday:

"The Penske Racing No. 22 Ford Mustang had a spring retaining screw back out during Saturday's Nationwide Series Race which resulted in the car's front end being too low by 1/16 of an inch when presented for post-race inspection. The problem is being addressed internally to prevent it from happening again and the team is not planning to appeal the penalty."


Logano dominated last Saturday's 5-hour Energy 200, leading 106 of 200 laps for his fourth straight Nationwide win at the mile-long track, but his car failed to meet the minimum height requirement in the front end on both sides after a post-race inspection.


The victory was Logano's third of the season and 21st of his career in the Nationwide Series. As a championship-eligible regular in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he does not earn points for his Nationwide performance and therefore was not penalized.

The No. 22 Penske Racing team has won 11 times in 28 races this season, with victories spread among four drivers. Brad Keselowski has five Nationwide wins with the team this year, AJ Allmendinger has two and Ryan Blaney has one.

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Citing Sport’s Integrity, Nascar Adds Gordon as 13th Chase Driver

By VIV BERNSTEIN


Cheating accusations, an unprecedented penalty to a race team and a reshuffling of the field for Nascar’s Sprint Cup playoff turned the past week into one of the most bizarre in the sport’s history.

And that was before Friday, when Nascar added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship two days before the playoff was to begin at Chicagoland Speedway. Three teams may have manipulated the finish at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 7, the final race of the regular season, and Gordon appeared to be a victim.

“There were too many things that altered the event and gave an unfair disadvantage to Jeff,” said Brian France, the Nascar chairman, in announcing the decision to add a 13th car to the Chase. “We believe this was the right outcome to protect the integrity, which is our No. 1 goal, of Nascar.”

Gordon said he was “very thankful to be in.” He added, “And I know it’s under the most unbelievable circumstances I’ve ever been a part of in my racing career.”

Gordon wrote on Twitter: “Wow, we just gained 1250 points!”

With seven laps left at Richmond and Ryan Newman on his way to a victory that would have qualified him for the playoff, Clint Bowyer’s car inexplicably spun and caused a caution.

Newman wound up third and out of the playoff field. The spin also affected Gordon, who would have made the Chase in the 10th spot in points but ultimately finished 11th.

After the spin, Bowyer and his teammate Brian Vickers made unusual pit stops in the closing laps, allowing Joey Logano to pass them. That helped Logano finish 10th in the standings and automatically qualify for the playoff.

Logano’s move up in the standings bumped Gordon out of the field and allowed a teammate, Martin Truex Jr., to clinch the final wild-card playoff berth.

On Monday, Nascar fined Michael Waltrip Racing $300,000 and penalized Bowyer and two other drivers 50 points. That took Truex out of the playoff field and gave the berth to Newman.

“Do I think it’s fair?” Truex said Friday. “You know, I don’t know. I don’t run the sport, so we’ll just have to deal with it.”

An Associated Press review of communications during the Richmond race determined that there was collusion between Logano’s Penske Racing team and Front Row Motorsports to allow Logano to pass David Gilliland and gain another point.

It was that report that led Nascar to revisit the Richmond finish and add Gordon to the Chase. Nascar officials made clear they did not believe that Logano worked with Gilliland, only that their teams discussed it. Penske Racing and Front Row Motorsports were placed on probation for the rest of the season.

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NASCAR adds Gordon to Chase field amid controversy
JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) 56 minutes ago AP - Sports

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Jeff Gordon was added to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Friday when NASCAR chairman Brian France used his power to make an unprecedented expansion to the field after two separate investigations into radio chatter revealed numerous instances of race manipulation.

France determined Gordon did not have a fair chance to race his way into the 12-driver field last Saturday night at Richmond because of the actions of at least three organizations over the closing laps at Richmond.

The four-time NASCAR champion was bumped from eligibility by Joey Logano, who unknowingly received assistance from two Michael Waltrip Racing drivers trying to aid their teammate. Logano also picked up another track position when David Gilliland apparently moved aside when Gilliland's team tried to bargain with Penske Racing over the radio.

''Too many things altered the event and gave an unfair disadvantage to Jeff and his team,'' France said. ''More than anything it's just the right thing to do. There were just too many things that went on Saturday night.''

It was a stunning conclusion to a surreal week for NASCAR, which should have been celebrating Sunday's start of the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway.

Instead, the sanctioning body has been scrambling to uncover who did what and why since Clint Bowyer spun his car with seven laps remaining at Richmond as 10 drivers jockeyed for the five available spots in the Chase.

NASCAR acted quickly in disciplining MWR on Monday night, then learned Wednesday of a second apparent problem involving Penske and Front Row Motorsports, which appeared to ask for a deal if Gilliland moved over for Logano.

Logano did get by Gilliland, who then seemed to slow down by at least 1 mph, according to an Associated Press review of radio communications and data.

France said NASCAR could not determine there was ever a deal between Front Row and Penske, but that putting Gordon in the Chase and placing Penske and Front Row on probation for the rest of the season was necessary to protect the integrity of the series.

Gordon, the four-time champion, now joins Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson, the five-time champion, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne in the Chase.

''It's been a roller coaster ride of emotions this week. Unprecedented set of circumstances,'' Gordon said. ''I'm extremely happy for this. We're proud to be in it. An incredible set of opportunities now lie on our shoulders to show we belong in the Chase.''

Gordon goes into the Chase as the 13th seed, 15 points behind leader Matt Kenseth.

Owner Rick Hendrick was pleased with the ruling.

''I applaud NASCAR for taking the time for a full review,'' he said in a statement. ''We're extremely proud to have all four cars in the Chase for the second consecutive season. Jeff and the No. 24 team earned this spot.''

Johnson was happy for his teammate but not thrilled to have an additional driver to race for the title.

''I believe there should be 12 cars. One in and one out should be the deal,'' he said.

Trading favors on and off the track is common in NASCAR, but the series had to investigate the Penske and Front Row bargaining allegation following the embarrassment of Michael Waltrip Racing's attempt to manipulate the outcome of the race to benefit Martin Truex Jr. NASCAR on Monday punished the MWR organization for its shenanigans over the final seven laps and pulled Truex out of the Chase in favor of Ryan Newman.

Truex, in his first comments since he was knocked out of the Chase on Monday, said it's been a surreal week. An unwitting victim of his teammates' efforts to help him, he lost his Chase bid after driving the last two weeks with two broken bones in his wrist and a cast on his right arm.

''All I did the last two weeks was drive my heart out,'' he said Friday. ''I went from feeling like I really climbed a mountain in that race at Richmond to going to be knocked out of the Chase.''

Truex wasn't pleased with NASCAR's decision to add Gordon to the Chase.

''I'm not even sure what to say at this point. I'm kind of at a loss for words,'' Truex said. ''How they make a spot for somebody - they kick me out to make a spot for somebody and then they don't do the same for the other guys? It's just unfair and nothing I can do about it.''

Truex is out as punishment for his teammates' working so hard to help him get in, and NASCAR will hold a mandatory team and driver meeting Saturday to clarify ''the rules of the road'' moving forward. France would not specify what won't be tolerated going forward.

''Obviously we drew a line with the penalties with Michael Waltrip Racing,'' France said. ''We're going to make sure that we have the right rules going forward, so that the integrity of the competitive landscape of the events are not altered in a way or manipulated.''

The entire mess began a mere seven laps from the finish Saturday night with Newman en route to a victory that would have given him the final spot in the Chase. MWR driver Clint Bowyer spun, bringing out a caution and setting in motion a chain of events that cost Newman the win and a Chase berth.

It also cost Gordon a Chase berth and put Truex and Logano into the final two spots.

It later became clear that Bowyer's spin was deliberate - although NASCAR has said it can't prove that - and that Bowyer and teammate Brian Vickers allowed Logano to gain late finishing positions to bump Gordon out of the Chase to aid Truex.

Among the penalties levied against MWR was a $300,000 fine and the indefinite suspension of general manager Ty Norris. Bowyer, Truex and Brian Vickers were docked 50 points each, and their crew chiefs were placed on probation through the end of the year.

Bowyer has denied the spin was deliberate. NASCAR could only prove one action - radio communication between Norris and Vickers in which a confused Vickers was told to pit as the field went green with three laps to go.

Once NASCAR singled out that action, a Pandora's box was opened and the apparent bargaining between Penske and Front Row became dicey.

And Gordon's anger began to grow. Gordon said he felt that Bowyer also deserved to be punished for giving up late track position, just as Vickers did, and he called NASCAR's penalties ''half right.''

And now he's in the Chase with Bowyer - but only after the second controversy.
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Imagine that Roger Penske caught cheating.

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NASCAR looking into scanner traffic asking David Gilliland to move over for Joey Logano

NASCAR issued a statement on Wednesday saying that it was looking into scanner traffic on David Gilliland's radio that included a purported request from Penske Racing to have Gilliland move over for him in the closing laps of the race.

Per Gilliland's scanner and audio broadcast on Fox Sports 1's RaceHub, the idea of Gilliland moving back for Logano was broached with nine laps to go in the race; before Clint Bowyer spun to bring out the race's final caution. At that time, Logano would have missed the Chase assuming that Ryan Newman would win the race. He was outside the top 10 with one win to Newman's two and Kasey Kahne's two.

Gilliland was 24th at the time and Logano was 25th. However, nothing was able to happen before the caution flag. The chatter reignited on the restart with three laps to go, and soon after the green flag fell, Logano was around Gilliland.

Logano finished 22nd and Gilliland finished 23rd.

"NASCAR is aware of reports about the #22 and #38 radio communications at Richmond International Raceway and is looking into it, but has yet to see anything in full context that requires any action," it said in a statement.

It's important to note that nowhere is there collusion from both parties active on the scanner feed broadcasted. While Penske Racing is mentioned, there's no direct communication from the team on Gilliland's radio. It's simply employees of Front Row and the No. 38 team.

After the race, Logano was 10th in the standings, one point ahead of Jeff Gordon.

On its own, the Logano-Gilliland matter ultimately is inconsequential to the Chase because the one point exchanged between the two drivers would have still left Logano in the Chase by virtue of his tiebreaker over the winless Gordon. (Logano won at Michigan.) In that case, it's just like a driver letting a teammate lead a lap. It's for a single point, and the cases of the latter -- and there have been MANY cases of it -- it's an accepted, if not even harmonious practice.

Though when combined with the penalties that Michael Waltrip Racing received for its actions at Richmond, it's seen differently. NASCAR penalized the three MWR teams 50 points apiece, which removed Martin Truex from the Chase. After his spin, Bowyer meandered around until the finish of the race and Brian Vickers was ordered to pit road.

Those moves ensured that Logano would be ahead of both drivers, and locked into the top 10 ahead of Gordon. While Logano would have still made the Chase had he finished behind Bowyer and Vickers, he would have done so via the Wild Card, which would have knocked Martin Truex Jr. out of the Chase altogether. But since Logano was in the top 10, Truex was the second Wild Card. (After the penalty, which was applied to his pre-Chase points total, Truex fell behind Ryan Newman and Newman was given the second Wild Card.)

While the moves that MWR made and the move that Logano made around Gilliland are part of the collective whole that was Saturday night's race at Richmond, they're independent of each other and should be judged as such. Neither team was operating in cahoots with each other and were looking out for its own best interests. It just so happened that MWR's best interests were also the best interests of Penske's.

However, when Logano made the pass on Gilliland, the complexion of the race had already changed. Newman was out of the lead. Logano was in the Chase, and he would have been in the Chase had Gilliland stay in front of him. And given that Logano was right behind Gilliland on the restart, there's no guarantee that he would have passed him, purported team orders or not.

NASCAR put everything under the microscope with its penalty of Michael Waltrip Racing, and the chatter on Gilliland's scanner has the same odor. However, given that there's no communication from Penske, nor did Logano's pass of Gilliland -- ordered or not -- affect the outcome of the Chase, a Penske penalty at this point isn't a scrupulous option.

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‘No Ordinary Passenger’

By CABELL HOPKINS


This Op-Doc tells the story of Stan Dibben, a fascinating British man who won the World Sidecar Championship in 1953. Sidecar racing is an extremely dangerous, three-wheeled motor sport that was particularly popular in postwar Europe. Now, at age 87, Mr. Dibben recounts the thrills and perils of his profession, and we see that he is so much more than a mere “passenger.”

In Mr. Dibben’s heyday, sidecars were one-wheeled devices that were bolted onto motorcycles, with top speeds reaching around 95 miles per hour. Riding a racing sidecar requires great physical fitness and stamina, an accurate sense of timing and remarkable self-discipline. The sidecar racer and motorcycle driver work together as a team to keep the machine balanced and control traction, performing tight turns at astonishing speeds.

A world championship has been held each year since 1949. (Sidecars were widely used by militaries during World War II; until the 1950s, they were also a popular form of civilian transportation, as an alternative to passenger cars.) Today, the sport still has devotees in Europe, and a smaller fan base in the United States, but the modern version of the sport has never achieved the popularity of its traditional counterpart. The latest machines typically fuse the motorcycle and sidecar into one unit, made out of carbon fiber, which can reach speeds of 190 miles per hour. But these new high-tech vehicles still need the services of a skilled sidecar rider.

Ultimately, my film is more than a look at a bygone era of motor racing. I have found great inspiration in Mr. Dibben, who has approached life with an understated spirit of bravery, adventure and humor (as chronicled further in his autobiography, “Hold On”). He is a testament to how a daredevil attitude can propel an individual to great heights.


Cabell Hopkins is a London-based filmmaker and producer of television commercials. “No Ordinary Passenger” is his directorial debut.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/opinion/no-ordinary-passenger.html?hp&pagewanted=print

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Brad Keselowski’s repeat-championship hopes dwindle after meltdown in Atlanta

The math doesn't work in his favor now; he sits in 15th place, with obstacles the size of Atlanta Motor Speedway's looming grandstands between him and the Chase. Even a win doesn't guarantee entry into the Chase; he needs Ryan Newman to place 9th or worse and Martin Truex Jr. to place 14th or worse. And to get in without a win, he'll need to close the 28-point gap between himself and 10th-place Kurt Busch, while hoping fellow non-win driver Jeff Gordon finishes 23 places below him.

Looks like Penske bet on the wrong horse.

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Kurt Busch joining Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014
By JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) | The Associated Press – 1 hour 33 minutes ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Kurt Busch said Monday he has signed with Stewart-Haas Racing, which is rapidly developing into a super-team and will have four cars next season with the addition of the 2004 NASCAR champion.

''This is the kind of situation every driver wants to be in and I'm grateful to Gene Haas and Haas Automation for providing me this opportunity,'' Busch told The Associated Press. ''Gene wants to win, and wants me to go out there and perform to the best of my abilities.''

The deal was first reported by Fox Sports and ESPN. A news conference was scheduled for Tuesday by SHR.

Busch recently received an offer from SHR co-owner Haas to leave Furniture Row Racing to join a team that will now expand next season to four cars. He'll be teammates with co-owner Tony Stewart, who is out the rest of this year with a broken leg, Danica Patrick and Kevin Harvick, who is leaving Richard Childress Racing to join SHR.

Once Stewart returns - the team has said he'll be back in time for next year's Daytona 500 - SHR will have three drivers with a combined 96 Cup victories and four championships. They also have a combined 675 top-10 finishes. Patrick is in her first full season of Cup.

Harvick is replacing Ryan Newman in the lineup, and Stewart said last month that Newman was being let go because SHR did not have the capability to expand to four cars. But Haas stepped in and courted Busch on his own, and will fund Busch's ride out of his own pocket with sponsorship from his CNC machine company.

Furniture Row tried desperately to keep Busch, who joined the team with six races remaining last year and has the No. 78 Chevrolet in contention for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in team history.

Furniture Row had just one win, three top-five finishes, eight top-10s and 48 laps led in almost 200 races before Busch. Since Busch came aboard, the car has six top-five finishes, 14 top-10s, 368 laps led and has qualified on the front row seven times.

''It was always our intention to extend Kurt's contract with Furniture Row Racing,'' general manager Joe Garone said. ''We made him an offer last week. Though he did not accept our offer we respect his decision and wish him future success. His driving skill and being a dedicated team player will always be appreciated at Furniture Row Racing. But for right now the main focus for Kurt and the team is to qualify for the Chase and contend for the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.''

Busch was ninth in points before Saturday night's 31st-place finish dropped him to 12th in the standings with two races remaining to set the Chase field.

Stewart left Joe Gibbs Racing to become co-owner of Haas' lowly team in 2009, bringing Newman with him and immediately making it a legitimate and winning organization. Stewart won the championship in 2011, and brought Patrick aboard in 2012 for 10 Sprint Cup races in preparation for her full-time addition this season.

Harvick was signed in November of last year, a full season before he'd join the team, and now Busch is inked, giving SHR an aggressive driver lineup and doubling its car count in just two seasons.

As for Furniture Row, Garone said progress this season has been shown by the ''consistently fast race cars that we have brought to the track week in and week out.''

''We, along with our technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, are deeply committed to continuing the work in progress,'' he said. ''We are currently in a search process for a new driver in 2014, one who shares the same commitment and winning attitude that we all do at Furniture Row Racing.''

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Third place at Michigan puts Kurt Busch in the top 10
By Nick Bromberg | From The Marbles – 14 hours ago

At this rate, Kurt Busch isn't going to need a win to get into the Chase.

After falling outside of the top 10 because of a slow pit stop, Busch charged back through the field to finish third during Sunday's race at Michigan and is now 9th in the points standings.

"We stuck with our game plan," Busch said, about the team's pit strategy. "At one point we were buried deep, 14th on one of the restarts. I was a little frustrated at that point, knowing we had a much better car. But our weaknesses were restarts today, trying to maneuver in traffic."

"But lo and behold, got fired up, sometimes I get lucky, and opening opened up on the outside. I think I came on that restart from 14th to sixth. It was a game-changer. That one moment was our race."

Since Busch doesn't have a win this season, being in the top 10 is vital, especially after Joey Logano's win Sunday, which added another driver to the now-cavalcade of drivers with wins below Busch.

8. Brad Keselowski (667 points): Keselowski wanted to try to stretch his fuel to the end, but crew chief Paul Wolfe and owner Roger Penske wanted him to pit. Keselowski pitted under caution and finished 12th. Had he run out of gas, he would have ended up in Mark Martin territory. (27th)

9. Busch (-2 points to Keselowski): One of the favorites at Bristol?

10. Greg Biffle (-4 points): The name of the game for Biffle is to now stay ahead of all of the one-win drivers below him. Barring a second win by any of them, that gets him in. Biffle finished ninth.

11. Kasey Kahne (-8 points): Right now, the four point difference between Kahne and Biffle is a six point difference in the Chase. Kahne was seventh.

12. Martin Truex Jr. (-14 points): That Logano win has him looking over his shoulder at a different driver following his 16th place finish.

13. Joey Logano (-21 points): I apologize for writing you off, Joey.

14. Jeff Gordon (-30 points): After a 17th place finish, things are really, really dicey for Gordon.

15. Ryan Newman (-31 points): It's 17 points to Truex and 10 to Logano. That's simple math an engineer can understand, right? Newman was 13th.

16. Jamie McMurray (-45 points): At almost a race's worth of points outside of the top 10 and without a win, this may be McMurray's last appearance here.

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A third of the way through the qualifying session, the track record fell. Kurt Busch, the 15th of 44 drivers to make an attempt, covered the two-mile distance in 35.347 seconds (203.695 mph) to eclipse Marcos Ambrose's mark of 203.241 mph, set in June 2012.
Busch's tenure at the top of the chart was short-lived. Logano, the next driver out, topped him with a lap that threatened 204 mph before falling just short.
Busch felt he might have been a trifle too cautious entering Turn 3.
"The pace today was just quick," Busch said. "I shot for a 35.35 (seconds) in my mind for a lap time, and then (I ran) 35.347. I thought it would be good enough for the pole, but Logano hit it perfect. If I had to say where we lost a little bit of speed was maybe my entry to Turn 3, just a little conservative, making sure I didn't overdrive it."
Busch will start from the front row for the sixth time this season. He won the pole at Darlington in May and now has five second-place qualifying efforts to his credit.

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HOT/NOT: Brad Keselowski Comes Off Sour in Post-race Twitter Rant
2012 Champion was Irritated About David Ragan's Restart Procedure
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By Geoffrey Miller | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 6 hours ago

Brad Keselowski's iPhone wasn't far away when he pulled his No. 2 to the Talladega Superspeedway garage as darkness set in Sunday night. It was just a matter of minutes from when David Ragan surprisingly took the checkered flag before Keselowski was doing what he does best: Twitter.



"Me thinks if someone looked at what happened on that restart they might feel differently about that finish," Keselowski first wrote on his @Keselowski account, taking the first ankle kick at NASCAR's most feelgood story of the season.



Keselowski fan @BraKez2 quickly asked what the issue was, with Keselowski answering the question of "what was the deal on that restart? you were P10?" by suggesting Regan swapped lanes before the restart.



The tweets kept firing off quickly as Keselowski was leaving the track, each seeming a bit more hollow and unnecessary than the rest. They also tried to clarify his issue with NASCAR scoring and, apparently, Ragan's late race move that "cheats the game."



"I'm happy as hell a small team won," Keselowski tweeted. "Doesn't change the fact that the restart was blatantly wrong."



Keselowski's beef with the restart seems to come with how the field was lined up for the race's final restart after the harrowing late-race crash that saw Kurt Busch flip on to Ryan Newman's windshield among the 12-car incident. A review of that incident seemed to show Keselowski emerging as the 10th-place car through the crash following Ragan in eighth and Scott Speed in ninth.



Sure enough, that order stuck as the field circled under caution as the mess was cleaned up. Sometimes NASCAR, when reverting to scoring loops when the yellow flag waves, can make adjustments. They didn't appear to make any before the field was formed for that final restart Sunday.



That's the moment, though, that seemed to have Keselowski riled up. Race protocol has drivers form the two-by-two rows for the coming restart as they get the one lap to green signal on the frontstretch. A wide camera angle showed some discrepancy as Keselowski, Ragan and Speed tried to get in line. Ultimately, Keselowski passed Ragan and then tried to line up behind Speed.



Ragan, though, was told by his team to stay high and start in the top groove. The controversy lasted until the backstretch where Keselowski was told by NASCAR to move low and effectively start ninth. When the field took the green flag one-half lap later, Speed was in the high line in eighth, Keselowski was in the low line in ninth and Ragan was behind Speed up high in 10th.



That was different than the original scoring that had Ragan eighth, Speed ninth and Keselowski 10th.



Keselowski was peeved afterward - he finished 15th - that he didn't start in the high line that had been faster much of the day. His anger focused on Ragan.



"We were suppose to line up 10th when the 34 switched lanes entering 3 before green," Keselowski tweeted. "That lane won."



Ultimately, it seems like Keselowski's anger was misguided at Ragan and instead should've been reserved for where Speed lined up. Ragan, after all, appeared to actually start two spots worse than he should have. For its part, NASCAR issued a statement that absolved blame of Ragan but didn't mention Speed.



"The No. 2 car was not in the proper lane for the final restart," the sanctioning body said in the statement. "So NASCAR had the No. 2 car move into the proper lane - the No. 34 car was lined up properly all along.''



All told, Keselowski issued 14 tweets post-race about the scoring disagreement before signing off in a haste saying that "some people just can't handle facts." It was a diatribe that had some merit, but also seemed to push a little too far. As far as we know, Keselowski never approached NASCAR about the issue after the race as is often done.



He also issued an edict that he'd try to exploit NASCAR's restart order in the future to gain advantage - a public move that's not exactly becoming of a sport's champion.



Keselowski's frustration is fully understandable after a trying race that took almost seven hours to fully complete with Sunday's rain delay. His team is also on the brink of losing substantial points, money and team members if it loses a final appeal Tuesday in its case over suspension parts found by NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway last month.



But understandable is a lot different than acceptable, and Sunday night Keselowski's public ranting seemed to be both misguided and not completely necessary. Sour grapes is a overused cliché for times like this, but it sure seemed like Keselowski found a bunch in Talladega.

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Craziest Moment: Major Talladega wreck sends Kurt Busch flipping onto Ryan Newman
By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles – 10 hours ago

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Pack racing is a thrilling spectacle because the threat of a catastrophic wreck is present on every inch of the track. And it doesn't take much to turn pack racing into pack wrecking.

With only a half-dozen laps remaining, the front of the field was tighter than a white-knuckle fist. At that speed, with such little distance between cars, the tiniest mistakes magnify. And that's exactly what happened. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. appeared to bounce off the wall, sending J.J. Yeley right into Kurt Busch. Busch vaulted into the air and began flipping, and only stopped when he landed atop the hood of Ryan Newman.

That set off a cascade of wrecks; Terry Labonte and Danica Patrick sustained enough damage to go to the garage. And, naturally, it also set off the drivers involved.

“My mom doesn’t come to four races a year — Daytona and Talladega. Wonder why," said Kurt Busch, in a postrace interview that lasted all of about eight seconds. When told he still had a good race, he replied, "Good races don't matter if you leave on a hook. We'll end up only getting about seven points out of this." (He actually got 15, for what it's worth.)

Ryan Newman was even more pointed in his criticism. "They can build safer race cars, they can build safer walls, but they can't get their heads out of their asses far enough to keep them on the race track, and that's pretty disappointing," Newman said. "I wanted to make sure I get that point across, and y'all can figure out who 'they' is." (Spoiler: "They" is NASCAR.)

David Ragan would go on to win the race, but less than half the field would finish on the lead lap. And Talladega would once again live up to its reputation as the most dangerous, and controversial, track on the circuit.

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Kyle Busch goes for ‘Anger Management’ with Charlie Sheen … on TV, at least

By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles – 21 hours ago.. .

NASCAR fans have long said that noted temperamental driver Kyle Busch could use some anger management. Now — heads up, terrible pun coming out of Turn 4 — he's about to get some, courtesy of FX and Charlie Sheen.

Yes, the NASCAR driver everyone loves to hate is headed for Sheen's FX show "Anger Management," according to TMZ. No info yet on a date or plotline, but we'd bet it has something to do with either driving or those little dogs hanging around the hauler. You never know.

And hey, if this works out for Kyle, maybe Sheen could work his mojo on Tony Stewart ... or Joey Logano ... or Kyle's brother Kurt ... or pretty much every NASCAR fan ...

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No NASCAR penalties issued after California race
By JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) | The Associated Press – 9 hours ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Tuesday the contact between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin as they battled for the win at California over the weekend was just the kind of throwback racing he expects out of his drivers and the new Gen-6 car.

''I have said repeatedly, every minute, that contact, especially late in the race when you are going for a win, that's not only going to happen - that's expected,'' France said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. ''Both of them did exactly what I think you would do when you really, really want to win. Getting some contact, trying to race extra hard to win the race, that's what we're about.''

Hamlin suffered a compressed fracture of the L1 vertebra in his lower back, and Joe Gibbs Racing said Tuesday night he'll be out a minimum of six weeks.

France, who spoke to AP hours before JGR announced Hamlin would not require surgery but needed time to heal, did not think anything was done intentionally by Logano to harm Hamlin.

''Injuries can happen throughout any race on any lap, and fortunately they are seldom,'' France said. ''That's just part of racing.''

NASCAR announced Tuesday no penalties were warranted after California - not against Tony Stewart for scuffling with Logano after the race, and series officials saw nothing to indicate Logano or Hamlin were trying to intentionally wreck each other as they raced for the win. In addition, NASCAR officials have given no thought to policing blocking, which is what Logano did to Stewart on the final restart to trigger the post-race confrontation.

''There are no conversations internally inside of NASCAR to look at blocking as a violation or a penalty as some other forms of motorsports do,'' Sprint Cup Series director John Darby said. ''As good as the racing has been, as exciting as it's been, I don't know that we need to jump in the middle and screw it up.''

Stewart parked his car near Logano's and angrily approached him after Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. There was some shoving, but crew members intervened before any punches landed. Logano threw a water bottle at Stewart.

Darby said the incident didn't escalate to a level where NASCAR had to take action.

''A few years ago we backed away from micromanaging drivers' emotions, you would hope in today's world that if somebody didn't win a race, they would be upset about it,'' Darby said. ''I don't know that we've actually got a rule book that describes every push in the chest or kick in the shin. If two guys get into a hell of a fight, we're going to have to react. But a couple of guys blowing off some steam and slapping at the air is not going to get anybody in a whole lot of trouble.''

France noted that drivers are encouraged to show their emotion and settle disputes - which is all Stewart was doing on Sunday.

''We have no problem, and frankly encourage drivers to go up to one another to discuss whatever they think they need to that happened in the race,'' France said. ''And then every once in a while there will be some emotions, and that's what happened Sunday and crews stepped in between them and we don't think it rose to some level of anything.''

France said NASCAR will intervene when feuds go too far and when emotions run too high.

''We're not going to allow a boxing match to take place every time they have a disagreement,'' France said. ''But on the other hand, we're not going to prevent the emotional exchanges that occur after a race. Everyone has the right to walk up to someone and say, 'What the? What happened there? What did you do that for?' And they explain themselves and usually work it out.''

It remains to be seen where the Logano and Hamlin feud goes from here, although Sunday was viewed as a racing incident.

The two former teammates have feuded since the closing laps of the season-opening Daytona 500 and it escalated after contact from Hamlin sent Logano spinning into the wall two races ago at Bristol. Logano angrily confronted Hamlin after the race before being pulled away by crew members.

The two moved their feud to Twitter for at least the second time this season and then came Sunday's race.

They were racing side-by-side on the last lap for the win when they banged into each other. Both cars spun and Hamlin's hit head-on into an inside wall not protected with energy-absorbing SAFER barriers.

He spent Sunday night in a Southern California hospital, where he was diagnosed with an L1 compression fracture in his lower back. He saw Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates on Tuesday, and Petty determined the driver will not need surgery but needed a minimum of six weeks to heal.

NASCAR is off this weekend, so Hamlin could miss only five races if the healing process meets Petty's estimate. But the next five weeks include stops at Martinsville Speedway and Richmond International Raceway, where the Virginia-raised driver has a combined six Sprint Cup victories.

Hamlin also races in his annual charity event at RIR, and will now have to sit that out, too.

Darby did not think Logano intentionally wrecked Hamlin.

''It was the last lap of the race, and the last time they were both going to see turns three and four. They were side-by-side. If somebody was of the mindset to retaliate, they probably would have been lined up nose-to-tail and somebody would have drove into the other car and spun him around,'' Darby said. ''In this case, that is so far from the opposite, that it never even crossed anybody's mind that I'm aware of that paid attention to the race.''

Meanwhile, NASCAR is still going over data from Hamlin's accident and will need to meet with officials from the University of Nebraska, home to the engineering school's Midwest Roadside Safety experts, and IndyCar before making any recommendations on whether a SAFER barrier should be installed where Hamlin hit.

When NASCAR first began installing SAFER barriers following the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt, the priority were locations where cars frequently hit the wall. Officials at Nebraska also make recommendations not to install the barriers at certain points at a facility because of various issues, including the potential for a car to sling-shot back into traffic after impact.

Track officials usually follow the recommendations.

Tom Gideon, senior director of safety research and development at NASCAR, said where Hamlin hit was not an area that cars frequently make impact.

''Each point on the track we look at the application and you don't want to put (barriers) in places where the angle of impact may not be appropriate for a SAFER barrier,'' Gideon said. ''We also look at the possibility of impact and the frequency of impact, and when you look at the frequency of impact, especially at oval tracks, it's reasonable to think they are going to be with outside walls.''

NASCAR doesn't race at Auto Club Speedway again this season, but IndyCar's October finale is scheduled at the track. IndyCar officials said the series is working with NASCAR, Nebraska and the Fontana track officials to study the accident and see if ''any changes need be addressed prior to our race at Fontana.''

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Denny Hamlin stands up to NASCAR’s fine, defends his criticism of new cars
By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles – Fri, Mar 8, 2013 11:16 AM EST

NASCAR has a lot riding on the 2013 season, and in particular its new "Generation 6" car. Dwindling attendance, sliding TV ratings, vanishing sponsors and new safety concerns have shaken the sport. So you can understand why NASCAR brass might be a bit sensitive to criticism of their newest showpiece vehicle.

How sensitive? Denny Hamlin found out this week when he was fined $25,000 for what appeared at the time to be relatively innocuous thoughts on a still-new car. Speaking after last Sunday's Phoenix race, which was for the most part a long parade of cars, Hamlin said, "I don't want to be the pessimist, but it did not race as good as our Generation 5 cars [a.k.a. "Car of Tomorrow"]. This is more like what the Generation 5 was at the beginning. The teams hadn't figured out how to get the aero balance right. Right now, you just run single-file and you cannot get around the guy in front of you."

That was enough to tick off NASCAR, which took offense at the "disparaging" remarks Hamlin made against the car and determined that Hamlin had run afoul of Rule 12-1, "actions detrimental to stock car racing."

"While NASCAR gives its competitors ample leeway in voicing their opinions when it comes to a wide range of aspects about the sport," NASCAR said in a statement, "the sanctioning body will not tolerate publicly made comments by its drivers that denigrate the racing product."

NASCAR and its drivers exist in a mutually beneficial partnership; each side needs the other. And despite some occasional public spats, they tend to coexist in harmony. Except when they don't. This is one of those times.

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Hamlin has been fined by NASCAR before; in 2010, he received a "secret fine" (believed to be about $50,000) for suggesting that NASCAR seems to throw caution flags to tighten up races that are too spread out. That one, he accepted with a minimum of grumbling and some jokes about needing to play the Lotto.

This time around, he wasn't so conciliatory. He immediately fought back, using the court of public opinion on Twitter (entire paragraph sic'd):

"The short of the long of it is I believe I was severely disrespected by NASCAR by getting fined," he wrote. "I believe that the simple fact of us not even having a conversation about this issue before I was hit with a fine has something to say about our relationship. What I said was 1 sentence taken completely out of context. Most drivers will tell you that we constantly have our AND nascars best interest in mind when speaking. On the other hand I am a person that worked very hard from the BOTTOM to get where I am today and someone telling me that I can give my 100 percent honest opinion really bothers me. Since being fined in 2010 I have been a lot more careful about what I say to media and I felt this past weekend felt completely in my rights to give a assessment of the question asked. I feel as if today NASCAR lost one of its biggest supporters vocally of where our sport is headed. So in the end there are no winners. I said today I would not pay the fine. I stand by that and will go through the process of appealing. Trust me, this is not about the money.. It's much deeper. I will now shift my focus on giving FedEx and my team what they deserve this weekend, a win."

It's worth noting that when Kyle Busch won the first race with the Car of Tomorrow back in 2007, he blasted the car's handling in victory lane. Some observers have raised the possibility that NASCAR believes the Car of Tomorrow never had a chance because of Busch's comments, and the sport is trying to head off a similar problem with the Gen6 car.

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Of course, "heading off a problem" is another way of saying "stifling dissent," and there are already signs that drivers have gotten the message. Asked about the Gen 6 car on Thursday, Clint Bowyer smiled and said, "It's good. The car is good. Everything is very, very good."

"I'm not going to say anything for the rest of the year, as long as it relates to competition," Hamlin said on Thursday. "I mean, you can ask me how my daughter is, talk to me after wins about what have you, but as long as it relates to competition, I'm out from here on out. The down part is I feel like I've been a pretty good spokesman for them, and being positive when things aren't always positive. They just lost one small spokesman today, that's all."

NASCAR faces a raft of difficulties going forward. But muzzling its most charismatic drivers, which are one of the sport's great assets, is a strategy that will do little to address the sport's many problems.

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So an MTV blogger plays tattle tale to Nascar and gets the kid suspended.

Clements to see diversity expert after remark
By JOHN MARSHALL (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press – 11 hours ago...

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- NASCAR is sending suspended Nationwide Series driver Jeremy Clements to a sports diversity expert after he made insensitive remarks during an interview.

NASCAR officials are hoping to get Clements back on the track soon, but the 28-year-old will have to work with Dr. Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida, before he'll be allowed back in his car.

''No secret we did suspend Jeremy. We believe strongly that we made the right move,'' NASCAR Senior Vice President of Racing Operations Steve O'Donnell said Saturday from Phoenix International Raceway. ''Our go-forward plan with Jeremy is to quickly engage Dr. Richard Lapchick to work with Jeremy as soon as possible and get Jeremy back in the race car as soon as possible and as soon as we deem fit.''

Clements was suspended indefinitely on Wednesday for violating the sanctioning body's code of conduct for making what O'Donnell said was an ''intolerable and insensitive remark'' during the course of an interview before last weekend's Nationwide race at Daytona.

MTV News reported that Clements made a racially insensitive remark to one of MTV's bloggers during the interview.

Clements issued an apology for his remarks on Facebook earlier this week.

''It's really unfortunate that he chose to make that decision at that time to use that language,'' Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt said. ''I don't like it and there's no room for that in my life. It's just unfortunate that had to happen to him. I hope he can get that sorted out. It just looks bad on the sport. One person's mistake looks bad on a lot of people and looks bad on the sport.''

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Clements confirms remark that resulted in NASCAR suspension was racial
By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles – Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:28 PM EST.. .

On Tuesday, NASCAR suspended Nationwide driver Jeremy Clements for what it termed an "intolerable and insensitive remark." On Thursday, Clements gave ESPN's Marty Smith the broad outlines of the remark, without explicitly repeating it.

Apparently Clements was walking through the garage with an MTV reporter and a representative from NASCAR. According to Clements, he was escorting them to Johanna Long's hauler and was not in a specific interview situation. During the walk, he was talking with the reporter and made the remark. The remark was not recorded, and conversation continued afterward.

So what exactly did he say? He would not disclose the exact word or phrase. Here's the breakdown:


In a one-on-one interview with ESPN, Clements would not verbalize the specific comments he made, but when pressed for clarity about whether or not it was racial, he paused. Asked again, "Was it racial or not? Maybe not in context, but in term?" Clements replied: "Correct."

"When you say 'racial' remark, it wasn't used to describe anybody or anything," Clements said. "So that's all I'm going to say to that. And it really wasn't. I was describing racing, and the word I used was incorrect and I shouldn't have said it. It shouldn't be used at all."

Clements owned up to making the comment. He will be suspended for a minimum of two races, and will need to undergo an as-yet-undetermined form of speech advisement. He expressed surprise that he was suspended.

Although there have been questions about Clements' rights of free speech, this is a private situation with a private organization. The constitutional right of free speech does not apply in this situation. More specifically, Clements is free to say whatever he wishes, but not free from consequence for those words if they reflect badly on himself, his team or his organization.

And given that this is a racially charged word, even if not used directly in regard to an individual, you can understand why NASCAR is so interested in keeping a lid on this one. The sport has more than enough problems appealing to races other than whites without its own drivers adding to the problem.

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It’s Her Day, but His Victory
By VIV BERNSTEIN
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A day after a horrific crash took the focus away from racing and threatened to turn Nascar’s season-opening showcase, the Daytona 500, into an afterthought, Danica Patrick did what she does best. She put the focus right back on her.

While Jimmie Johnson made a statement with a victory in the 55th Daytona 500, Patrick made history by becoming the first woman to lead a lap in a race in Nascar’s top series. Johnson, who outraced the field in his No. 48 Chevrolet after a late caution, showed he could be the driver to beat for the Sprint Cup title this year. And Dale Earnhardt Jr. left a similar impression, finishing a strong second.

Johnson collected $1.585 million for winning his second Daytona 500 title.

“It is just awesome, there’s no other way to describe it,” he said. “Just a strong racecar. I feel like the speed our car had in it allowed me to really have control of the race there late. I felt like I was sitting on something all day and was just ready to have some fun when it counted, and it did.”

Johnson’s crew chief, Chad Knaus, got his first Daytona 500 win; he had been suspended by Nascar in 2006 and was not at the track when Johnson won the race the first time.

“To finally be able to come down here and be a part of this is definitely a huge dream come true,” Knaus said.

Sunday might have been Johnson’s day, but this was surely Patrick’s week. She had created headlines all week after becoming the first woman to start from the pole in the Sprint Cup series, and she recorded another milestone when she led twice for a total of five laps in the 200-lap race on the way to finishing eighth, another record for a woman.

Not that Patrick seemed overly impressed.

“I think a stat that I found more interesting is only 13 people, including me now, have led Indy and Daytona,” said Patrick, who became the first woman to lead the Indianapolis 500, in 2005. “I thought that was a much cooler stat for me.

“I’m honored. But, again, these are things that just happen along the way. I’m on the quest to be the best driver, run up front, get to victory lane. These things happen, and I’m proud, but they’re not the ultimate goal.”

Indeed, it is perhaps more significant that Patrick showed Sunday that she could race with the best in Nascar, lap for lap. She was in the top 10 all day.

“She’s going to make a lot of history all year long,” Earnhardt said.

Patrick said she was actually disappointed with the finish; she was third going into the last lap but was shuffled back in the final dash to the checkered flag.

Earlier Sunday, the talk was still focused on a last-lap crash in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday, when Kyle Larson’s racecar went airborne and crashed into the catch-fence, sending debris into the stands. There were 28 injuries, but only two people remained hospitalized Sunday. Both were in stable condition.

That promising medical report allowed racing, and Patrick, to once again become the story. Patrick even succeeded in taking some of the focus off what was largely a questionable debut by the new Gen-6 racecars. The cars were designed to look more like showroom models, but there was very little green-flag passing for the lead as most drivers were content to drive in single file for much of the race. That led to some uneventful racing.

Even though the drivers were unwilling to gamble and risk getting into a wrecks, there were a few multicar crashes that helped thin the field of contenders.

Patrick fell to ninth after pitting during an early caution, but she moved back among the leaders at the right time, avoiding a major crash behind her that ended the hopes of two of the favorites in the race: Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart. Both were collected in a nine-car crash when Kasey Kahne’s No. 5 Chevrolet was tapped from behind by Kyle Busch as the cars raced in a pack.

The 2012 Cup champion, Brad Keselowski, was also caught in the crash, but he was able to get back out and remain on the lead lap. Keselowski nearly came back to win the race before being passed by Johnson moments before a caution in the final laps. That turned out to be the most important pass of the race. Keselowski finished fourth.

As for Stewart, he won the Nationwide Series race Saturday and entered the 500 as one of a handful of top contenders. It remains the only major race he has never won.

“If I didn’t tell you I was heartbroken and disappointed, I’d be lying to you,” Stewart said.

The early crash was the first of two major wrecks in the race. Nine more cars were part of a crash with 63 laps to go, including that of Carl Edwards, who has had perhaps the worst start to the season of any Nascar driver in recent memory. Including test sessions at Daytona, Edwards has been involved in five crashes already.

The two-time Daytona 500 champion Matt Kenseth had what appeared to be the car to beat before engine trouble forced him out well before the finish. Shortly after that, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, who was running second at the time, went out because of an engine failure.

As it turned out, Patrick was one of only three drivers to stay with the leaders all race long, joining Johnson and Greg Biffle, who finished sixth. And she proved at least one person wrong with the effort. The actor James Franco perhaps inadvertently knocked Patrick when he gave the famous call to start engines, saying, “Drivers and Danica, start your engines.”

But as Patrick demonstrated Sunday, she is a driver. And when the spotlight is at its brightest, Patrick shines just a little bit more. She showed that in the IndyCar Series. And now she is showing it in Nascar.

NOTES

Families of victims of the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., along with first responders and town leaders, attended the Daytona 500 and were given a standing ovation when introduced at a driver’s meeting before Sunday’s race. Michael Waltrip drove a specially numbered No. 26 Toyota with a green bow on the front to honor the 26 victims. ... The honorary starter was Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who waved the green flag to begin the race.

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Harvick and Kyle Busch wins Daytona 500 duels
By JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) | The Associated Press – 13 hours ago

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- There are two certainties heading into the Daytona 500: Kevin Harvick is the favorite, and no one is sure what the action will look like in the ''Great American Race.''

Harvick remained perfect through Speedweeks on Thursday by winning the first of two 150-mile Budweiser Duel qualifying races, and the victory has positioned him as the top pick to win NASCAR's version of the Super Bowl.

Being labeled the favorite is the last thing the 2007 Daytona 500 winner wanted headed into Sunday's season-opener.

''We like to be the lame-duck underdog. That's what we're shooting for,'' Harvick said.

Harvick is a perfect 2 for 2 at Daytona International Speedway. He also won an exhibition race last weekend. This strong start comes at a time when Harvick has found a balance in his life with the addition of son, Keelan, who was born last July, and as he heads into his final season with Richard Childress Racing. Harvick has already decided to move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014.

''We've been fortunate to win the first two races of Speedweeks. We've just got to keep a level head on our shoulders, not get too high over what we've done, just do the same things that we've done,'' he said. ''If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. I think we definitely have the car and team to be in contention to do that.''

But nobody is quite sure what the 500 will look like with NASCAR's new Gen-6 race car. Sunday's race will go off with a full 43-car field, double the amount of cars that ran in Thursday's qualifying races. There were 19 cars in last Saturday's exhibition.

Kyle Busch, winner of the second duel, believes more cars on the track will create a much different race than what fans have seen so far. All three races at Speedweeks to date have lacked much action as drivers continue to learn the new cars and how it reacts in traffic and different aerodynamic situations.

''With more cars out there, we might see it be a little bit different come Sunday,'' Busch said. ''There were half the field in each race, obviously. There's going to be twice as many good cars, twice as many middle of the pack cars, twice as many back of the pack cars. If you can get your car handling, driving, feeling good, you'll be able to be one of the guys that's up front.''

Is Busch, who was wrecked out of last week's exhibition just 15 laps into the race, one of those guys?

''I feel that's where we're at,'' Busch said. ''That's an added bonus for us right now.''

Busch gave Toyota its first victory of Speedweeks and snapped Chevrolet's dominance. Harvick took the new Chevrolet SS to Victory Lane twice, and Danica Patrick put it on the Daytona 500 pole in time trials.

Busch held off Kasey Kahne, in a Chevrolet, and learned the driver out front is in the strongest position.

''It's hard to pass the leader,'' said Busch. ''Stay out front. When you get out front, you can hold everyone off.''

But Kahne, who settled for second, said timing will be critical and nobody is sure just yet what move will be needed to win the Daytona 500.

''I think it's tough because you don't know when you get that push. You don't know when it plays into your time,'' said Kahne, who never got close enough to Busch to take a solid shot at the win. ''I think you need to be ready at any time to get to the front, to second, to third, try to move up. I don't think waiting till the last lap is a ticket the way things are right now.''

And Kahne wasn't ready to give Harvick the win in the big race, either.

''I think Kevin looks really good,'' he said. ''He's got this place figured out. I think he can be beat, yeah. There's a few of us in the second race who had really good cars, and I could move around really well, similar to what Harvick did in the first race.''

In the first race, Harvick held off Greg Biffle over a four-lap sprint to win. Harvick and Biffle also went 1-2 in last Saturday night's exhibition race.

The starting field for the Daytona 500 is set by the results from the pair of 60-lap qualifiers, but Patrick held onto the pole by running a safe race in the first qualifier. The first woman to win a pole at NASCAR's top level, Patrick earned the top starting spot in time trials last weekend.

She started first in the first qualifier, raced a bit early, then faded back to run a conservative race and ensure she'll start first in the 500.

''I hate coming to the end like that and just lagging back,'' she said. ''That's not fun. But it's also really ignorant to go drive up into the pack and be part of an accident for absolutely no reason. You're really not going to learn much there.''

Patrick wound up 17th out of 23 cars.

''What I really feel like I need to do is go down to the Harvick bus and see what he's doing,'' she said. ''He's got it going on down here.''

The first race was dull until Denny Hamlin brought out the only caution with seven laps remaining. Hamlin lost control of his car, spun into Carl Edwards and triggered a four-car accident that also collected Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne, who had a dominant car early in the qualifier.

''I know what the wrecks look like now, I am really familiar with them,'' said Edwards, who was wrecked at testing in January and in practice for the exhibition race last week. He was also black-flagged in the exhibition race when his window net fell off.

Hamlin said the accident was a product of drivers trying to learn the nuances of NASCAR's new Gen-6 car.

''It just shows you that any kind of bad aero position you put yourself in, your car can be vulnerable,'' said Hamlin, who was running in the high line when he inched into Edwards' space down low.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who infamously crashed into a jet dryer during last year's Daytona 500 to trigger a massive fuel fire, stopped for minor repairs during the caution. Montoya restarted the race in 13th with four laps remaining, but rocketed through the field to finish third.

''It was time to go,'' he said. ''It's hard, you don't want to tear up the car, and at the same time you want to go. The bumpers are a little fragile. You have to be careful with that. You want to have a good car at the end.''

The bulk of both races seemed to be one long parade of the Gen-6 race car. Unsure of how the cars handle in packs, and when the drivers choose to side-draft, most of the field in the first race played it conservatively.

''The choice was obviously made by a bunch of us to run around in circles and just make laps,'' said two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip, who needed a clean race to guarantee a spot in Sunday's field. ''There were a lot of people that just wanted to get through some laps and understand what was going on. There were some of us that would have run like that until they threw the checkered just to make the race. And then there were some that decided it was time to go, and they made it work.''

Waltrip is racing in a special Sandy Hook Special Support Fund paint scheme, and his car number has been changed to No. 26 as a tribute to the 26 students and teachers killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

''There's a lot of people up in Connecticut with a smile on their face right now. I'm real proud to get in the race for them,'' Waltrip said.

Austin Dillon, grandson of team owner Richard Childress, finished third in the second qualifying race to put his Richard Childress Racing car in the Daytona 500. It will be the 22-year-old Dillon's first Daytona 500.

''I'm glad my grandfather can sleep now,'' Dillon said. ''He was wearing me out before the race.''

Brian Keselowski, older brother of reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, was the one driver who truly had to race his way into the Daytona 500 in the first qualifier. But he lacked speed early, fell two laps down and missed the race.

Mike Bliss was the driver from the second qualifier trying to make the Daytona 500 field, but finished five laps down and didn't make the race.

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Wallace and famed car Midnight headed into Hall
By JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) | The Associated Press – 16 hours ago



CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Rusty Wallace will headline the fourth class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and his famed car ''Midnight'' will be part of his induction.

Wallace, winner of 55 races and the 1989 Cup championship will be inducted Friday night along with champions Buck Baker and Herb Thomas; championship car owner Cotton Owens; and innovative crew chief, mechanic and engine builder Leonard Wood.

Part of Wallace's display in the Hall of Fame will be the car he dubbed Midnight and drove to 13 victories from 1992-94. Wallace led for more than 5,000 laps in the car, which was raced as both a Pontiac Grand Prix and a Ford Thunderbird out of Penske Racing South.

''Back then, it was Dale Earnhardt and I racing for the win all the time,'' Wallace said. ''I remember every week when we got to the track, he'd come up and ask me, ''What car you got? It's not that darn Midnight is it?'' If it was, he knew he had his work cut out for him.''

Wallace drove Midnight in 38 races, notching 30 top-fives with the car. He led nearly one-third of all possible laps in the events he raced with the car, and Midnight's 13 wins comprise nearly 20 percent of Penske Racing total.

Midnight was restored last year by former Penske Racing fabricator Chuck Gafrarar and other team members, and the car will go into the Hall in race-ready condition as a 1994 Ford Thunderbird featuring the noted black and gold Miller Genuine Draft paint scheme.

''I'm really excited to have Midnight in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, that car was such a huge part of my career,'' Wallace said. ''Every time I sat in it, it just felt right; it fit like a glove. I'll tell you what, if we had Midnight at the race track, everyone else there knew that they had a long day ahead of them - Midnight was just that good. The black and gold MGD paint scheme was the coolest one we ever had too. It just looked mean and the fans really loved it.''

Wallace is a fan favorite heading into the Hall as part of a class with only one other living inductee, Wood, who enters a year after older brother Glenn's induction. Owens died just weeks after he was voted into the hall last June at the age of 88.

Known as the ''King of the Modifieds'' for more than 100 victories, Owens was part of the post-World War II racing scene around Spartanburg, S.C., and was close friends with NASCAR Hall of Famers Bud Moore and David Pearson, and 1960 NASCAR champion Rex White.

He won nine of 160 races at NASCAR's top level, and finished second in the 1959 championship to Hall of Famer Lee Petty. After transitioning to a car owner and engine builder, his cars won 38 races.

Pearson was one of his drivers, hooking up with Owens after stopping by his garage in 1962.

''Back then I'd have driven for nothing,'' said Pearson. ''I didn't have a regular car. He asked if I'd like to run more races. It was the first factory ride I'd ever had. I knew I'd be in the best equipment.''

Winless in their first season together, Pearson and Owens teamed to win eight races in 1964 and finish third in the standings. There were two more wins in 1965, and using a Dodge Dart station wagon dubbed the ''Cotton Picker,'' the duo won 15 races and the championship in 1966.

''He was not like a boss, it was like working for a friend,'' said Pearson. ''We just had a great time working together.''

Wood, part of the famed Wood Brothers No. 21 Ford team, is considered with his older brother to be a NASCAR pioneer.

''He's the most dedicated, talented all-around mechanic NASCAR has ever seen,'' said nephew, Len, co-owner of the current Wood Brothers team. ''He fit the term 'chief mechanic.' He could do anything with the car.''

As crew chief of the No. 21 for 990 races, Wood's drivers won 96 races. His cars won 117 poles and revolutionized the pit stop.

Hired by the Ford Motor Co. to pit Jim Clark's Lotus at the 1965 Indianapolis 500, the Woods spent 41.9 seconds on pit road servicing the car Clark drove to Victory Lane. They used a modified gas can that made the fuel flow faster.

''We turned that thing on and it put in 58 gallons in 15 seconds,'' said Wood. ''It just sucked the fuel out of there. We knew we were going to be under 20 seconds on the pit stops. We got the most publicity in the least amount of time we ever got in our lives,'' he added. ''We hit a home run for sure.''

Baker won 46 Cup races and was the series' first back-to-back champion. His career spanned portions of four decades and began in part because he honed his skills running alcohol after he couldn't find a job following his discharge from the Navy.

His final victory came at age 44 in the 1964 Southern 500, and Baker was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.

Thomas won premier series titles in 1951 and 1953, and finished second in two other seasons including 1954, the first of Hall of Famer Lee Petty's three championship seasons.

''He was as good as they come,'' said Richard Petty, who headlined the first Hall of Fame class. ''There have been very few guys who had more confidence in what he could do than Herb. He was so strong-minded that he 'willed' his wins and what he was doing on the track. He was going to beat the guys on the track no matter what was going on. That was his mindset.''
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No problem. I'll keep a watch on the board.

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Been busy trying to track everyone down. Will update for next week.

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Did you have a problem?

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Great. I'm going to update the Ibox tonight and see if we can finish off the season.

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No problem.

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Results through the years.

2006
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2008
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2009
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2011
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Contest Results: 11/20/2011 Ford 400

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NASCAR RESULTS: 11/20/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Ford 400
Ford 400 | November 20, 2011 | Race 36 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 47/4 267 Running 341,258
2 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 44/2 267 Running 296,416
3 2 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 42/1 267 Running 189,450
4 6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 41/1 267 Running 173,736
5 7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 40/1 267 Running 159,386
6 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 38/0 267 Running 145,633
7 3 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 37/0 267 Running 118,458
8 21 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 37/1 267 Running 130,811
9 10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 35/0 267 Running 123,875
10 31 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 35/1 267 Running 90,400
11 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 33/0 267 Running 81,150
12 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 32/0 267 Running 110,625
13 16 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 31/0 267 Running 98,795
14 26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 30/0 267 Running 107,664
15 12 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 29/0 267 Running 110,086
16 23 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Duracell / Menards 28/0 267 Running 79,475
17 24 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 27/0 267 Running 98,389
18 28 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 26/0 267 Running 98,783
19 32 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 25/0 267 Running 78,575
20 5 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 25/1 266 Running 95,158
21 43 71 Mike Bliss Ford School Media 0 266 Running 84,100
22 40 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 266 Running 84,283
23 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 22/1 266 Running 114,966
24 25 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 20/0 266 Running 77,075
25 20 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 266 Running 69,275
26 39 13 Casey Mears Toyota Hard Rock Vodka 18/0 266 Running 68,525
27 35 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Reese Towpower 17/0 266 Running 95,170
28 34 135 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 16/0 265 Running 65,125
29 41 32 T.J. Bell * Ford Green Smoke 15/0 265 Running 76,933
30 42 36 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Luke & Associates 14/0 263 Running 75,747
31 27 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 14/1 261 Running 105,533
32 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 13/1 261 Running 118,211
33 38 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 12/1 245 Running 65,375
34 4 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 10/0 220 Running 108,450
35 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Novec 10/1 190 Engine 81,675
36 22 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 153 Accident 63,450
37 29 84 Cole Whitt Toyota Kangaroo Express 0 153 Accident 63,250
38 13 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 6/0 81 Engine 71,050
39 18 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 5/0 72 Engine 92,841
40 37 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 29 Vibration 62,620
41 30 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Ingersoll Rand 3/0 25 Vibration 62,405
42 36 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 2/0 14 Ignition 62,110
43 33 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 1/0 13 Driveshaft 62,429

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Contest Results 11/13/2011: Kobalt Tools 500

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NASCAR RESULTS: 11/13/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Kobalt Tools 500
Kobalt Tools 500 | November 13, 2011 | Race 35 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 10 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 47/4 312 Running 202,233
2 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 43/1 312 Running 210,141
3 8 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 43/2 312 Running 188,033
4 14 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar Global Mining 40/0 312 Running 126,350
5 30 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Veterans Day Tribute 39/0 312 Running 155,850
6 2 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Wix Filters 38/0 312 Running 136,836
7 7 00 David Reutimann Toyota Tums 37/0 312 Running 115,458
8 3 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 36/0 312 Running 114,166
9 11 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Peak / Menards 35/0 312 Running 90,275
10 28 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios "USO Send Cheer" / Hamburger Helper 34/0 312 Running 123,058
11 25 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 33/0 312 Running 87,150
12 33 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 32/0 312 Running 121,375
13 29 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Meguiars 31/0 311 Running 92,075
14 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 30/0 311 Running 124,761
15 26 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 29/0 311 Running 111,683
16 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 28/0 311 Running 81,150
17 6 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 27/0 311 Running 107,364
18 12 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 27/1 311 Running 97,208
19 27 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 25/0 311 Running 117,036
20 5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 24/0 311 Running 80,375
21 31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Wounded Warrior Project / Clorox 23/0 311 Running 98,645
22 17 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 23/1 311 Running 112,975
23 18 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 21/0 311 Running 98,439
24 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Retro Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 20/0 310 Running 79,925
25 19 84 Cole Whitt Toyota Red Bull Racing Team 0 310 Running 67,175
26 38 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 18/0 309 Running 70,875
27 43 135 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 17/0 309 Running 67,925
28 41 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Vampt 17/1 309 Running 84,483
29 21 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 0 309 Running 81,758
30 39 32 Mike Bliss Ford Veterans United Home Loans 0 308 Running 80,572
31 42 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 13/0 307 Running 69,400
32 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 12/0 306 Running 105,936
33 13 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 11/0 298 Running 75,325
34 1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 11/1 238 Accident 108,986
35 20 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei 9/0 218 Accident 65,850
36 34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 8/0 188 Engine 113,816
37 40 36 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Luke & Associates 7/0 153 Accident 65,575
38 15 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 6/0 62 Accident 92,070
39 24 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 0 60 Electrical 65,325
40 35 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 4/0 46 Transmission 65,175
41 32 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 30 Brakes 65,020
42 36 37 Mike Skinner Ford Max Q Motorsports 0 25 Brakes 64,895
43 37 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Aloft Hotels 0 20 Brakes 65,274

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Contest Results 11/6/2011: AAA Texas 500

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NASCAR RESULTS: 11/6/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : AAA Texas 500
AAA Texas 500 | November 06, 2011 | Race 34 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 48/5 334 Running 484,783
2 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 43/1 334 Running 361,566
3 9 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 42/1 334 Running 231,883
4 3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 41/1 334 Running 227,461
5 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Scotch-Blue Painter's Tape 40/1 334 Running 196,125
6 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 38/0 334 Running 190,661
7 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard "Trained by Tradition" / AMP Energy 37/0 334 Running 144,475
8 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 36/0 334 Running 134,325
9 18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 35/0 334 Running 164,433
10 26 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford "Immortals" / Best Buy 34/0 334 Running 157,736
11 12 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 33/0 334 Running 140,366
12 2 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 32/0 334 Running 116,625
13 21 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 31/0 334 Running 150,511
14 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet MyLowe's 31/1 334 Running 151,011
15 4 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 30/1 334 Running 108,200
16 24 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans Carrier Classic 29/1 334 Running 140,100
17 13 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 334 Running 98,550
18 15 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 26/0 334 Running 135,533
19 30 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Go
Daddy.com 25/0 334 Running 105,725
20 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 24/0 333 Running 143,075
21 20 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 23/0 333 Running 124,364
22 6 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 22/0 333 Running 124,683
23 10 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 21/0 333 Running 122,820
24 8 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 21/1 333 Running 121,633
25 33 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 19/0 333 Running 96,400
26 29 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 332 Running 110,083
27 31 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 18/1 332 Running 104,375
28 32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Wounded Warrior Project 16/0 332 Running 121,020
29 43 71 Andy Lally * Ford TRG Motorsports 15/0 332 Running 101,475
30 14 22 Kurt Busch Dodge AAA 14/0 331 Running 137,340
31 41 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 331 Running 103,708
32 34 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 12/0 331 Running 100,872
33 17 18 Michael McDowell Toyota M&M's 11/0 331 Running 139,916
34 37 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 329 Running 90,925
35 36 135 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 9/0 316 Running 90,725
36 22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 8/0 295 Running 129,114
37 25 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 7/0 258 Engine 98,300
38 42 36 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Luke & Associates 6/0 215 Vibration 90,100
39 39 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 0 30 Rear Gear 89,900
40 35 66 Josh Wise Toyota HP Racing LLC 0 23 Rear Gear 89,700
41 38 37 Mike Skinner Ford Max Q Motorsports 0 19 Brakes 89,475
42 40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 14 Clutch 89,275
43 27 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Ingersoll Rand 1/0 10 Fuel Pressure 89,561

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Contest Results 10/30/2011: Tums Fast Relief 500

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NASCAR RESULTS: 10/30/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Tums Fast Relief 500
Tums Fast Relief 500 | October 30, 2011 | Race 33 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 4 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 47/4 500 Running 198,983
2 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet MyLowe's 43/1 500 Running 161,786
3 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 42/1 500 Running 142,211
4 5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 41/1 500 Running 139,386
5 11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 40/1 500 Running 131,350
6 23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 38/0 500 Running 91,225
7 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew "Paint the 88" / National Guard 37/0 500 Running 89,150
8 24 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 36/0 500 Running 88,425
9 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts WinterGuard Fertilizer 36/1 500 Running 123,916
10 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 35/1 500 Running 118,225
11 16 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford AdvoCare 34/1 500 Running 114,961
12 33 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 32/0 500 Running 82,400
13 26 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 31/0 500 Running 103,445
14 8 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 30/0 500 Running 119,375
15 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete 29/0 500 Running 92,575
16 35 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 500 Running 95,058
17 3 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 27/0 500 Running 100,458
18 22 20 Joey Logano Toyota Interstate Batteries 26/0 500 Running 83,325
19 13 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet American Ethanol 25/0 500 Running 115,158
20 28 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 24/0 500 Running 102,758
21 34 32 Ken Schrader Ford U.S. Chrome / Southern Pride Trucking 23/0 499 Running 89,183
22 20 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 22/0 497 Running 111,358
23 32 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 21/0 497 Running 86,183
24 21 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Richmond / Menards 20/0 497 Running 81,325
25 14 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 19/0 495 Running 90,597
26 36 71 Hermie Sadler Ford Home Smart 0 493 Running 81,300
27 6 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Halloween 19/2 493 Running 123,141
28 19 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Go
Daddy.com 16/0 491 Running 80,350
29 17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 15/0 488 Running 102,216
30 25 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 14/0 484 Accident 98,864
31 2 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 14/1 477 Running 106,461
32 29 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Grilling.com 12/0 464 Running 97,270
33 18 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 11/0 444 Running 77,750
34 31 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 11/1 357 Accident 68,750
35 27 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 9/0 85 Accident 107,314
36 37 7 Reed Sorenson Dodge Speed Energy 0 77 Vibration 68,650
37 39 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 0 74 Rear Gear 68,600
38 42 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 6/0 52 Brakes 68,550
39 40 66 Michael McDowell Toyota Victory Junction 5/0 45 Brakes 68,500
40 43 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Front Row Motorsports 4/0 40 Brakes 68,450
41 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 33 Rear Gear 68,400
42 30 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction / Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 27 Brakes 68,350
43 38 37 Mike Skinner Ford Max Q Motorsports 0 7 Accident 67,914
44 - 192 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Blow Bros. / Melling Engine Parts 0 0 No Value 0
45 - 175 Derrike Cope Dodge Stratus Racing Group 0 0 No Value 0

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Contest Results 10/23/2011: Good Sam Club 500

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NASCAR RESULTS: 10/23/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Good Sam Club 500
Good Sam Club 500 | October 23, 2011 | Race 32 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Chevy 100 Years 47/4 188 Running 260,558
2 25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 43/1 188 Running 170,500
3 41 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 42/1 188 Running 160,833
4 16 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 41/1 188 Running 143,483
5 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 40/1 188 Running 135,964
6 26 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 39/1 188 Running 122,033
7 12 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet El Monterey / Office Depot 39/2 188 Running 143,433
8 31 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 36/0 188 Running 134,000
9 23 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine / Darrell Waltrip NASCAR Hall of Fame 36/1 188 Running 83,500
10 37 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 34/0 188 Running 94,825
11 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 34/1 188 Running 128,866
12 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Serta / Menards 32/0 188 Running 91,775
13 36 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 31/0 188 Running 111,308
14 18 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / O'Reilly Auto Parts 31/1 188 Running 95,825
15 4 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 188 Running 81,325
16 38 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction / Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 188 Running 91,608
17 42 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 27/0 188 Running 79,050
18 11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Jeremiah Weed Southern Style 27/1 188 Running 121,836
19 19 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 26/1 188 Running 108,366
20 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 25/1 188 Running 93,250
21 17 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 188 Running 88,097
22 40 34 David Gilliland Ford World Hunger
Relief / FromHungerToHope.com 22/0 188 Running 77,175
23 15 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Energizer 22/1 188 Running 115,783
24 35 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 20/0 188 Running 84,525
25 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew "Paint the 88" / National Guard 20/1 188 Running 84,225
26 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet MyLowe's 19/1 188 Running 127,611
27 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 18/1 188 Running 112,461
28 8 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 17/1 188 Running 81,250
29 39 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 16/1 184 Running 111,189
30 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 14/0 180 Accident 98,745
31 24 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 13/0 179 Running 109,686
32 13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches 13/1 179 Running 121,786
33 34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Halloween 12/1 175 Running 121,691
34 32 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy 10/0 175 Running 71,700
35 21 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Scott Products 9/0 173 Accident 97,870
36 14 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 9/1 173 Accident 115,950
37 43 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei / Menards 8/1 173 Rear Gear 71,250
38 10 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 7/1 172 Running 113,200
39 33 71 Andy Lally * Ford TRG Motorsports 6/1 162 Accident 80,500
40 29 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 4/0 6 Clutch 70,860
41 27 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 4 Rear Gear 70,710
42 28 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Alphagraphics 2/0 3 Wheel Bearing 70,580
43 20 97 Kevin Conway Toyota Extenze 0 2 Vibration 70,964

[TTT]

Contest Results 10/15/2011: Bank of America 500

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NASCAR RESULTS: 10/15/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Bank of America 500
Bank of America 500 | October 15, 2011 | Race 31 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 2 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Fluidmaster 47/4 334 Running 284,436
2 25 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 44/2 334 Running 234,766
3 3 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac "Now Hiring" 42/1 334 Running 188,091
4 8 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 40/0 334 Running 149,633
5 12 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley / Bostitch 39/0 334 Running 151,466
6 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches 38/0 334 Running 156,186
7 4 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 37/0 334 Running 132,686
8 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 37/1 334 Running 160,608
9 17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 35/0 334 Running 129,100
10 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Cookies for Kids' Cancer / Gene Haas Foundation 35/1 334 Running 123,300
11 11 6 David Ragan Ford UPS Freight 34/1 334 Running 90,225
12 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 32/0 334 Running 87,300
13 20 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil Ultra 31/0 334 Running 119,625
14 32 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 31/1 334 Running 112,633
15 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M "Give Kids A Smile" 30/1 334 Running 96,125
16 26 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 28/0 333 Running 97,908
17 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet CertainTeed / Menards 27/0 333 Running 81,350
18 28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 26/0 333 Running 81,100
19 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard / Chevy 100th Anniversary 25/0 333 Running 79,600
20 31 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 24/0 333 Running 98,414
21 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger / Chevy 100th Anniversay 23/0 333 Running 108,211
22 38 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Long John Silver's 23/1 333 Running 87,683
23 18 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 21/0 332 Running 78,900
24 19 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 20/0 332 Running 110,558
25 21 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 19/0 332 Running 95,720
26 29 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 18/0 332 Running 96,983
27 27 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 17/0 332 Running 104,889
28 30 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction / Thank A Teacher Today-Securit-
y Benefit 0 332 Running 81,208
29 22 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Lance Snacks / Tom's Snacks 15/0 331 Running 94,670
30 42 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 331 Running 78,647
31 10 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 329 Running 65,200
32 24 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 12/0 323 Engine 64,675
33 41 71 Hermie Sadler Ford Susan G. Komen for the Cure 0 322 Running 73,500
34 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Chevy 100th Anniversay 11/1 316 Accident 118,761
35 35 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 9/0 292 Engine 64,275
36 33 34 David Gilliland Ford Tastykake 8/0 289 Running 64,100
37 13 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com / Chevy 100th Anniversary 7/0 287 Running 71,975
38 43 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Harris Teeter 6/0 33 Vibration 63,850
39 37 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 5/0 30 Susp. 63,725
40 34 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Ingersoll Rand 0 27 Overheating 63,600
41 36 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Red Rocks Cafe / Inception Motorsports 3/0 22 Overheating 63,450
42 40 277 Andy Lally * Ford HOD 0 20 Brakes 64,825
43 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 11 Vibration 63,713

[TTT]

Contest Results 10/09/2011: Hollywood Casino 400

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NASCAR RESULTS: 10/09/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Hollywood Casino 400
Hollywood Casino 400 | October 09, 2011 | Race 30 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 48/5 272 Running 331,336
2 5 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 42/0 272 Running 227,083
3 12 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 42/1 272 Running 192,433
4 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 41/1 272 Running 186,311
5 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 39/0 272 Running 169,441
6 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 38/0 272 Running 160,486
7 24 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 37/0 272 Running 154,408
8 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford Sherwin-Williams 37/1 272 Running 130,750
9 21 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 35/0 272 Running 132,491
10 9 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Go
Daddy.com 34/0 272 Running 108,375
11 3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 34/1 272 Running 144,541
12 6 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Schrock Cabinetry / Menards 32/0 272 Running 104,775
13 17 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 32/1 272 Running 136,750
14 18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 30/0 272 Running 102,300
15 23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 29/0 272 Running 136,283
16 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 28/0 272 Running 136,925
17 41 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 272 Running 111,808
18 11 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 26/0 272 Running 129,775
19 15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 25/0 271 Running 118,114
20 13 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 24/0 271 Running 99,375
21 31 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 23/0 271 Running 97,500
22 29 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 22/0 271 Running 123,914
23 34 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 21/0 271 Running 126,658
24 16 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 20/0 271 Running 113,920
25 22 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 19/0 270 Running 124,336
26 26 198 Austin Dillon Chevrolet President Ronald Reagan Centennial / Camping World 0 270 Running 82,850
27 36 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 270 Running 98,208
28 42 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 270 Running 94,397
29 20 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 15/0 270 Running 92,550
30 33 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford 14/0 269 Running 112,045
31 38 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 13/0 269 Running 84,000
32 30 34 David Gilliland Ford A&W All American Food 12/0 268 Running 83,300
33 25 46 Scott Speed Ford www. order gr
eenstuff.com 0 266 Running 81,550
34 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 11/1 264 Engine 117,336
35 27 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 9/0 264 Running 108,083
36 8 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 8/0 241 Running 87,975
37 35 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 7/0 72 Overheating 89,250
38 39 7 Reed Sorenson Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei / Menards 0 37 Vibration 79,525
39 40 66 Michael McDowell Toyota Victory Junction 5/0 30 Brakes 79,325
40 32 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 4/0 27 Rear Gear 79,080
41 43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 18 Clutch 78,805
42 37 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 2/0 16 Brakes 78,635
43 28 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Front Row Motorsports 1/0 12 Ignition 78,907

[TTT]

Contest Results 10/02/2011: AAA 400

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NASCAR RESULTS: 10/02/11


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : AAA 400
AAA 400 | October 02, 2011 | Race 29 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 2 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 47/4 400 Running 223,625
2 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 44/2 400 Running 220,786
3 4 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 42/1 400 Running 180,566
4 9 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 40/0 400 Running 142,158
5 18 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 40/1 400 Running 148,311
6 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 39/1 400 Running 142,266
7 7 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 38/1 400 Running 127,836
8 27 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 36/0 400 Running 140,558
9 12 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 35/0 400 Running 114,741
10 22 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem "Chasing the Cure" 35/1 400 Running 129,861
11 13 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 34/1 400 Running 89,500
12 34 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 32/0 400 Running 116,786
13 14 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 31/0 400 Running 107,058
14 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 30/0 400 Running 103,964
15 23 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 29/0 400 Running 111,539
16 3 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 28/0 400 Running 83,250
17 16 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 27/0 400 Running 101,195
18 11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 26/0 400 Running 118,950
19 17 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 25/0 400 Running 82,350
20 15 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 25/1 400 Running 98,808
21 19 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 23/0 399 Running 83,350
22 24 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 22/0 398 Running 111,258
23 20 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army ROTC 21/0 398 Running 113,100
24 21 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 20/0 398 Running 81,225
25 28 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 19/0 398 Running 115,683
26 8 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Grilling.com / Kingsford 18/0 398 Running 99,145
27 10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Cubitron 17/0 397 Running 87,800
28 36 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 16/0 397 Running 87,558
29 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 15/0 397 Running 80,150
30 1 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 15/1 396 Running 93,100
31 25 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 395 Running 83,983
32 41 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 12/0 395 Running 78,172
33 37 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 11/0 394 Running 78,925
34 43 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Drive Sober, Arrive Alive 10/0 390 Running 68,300
35 39 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 9/0 366 Running 68,075
36 40 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 346 Accident 67,925
37 26 37 Josh Wise Ford Max Q Motorsports 0 56 Brakes 67,800
38 38 7 Reed Sorenson Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei / Menards 0 52 Electrical 67,650
39 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 49 Clutch 67,500
40 35 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 5/1 44 Fuel Pump 67,325
41 31 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 3/0 31 Vibration 67,125
42 29 46 Scott Speed Ford Red Line Oil / International Trucks 0 24 Brakes 66,995
43 32 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Front Row Motorsports 0 12 Ignition 67,329

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Contest Results 09/25/2011: Sylvania 300

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NASCAR RESULTS: 09/25/11


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Sylvania 300
Sylvania 300 | September 25, 2011 | Race 28 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 20 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 47/4 300 Running 254,083
2 16 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 43/1 300 Running 186,383
3 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ford40MPG.com 41/0 300 Running 148,675
4 7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 42/2 300 Running 165,211
5 3 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 40/1 300 Running 129,564
6 27 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Affliction Clothing: Live Fast 38/0 300 Running 135,411
7 26 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 38/1 300 Running 105,100
8 23 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts WinterGuard Fertilizer 36/0 300 Running 128,941
9 31 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Degree Men 36/1 300 Running 127,883
10 17 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 35/1 300 Running 111,095
11 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 33/0 300 Running 128,816
12 6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Designated Driver 33/1 300 Running 131,286
13 18 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 31/0 300 Running 91,500
14 24 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 30/0 300 Running 88,125
15 2 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 30/1 300 Running 105,583
16 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 29/1 300 Running 87,025
17 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 27/0 300 Running 86,150
18 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 27/1 300 Running 128,286
19 15 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford 25/0 299 Running 104,770
20 14 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Sylvania / Menards 24/0 299 Running 85,850
21 13 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 23/0 299 Running 114,611
22 5 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 23/1 299 Running 118,375
23 25 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Axe Cool Metal 21/0 299 Running 112,789
24 21 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 21/1 299 Running 84,225
25 1 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 20/1 299 Running 122,725
26 11 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 19/1 298 Out Of Fuel 116,783
27 32 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Long John Silver's 17/0 298 Running 91,008
28 19 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 16/0 298 Running 103,108
29 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 15/0 298 Running 119,950
30 29 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 14/0 297 Running 105,166
31 40 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 296 Running 86,633
32 33 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 12/0 296 Running 80,747
33 30 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 294 Running 71,950
34 42 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 10/0 284 Running 80,300
35 22 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral / Richie Evans NASCAR Hall of Fame 9/0 80 Oil Leak 70,600
36 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 38 Brakes 70,375
37 35 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 7/0 35 Rear Gear 70,175
38 34 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 6/0 32 Brakes 69,975
39 41 37 Josh Wise Ford Max Q Motorsports 0 29 Brakes 69,850
40 36 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei 4/0 28 Brakes 69,700
41 43 46 Scott Speed Ford Red Line Oil 0 23 Brakes 69,525
42 37 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 2/0 19 Electrical 69,400
43 38 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Front Row Motorsports 0 10 Brakes 69,767

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Contest Results 09/19/2011: Geico 400

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NASCAR RESULTS 09/19/11


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Geico 400
Geico 400 | September 19, 2011 | Race 27 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 26 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 47/4 267 Running 332,308
2 30 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 42/0 267 Running 252,861
3 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 41/0 267 Running 175,950
4 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 41/1 267 Running 186,891
5 6 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 40/1 267 Running 146,983
6 3 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 40/2 267 Running 161,750
7 21 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 37/0 267 Running 150,008
8 4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Medicine 37/1 267 Running 142,675
9 25 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 35/0 267 Running 110,600
10 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 35/1 267 Running 155,811
11 15 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 33/0 267 Running 107,850
12 24 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 32/0 267 Running 120,833
13 8 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 31/0 267 Running 122,289
14 16 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 30/0 267 Running 132,383
15 22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 29/0 267 Running 102,975
16 10 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 28/0 267 Running 100,900
17 13 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 27/0 267 Running 118,445
18 20 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 27/1 267 Running 99,400
19 17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 25/0 267 Running 120,691
20 2 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Zecol / Menards 24/0 267 Running 98,500
21 1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 24/1 266 Running 133,061
22 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley's Doublemint 23/1 266 Running 133,141
23 28 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 266 Running 88,925
24 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 20/0 265 Running 124,211
25 42 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 0 265 Running 101,608
26 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete 18/0 265 Running 100,850
27 18 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 17/0 265 Running 122,186
28 40 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 16/0 265 Running 95,150
29 41 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 15/0 265 Running 83,950
30 31 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 264 Running 94,358
31 27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 13/0 264 Running 129,025
32 29 00 David Reutimann Toyota Tums 12/0 263 Running 108,708
33 39 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 11/0 263 Running 91,097
34 32 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Long John Silver's 11/1 263 Running 80,400
35 35 46 Scott Speed Ford Red Line Oil / International Trucks 0 260 Running 80,175
36 38 34 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 8/0 259 Running 79,975
37 11 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox 7/0 236 Running 106,095
38 14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 6/0 163 Engine 118,139
39 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei 5/0 77 Vibration 79,325
40 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 0 45 Electrical 79,080
41 34 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 3/0 44 Vibration 78,805
42 43 37 Josh Wise Ford Bradley University 0 41 Brakes 78,635
43 33 66 Michael McDowell Toyota James Fund 1/0 25 Brakes 78,907

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Contest Results 09/10/2011: Wonderful Pistachios 400

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NASCAR RESULTS 09/10/2011


RESULTS
2011 Official Race Results : Wonderful Pistachios 400
Wonderful Pistachios 400 | September 10, 2011 | Race 26 of 36



FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 48/5 400 Running 256,736
2 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's / Cheez-it 43/1 400 Running 196,266
3 17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 42/1 400 Running 165,536
4 20 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 40/0 400 Running 125,125
5 11 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 39/0 400 Running 144,325
6 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 38/0 400 Running 137,066
7 22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 37/0 400 Running 131,658
8 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army - 9 / 11 36/0 400 Running 121,400
9 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 35/0 400 Running 131,125
10 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Quaker State
/ GoDaddy.com 34/0 400 Running 89,750
11 9 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 33/0 400 Running 117,261
12 19 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 32/0 400 Running 104,708
13 14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M "Honoring Our Heroes" 32/1 400 Running 92,125
14 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 31/1 400 Running 115,914
15 10 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 29/0 400 Running 112,783
16 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 28/0 400 Running 82,375
17 30 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 27/0 400 Running 75,075
18 23 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 26/0 400 Running 100,170
19 34 135 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Pepsi Max 25/0 400 Running 69,700
20 32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Scott Products 24/0 400 Running 100,895
21 33 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 23/0 399 Running 103,116
22 5 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 22/0 399 Running 113,383
23 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ollie's Bargain Outlet 22/1 399 Running 110,886
24 40 36 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Golden Corral 20/0 399 Running 88,558
25 21 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 399 Running 86,833
26 1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 18/0 399 Running 105,608
27 36 34 David Gilliland Ford Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation 17/0 397 Running 84,333
28 35 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 394 Running 80,997
29 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 15/0 393 Running 79,225
30 29 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Brakes 14/0 391 Running 79,600
31 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Power of Pride 14/1 362 Running 121,911
32 38 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 12/0 357 Running 79,825
33 24 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 11/0 328 Running 94,914
34 15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Moen / Menards 10/0 319 Running 76,525
35 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 9/0 296 Engine 76,425
36 42 32 Mike Bliss Ford Safe Skies TSA Luggage Locks 0 198 Engine 67,275
37 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy 7/0 51 Accident 67,150
38 12 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 6/0 50 Accident 75,025
39 31 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 5/0 46 Brakes 66,900
40 26 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 4/0 42 Brakes 66,775
41 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 24 Ignition 66,625
42 43 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Front Row Motorsports 2/0 22 Overheating 66,500
43 41 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 0 7 Accident 66,860