Archive for March 7th, 2008

Busch wins another truck race in Georgia

Posted by on March 7th, 2008

So far this year, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series has been Kyle Busch’s playground.

The 23-year-old Sprint Cup star, moonlighting in trucks and the Nationwide Series in the early part of the season, grabbed his second truck victory in three tries this year, winning the American Commercial Lines 200 on Friday night.

You think it was OK for Toyota to call Jack Roush a cheater? Then Lee Spencer says you obviously don’t know Jack.

Jeff Gordon wins pole for Kobalt Tools 500

Posted by on March 7th, 2008

Jeff Gordon turned the fastest lap during qualifying this evening at Atlanta Motor Speedway and will start on the pole in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500.

1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 185.251 mph.

2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 184.862.

3. (1) Martin Truex Jr, Chevrolet, 183.807.

4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 183.297.

5. (43) …

Kobalt Tools 500 starting lineup

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Sore Gordon earns Cup pole at Atlanta

Posted by on March 7th, 2008

Jeff Gordon, bouncing back from a hard crash in Las Vegas, felt a whole lot better Friday night after winning the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

On Sunday, Gordon walked away without injury after bouncing off the car driven by Matt Kenseth and slamming into the wall in a hit that tore apart the front of his car, leaving his radiator sitting steaming on the track.

Despite all the safety improvements in recent years, stock car racing remains a very dangerous sport.

That was never more evident than last Sunday when four-time champion Jeff Gordon had a brutal crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, hitting the unprotected inside wall on the backstretch right at an opening designed to allow safety vehicles to enter the track.

How I would handle rule infractions

Posted by on March 7th, 2008

If DW ran NASCAR, he wouldn’t let an obsession with minor rules violations keep teams from improving the race car.