Track Talk-June 25-27: NASCAR + more Rac'in : )
Track Talk-June 25-27: NASCAR + more Rac'in : )
Track Talk for the weekend of June 25-27THE BIG STORYJimmie Johnson traded bump-and-run moves with Kurt Busch in the closing laps and won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart was the runner-up by .753 second, followed by Busch, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick. Going to Daytona, Harvick leads Johnson by 105 points.
Also: John Medlen is now the crew chief on Ron Capps Funny Car. Ed (Ace) McCulloch will assist all the Don Schumacher Racing Funny Car crew chiefs . . . . Jimmy Fennig is Matt Kenseth's new crew chief, with Todd Parrott becoming Roush Fenway's R&D manager . . . Bobby Labonte left the TRG Cup team and drove Robby Gordon's No. 7 at New Hampshire . . . No. 34 Nationwide series crew chief Scott Eggleston was fined $5,000 for unapproved throttle components at Road America . . . Paul Tracy will sub for Mike Conway at Watkins Glen . . . The Izod IndyCar Series will run at New Hampshire Motor Speedway July 30, 2011 . . . In the World of Outlaws, Steve Kinser won Saturday night at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City and Brooke Tatnell won Friday night at Nebraska's Junction Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesJuan Pablo Montoya won the pole Friday at New Hampshire with a 132.337 mph lap. Sunday, he led until pit stops on a debris yellow on lap 35. Kasey Kahne went to the lead and Montoya fell to fifth. On a subsequent green-flag stop, Jimmie Johnson went from second place to ninth due to a slow tire replacement. On lap 153, Kyle Busch took the lead. On lap 202, Jeff Burton powered into first place. Four laps later, Kahne's engine lost power and eventually caused a yellow on lap 238. Burton continued up front until a yellow with 20 laps remaining, when Reed Sorenson tagged Montoya into the wall. Burton didn't pit while Johnson, Gordon and others came in for two tires. The green waved with 14 laps to go and Johnson easily went to the lead. The yellow came out again when Burton got loose under Kyle Busch and spun him. They both pitted for four tires. With eight laps remaining, the green waved and, going into turn three, Kurt Busch bumped Johnson out of the lead. With two to go, Johnson had closed back up and did a similar move to regain the top position. He averaged 113.308 mph with four yellows for 19 laps. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished eighth, while Kyle Busch was 11th and Burton 12th.
NASCAR Nationwide SeriesKyle Busch became the series' all-time laps-led leader in winning Saturday's New England 200 at New Hampshire. Busch's Toyota was up front for 126 of the 200 laps. That brought his career total to 8,117, passing Mark Martin's standard of 8,082. Busch did it in 186 races vs. Martin's 231. Busch finished .644 second ahead of Brad Keselowski, with Carl Edwards third. The winner averaged 110.673 mph with four yellows for 16 laps. Keselowski is 247 points clear of Edwards. Danica Patrick was 30th after a seventh-lap incident in which Morgan Shepherd lost control going under her Chevrolet and spun her into the wall.
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing SeriesLarry Dixon, Tim Wilkerson, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith were the pro class winners in Sunday's Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. In Top Fuel, Dixon won for the seventh time this season, powering to a 3.880 second, 313.29 mph win over Antron Brown, 3.907, 307.65 mph. Dixon tops Tony Schumacher by 176 points. In Funny Car, Wilkerson beat John Force in a Ford Mustang final, 4.191, 300.40 mph vs. 4.272, 290.88 mph. Jack Beckman qualified third in the Valvoline/MTS Dodge Charger and lost in the second round. Force leads Robert Hight by 73 points. In Pro Stock, Anderson's Pontiac GXP clocked 6.722, 204.54 mph to best Allen Johnson's 6.982, 159.38 mph in a Dodge Avenger. Ron Krisher qualified third in the Valvoline Chevrolet Cobalt and lost in the second round. Anderson won Saturday's $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge special event on a holeshot, 6.685, 206.23 mph vs. Mike Edwards' 6.677, 207.11 mph. Edwards is 392 points clear of Allen Johnson. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Smith's Buell ran 7.076, 188.36 mph to top Hector Arana's 7.080, 188.52 mph on a Buell. Arana is 120 points ahead of Smith.
Formula OneSebastian Vettel won Sunday's European Grand Prix on the street course in Valencia, Spain. He started on the pole and won by five seconds over Lewis Hamilton. Vettel's Red Bull-Renault teammate, Mark Webber, started second but hit the back of Heikki Kovalainen's car on lap 10 of 57. Webber flew into the air and crashed heavily into a tire wall but wasn't injured. Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes got a drive-through penalty for overtaking the safety car after the accident. Jenson Button finished third in the other McLaren. Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Pedro de la Rosa all received five-second penalties for speeding under the safety car during their in-laps prior to pitting. Vettel and Hamilton had contact in the first turn which damaged Hamilton's front wing, which was replaced. Hamilton is six points ahead of Button.
Racer of the WeekGreg Anderson. Doubled in NHRA Pro Stock in Norwalk, Ohio.
Yes, He REALLY Said ThatTony Stewart, on the Cup race at Infineon. "It was bizerk. It was like open season."
Valvoline Winners Last WeekendLarry Dixon, NHRA Top Fuel class, Ohio. Tim Wilkerson, NHRA Funny Car class, Ohio.
This WeekendNASCAR heads to Daytona for Friday night Nationwide and Saturday night Sprint Cup racing. Grand-Am sports cars tour Daytona Saturday. IndyCars try Watkins Glen.
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