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09-21-2010, 01:45 PM
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THE BIG STORY
The Chase is on and the 12th seed, Clint Bowyer, won Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bowyer, strong all day, went ahead when leader Tony Stewart ran out of fuel coming to the white flag. Bowyer finished .477 second ahead of Denny Hamlin. Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick wrapped the top five. The Chase standings, with New Hampshire finish in parenthesis: Hamlin; Bowyer, - 35 points; Harvick, -45; Kyle Busch (ninth), -62; Jeff Gordon (sixth), -75; Kurt Busch (13th), -86; Jimmie Johnson (25th), -92; Carl Edwards (11th), -95; Greg Biffle (17th), -108; Jeff Burton (15th), -112; Stewart (24th), -124; Matt Kenseth (23d), -136.
Also: In the World of Outlaws, Joey Saldana won Saturday night at Deer Creek Speedway in Minnesota, and Jac Haudenschild won Friday night at Clay County Fair Speedway in Iowa.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Brad Keselowski was the surprise pole winner Friday at New Hampshire with a 133.572 mph lap. Keselowski led the opening lap Sunday and finished 18th. Tony Stewart took the lead on lap two. The first caution came when Scott Speed got into the wall on lap 25. Clint Bowyer took just two new tires and came out of the pits as the leader while Stewart got four new tires and dropped to 18th. On lap 41, Paul Menard and Marcos Ambrose had contact. Bowyer continued to lead and also after stops for a debris caution. With 93 laps to go, Mark Martin had a tire come apart, forcing a yellow. On the restart, Stewart and Bowyer bumped as did Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson. Carl Edwards bumped Denny Hamlin into a spin. Hamlin went from fourth place to 22d but pitted for the last time in the race. With 77 laps left, Kurt Busch had contact with Jeff Burton and, behind them, Kyle Busch and Johnson got together and spun. Stewart and Bowyer stayed out while others pitted. Keselowski tagged Matt Kenseth into the wall. With 59 laps to go, Kurt Busch banged Joey Logano into the wall and Elliott Sadler spun to avoid them. Stewart took the lead from Jamie McMurray with 52 laps remaining. Seven laps later, Johnson pitted under green with a loose wheel. With less than two laps remaining, Burton ran out of gas, and then leader Stewart did the same coming off turn four toward the white flag. Bowyer stretched his fuel to get the win.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Late-race cautions made for a dramatic finish in Saturday's TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 at New Hampshire, won by Kyle Busch. It was his 80th victory in NASCAR's three national touring series. On a restart with two laps to go, Busch's Toyota passed James Buescher at the exit of turn two, after slight contact resulted in Busch's truck bouncing off the wall. He won by .280 second over Buescher, who was trying for his first series win. On a lap 166 restart, Buescher dove low from third place on a restart to take the lead when Kevin Harvick slid high and pushed Busch up the track. Harvick finished third. Busch, who said he will not run a team next season unless sponsorship is found, averaged 100.579 mph with eight yellows for 32 laps. Todd Bodine (ninth) leads Aric Almirola (eighth) by 257 points.
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
Sunday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Nationals, near Charlotte, was the second of six Countdown events and Larry Dixon, Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and LE Tonglet were the winners. In Top Fuel, Dixon went 11-for-11 in final rounds this season with a 3.858 second, 316.60 mph win over Doug Kalitta, 3.90, 309.20 mph. Dixon is 85 points ahead of Cory McClenathan. In Funny Car, Pedregon won for the first time in almost two years and on his 47th birthday. His Toyota Solara clocked 4.171, 299.13 mph to beat Jack Beckman's 4.212, 301.81 mph in the Valvoline/MTS Dodge Charger. Beckman qualified seventh. John Force leads Beckman by four points. In Pro Stock, Anderson's Pontiac GXP ran 6.604, 209.30 mph to defeat Greg Stanfield's 6.651, 207.91 mph in a GXP. Ron Krisher qualified sixth in the Valvoline Chevrolet Cobalt and lost in the first round. Mike Edwards leads Anderson by 27 points. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Tonglet's Suzuki went 6.921, 192.82 mph to beat Andrew Hines' 6.972, 189.63 mph on a Harley-Davidson. Hines leads Tonglet by 66 points. Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson was DQ'd from the event Saturday after registering a .027 reading on an alcohol breath analyzer during a morning NHRA random drug and alcohol test. NHRA has a zero-tolerance policy with regard to alcohol. Johnson said he'd had drinks with dinner the night before.
Izod IndyCar Series
Helio Castroneves won Sunday's Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi from the pole, his second consecutive victory. Castroneves led the opening 70 laps and then got out of the pits ahead of teammate Ryan Briscoe on lap 118. He stayed in front through the 200-lap distance. Dario Franchitti was runner-up by 4.5 seconds. Will Power was third. Castroneves averaged 147.008 mph with four yellows for 50 laps. With one race to go, at Homestead, Power tops Franchitti by 12 points. Franchitti clinched the A.J. Foyt oval track title.
Racer of the Week
Melanie Troxel. Won the NHRA Pro Mod race at Charlotte to go along with career victories in Top Fuel, Funny Car and the Top Alcohol dragster classes.
Yes, He REALLY Said That
Kevin Harvick, on Jimmie Johnson going into the Chase. "I think he is still the guy to beat. I mean, he has won the last four, so how can he not be until somebody beats him?"
Valvoline Winner Last Weekend
Larry Dixon, NHRA Top Fuel class, Charlotte.
This Weekend
NASCAR has a Nationwide-Cup doubleheader at Dover. The Trucks try Las Vegas. NHRA runs near Dallas.
Formula One visits Singapore.
The Chase is on and the 12th seed, Clint Bowyer, won Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bowyer, strong all day, went ahead when leader Tony Stewart ran out of fuel coming to the white flag. Bowyer finished .477 second ahead of Denny Hamlin. Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick wrapped the top five. The Chase standings, with New Hampshire finish in parenthesis: Hamlin; Bowyer, - 35 points; Harvick, -45; Kyle Busch (ninth), -62; Jeff Gordon (sixth), -75; Kurt Busch (13th), -86; Jimmie Johnson (25th), -92; Carl Edwards (11th), -95; Greg Biffle (17th), -108; Jeff Burton (15th), -112; Stewart (24th), -124; Matt Kenseth (23d), -136.
Also: In the World of Outlaws, Joey Saldana won Saturday night at Deer Creek Speedway in Minnesota, and Jac Haudenschild won Friday night at Clay County Fair Speedway in Iowa.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Brad Keselowski was the surprise pole winner Friday at New Hampshire with a 133.572 mph lap. Keselowski led the opening lap Sunday and finished 18th. Tony Stewart took the lead on lap two. The first caution came when Scott Speed got into the wall on lap 25. Clint Bowyer took just two new tires and came out of the pits as the leader while Stewart got four new tires and dropped to 18th. On lap 41, Paul Menard and Marcos Ambrose had contact. Bowyer continued to lead and also after stops for a debris caution. With 93 laps to go, Mark Martin had a tire come apart, forcing a yellow. On the restart, Stewart and Bowyer bumped as did Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson. Carl Edwards bumped Denny Hamlin into a spin. Hamlin went from fourth place to 22d but pitted for the last time in the race. With 77 laps left, Kurt Busch had contact with Jeff Burton and, behind them, Kyle Busch and Johnson got together and spun. Stewart and Bowyer stayed out while others pitted. Keselowski tagged Matt Kenseth into the wall. With 59 laps to go, Kurt Busch banged Joey Logano into the wall and Elliott Sadler spun to avoid them. Stewart took the lead from Jamie McMurray with 52 laps remaining. Seven laps later, Johnson pitted under green with a loose wheel. With less than two laps remaining, Burton ran out of gas, and then leader Stewart did the same coming off turn four toward the white flag. Bowyer stretched his fuel to get the win.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Late-race cautions made for a dramatic finish in Saturday's TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 at New Hampshire, won by Kyle Busch. It was his 80th victory in NASCAR's three national touring series. On a restart with two laps to go, Busch's Toyota passed James Buescher at the exit of turn two, after slight contact resulted in Busch's truck bouncing off the wall. He won by .280 second over Buescher, who was trying for his first series win. On a lap 166 restart, Buescher dove low from third place on a restart to take the lead when Kevin Harvick slid high and pushed Busch up the track. Harvick finished third. Busch, who said he will not run a team next season unless sponsorship is found, averaged 100.579 mph with eight yellows for 32 laps. Todd Bodine (ninth) leads Aric Almirola (eighth) by 257 points.
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
Sunday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Nationals, near Charlotte, was the second of six Countdown events and Larry Dixon, Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and LE Tonglet were the winners. In Top Fuel, Dixon went 11-for-11 in final rounds this season with a 3.858 second, 316.60 mph win over Doug Kalitta, 3.90, 309.20 mph. Dixon is 85 points ahead of Cory McClenathan. In Funny Car, Pedregon won for the first time in almost two years and on his 47th birthday. His Toyota Solara clocked 4.171, 299.13 mph to beat Jack Beckman's 4.212, 301.81 mph in the Valvoline/MTS Dodge Charger. Beckman qualified seventh. John Force leads Beckman by four points. In Pro Stock, Anderson's Pontiac GXP ran 6.604, 209.30 mph to defeat Greg Stanfield's 6.651, 207.91 mph in a GXP. Ron Krisher qualified sixth in the Valvoline Chevrolet Cobalt and lost in the first round. Mike Edwards leads Anderson by 27 points. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Tonglet's Suzuki went 6.921, 192.82 mph to beat Andrew Hines' 6.972, 189.63 mph on a Harley-Davidson. Hines leads Tonglet by 66 points. Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson was DQ'd from the event Saturday after registering a .027 reading on an alcohol breath analyzer during a morning NHRA random drug and alcohol test. NHRA has a zero-tolerance policy with regard to alcohol. Johnson said he'd had drinks with dinner the night before.
Izod IndyCar Series
Helio Castroneves won Sunday's Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi from the pole, his second consecutive victory. Castroneves led the opening 70 laps and then got out of the pits ahead of teammate Ryan Briscoe on lap 118. He stayed in front through the 200-lap distance. Dario Franchitti was runner-up by 4.5 seconds. Will Power was third. Castroneves averaged 147.008 mph with four yellows for 50 laps. With one race to go, at Homestead, Power tops Franchitti by 12 points. Franchitti clinched the A.J. Foyt oval track title.
Racer of the Week
Melanie Troxel. Won the NHRA Pro Mod race at Charlotte to go along with career victories in Top Fuel, Funny Car and the Top Alcohol dragster classes.
Yes, He REALLY Said That
Kevin Harvick, on Jimmie Johnson going into the Chase. "I think he is still the guy to beat. I mean, he has won the last four, so how can he not be until somebody beats him?"
Valvoline Winner Last Weekend
Larry Dixon, NHRA Top Fuel class, Charlotte.
This Weekend
NASCAR has a Nationwide-Cup doubleheader at Dover. The Trucks try Las Vegas. NHRA runs near Dallas.
Formula One visits Singapore.
#2
09-22-2010, 05:02 AM
Been there, done that
Don't be surprised Tony Stewart took his deflating finish in stride at New Hampshire. Mark Aumann says the same thing happened in '99 and Smoke used it as motivation.
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