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New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes
Probably one of the most unpredictable finishes in recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing Series history netted six Team Chevy drivers spots in the top-12 in the point standings with just nine races remaining until the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Close racing, followed by splash and go pit stops under caution on lap 274 by all but eight of the lead-lap cars, followed by a downpour on lap 284 as the race was under caution again created a finish that saw cars that had been front runners down all day down in the finishing order. Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Impala SS, started third and quickly took the lead on lap five for 39 circuits. Harvick would lead again for 15 laps from lap 73 to 87 for a total on... // PaddockTalk 30/06/2008 11:49 New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes Camry drivers Michael Waltrip (second) and J.J. Yeley (third) recorded their first top-five finishes of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. • Camry driver Denny Hamlin also recorded a top-10 finish with an eighth-place result. • Tony Stewart led a race-high 132 of 284 laps and crossed the threshold of 10,000 laps led in his NSCS career. • Other Toyota drivers in the field included Stewart (13th), Brian Vickers (16th), David Reutimann (19th), Kyle Busch (25th), Dave Blaney (33rd), Michael McDowell (42nd) and AJ Allmendinger (43rd). • Camry drivers have earned 25 top-five finishes and 37 top-10 finishes in 2008. • Busch maintained the lead in the unofficial NSCS championship point... // PaddockTalk 30/06/2008 09:57 New Hampshire: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes DAVID RAGAN – No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion (Finished 40th) WHAT HAPPENED? "I just saw the 88 and 26 wrecking. I saw the 26 and thought he was gonna hit the wall and thought I could go between them. I probably slowed down a little too much. Like I said, I don’t know why they wrecked, but I’m really proud of our AAA Ford Fusion team. We had a pretty good car. We didn’t qualify good, so we were coming from the back and just made a lot of passes all day long and felt like we could get a top 10 depending on how this fuel and rain was gonna play out, but, ultimately, I’m very disappointing in loading up a little too early." TOUGH DAY IN THE POINTS. "Yeah, it’s a tough day in the points. We hate that... // PaddockTalk 30/06/2008 09:42 New Hampshire: NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Results - Busch, Dodge Win PaddockTalk
Hey look! The other Busch kid can win too! This time it was Kurt Busch winning a rain shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire. No big surprise here... Busch won again. Not Kyle ? Nope... it was the other Busch. Before an announced sell-out crowd of 101,000+, Kurt Busch and his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in a rain-shortened affair. It was Busch's 18th victory in 273 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is also his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2008, and his third victory and sixth... // PaddockTalk 30/06/2008 02:55 FORD RACING: O'Reilly 200 Post Race Notes TruckSeries.com
ERIK DARNELL – No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150 – (finished 2nd, qualified 4th) –TELL US HOW YOUR RACE WENT. “Overall, it was a pretty good night for our Northern Tool + Equipment Ford. Matt Puccia and all the guys did a great job getting the thing good in practice. We qualified well and for the most part we’re able to keep it up front most of the night. I think we made the right calls on pit stops and adjustments throughout the night. We just missed it just a little bit there at the end.... // TruckSeries.com 29/06/2008 23:59 Memphis: Ford NASCAR Truck Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
Memphis: Ford NASCAR Truck Race Recap, Quotes ERIK DARNELL – No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150 – (finished 2nd, qualified 4th) "Overall, it was a real good night for our Northern Tool + Equipment Ford. Second is nothing to frown about. I was really hoping to pick up the win tonight. But Matt Puccia and all the guys on pit road did a great job with adjustments tonight. My buddy Jason is riding along with me tonight. Ron [Hornaday] is a real good friend of mine and if I got to him, I wasn’t going to hit him. He’s always run me very clean and I think maybe two more laps and we would have been able to get to him. He was just better on the restart and we were better on the long run." YOU SAID SECOND PLACE IS A GOOD NIGHT OVERALL, BUT GETTING SO CLOSE TO... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 23:53 Memphis: Chevrolet NASCAR Truck Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
Memphis: Chevrolet NASCAR Truck Race Recap, Quotes Ron Hornaday had a great record at Memphis Motorsports Park (MMP) heading in to tonight’s O’Reilly 200, but he was determined to make it better and take home the coveted Elvis trophy the race winner receives in victory lane. After leading 139 of 204 laps in his No. 33 Camping World Silverado fielded by Kevin Harvick, Inc. (KHI) to claim his third win of the 2008 season, the three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) champion it is a two-time winner at the Tennessee track. The victory is the 36th of Hornaday’s career, extending his lead as the all-time NCTS race winner. He retook the top-spot in the championship standings by 27 points over fellow Team Chevy Silverado driver Matt Crafton. In addition to his... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 23:30 New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap, Quotes • Tony Stewart recorded his fifth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) victory of 2008 today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. • Stewart started eighth and led the field twice for 75 laps in his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 20 Old Spice Camry. It was his first NNS win at New Hampshire. • Earlier this season, Stewart registered NNS wins at Daytona, California, Talladega and Darlington. • Camry drivers have now won 12 of the 18 NNS races this year. • Along with Stewart, other Camry drivers who have won NNS races this year include Kyle Busch (four wins), Denny Hamlin (two wins) and Joey Logano (one win). • Other Camry drivers in the field today included Hamlin (second), Busch ( third), David Reutimann... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 23:25 New Hampshire: Ford NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Ford NASCAR Nationwide Race Recap, Quotes CARL EDWARDS – No. 60 Under Armour Ford Fusion (Finished 5th) – “The team is doing well. The pit stops were unbelievable. That’s the reason we’re there and we got the fifth position, but it was very cool for Under Armour to come on board. I really wanted to win that race. All of the guys were pretty pumped about getting some free Under Armour if we got into Victory Lane, but we’ll take it. It was a very knife-edge race. The cars were very close out there today and small things made the difference.†WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE GIBBS CARS? “It’s pretty spectacular. Those guys are doing a great job. There are ups and downs in this sport and right now they’re on the up... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 23:25 Memphis: NASCAR Truck Race Results - Hornaday, Chevrolet Win PaddockTalk
Memphis: NASCAR Truck Race Results - Hornaday, Chevrolet Win Ron Hornaday Jr. won the O’Reilly 200, his 36th victory in 212 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2008. This is also his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Memphis Motorsports Park. His previous best finish here was first in 1998 the first race at Memphis Motorsports Park. Ron Hornaday Jr. is the... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 23:09 New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice Quotes JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Charger) “We’ve been really good today. We haven’t made a lot of changes in race trim since we got here. The car feels really good. In qualifying, the car was way too loose. I don’t think the rain delay helped us either because the track got a lot faster. From where we start tomorrow (32nd), we’ve got a long race. We just have to keep adding points. It’s encouraging to see all the Ganassi cars running so much better.†PATRICK CARPENTIER (No. 10 Berlin City Auto Group Dodge Charger) “We were just a little too loose today during practice. We kept working on our Dodge and by the time the last session was over, we were able to... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 22:59 New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Nationwide Qualifying Recap PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Nationwide Qualifying Recap Landon Cassill celebrated his biggest moment to-date in his budding NASCAR career by capturing the pole for the Camping World RV Sales 200 Presented by RVs.com for the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 18-year old rookie driver from Cedar Rapids, Iowa bested a field of 44 drivers attempting to make the race to capture the number one starting spot behind the wheel of the No. 5 National Guard Monte Carlo SS fielded by Junior Motorsports for car owner Rick Hendrick. Cassill’s previous best qualifying effort was third last week at The Milwaukee Mile. In eight 2008 NNS starts, his best finish to-date is ninth at Nashville Superspeedway. He has also made five starts in the NASCAR Craftsman... // PaddockTalk 29/06/2008 10:59 Loudon: Dodoge teams Happy Hour Motorsport.com
28/06/2008 23:28 New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes BOBBY LABONTE (No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge Charger) 2nd “After the rain delay, the track had cooled off so that helped us out. We were the sixth car on the racetrack after that – 19th fastest in practice earlier – we made three or four qualifying runs and never ran faster then half a tenth. We made a couple more changes and bolted a couple things on there that we thought we’d try. We left one thing on there and moved a ‘little bit of that’ – it was just a good lap. I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t think it was going to be that fast with the track conditions what they were, so we’re excited to get a good lap in a get a good starting spot.†REED... // PaddockTalk 28/06/2008 23:27 New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes In a rain-delayed qualifying session at New Hampshire International Speedway, Kevin Harvick powered his No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Impala SS to the third quickest time in the line-up for Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Round 17 on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tour. Showers temporarily halted qualifying after 24 cars had taken their times, but the session resumed after a one hour and 54 minute delay. Scott Riggs, driver of the No. 66 State Water Hearters sponsored Impala SS qualified fourth, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Impala SS will start fifth, to give Team Chevy three of the top five qualifying spots. Patrick Carpentier won the pole; Bobby Labonte qualified second. A total of 14 Team Chevy... // PaddockTalk 28/06/2008 23:20 New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Recap, Quotes AJ ALLMENDINGER, No. 84 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Starting Position: 10th How did the track change following the rain delay? "I think the track was definitely a little quicker after the rain delay and after the first couple cars ran and cleaned it off. It could have been a little better, but this was a good job for all the guys. We kind of struggled in practice. We had some problems and the car wasn’t very good to start with so we had to work on it. We got it decent at the end. This was probably one of our worst tracks last year even though we made one of the races, we were never very good. It was definitely a big turnaround, a lot better to start up higher than where we were in points if we were... // PaddockTalk 27/06/2008 21:30 New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) @ New Hampshire Motor Speedway • Friday, June 27, Qualifying, 3:10 PM (ET) -- SPEED, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128) • Sunday, June 29, Race start @ 2:00 PM (ET) -- TNT, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128) NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) @ New Hampshire Motor Speedway • Saturday, June 28, Qualifying, 10:05 AM (ET) – ESPN2, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128) • Saturday, June 28, Race start @ 3:00 PM (ET) --ESPN2, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) @ Memphis Motorsports Park • Saturday, June 28, Qualifying, 6:00 PM (ET) -- MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128) • Saturday, June 28,... // PaddockTalk 26/06/2008 12:21 New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview • Dodge has two wins at New Hampshire. Ryan Newman won the second event in 2004 and Ward Burton was the winner at the first race in 2002. Newman also won the second race in 2002 before joining the Dodge family. • Ryan Newman has started from the pole four times at NHMS, more than any other driver. Newman holds the track qualifying record of 133.357 mph (28.561 sec.) set in September, 2003. • Bill Elliott, driving the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge, became the oldest pole winner during the 2002 New England 300. Elliott was 46 years, 9 months, 13 days old. • Penske Racing’s Kurt Bush (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) and Ryan Newman (No. 12 Alltel Dodge) lead all current Dodge drivers with two victories each at... // PaddockTalk 26/06/2008 03:49 New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview PaddockTalk
New Hampshire: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS IMPALA SS, leads Team Chevy to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) with a record four (4) wins to his credit, ’97, ’98, ’99 and ’00, more than any other driver. The driver of the Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has 26 previous starts at NHMS and has scored seven (7) top-five finishes including four (4) victories and 12 top-10 finishes. He has completed 93.1% of possible laps and led 694 laps. TEAM CHEVY RACING IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP COMPETITION: • Team Chevy has five (5) drivers in the top-12 in points with 10 races remaining until the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship o Team Chevy drivers have collected the coveted... // PaddockTalk |
