Beyond The Cockpit: Kyle Busch Before the 2007 Chase
Kyle Busch made a pit stop in Phoenix on Wednesday en route to this weekend’s Cup race in Fontana, Calif. He was a cool customer inside a local area restaurant
Kyle Busch made a pit stop in Phoenix on Wednesday en route to this weekend’s Cup race in Fontana, Calif. He was a cool customer inside a local area restaurant
Jeff Gordon – Gordon won the inaugural race at Fontana in 1997 and has won two additional Cup races here. He finished second at the track this spring and has top-five finishes in half of his 14 Cup starts. Denny Hamlin – Hamlin has been lukewarm to mildly hot at Fontana. In three Cup starts, …
For some, the racing at Bristol Saturday night was the best it has been in years. For others, it was a Bristol race in name only, with no fireworks and little excitement. But no matter which side of the fence you are on, there were plenty of winners and losers coming out of the annual …
Carl Edwards used the No. 55 car as a pick to pass Kasey Kahne on lap 335, and from there, he drove off into the night at Bristol.
Johnny Benson scored his first career win at Bristol Wednesday night, taking the checkered flag 0.790 seconds ahead of newly married Brendan Gaughan.
In a Nutshell: The new track surface was the focus of much pre-race hype at Bristol… and it lived up to every bit of it. All race long, cars were spread from the top to the bottom, with three-wide racing taking place more than we had ever seen before at the half-mile bullring. Jason Leffler …
Jeff Gordon – Gordon has won five Cup races at Bristol, but only one of those wins was in the August Night Race. Still, with 18 top-10 finishes in 29 starts here, Gordon figures to be a factor Saturday night. Denny Hamlin – Hamlin finished sixth in this race last year. This spring, he led …
6. Brian France: “We will do all we can to get the race in this week – unless Michigan wants to write us a fat check; then we can postpone it until November.”
In horse racing, they say it is the jockey that matters but even the best can’t win on a pack mule. As it becomes more and more likely that the Joe Gibbs Racing teams will switch to Toyota Camrys next year, you have to wonder just how many millions of dollars are being thrown around …
Jeff Gordon – Gordon has two wins at Michigan, with the most recent triumph coming in 2001. Overall, he has 20 top-10 finishes in 29 Cup starts in the Irish Hills, with an average finish of 10th… not too shabby. Denny Hamlin – Hamlin has run moderately well at Michigan in his short career, with …
Kyle Busch used the terms, “opportunity,” “decision-making properties” and “great fit” in his first three responses when responding to questions Tuesday.
Jeff Gordon spun himself out heading into turn 1 with two laps to go, setting up a furious battle between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards for the win at the Glen.
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