There has been rumbling
and grumbling about this weekend's
Sprint All-Star Race. I really don't
understand all the controversy. The race
is just an exhibition race, much like
baseball's All-Star Game and similar
events in the NBA and NFL. It's nothing
more. , so I began to see who was
missing.
Story
- by Ron Fleshman
5/17/2008
Kyle Busch:
Despite a loose lug nut problem that
dropped him to 23rd on lap 141, Busch
recovered to win handily in Darlington,
his third win this year, then took a bow
to a chorus of boos. Busch, in his Joe
Gibbs Racing Toyota sporting the new
Indiana Jones movie paint scheme,
peppered the Darlington walls often,
seemingly using them less as a barrier
and more as a guide.
Story
- by Jeffrey Boswell
5/15/2008
Just last
week I wrote about how
Crown Royal named the
Sprint Cup race at the
Richmond International
Raceway after the winner
of a contest. The race
was called “Crown Royal
Presents, the Dan Lowry
400”. I had the
opportunity to speak to
Lowry prior to the race
weekend, during the race
weekend and last Friday
afternoon.
Story
- by Ed Coombs
5/14/2008
They were not jeering.
What the fans in Darlington were really
chanting was "BOOOO-SH", as in Kyle
Busch. The man many consider NASCAR's
biggest SOB at the moment is also its
hottest driver. The 23-year old started
off BAD, whining about the brakes he was
turning to cinders.
Story
- by Ron
Thornton
5/13/2008
Who would have ever
thought those three names in the title
of this story would come up at the same
time? Well, there's a story to tell
about all of this, and it's shaping the
season as we know it. No, it's not about
the usual characters which would be
Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports, and
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Story
- by Ron Fleshman
5/13/2008
PRESS RELEASES
Ford Charlotte Truck Race Quotes
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BRENDAN GAUGHAN – No. 10 Int’l MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford F-150 (Finished 3rd) – “Chad McCumbee and congratulations to Matt Crafton. He deserves a win so much and to watch two young kids, Crafton and Chad go at it." |5/17/2008|
Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes- All-Star Qualifying
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KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Qualified 3rd – “My crew did a fantastic job. I think maybe I was a bit conservative getting in, making sure to avoid that 20-second penalty (speeding on pit road). |5/17/2008|
TOYOTA Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Qualifying Notes & Quotes Lowe’s Motor Speedway
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KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 1st Was your qualifying run a great team effort? “It definitely was -- I'm surprised. I thought I got busted speeding there. If it wasn't it was that close -- very close. Man, I can't thank these guys enough at Joe Gibbs Racing." |5/16/2008|
Ford All-Star Qualifying
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MATT KENSETH – No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion (Qualified 14th) – “It went OK. I thought I got on pit road as good as I could get on it, really. I may have left a little bit there and my laps on the track probably weren’t the greatest, and I don’t think our pit stop was very good, so I don’t think that will end up very sporty.” |5/16/2008|
Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes - Kasey Kahne Open Interview
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KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) YOU’RE A FOUR-TIME PARTICIPANT IN THE SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING IN THAT RACE? “It just means that you won a race. It means that you’re in it." |5/16/2008|
Childress Inducted into N.C. Sports Hall of Fame
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Richard Childress Racing (RCR) president and CEO Richard Childress and six others were honored in Raleigh last night at the 45th Induction Banquet for the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. |5/16/2008|
40 Years at MIS: 70's were memorable times for David Pearson
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The decade of the 1970’s were good for David Pearson, especially at Michigan International Speedway. The South Carolina native put together masterful driving performances in the Irish Hills, making him the most successful driver of the decade and in track history. |5/16/2008|
Ford All-Star Friday Advance
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David Ragan, driver of the No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion, is 12th in the Sprint Cup Series point standings, marking the first time he has been in a chase-eligible position in his brief stock car career. Ragan held a Q&A session to talk about his improvement and his position in the standings. |5/16/2008|
Crafton wins the
North Carolina Education
Lottery 200
- Matt Crafton won his
first Craftsman Truck
Series race on Friday
night in the crash
filled North Carolina
Education Lottery 200 at
Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Busch Whacker
- Kyle Busch got his
Darlington stripe in the
Dodge Challenger 500.
Not only did he get the
stripe, he beat it into
his car. .
Story -
by Mike Finnegan
Tony Stewart Dominates
Diamond Hill Plywood 200
at Darlington
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Tony Stewart dominated
the Diamond Hill Plywood
200 at Darlington
leading over 85 laps. No
one knew how the new
track surface was going
to be at race time and
the track, too tough to
tame, did not
disappoint.
Story -
by Ed Coombs
