Mike Wallace planned to spend this weekend on some exotic island with his wife Carla, celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary. And though their plans changed, they still were basking in paradise Saturday afternoon. At a lovely little locale called Victory Lane.
Todd Bodine (sixth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway.
Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, will lead the field to the green flag Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Starting along side will be his teammate Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 MyLowes Chevrolet making it an all Chevrolet-all Hendrick Motorsports front row three of the four restrictor plate races of the 2011 season.
MARK MARTIN, NO. 5 GODADDY.COM CHEVROLET - POLE WINNER: "Well, it's all about the guys, you know. We won a pole at Daytona with this thing; these guys have the speedway car figured out."
20th, KEVIN CONWAY 21st, BOBBY LABONTE 23rd, MICHAEL WALTRIP 26th, KASEY KAHNE 27th, JOE NEMECHEK 29th, MICHAEL MCDOWELL 30th, BRIAN VICKERS 31st, DENNY HAMLIN 34th, KYLE BUSCH 35th, JOEY LOGANO 36th, DAVID REUTIMANN 37th, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 42nd, CASEY MEARS
4th Trevor Bayne 8th David Ragan 9th Carl Edwards 11th Matt Kenseth 17th Travis Kvapil 18th Greg Biffle 19th Marcos Ambrose 24th AJ Allmendinger 28th JJ Yeley 32nd Terry Labonte 33rd Andy Lally 42nd David Gilliland DNQ TJ Bell DNQ Scott Speed DNQ Josh Wise
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 14th HOW WAS YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? “I feel like that was a good lap for where we wanted to be with me and Brad. We’re going to draft a lot with the 78 car (Regan Smith) tomorrow."
Andy Lally, No. 71 TRG Motorsports Ford "It means a whole lot to the manufacturers and we have a good strong motor here. This Ford is pulling real well. We are a small team and this is a real good effort by these guys."
Each race weekend, selected Dodge Motorsports engineers, Penske Racing crew chiefs, engineers, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the 'Keys for Success' for the upcoming race. This week, the green flag drops at Talladega Superspeedway and the Good Sam Club 500.
Brad Keselowski - No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T o Sixth in the series championship standings 25 points behind leader Carl Edwards and one behind fifth-place Tony Stewart.
Pato O’Ward won the first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s on Saturday, and Will Power tightened his NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship duel with Alex Palou with two races remaining this season.
Pato O’Ward, driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevy, led 118 laps to win the first of two events during the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 doubleheader weekend.
Jacob Abel captured his third second-place finish of the season while Yuven Sundaramoorthy brought his car home in seventh position in his first race carrying the OPTIMA Batteries colors.
Daniel Quimby won the first race of the weekend for Formula 4 United States Championship presented by Mosport Karting Centre (F4 U.S.) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) on Saturday morning.
