KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 1st “It was just perfect execution today with making the car better during the race. Our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger was fast. Some of our struggles have been when the track rubbers-in; we’re not exactly where we want to be."
With three races of the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint (NSCS) Cup in the books, Jimmie Johnson led the six Team Chevy contenders in the battle for the title with a runner-up finish at Dover International Speedway behind the wheel of his No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET, FINISHED 2ND: ON HIS RACE: "Great run. Certainly wish we could have finished one spot better, but just didn't get a good restart the last two restarts."
MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion – “We got lucky. The last restart was good, but the one before that was no good. We got a little behind there, but it was okay. We got off the two run previous to that."
Kevin Harvick, Inc., (KHI) driver Ron Hornaday, Jr., scored his 50th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) victory, his third series win at Kentucky Speedway through eight starts and third this season in tonight's "Kentucky 225."
Johnny Sauter, driver of the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Chevrolet Silverado, started the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway in 17th position losing speed on the qualifying run.
Ryan Truex (eighth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Delaware's Dover International Speedway.
In four NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Watkins Glen International (WGI) Spire Motorsports earned its lone top-10 finish when Sammy Smith finished sixth in last year’s Mission 176 at the Glen.
