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‘The King’ picks up career Outlaws win No. 573 at Dodge City Raceway Park

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[media-credit name=”World of Outlaws” align=”alignright” width=”184″][/media-credit]DODGE CITY, Kan. – June 22, 2012 – The spin seemed like it was in slow motion.

Polesitter Jason Sides, who led the first 12 laps on a gusty Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown on Friday at Dodge City Raceway Park, looped it in turn one just prior to the midway point. As Sides kept his car under power, Steve Kinser dodged the melee to capture the lead and eventually the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory, which was career No. 573.

“I was pretty sure we were going to drive by him,” said a grinning Kinser, who also won the first-ever Outlaws event at Dodge City Raceway Park in 2004. “He did get a little sideways. It made it a little bit easier.”

For Sides, it was the latest heartbreak during a season when he has started on the pole of a World of Outlaws feature a series-best four times.

“We ran in behind a lapped car going into turn one there and I ran in way faster than I thought he was running,” he said after finishing third. “I had to pitch it sideways to keep from running over him. I thought I was going to be able to save it, but once it started to come around I just had to stand on it and keep it going and hope for the best.”

However, the race was anything but over following the spin. One lap later the fourth-and-final caution bunched the field up for a shootout during the second half of the 30-lap feature.

Kinser choose the outside lane on the double-file restart with Sammy Swindell and Lucas Wolfe between himself and Sides. Kinser got a solid jump with Swindell tucking into second and Sides sliding by Wolfe for third place on the restart.

Kinser sailed into a big lead with Swindell dramatically cutting into it once they reached traffic with 10 laps remaining. Swindell’s best opportunity to win came in the closing laps as he reeled Kinser within a car length.

As the duo entering turn three coming to the white flag Swindell nearly pulled to the inside of Kinser, but traffic slowed his momentum and Kinser utilized the preferred line to cruise to the victory.

“Just too much traffic and it didn’t work out for us,” Swindell said after finishing second. “We were just as quick as he was. He had the line and I had to kinda go somewhere else. That’s just the way it is sometimes.”

Wolfe was fourth and Donny Schatz earned the KSE Hard Charger Award after driving from 13th to fifth. Chad Kemenah ended sixth, Joey Saldana seventh, Kerry Madsen eighth, Tim Kaeding ninth and Craig Dollansky rounded out the top 10.

Kraig Kinser was the quickest in qualifying with a lap of 13.481 seconds, but was caught up in an opening-lap crash during his heat race. Kinser failed to finish and was relegated to the Last Chance Showdown, which he dominated for the second time this year.

Kaeding, Kemenah and Rose each picked up a heat race win.

The final night of the Boot Hill Showdown is tonight – Saturday – with the front gate opening at 5 p.m.

Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown Notebook

NOTES – Kraig Kinser set quick time for the third race this season. … Tim Kaeding earned his second heat race win of the season, Chad Kemenah claimed his sixth and Bill Rose won his first. … Jason Sides picked up his series-best fourth dash win. … Kinser lapped up to fourth place when he won the Last Chance Showdown for the second time this season.

WINNERS – Sammy Swindell – 5 (Red River Valley Speedway on June 16, Eldora Speedway on May 5, Knoxville Raceway on April 28, Missouri State Fair Speedway on April 20 and Merced Speedway on March 30); Craig Dollansky – 4 (I-96 Speedway on June 2, Hagerstown Speedway on May 20, Tri-State Speedway on April 21 and Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19); Steve Kinser – 3 (Dodge City Raceway Park on June 22, Orange County Fair Speedway on May 19 and Williams Grove Speedway on May 12); Joey Saldana – 3 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 25, Paducah International Raceway on April 13 and Perris Auto Speedway on March 10); Donny Schatz – 3 (Farmer City Raceway on April 25, Silver Dollar Speedway on March 23 and Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 19); Tim Kaeding – 2 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 16 and The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8); Chad Kemenah – 2 (Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 28 and Eldora Speedway on May 4); Kraig Kinser – 2 (River Cities Speedway on June 15 and Kokomo Speedway on June 5); Danny Dietrich – 1 (Lincoln Speedway on May 10); Danny Lasoski – 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 18); Kerry Madsen – 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 9); Paul McMahan – 1 (Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on May 16); Fred Rahmer – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 11); Brad Sweet – 1 (Clay County Fairgrounds on June 8).

TIME TRIALS – Kraig Kinser was the fastest qualifier around the 3/8-mile oval with a time of 13.481 seconds to earn five championship points. Also earning points were Joey Saldana (4 points), Steve Kinser (3), Sammy Swindell (2) and Jason Sides (1).

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Night 1 of the Boot Hill Showdown Statistical Report; Dodge City Raceway Park; Dodge City, Kan.; June 22, 2012

A-Main – (30 Laps) – 1. 11-Steve Kinser [4] [$10,000]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2] [$5,000]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [1] [$3,000]; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5] [$2,700]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [13] [$2,500]; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah [8] [$2,200]; 7. 9-Joey Saldana [3] [$2,000]; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen [12] [$1,800]; 9. 83-Tim Kaeding [6] [$1,600]; 10. 7-Craig Dollansky [9] [$1,450]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser [11] [$1,300]; 12. 1X-Kevin Swindell [7] [$1,200]; 13. 6-Bill Rose [10] [$1,100]; 14. 4-Cody Darrah [15] [$1,000]; 15. 11S-Patrick Stasa [21] [$950]; 16. 74X-Josh Hodges [14] [$900]; 17. 1T-Ty Williams [16] [$850]; 18. 72-Ray Seeman [19] [$750]; 19. 1W-Jordan Weaver [24] [$725]; 20. 2J-Zach Blurton [17] [$700]; 21. 33-Kris Miller [22] [$700]; 22. 21-Wes Wofford [23] [$700]; 23. 97-Brian Herbert [18] [$700]; 24. O-Steven Richardson [20] [$700]. Lap Leaders: Jason Sides 1-12, Steve Kinser 13-30. KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz [+8].

Qualifying – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.481; 2. 9-Joey Saldana, 13.485; 3. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.646; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.698; 5. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.726; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.746; 7. 1X-Kevin Swindell, 13.874; 8. 7-Craig Dollansky, 13.905; 9. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.924; 10. 83-Tim Kaeding, 13.935; 11. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.984; 12. 6-Bill Rose, 14.136; 13. 15-Donny Schatz, 14.144; 14. 74X-Josh Hodges, 14.298; 15. 4-Cody Darrah, 14.308; 16. 1T-Ty Williams, 14.749; 17. 2J-Zach Blurton, 14.949; 18. 97-Brian Herbert, 14.997; 19. 72-Ray Seeman, 15.011; 20. O-Steven Richardson, 15.113; 21. 11S-Patrick Stasa, 15.155; 22. 21-Wes Wofford, 15.164; 23. 1W-Jordan Weaver, 15.281; 24. 91-Jeff Stasa, 15.295; 25. 17-Josh Baughman, 15.356; 26. 16K-Kaden Taylor, 15.364; 27. 15K-Kerry McAlister, 15.431; 28. 33-Kris Miller, 15.449; 29. 77W-Michael Williams, 16.624; 30. 76J-Justin Schwien, No Time.

Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 83-Tim Kaeding [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 4. 1X-Kevin Swindell [2]; 5. 72-Ray Seeman [7]; 6. 33-Kris Miller [10]; 7. 17-Josh Baughman [9]; 8. 21-Wes Wofford [8]; 9. 1T-Ty Williams [6]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4].

Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 63-Chad Kemenah [1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [2]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 74X-Josh Hodges [5]; 6. 2J-Zach Blurton [6]; 7. 1W-Jordan Weaver [8]; 8. O-Steven Richardson [7]; 9. 16K-Kaden Taylor [9]; 10. 77W-Michael Williams [10].

Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 6-Bill Rose [1]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 5. 4-Cody Darrah [5]; 6. 97-Brian Herbert [6]; 7. 11S-Patrick Stasa [7]; 8. 91-Jeff Stasa [8]; 9. 15K-Kerry McAlister [9]; 10. 76J-Justin Schwien [10].

Dash – (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature ) – 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 3. 9-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [3]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 6. 83-Tim Kaeding [8]; 7. 1X-Kevin Swindell [6]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah [9]; 9. 7-Craig Dollansky [7]; 10. 6-Bill Rose [10].

B-Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1] [-]; 2. 1T-Ty Williams [2] [-]; 3. 11S-Patrick Stasa [4] [-]; 4. O-Steven Richardson [3] [-]; 5. 21-Wes Wofford [5] [-]; 6. 1W-Jordan Weaver [6] [-]; 7. 91-Jeff Stasa [7] [$200]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [8] [$180]; 9. 15K-Kerry McAlister [10] [$175]; 10. 77W-Michael Williams [11] [$160]; 11. 16K-Kaden Taylor [9] [$150]; 12. 76J-Justin Schwien [12] [$150].

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Top 20 Championship Standings

Pos. Driver

Total

Diff

Wins

T5

T10

QT
1 Donny Schatz

4084

0

3

12

24

0
2 Steve Kinser

4078

-6

3

14

21

0
3 Sammy Swindell

4068

-16

5

13

21

5
4 Craig Dollansky

4022

-62

4

13

20

3
5 Joey Saldana

4012

-72

3

9

21

5
6 Kraig Kinser

3964

-120

2

10

20

3
7 Chad Kemenah

3811

-273

2

7

14

2
8 Kerry Madsen

3675

-409

1

4

11

1
9 Cody Darrah

3674

-410

0

5

11

2
10 Lucas Wolfe

3533

-551

0

3

8

0
11 Jason Sides

3206

-878

0

9

15

0
12 Bill Rose

3025

-1059

0

0

2

0
13 Danny Lasoski

1860

-2224

1

5

7

0
14 Austen Wheatley

1818

-2266

0

0

2

0
15 Paul McMahan

1810

-2274

1

2

3

0
16 Daryn Pittman

1785

-2299

0

5

9

1
17 Jac Haudenschild

1655

-2429

0

0

1

0
18 David Gravel

1544

-2540

0

4

6

2
19 Terry McCarl

1474

-2610

0

1

4

0
20 Sam Hafertepe Jr.

1408

-2676

0

1

4

0

Kurt Busch: ‘I really wanted to deliver for my guys today’

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[media-credit name=”Credit: By Ezra Shaw, Getty Images” align=”alignright” width=”242″][/media-credit]The last few weeks have been tough on Kurt Busch. From struggles with performance, saying the wrong things and getting suspended, he finally had a nice Sunday drive with no controversy.

Busch came home third in his No. 51 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet. The bare red and white machine battled with the much better funded Michael Waltrip and Tony Stewart Racing teams and held its own. For Busch, it was bittersweet. A well-earned finish but a case of what could have been, too.

“It was just a full weekend of road racing,” said Busch afterwards. “It was a solid day yesterday and even better day today. To have a nice, steady pace and to have smooth pit strategy from my Phoenix Racing guys reminded me a lot of last year and I thought I could deliver for them. We were in contention. We made it all the way to the final restart and today with all those long green flag runs, I thought the race would play into our favor.”

The No. 51 Chevrolet was better suited for the longer runs, which he certainly showed. The defending race winner gave it his best shot as he led two laps and remained firmly in the top five for the second half of the event. Slowly chipping away, making a run at what would have been an improbably victory.

“I just kept thinking, ‘He’s a dirt late model racer from the Midwest; there’s no way he’s going to be able to run the road course,’” Busch said of winner Clint Bowyer. “And he did. He did great. That car and our car, I think we separated ourselves from the pack today.”

Then came the one moment in 112 laps that Busch would love to have back. One moment that took him from contender to third. While making a run on Bowyer for the lead late in the race, Busch hit the inside tire barrier in turn 11.

The contact seemed much harder than in years past. Instead of the tires giving away, they stayed put. Busch’s machine suffered damage in the front and ended up breaking a bar in the rear of the car. Suddenly his 51 was slightly swinging back and forth, right before the final restart of the day.

It ended up being the difference. Busch couldn’t do anything with Bowyer and he lost the spot to Tony Stewart. Afterwards Busch found that the sets of tires that sit on the inside of turn 11 were bolted down, no longer as giving as they had been in the past.

“Today we came home third,” he said. “Chevrolet and Monster Energy and Tag Heuer, our three big brands with us this year – I’m a bit choked up. I just made a little mistake their in turn 11. Those tires have never been bolted down, ever and I clipped a set of tires and it broke the front suspension and the rear panhard bar and I couldn’t compete for the win after that; so a mistake there.

“But if we pulled into Victory Lane with all-red car and no sponsor, here in California, I thought it was team tiger blood with Charlie Sheen around.”

Busch backed up his solid eighth place finish on Saturday in the Nationwide Series race at Road America. Driving for little brother Kyle’s team, Busch flexed his muscle and sharpened his road course skills. Along with his Sonoma win last season Busch won at Watkins Glen in the NNS while subbing for then injured teammate Brad Keselowski.

This time around he nearly did it again. And it would have been a whole bigger for Busch, who was clearly choked up.

“When you show up and you’re a third of the budget and you almost bring it to Victory Lane, you can’t say that one guy does it out here,” Busch said. “It takes a full team effort. But I really want to deliver for my guys today, and being that close and make one mistake, it’s a tough game. That’s why it’s Sprint Cup.”

Not to mention the team that has stuck behind him through the thick and the thin. Sunday’s finish was the first top five for Busch in 2012, they remain 27th in points heading into Kentucky.

“They bring the best out in me,” said Busch of his Phoenix team. “This is a no nonsense group for a bunch of racers. The way this program feels is we are a bunch of boy scouts where we have to support each other and teach each other things and everybody has three jobs on this team.

“Yeah, the closest family atmosphere I’ve ever had to racing with Kyle and my dad. We are not blood brothers or anything and cut fingers and tough and go team tiger blood or anything, but it’s really a neat group. Nick’s [Harrison, crew chief] leadership is just so much fun just to follow him and be a part of.”

CHEVY NSCS AT SONOMA: Post Race Transcripts, Tony Stewart & Kurt Busch

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Disappointing ending but Patrick made presence known in Road America

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[media-credit name=”Dan Sanger” align=”alignright” width=”251″][/media-credit]It was right there for the taking for Danica Patrick. Her first top five finish of the season and career tying best finish.

And it was taken – away by someone else. Patrick was running fourth on the last lap of the Sargento 200 at Road America, having passed Max Papis, when Jacques Villeneuve hit her No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet square on the rear bumper. It was enough contact to send her off into the gravel pit and out of contention.

Instead of the finish she was looking for, and certainly deserved, she was credited with 12th place. On the cool down lap headed back to pit road, Patrick expressed her displeasure not only with Villeneuve but with the day’s racing in general. Things like dive-bombing, the unnecessary roughness and contact from Villeneuve.

Then she told her team on the course of events that took her out, “I could have [chickened] out and finished fifth or tried to pass him. I tried to pass him.”

When she finally saw the replay of what had happened, she was a little more subdued. But not less disappointed in the result.

“I’m going to start off with a positive, I ran top five all day,” she told ESPN. “I took the lead for a brief moment until I learned my lesson down into turn five when you try to get a little bit more out of the brake zone.

“So, that’s the bummer, that we weren’t able to finish that off and finish off with a top five like I feel like we all deserved. The guys in the pits did a great job, they were awesome and Tony Jr. [crew chief] gave me a good car and it just would have been good to get a good result.”

Everyone knew she was there though. According to ESPN statistics, she ran in the top five for 35 of 50 laps, 70 percent of the race. While road racing has never been her greatest strength, it’s not something that she’s terrible at either. In her first NASCAR road race at Montreal last season she ran top 10 before having brake and mechanical failures end her day.

When she ran in the IndyCar Series she was a contender too. She earned a second place finish at Belle Isle near Detroit back in 2007. Saturday was more of the same, when most thought she’d never be in the picture, she hardly left it.

That was until she was moved out of the way. Patrick held back when it came to what happened with Villeneuve, knowing her racing spoke louder than words.

“People sort of say I don’t get good results but today I ran well and I feel like lately we’ve been running much better we just haven’t finished the deal and gotten the results,” said Patrick.

“I don’t know, y’all can make a decision for yourself what you think happened there.”

Villeneuve is no stranger to controversy. He’s made a lot of contact with fellow drivers over the years, including last season at Road America. It’s left a sour taste in many mouths of those in the sport, last year Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick tweeted that he hoped Max Papis, who was then driving a KHI car, “punches his dumbass in the mouth.”

Saturday afternoon it was more of the same from around the garage. Even those who are normally critical of Patrick were hoping she and her team were fired up after the race. Eury Jr. was at least, stopping Villeneuve on pit road to give him his two cents. But whatever Eury said, fell on Villeneuve’s deaf ears and different point of view.

“Well we have nothing to do together. When I was behind Danica and [Max] Papis was on the outside, maybe he didn’t know I was there but down the straight he pushed me in the grass just where we hit the brakes,” was Villeneuve’s explanation.

“So when I jumped on the brakes I was in the grass because of that, I wasn’t right next to him. I couldn’t slow down because of that.”

And on what Eury said, “It’s just about that there was contact and I was involved. But it has nothing to do with me so I really don’t care.”

The good news for Patrick is that Villeneuve is not entered in next weekend’s event in Kentucky. The NNS returns to the ovals and Daytona is just around the corner, where Patrick made huge strides last season. She and the No. 7 GoDaddy team continue to make gains, her knowledge expanding and results starting to show.

And even though she didn’t finish where she was looking to on Saturday, she moved back into the top 10 in points. Not bad for a driver who said she didn’t care about the points when she entered the weekend.

Toyota NSCS Sonoma Post-Race Notes & Quotes

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Smith’s frustrating weekend ends with final-lap wreck in Sonoma

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Bowyer wins the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma

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[media-credit name=”CIA Stock Photo” align=”alignright” width=”238″][/media-credit]Clint Bowyer held off Tony Stewart and won Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350race  at Sonoma, CA. This was Bowyer’s first win of the season and the first win since joining Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR).

“I’m super excited for everybody involved. To switch teams like I did was a huge risk and a chance for me, and it was a chance to showcase my talents.” Bowyer said.

The final yellow flag came out on lap 104 after Kyle Busch and Paul Menard spun setting up the final overtime green-white-checkered finish.

Bowyer restarted first with Kurt Busch running in second and Stewart in third. Busch had something broken in the rear of his car and Stewart had fresher tires.

Bowyer got a great restart and held off Busch through the final laps until Stewart made the pass on Busch during the final lap. Stewart made one last run on Bowyer for the lead before the finish line but he did not have enough of a run and was out of time.

“We started too far back, but I think myself and Brian Vickers probably had two of the best cars. Obviously the No. 51 (Kurt Busch) and the No. 15 (Clint Bowyer) were really strong all day too. Glad we got those cautions at the end that got us bunched up. That got us some spots.” Stewart said.

Kurt Busch finished third, Brian Vickers fourth and Jimmie Johnson finished fifth.

Kurt Busch drove hard and clean race for several laps, even nudging Bowyer for the lead several times. But Busch had something to brake in the rear of the car and Busch was unable to keep the pace needed to challenge for the lead in the final laps.

An emotional Busch summed up his day.

“It’s an amazing day, when you can do what we did. I’m a little choked up because A: We were in position. B: I was very considerate to Bowyer, who was going for his first win with the new team. And then C: which is most important, I made a mistake, I got into those tires in turn 11.” Busch said. “I’m just glad we brought it home third.”

High hopes for capturing their first victory of the season where in the minds of Marcos Ambrose and Jeff Gordon. Starting 1-2, both drivers led the race early and then has their own issues with handling and running out of fuel for Gordon.

Ambrose finished 8th.

“We missed it bad and we did good to recover and get a top-10 out of it. We will take it and move on. We got the pole and had a lot of speed; we just missed it for the race. We were slow. It was just terrible. We had no speed in the car and we paid the price.” Ambrose said.

Gordon battled back from 15th after his fuel issue to finish 6th.

“We went about a half-of-a lap too far there on that one run. I think we made the car a little bit better, and just used a little bit more fuel in that second run, and ran out unfortunately. It never fails, you run out just as you pass pit entrance. We were lucky to get back to pit road, and get it fueled up.” Gordon said. “Luckily we had enough laps to slowly work our way up into the top-10, I guess we ended up sixth.”

Last week’s winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was running mid pack until the final restart. Earnhardt Jr. spun along with Aric Almirola, Regan Smith and several other cars. Earnhardt Jr. finished 23rd and falls one spot in the series standings to third, -14.

“We had new tires and we were running good and restarted 13th. So, if it had been somebody else getting wrecked at the end (instead of him) maybe we would have finished in the Top-10.” Earnhardt Jr. said.

Matt Kenseth’s 13th place finish was enough to move him into the lead in the series standings by 11 points over Greg Biffle, who finished 7th.

The race had two caution flags for 10 laps (lap 82 and lap 104), the fewest in track history for the Sprint Cup Series.

Unofficial Race Results
Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, CA
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/race.php?race=16
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Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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1 – 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 48
2 – 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 42
3 – 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 42
4 – 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 40
5 – 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 39
6 – 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 39
7 – 16 Greg Biffle Ford 37
8 – 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 37
9 – 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 35
10 – 20 Joey Logano Toyota 34
11 – 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 33
12 – 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 32
13 – 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 31
14 – 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 30
15 – 13 Casey Mears Ford 29
16 – 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 28
17 – 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 27
18 – 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 26
19 – 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 25
20 – 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 24
21 – 99 Carl Edwards Ford 23
22 – 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 23
23 – 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21
24 – 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 20
25 – 195 Scott Speed Ford 19
26 – 38 David Gilliland Ford 18
27 – 34 David Ragan Ford 17
28 – 43 Aric Almirola Ford 16
29 – 32 Boris Said Ford 15
30 – 26 Josh Wise * Ford 14
31 – 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 13
32 – 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 12
33 – 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota 11
34 – 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 10
35 – 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 9
36 – 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 8
37 – 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 7
38 – 10 Tomy Drissi Chevrolet 6
39 – 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 5
40 – 98 David Mayhew Ford 0
41 – 33 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet 3
42 – 119 Chris Cook Toyota 2
43 – 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 0

CHEVY NSCS AT SONOMA: Post-Race Notes & Quotes

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Notes from TNT NASCAR Summer Series – Toyota SaveMart 350 from Sonoma

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Clint Bowyer Takes the win at Sonoma

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[media-credit name=”SpeedwayMedia.com” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Clint Bowyer driver for Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) took the win after a green-white-checkered finish today at Sonoma California.  This was Boywer’s first win of the season and the first since joining MWR.

Bowyer led most of the race with the No. 51 car of Kurt Busch trying to take the lead away from Bowyer.

Busch battled Bowyer until a last lap pass from Tony Stewart, taking over second spot from Busch.

On the last lap there was a crash involving a lot of cars one including last week’s winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. who finished 23rd.

MWR had two cars finish in the top-10 today, a solid run the MWR camp.  “Everybody is just working together. That’s something we are very proud of.” Bowyer said.

Driving part-time for MWR, Brian Vickers drove the No.55 to a solid 4th place finish.  With this strong finish, Vickers has shown a lot of improvement since he has been racing part-time and MWR should build another team for Vickers.

The day did not go to well for the debut race of Tony Drissi.  On lap 82 Drissis car lost control and brought out the first caution flag of the day.

Boris Said did not do so well either, he finished 29th place.

Unofficial Race Results
Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, CA
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/race.php?race=16
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Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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1 – 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 48
2 – 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 42
3 – 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 42
4 – 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 40
5 – 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 39
6 – 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 39
7 – 16 Greg Biffle Ford 37
8 – 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 37
9 – 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 35
10 – 20 Joey Logano Toyota 34
11 – 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 33
12 – 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 32
13 – 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 31
14 – 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 30
15 – 13 Casey Mears Ford 29
16 – 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 28
17 – 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 27
18 – 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 26
19 – 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 25
20 – 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 24
21 – 99 Carl Edwards Ford 23
22 – 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 23
23 – 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21
24 – 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 20
25 – 195 Scott Speed Ford 19
26 – 38 David Gilliland Ford 18
27 – 34 David Ragan Ford 17
28 – 43 Aric Almirola Ford 16
29 – 32 Boris Said Ford 15
30 – 26 Josh Wise * Ford 14
31 – 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 13
32 – 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 12
33 – 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota 11
34 – 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 10
35 – 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 9
36 – 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 8
37 – 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 7
38 – 10 Tomy Drissi Chevrolet 6
39 – 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 5
40 – 98 David Mayhew Ford 0
41 – 33 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet 3
42 – 119 Chris Cook Toyota 2
43 – 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 0
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