Busch shines at Chicagoland again
Joliet, IL (Sports Network) - Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson on the second to last lap to win Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400 Sprint Cup Series race at the Chicagoland Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver finished 0.159 seconds ahead of Johnson.
The victory was Busch's seventh of the season and the 11th of his Sprint Cup career. Busch also scored a weekend sweep at Chicagoland. He won the Nationwide Series race Friday night.
Busch dominated most of the race, but Johnson, the two-time defending series champion, passed Busch and took the lead for the first time with 17 laps to go. Johnson looked as though he was headed towards his second victory of the season, but a caution with seven laps to go changed all of that.
The caution set up a two-lap dash to the finish. On the final restart, Busch immediately moved up on Johnson's bumper and then the two ran side-by-side before Busch made an outside move on Johnson for the lead a lap and a half from the finish line.
"That pass for the lead there, I got a good restart on Jimmie and was able to push him a little bit on that start," Busch said. "I got him going, and then had to go to the outside, because I knew he was going to go to the bottom there through one and two. It stuck and we were able to get by him there."
Johnson made an attempt to catch Busch on the final lap, but got loose as he headed into the final turn, ending his chance to win.
"He got to the outside of me there," Johnson said. "And he got a good run on me. I guess deep down inside I knew better than to give him the outside, but he had a run coming in the inside on the restart."
Kevin Harvick, Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart completed the top-five.
Busch's victory at Chicagoland also tied a NASCAR record for four consecutive races won by brothers. Kyle also won at Sonoma, CA and Daytona, while his older brother, Kurt, picked up the victory two weeks ago at New Hampshire. Brothers Tim and Fonty Flock were the last duo to accomplish the feat when they combined for four wins in a row from September 11 to October 6, 1955.
Busch started on the pole since qualifying was rained out on Thursday at Chicagoland. He went on to lead 165 of 267 laps.
Meanwhile, Jeff Burton started third, but fell back in the field to 18th by lap 15 when his car was tight because of low tire pressure. Then things got worse for Burton during a planned competition caution by NASCAR on lap 35. While attempting to make his first stop, Burton made contact on pit road. He never got into his pit stall and then was caught speeding. He was sent to the tail end of the lead lap cars and restarted 41st. Burton ended up with a 19th- place finish.
Denny Hamlin also had his share of problems at the track when he suffered engine trouble on lap 47. Hamlin managed to limp back to his pit area where his team changed a faulty ignition box. He returned to the track four laps behind and finished a disappointing 40th.
Matt Kenseth ran among the top-10 for the first half of the race before taking the lead for the first time on lap 114. Kenseth ran out in front for seven laps, but Busch pulled even with him and then pulled ahead. One lap later, Kenseth suffered a flat tire and had to make an unexpected stop. He returned one lap down in 37th, but recovered later in the evening for a seventh-place finish.
Carl Edwards came on strong in the late-stages when he passed Tony Stewart for second on lap 192. Edwards continued his pace as he caught Busch for the lead with 64 laps to go. But a flat left-front tire forced Edwards to pit, handing the lead back over to Busch on lap 212. Edwards returned one lap behind in 31st. Edwards wound up with a 32nd-place run.
With the victory, Busch increased his points lead to 262 over Dale Earnhardt, Jr, who finished 16th. The next event is scheduled for Sunday, July 27th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Busch Dominant at Chicagoland
Joliet, IL (Sports Network) - Kyle Busch put on a dominating performance in the second half to win Friday night's Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at the Chicagoland Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver crossed the finish line 3.120 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin.
The victory was Busch's fifth of the season and the 16th of his Nationwide career. He also gave JGR its 13th victory of the season, tying Richard Childress Racing for most owner wins in a Nationwide season, set last year.
"We had a good car in the beginning of the race, but we were just real tight," Busch said. "We made some adjustments to it...This thing just showed up and came to life all of the sudden. We got it out in front, and kinda took off there."
Busch grabbed the lead for the first time on Lap 95 and then led 101 of the final 105 circuits.
Pole sitter David Reutimann had the fast car in the early stages of the race. Reutimann led the first 53 laps and then made his first pit stop of the evening. He made his stop just before the first caution came for an incident involving Jason Leffler. After a cycle of stops had completed, Reutimann ran out in front for another 30 laps.
Jeff Burton passed Reutimann for the lead before a caution for debris. Burton, however, would give up the top spot to Brad Keselowski when Keselowski had a lightning-fast pit stop. Burton came out of pit lane 10th.
Keselowski led only one lap under green before Busch dipped below and passed him for the top spot. Busch took over in the mid-stages, building a 3.713-second lead over Reutimann by lap 125.
With 54 laps remaining, teams prepared for what they expected to be their final round of pit stops for the night. Denny Hamlin was the first driver to make his green-flag pit stop. Busch pitted for fuel and four new tires three laps later. Reutimann and Keselowski made their stops one lap after Busch.
Busch's crew once again had the 23-year-old driver out in front on Lap 154. Busch then built a nine-second lead over Hamlin with less than 30 laps to go, but Hamlin mounted a charge in the closing laps.
Hamlin, however, could not catch Busch at the end as Busch became the first NASCAR driver to win under the lights at Chicagoland.
Keselowski, Brian Vickers, and Reutimann completed the top-five.
Busch, the Sprint Cup points leader, will start on the pole for Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400 since qualifying was rained out Thursday at Chicagoland.
Tony Stewart, in the No.20 Toyota for JGR, immediately ran into trouble in the beginning when his car did not get up to speed at the drop of the green flag. Kevin Harvick hit Stewart's slow-moving car, causing damage to the front end of Harvick's No.33 Chevrolet. Stewart quickly fell from second to 11th in the field, while Harvick dropped from fourth to 14th. Harvick fell back as far as 22nd by Lap 40.
Both drivers made numerous repairs to their cars during regularly routine pit stops. Stewart managed to finish ninth, while Harvick was never a factor in the race and ended up finishing a lap down in 18th.
Series points leader Clint Bowyer finished seventh. Bowyer will take a 183- point lead over Keselowski to the next event scheduled for Saturday, July 19th at the Gateway International Raceway outside St. Louis.
Dixon wins rain-shortened race in Nashville
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Scott Dixon took advantage of a controversial pit stop by Tony Kanaan to capture Saturday's rain-shortened Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.
Dixon, the series points leader, was leading Dan Wheldon when rain forced the IndyCar officials to bring out the red flag after 171 laps of the scheduled 200. The rain soaked the track in a matter of minutes and forced IndyCar officials to pull the plug on the race.
The victory was Dixon's fourth of the season and 14th of his IndyCar career. Dixon has now won this race three years in a row.
Helio Castroneves, Kanaan and Danica Patrick completed the top-five.
"It's a big night for Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Every time we ran this car I've won with it here at Nashville and at Watkins Glen. It's been a hell of a lot of luck for us, but you could not have been luckier than we were tonight," said Dixon.
Kanaan was leading Dixon, Patrick, Vitor Meira and Castroneves when officials brought out the caution flag on lap 139 due to a light rain. It was reported that more rain was in the area.
The No.11 Andretti Green Racing driver and most of the leaders took a huge gamble on lap 148 when they took their cars down pit road for service. Dixon and Wheldon inherited the top-two spots by not stopping.
"It was the right call," Kanaan said. "Who can predict the rain? Unfortunately, the rain and I don't get along too well. But the 7-Eleven guys have great momentum and the guys at the front know we are coming. I'll take fourth place."
Dixon was supposed to pit with Kanaan, but a miscommunication with his pit crew kept him out on the track.
"It was a miscommunication on the pit call. That's the only reason that I didn't come in. I was angry for a few laps, but when I saw that rain coming down, I thought, 'Oh, this could work out pretty good,'" said Dixon.
The rain started to lighten so the race went back to green on lap 152. Dixon led Wheldon, Kanaan, Castroneves, and Patrick.
Dixon was still in the first position when the caution flag flew on lap 166 for more rain.
The drivers drove a few laps under caution. But a persistent rain eventually forced the officials to call the race.
After winning the pole on Friday night, Castroneves led the 24-car field to the green flag.
Castroneves maintained the first spot early on. On lap three, Marco Andretti lost control of his car and crashed Ryan Briscoe into the wall to bring out the first caution flag. Some of the drivers in the back of the field came down pit road for service during the caution period.
The No.3 Team Penske driver pulled away from the field on the restart. Patrick, Dixon, Kanaan and Hideki Mutoh followed behind.
The leaders came up on lap traffic by lap 30, allowing Patrick to quickly cut into Castroneves' margin. Patrick fought hard to pass Castroneves but her attempts failed. She eventually fell back to fourth, as Dixon and Kanaan went around her.
Dixon now had his sights set on Castroneves. Dixon passed Castroneves in turn two on lap 55 to take over first. Meanwhile, Patrick and Mutoh came down pit road to start a cycle of green flag stops.
The No.9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver held onto the lead when the stops were complete. Kanaan, Patrick, Meira and Wheldon completed the top-five. After leading the race early on, Castroneves found himself in sixth after the pit stops.
Dixon continued to show the way as the drivers neared the midway point. The only time Kanaan was able to get a run on Dixon was when they came up on lap traffic. On lap 90, Kanaan took advantage of the lap traffic and got by Dixon for the lead.
Kanaan quickly pulled away from the field. But his comfortable gap was erased on lap 100 when Ryan Hunter-Reay, last week's winner at Watkins Glen, crashed. The leaders came down pit road for their second stops of the night during the caution.
The No.11 Andretti Green Racing driver kept the first position by winning the race off pit road. Dixon, Patrick, Meira and Castroneves rounded out the top- five.
The race went back to green flag conditions on lap 110. Kanaan pulled away from Dixon on the restart and was starting to dominate the race.
Kanaan was in total control of the race and held over a three-second lead on lap 130 as rain approached the area.
It seemed like Kanaan had the race won when the rain forced the caution flag to fly on lap 139.
Dixon increases his lead over Castroneves in the point standings to 63 points.
The next race in the series is set for Sunday, July 20th at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Matt McLaughlin's Thinkin' Out Loud: LifeLock.com 400
The Key Moment: Second place Kyle Busch timed the final restart perfectly and ambushed leader Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go.
In a Nutshell: When watching the sunset is more spectacular than the first three hours of a stock car race, there’s a problem.
Dramatic Moment: Well, there’s not a lot of question here, is there? That winning pass Busch completed over the last two laps will be shown on highlight reels for a decade. Good stuff. Bad race.
What They’ll Be Talking About Around the Water Cooler This Week
Call me crazy, but becoming a co-owner and business partner with a team owner sentenced to prison for fraud might not be the wisest career move Tony Stewart could have made.
Once again, the fans didn’t seem too happy Kyle Busch won another race, but they seemed absolutely delighted that he managed to get the race winning car stuck in the mud celebrating afterwards. On a more serious note, I was wincing watching his crew run out to free the No. 18 car from the mud. None of them were wearing helmets, and I was afraid one of them was going to get bonked by an errant tossed beer can. Fortunately, fans in (or at least not really all that far from) Chicago don’t seem to have the same throwing skills as the Cubs.
Well, isn’t that just dandy? Mike Helton, the day-to-day head of NASCAR’s in-trench operations, participated in the celebration of Richard Petty’s 50-Year anniversary as a driver by taking a ride with the King around Joliet — and the head of an organization that claims safety comes first chose to wear an open face helmet and no HANS device for his ride. No, Petty wasn’t racing 42 other drivers at top speed on the “ride” but debris (and Helton should know debris can pop out of nowhere on a racetrack… nod, nod, wink, wink) could have cut down a tire and put the car into a wall. Way to set an example, Big Mike! Even the King — who is so old school we’re talking about the one room wooden schoolhouse here — wore a full-face helmet for the ride.
SPEED’s “live coverage” of the Tony Stewart announcement this week was such a disaster it made Custer’s day at Little Big Horn look like the Invasion of Grenada. Maybe rather than running a show called “A Hundred Cars You Must Drive,” they need to work on a new one called “A Hundred Patch Cables You Must Check.” TNT’s audio problems during the Invocation and Anthem were just about as bad… I haven’t heard that much reverb during the Star Spangled Banner since Jimi Hendrix (no relation to Rick) bought down the house at Woodstock.
If NASCAR’s core demographic is graying, the way statistics indicate we are, wouldn’t it behoove them to have all Saturday night races end by 10 PM on the east coast?
I’ve noticed an interesting new trend: races selling out but stands left empty by ticket purchasers; or at least, that’s what I’m hearing. I don’t get someone laying out more than a Benjamin for a race ticket and not showing up; given the blue collar core of the constituency, that seems unlikely. But if, in fact, fans with tickets are staying home because of the price of gas (remember, many of these tickets were purchased last year or early this year) that’s a pretty telling barometer of the problems promoters will have selling seats next year.
Who is finally going to win a race first; Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart?
There were rumors earlier this week that Barack Obama’s campaign was considering sponsoring a Cup car at Pocono. Then, it was announced the campaign decided to pass on the idea. Well, it’s nice to see some passing again in NASCAR racing. Could this be fallout from the Mauricia Grant affair? Or, maybe Senator Obama and his camp finally got the memo that the No. 49 team campaigns Toyotas?
Fans couldn’t help but notice the photo of Bozo the Clown in the broadcast during the pre-race show. It sounded at times like Bozo was running the show Saturday night, especially when fans were subjected to Larry McReynolds’ really lame “magic” trick during green flag racing.
Troubling quote from the booth: “Matt Kenseth is trying to get inside of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.” And here, I thought they were just good friends. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
The Hindenburg Award For Foul Fortune
Denny Hamlin had a fast car, but electrical issues early in the race dropped him laps off the pace.
Carl Edwards was leading the race when an issue he believed to be a flat tire sent him to the pits. The problem was actually a broken brace that allowed the front splitter to drag on the track… and that was enough to drop Edwards right out of contention.
What didn’t happen to Jeff Burton Saturday night? He was nailed for speeding on pit road, penalized for entering before the pits were open, missed his pit and collided with Jamie McMurray on pit lane, then got a piece of Patrick Carpentier’s wreck on track en route to an 18th place finish.
Jeff Gordon led the race and ran at the front of the pack for a portion of the event, but faded to an 11th place finish at the end.
The No. 88 team just couldn’t seem to get a handle on their car all weekend, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. floundered his way to a 16th place finish in the final running order.
The “Seven Come Fore Eleven” Award For Fine Fortune
Another two wins… a miracle on the white flag lap. It’s Kyle Busch’s world. We just live here.
Matt Kenseth was leading the race when he had a tire equalize. He lost a lap, but got it back with a free pass en route to a seventh place finish.
The body men at the various race shops might actually get to enjoy a few days on the lake during the off week as other than a few tweaked right sides, a damaged splitter, and a missing rear bumper, there was little physical carnage during the race.
Martin Truex, Jr. needed a good night after the team was penalized 150 points earlier this week, and he got one with a ninth place run. But he’s still 233 points out of the Chase — so put out the fires and call in the dogs, Dude. It’s over.
Worth Noting
* The Top 10 finishers at Joliet drove three Toyotas, three Chevys, three Fords, and a lone Dodge.
* It was yet another tough night for the rookie class of 2008. Patrick Carpentier (30th) was the best finishing ROTY candidate at Joliet.
* Kyle Busch has won three of the last four races. His brother Kurt won the other one.
* Jimmie Johnson (second) scored his first Top 5 finish since he won at Phoenix ten races ago.
* Kevin Harvick (third) scored his first Top 5 finish since Bristol. Gas was still below three bucks a gallon at the local Shell station back then.
* Greg Biffle (fourth) earned his first Top 10 finish since Dover.
* Brian Vickers (sixth) hasn’t finished worse than 16th in the last seven races. Remember, this is a guy who failed to qualify almost half the time last year.
* Matt Kenseth (seventh) has Top 10 finishes in eight of the last nine Cup points events.
* Jeff Gordon (11th) has managed just two Top 10 finishes in the last six Cup events.
* A.J. Allmendinger (13th) scored the best Cup finish of his career.
* David Reutimann (14th) enjoyed his best Cup finish of the season.
* Impressive though it might be, Kyle Busch’s start to the 2008 season is not the best ever. Back in 1985, the Cup schedule was 28 races long, and in the first half of the season Bill Elliott won seven of those fourteen events — fully half of them. In the first eighteen races, Elliott increased that total to nine … he went on to win eleven races that season, but lost the championship to Darrell Waltrip.
What’s the Points?
Obviously, Kyle Busch is still leading the points. He’s now 262 ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who remained in second spot following his ho-hum finish at Chicagoland. In fact, the rest of the Top six (Burton, Edwards, Johnson, and Gordon) held serve on Saturday night.
Behind them, Clint Bowyer fell out of the Top 12 and is now 25 points out of the Chase. An electrical problem caused Denny Hamlin to drop a sobering five spots to 12th, while Kasey Kahne dropped three spots to 11th and is just 36 points ahead of Bowyer.
On the flip side, Greg Biffle rebounded four spots to seventh, while Kevin Harvick also rose four spots to re-enter the Top 12 — he finds himself ninth. Tony Stewart advanced two spots to tenth with a 49-point cushion over Bowyer, while Matt Kenseth rose a spot to eighth.
Overall Rating (On a scale of one to six beer cans, with one being a stinker and a six pack an instant classic) — Well, the ending was worth a cold six pack of Corona, but my guess is a lot of fans had drifted off to sleep an hour before the race ended … so we’ll give it four cans of semi-chilled Bud.
Next Up: The Cup Tour takes their last weekend off this year … and I’m headed for the beach. See ya’ll at Indy, unless I find a cheap bungalow and a cheaper little surfer girl while I’m down there.
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Nationwide Series Breakdown: Dollar General 300
In a Nutshell: The pre-race show spent an hour talking about Toyota dominance in the Nationwide Series, a discussion that ended with ESPN’s “analysts” coming to the conclusion that it wasn’t Toyota causing the problem … it was Joe Gibbs Racing.
Well, whomever’s at fault, it seems the rest of the manufacturers have yet to find themselves a solution that’ll allow them to remain competitive. JGR dominated a very uneventful race once again Friday night, with Kyle Busch leading 101 laps and scoring an easy fifth win of the season in his No. 18 Camry. But JGR didn’t just lay waste to the field Friday night… Toyota did. Sure, JGR ran strong, but so did Michael Waltrip Racing and Braun Racing. In all, five Toyota Cup drivers scored Top 10 finishes, including four of the Top 5 spots in the final running order. The race also marked the third consecutive companion weekend for the Nationwide Series, and the third straight week that Cup regulars took the money and ran — scoring eight of the Top 10 finishing positions. The only Nationwide-only driver who had anything for the Cup guys was Brad Keselowski, who delivered an admirable performance while fighting illness to score a third place run and make up ground on series points leader Clint Bowyer. Bowyer finished seventh, and now leads the series standings by 183 with fifteen races remaining.
Who Should Have Won: Kyle Busch. Had Tony Stewart not suffered damage early in the race and found himself mired in dirty air, his No. 20 Camry might have had something for Kyle Busch. But it’s one of those things where we’ll never know; and with Stewart not at 100 percent, Busch had the best Toyota in the field — and that’s all that needs to be said.
Worth Noting:
JR Motorsports resisted the urge to put a Cup driver in their cars for the Chicagoland weekend and reaped the rewards, as both Brad Keselowski and Landon Cassill turned in admirable performances. Keselowski, despite being sick throughout the race, gutted out the hot summer night to score his second consecutive Top 5 finish for the No. 88, a run which allowed him to close in on championship leader Clint Bowyer. Cassill was equally impressive, running with the Cup regulars — especially early in the going — en route to scoring a tenth place finish for the No. 5 Chevrolet. Both drivers turned in clean, competitive performances that allowed them to be the only two Nationwide Series regulars to finish in the Top 10 of Friday’s race.
After watching Toyota’s Sprint Cup driver stable beat the Nationwide Series field into submission — again — NASCAR finally looked to be taking notice on Friday night. Immediately following the conclusion of the race, NASCAR seized ten Nationwide engines — including the Toyota motors of Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, and Brian Vickers — to take back home to the tech center in North Carolina for dyno testing. Toyota fans out there can argue all they want that the TRD guys have simply done their homework and are outperforming their opponents, but they are also reaping the benefits of outspending far lower budgeted teams, running all but Cup equipment in NASCAR’s AAA series with their stars of the Sprint Cup series behind the wheel.
If Toyota wants to outspend teams left and right and give Cup stars the best cars in stock car racing, they can, and there’s a place for it. It’s called the Sprint Cup series. But this is the Nationwide division, and to have Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Tony Stewart taking turns to claim minor league trophies and much-needed purse money week after week in cars with a horsepower advantage is going to quickly turn off any Series viewers and fans that don’t wear JGR colors. There can and should be limits on competitive advantages here; this ain’t Cup racing. It’s a shame Busch, Hamlin, and Stewart have forgotten that.
Better Luck Next Time:
Despite a larger than normal influx of Cup drivers for Friday night’s race, Brad Coleman turned in another Top 15 qualifying effort in his No. 27 Ford. But that was the only bright spot for Baker Curb Racing on Friday, as the No. 27 went backwards from the drop of the green flag. By race’s end, Coleman was six laps down and finished the race a distant 30th. How bad has it gotten for this team and driver? Coleman is now only 34 points ahead of 18th place Kenny Wallace and his vastly underfunded Jay Robinson Racing car in the standings. And to think, this guy voluntarily left Joe Gibbs Racing…
Dario Franchitti’s debut as a Nationwide Series regular didn’t go as he hoped on Friday night. Though Franchitti posted a stellar sixth place qualifying lap in the afternoon, he and his Fastenal Dodge couldn’t find the handle all night long. Franchitti fought tight conditions from green to checkered, eventually finishing four laps down in 26th. Seeing the No. 40 team, which has been a contender at numerous race tracks this season, run so far towards the back of the field at Chicagoland has got to have fans questioning how committed to stock car racing Franchitti is now that the honeymoon is over and his Cup ride is gone.
It was a rough week — to put it lightly — for Kevin Lepage. Despite racing the No. 61 Specialty Racing team into the Top 30 in owner points and keeping it there all season long, Lepage was released from the ride in favor of the younger, less experienced Brandon Whitt. Lepage then failed to qualify for the show at Chicagoland in his new No. 43 Chevrolet ride, just the second such miss he’s had all season long. Following that disappointment, Jimmy Means Racing put Lepage in the No. 52 in place of Brad Teague, but the car subsequently blew a motor after just 109 laps. Though Lepage’s 34th place finish was nothing to write home about, it was still better than Whitt’s debut with Specialty Racing; the No. 61 finished 41st after completing only 20 laps. Here’s hoping that team hasn’t resorted to field-filling.
Underdog Performer of the Race:
It was a tough week for the Nationwide regulars in general, and with 50 cars at the track, a large number of underdog teams failed to make the show. That being said, Mark Green’s 22nd place finish was not the best run of the season for his No. 70 ML Motorsports team — but it was an impressive performance nonetheless for the part-time competitors from Indiana. Green ran as high as 13th in the early going of the race, and though he ended up finishing two laps off the pace, the veteran still managed to outrun numerous high-end organizations, including both Rusty Wallace, Inc. cars, Chip Ganassi’s No. 40 (Dario Franchitti), and Robby Gordon’s operation. It bears repeating that this team could make some noise if they ever get the resources to go full-time; and at the very least, the No. 70 deserves a pat on the back for a solid run near their backyard.
Joe Gibbs Racing vs. the Field
JGR Toyotas led 101 of 200 laps in the Dollar General 300.
JGR Toyotas have won 13 of 20 Nationwide Series races this season. (12 of those wins have been with Sprint Cup drivers behind the wheel)
JGR Toyotas have led 48.8 percent (1,744 of 3,644) of the laps run in the Nationwide Series this season.
Quotables:
“I actually learned a new line from Brad Keselowski [for the Cup race]. Normally, they’re learning from us, but tonight I learned from them.” – Kyle Busch on what he learned from running (and winning) Friday’s Dollar General 300
“My team is a good team, too. They’ve got what it takes to win. We’ve got what it takes to win. But Chevrolet has got what it takes to win sitting on the shelf — because we can’t run it — so that’s very frustrating.” – Brad Keselowski on Toyota’s dominance and Chevrolet’s new R07 engine
Up Next: The NASCAR Nationwide Series takes center stage next weekend with the Cup Series taking a week off. Coverage of the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 from Gateway International Raceway begins at 9:00 PM Saturday night on ESPN2 and 9:30 PM on MRN.
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