By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
This is the 3rd heat race at Tuesday nights’ Ollie’s URC 360 Invitational, benefiting the Kasey Kahne Foundation, at Williams Grove Speedway. Tony Stewart(Old Spice #20), Kasey Kahne (green/white Sage #91), and Dave Blaney all square off with a few of the best that the 360/358 division has to offer!!
Kasey makes a Great 2 car pass on the first lap(including Tony Stewart), to grab 3rd. Tony makes the show by finishing 5th, and Dave Blaney, who started last after a first lap incident, passes 4 cars to end up 6th. Blaney made the feature by way of the B-main.
In the feature, Tony finished 5th, Kasey finished 9th, and Dave Blaney finished 23rd. These 3 guys can all still FLY in
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By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
ATLANTA (JGR) – The term, “Just one of them racin’ deals,” is sure to be uttered by more than one driver this weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The tight and fast .533-mile bullring plays host to Saturday night’s Sharpie 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, an event Tony Stewart won back in 2001.
But it’s been a long seven years and 13 races since that win at Bristol for the driver of Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Home Depot Toyota. Buoyed by only two top-fives among nine finishes of 15th or worse during that span, Stewart has seen more than his fair share of “racin’ deals” at Bristol, especially of late.
In fact, “Domination Derailed” would be the most appropriate title for Stewart’s recent fortunes at Bristol.
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By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (JGR) – The following are statements from Jason Ratcliff and Dave Rogers, crew chiefs for the Nos. 18 and 20 NASCAR Nationwide Series teams of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), respectively, following today’s announcement by NASCAR where the sanctioning body penalized JGR for infractions that took place by the team during technical inspection after last Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.
Jason Ratcliff, No. 18 Nationwide Series Crew Chief:
“First and foremost, I would like to apologize to the employees and partners of Joe Gibbs Racing. Because of poor decision making, I have failed you as the leader of this team and I am solely responsible for this situation. Secondly, I apologize to the men and women of NASCAR for my dishonesty and
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By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Joe Gibbs Racing – The following is a statement from Joe Gibbs, owner and founder of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), after NASCAR penalized its Nos. 18 and 20 Nationwide Series teams for infractions that took place by JGR during technical inspection f)ollowing last Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.
“First, we want to apologize to NASCAR, all of our partners, all of our families at JGR, and all of our fans for the unfortunate incident that took place this past weekend in Michigan with our two Nationwide teams. A poor decision was made by some key members of our organization, and 100 percent of the blame rests with us.
“In 17 years we have never had any representative of Joe Gibbs Racing
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By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS – Tracy Hines’ quest for USAC’s Triple Crown continues this weekend at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. as the USAC Mopar National Midget Series and the Badger Midget Series combine for the annual “National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Classic.”
Hines leads the point standings and a National Midget title would complete the cycle for him, having already won USAC’s Silver Crown and National Sprint Car crowns earlier in his career. He would become only the fifth driver to win all three titles in a career, joining Tony Stewart, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland and J.J. Yeley. Stewart and Yeley are the only two drivers to win all three in the same year.
Hines holds a 33-point edge over former series champion Bobby East entering
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By SmokinNews, on August 20th, 2008%
Billings, MT — Joey Saldana has had a couple of races slip away in lapped traffic this season, and he made sure that was not the case on Tuesday night at Billings Motorsports Park, as he used traffic to his advantage to catch and pass two-time defending series champion Donny Schatz to pick up his third Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win of the season.
Saldana lined up seventh for the 25-lap contest and gained a couple of spots on the opening lap to move into the Top-Five. By just the seventh lap, he found himself in the second position and began to track down Schatz, the early leader, who was mired in heavy traffic. Saldana used the low of the track in
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