NASCAR Championship Season Closing Out Soon

Posted by Penni On November - 5 - 2008

It was a weekend full of repeats at Texas Motor Speedway as Ron Hornaday Jr., Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards all made their second trip to TMS’ Victory Lane for the year.

Hornaday, who was the favorite to win, experienced misfortune early on, as the caution came out while he was pitting. He regained the lead and made his way to the front of the pack, passing leader Busch, to captured the win. He is now only six points out of the lead in the Craftsman’s truck series point standings.

The Nationwide race, like the truck race, was dominated by Busch. After starting fourth, Busch quickly made his way to the front taking the lead from Kevin Harvick, who had started second. Read the rest of this entry »

In Dominating Fashion…

Posted by Penni On June - 11 - 2008

Pocono races tend to be very uninteresting.

Anything you want to see typically happens early and maybe at the end. There isn’t usually anything “that interesting” in the middle, just a whole lot of racing. This weekend was no exception.

During Friday’s Cup practice session and qualifying, it was Kasey Kahne’s No. 9 Dodge on top. Kahne picked up his first pole of the season; he was the only driver to top 170 miles per hour around the tri-oval that is known as Pocono Raceway.

“It was perfect,” Kahne said after taking his qualifying laps.

Kahne continued to call his car “perfect” throughout both of Saturday’s practice sessions in which he was in the Top Five. Read the rest of this entry »

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