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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2004
Page
18
The Nextel Cup resumes April 18 at Martinsville Speedway for the Adv Auto Parts 500 a 263 mile 500 lap race. Defending champion Jeff Gordon holds the track race record of 82.223 mph set September 22 1996 and Gordon also won both Martinsville races last year. Tony Stewart owns the qualifying record 95.371 mph set September 30 2000.
Nextel Cup drivers join Busch series field at Nashville Superspeedway for the Pepsi 300 Saturday at 4 p.m. EDT. Defending champ David Green holds race speed mark at 122.724 mph set April 12, 2008, while Randy LaJoie set qualifying record at 163.324 mph on April 12, 2003. Michael Waltrip Kasey Kahne Greg Biffle and Johnny Sauter among entrants vying for Gibson Les Paul guitar trophy.
Kurt Busch leads with 1 032 points, swapping places with Matt Kenseth who sits at 1 013. Dale Earnhardt Jr 997 remains third, Tony Stewart 946 fourth, Elliott Sadler climbs to fifth, Jimmie Johnson sixth, Kasey Kahne eighth, Kevin Harvick ninth, Jeff Gordon tenth, and Ryan Newman drops to tenth from fifth.
David Green's eighth place finish in the O'Reilly 300 elevates him to first in the standings while Kevin Harvick, who led last week, did not race and drops to seventh. The updated list shows Truex Jr and Waltrip slipping, with Busch and Gordon rising in the ranks.
Travis Kvapil rises to the lead of the Craftsman Truck standings with a fourth place at Atlanta EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200. Carl Edwards remains second while Bobby Hamilton holds third as Matt Crafton enters the top ten.
Gordon plans to race the Indianapolis 500 on May 30 his 10th start then drive to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 in the Nextel Cup Series. I love the challenge we'll face in May.
Martinsville Raceway hosted its inaugural NASCAR event on July 4 1948 with Fonty Flock winning the Modified Stock Car feature. NASCAR founder Bill France finished eighth as 19 year old Fireball Roberts sat out due to mechanical issues.
Sadler wins the Samsung Radio Shack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway by 0.028 seconds over rookie Kasey Kahne. It marks Sadler's second Cup victory and keeps Kahne in two of NASCAR's eight closest finishes since electronic scoring began in 1993, with seven caution laps late in the race.
Kasey Kahne led 148 laps in a Dodge to seize victory as Jeff Gordon faded with battery trouble. Dale Earnhardt Jr and Bobby Labonte traded late positions, while Sadler secured a late scare after an on track clash. Six caution periods and 7 warnings marked a tense finish with Kahne edging Sadler by a car length.
The Kroger 250 is set for April 17 at 1 p.m. EDT with Dennis Setzer as defending champion. Martinsville Speedway, a longtime series host, sits in its ninth season. past race records list Jimmy Hensley at 74.294 mph for 250 laps and Mike Bliss at 94.275 mph for qualifying.
Jeff Gordon criticized the aero and tire changes after the Samsung Radio Shack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. He led twice for 47 laps but finished third as a failing battery cost him late control. Gordon urged more aero and tire adjustments to reduce the pushing effect and improve corner speed.
Bill Elliott, who started second, finished 36th when a tire blew on his No 91 Dodge on lap 273. The car spun into the wall at turn 3, ending his bid after he had led 26 laps. Elliott blamed a cut tire and said it was one of those days.
Terry Labonte’s series-leading finish streak ends at 48 races when his No. Chevrolet suffers a camshaft failure on lap 119. He finishes 41st after an engine blew up on the caution lap, in Labonte’s view, the result of a race where the team was not running well.
The N CuP Auto Parts 500 is set for 1 p.m. on April 18 followed by the Pepsi 300 at 3:30 p.m. on the same Saturday. The Kroger 250 starts at 12:30 p.m. on April 17. SPEED CHANNEL will televise coverage.
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