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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 2005
Page
20
A second place in the Pepsi 400 lifts Jamie McMurray three spots to seventh in the Nextel Cup standings while Jimmie Johnson remains atop the points list. Race results show headliners Johnson Biffle and Stewart in high positions with Martin and Kurt Busch nearby.
The Maeeeah Race runs 267 laps over 400 miles at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday at 3 45 p m ET. Defending champion Tony Stewart won his first 2004 race in a backup car after wrecking the primary in practice. Jeff Gordon set qualifying speed and Kevin Harvick holds the race speed record. Chicagoland opened in 2001 as part of the schedule with Harvick winning the first race.
Daytona International Speedway hosts the USG Durock 300 on Saturday with Justin Labonte the defending champion after last year’s finish where Mike Wallace ran dry on the final lap. Bobby Hamilton Jr. owns the pole and race records cited, with four different winners and four different pole winners since 2001.
Martin Truex Jr leads the Busch Series with 2,510 points after the Winn-Dixie 250. Clint Bowyer sits second with 2,439 points, followed by Reed Sorenson. Carl Edwards remains fourth and Kenny Wallace fifth with 2,293 points. Denny Hamlin, David Stremme, Ashton Lewis, Jason Keller, and David Green occupy the remaining top ten slots with points aligned to the latest results.
Dennis Setzer leads the O Reilly Auto Parts 250 standings with 1 744 points. Bobby Hamilton is second at 1 706 and Ted Musgrave third at 1 691. Mike Skinner moves into the top 10 with a fourth place finish lifting him from 11th to 9th.
The network lists three NASCAR events this Easter weekend with race times: USG Sheetrock 400 at 3 p.m. Sunday, USG Durock 300 at 2 p.m. Saturday, and Built Ford Tough 225 at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Tony Stewart led 151 of 160 laps at Daytona International Speedway to win the Pepsi 400, his second straight victory, breaking Cale Yarborough’s record for laps led in a Daytona 400. Jamie McMurray finished second ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rusty Wallace as a late crash reset the field and Stewart pulled away. Greg Biffle lost the points lead after Michael Waltrip wrecked into him, while Mark Martin retired from Cup racing at Daytona after a multi-car crash.
Race lasted 3 hours 3 minutes 11 seconds with a 0.171 second margin. Nine cautions over 41 laps, seven lead changes among five drivers. Lap leaders included Tony Stewart, Jason Leffler, Elliott Sadler, Dale Jarrett, and Kasey Kahne across stages 1 to 160.
Race at Kentucky Speedway features 150 laps totaling 225 miles scheduled for Saturday night. Defending champ Bobby Hamilton seeks fourth win in 2004, with previous records held by Jon Wood and Scott Riggs. This marks the sixth Kentucky appearance since 2000 on the 1.5 mile oval.
Noting five victories this season Biffle says a title sweep would rank among his greatest feats. He won Craftsman Truck Series in 2000 and Busch Series in 2002 and is aiming to become the first driver to win NASCAR's top three divisions.
Ray Evernham says no driver has been chosen yet for the No 10 Dodge Charger co owned by Valvoline and Evernham Racing LLC. He notes talks with several candidates and confirms Valvoline recently sold its stake in MB2 Motorsports, which fields the No 10 Chevrolet for Scott Riggs.
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