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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2005
Page
20
A third place finish in the MBNA RacePoints 400 moved Mark Martin up six places to sixth, his fourth top five finish of 2005. Jimmie Johnson leads with 1,912 points, followed by Greg Biffle and Elliott Sadler.
Martin Truex Jr. captures victory in Saturdays Busch Series MBNA RacePoints 200 at Dover International Speedway. Truex also won last year’s fall race at the track, the Stacker 2 Hundred. Reed Sorenson moves to No. 2 in the Busch standings after finishing second.
Ted Musgrave leads the standings with 1200 points followed by Ricky Craven 1180 Bobby Hamilton 1147 Ron Hornaday 1100 Jimmy Spencer 1084 Dennis Setzer 1064 Matt Crafton 1018 Terry Cook 1007 David Starr 977 and Johnny Benson 958 reflecting shifts from the prior ranking.
On track weekend coverage lists Pocono 500 at 1 p.m. Sunday and Federated Auto Parts 300 at 7 30 p.m. Saturday plus Chex 400 at 9 p.m. Friday with broadcast times across the events.
Race lasted 3 hours 15 minutes 43 seconds with a 4.281 second margin. Seven cautions for 33 laps and nine lead changes among five drivers. Lap leaders included Johnson, Gordon, Sadler, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, and Biffle across multiple segments.
The Pocono 500 runs at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond Pennsylvania on Sunday at 1 30 p m Eastern Time Defending champion Jimmie Johnson seeks a repeat after last year's caution filled race Qualifying record stands at 172 531 mph set by Kasey Kahne June 12 2004 The race record remains 144 892 mph by Rusty Wallace July 21 1996 Pocono Raceway is a 25 mile triangular track on the schedule since 1974 when Richard Petty won the race
Jason Leffler wins the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville after Kyle Busch runs out of gas with four laps left. Mark Martin holds the 1906 race speed record, and Martin Truex Jr. set a 2004 qualifying mark. The winner receives a Gibson guitar shaped trophy.
Dennis Setzer won last year after passing Ted Musgrave with five laps left in the O'Reilly 400K. Friday’s Chex 400 at Texas Motor Speedway features a 9:15 p.m. ET start. The weekend also includes the Bombardier Learjet 500 IRL race on Saturday.
Biffle dominated the Dover race leading 150 laps to win the MBNA RacePoints 400 after a final pit with four tires and gas. Kyle Busch finished second. Mark Martin third ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Rusty Wallace. Gordon and Stewart clashed early, sending Gordon to 11th and Stewart to 15th as the season title race tightened with Johnson leading.
Stewart leads a star field at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg Ohio for the Nextel Prelude to the Dream. Matt Kenseth Bobby Labonte Kevin Harvick Dave Blaney Ken Schrader Kyle Petty Jeff Green Mike Wallace Kenny Wallace Danny Lasoski Ron Capps and Red Farmer will race in Late Models with heats and a feature. Harvick admits nerves after limited dirt experience.
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