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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 2005
Page
18
A look at the latest top 10 rankings reveals shifts across teams, with several programs climbing, others dropping, and key players influencing movements. Analysts weigh recent games, momentum, and upcoming matchups shaping the near-term outlook.
Kurt Busch leads the Nextel Cup standings with 340 points, Jimmie Johnson 335, Mark Martin 301, Carl Edwards jumps to fourth after a top five at the Auto Club 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finishes 32nd after tire troubles and criticizes NASCAR’s spoiler rule change.
Kevin Harvick tops the Busch Series with 293 points followed by Reed Sorenson who has 293 plus notes, Carl Edwards 289, Clint Bowyer 287, Tony Stewart 271, Ashton Lewis 254, Joe Nemechek 248, Martin Truex Jr. 233, Paul Menard 220, and David Green 218 with various prior positions listed.
Bobby Hamilton leads with 355 points followed by Ricky Craven 330 Jimmy Spencer 321 Ted Musgrave 310 Matt Crafton 280 Steve Park 279 Johnny Benson 256 David Reutimann 256 Dennis Setzer 254 and Casey Atwood 251 in the current standings after wp ot ine series.
On TV listings three auto races headline March events with UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 at 2 p m on March 13 Telcel Motorola 200 at 3 p m on Sunday World Financial Group 200 at 9 p m on March 18 all times in local listings.
The UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 in Las Vegas on March 13 features defending champion Matt Kenseth. Race covers 400 miles across 267 laps with Mark Martin's 1998 speed record and Kasey Kahne's 2004 qualifying mark cited as benchmarks. Jack Roush teams have dominated Vegas Cup races, winning five of seven events including Kenseth in 2003 and 2004.
The Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City runs Sunday at 3 p.m. ET marking the Busch Series first road-course event outside Watkins Glen since 2001.
Bobby Hamilton defends title at the Atlanta Motor Speedway race on March 18 at 9 p.m. ET. Hamilton previously set the race speed record of 179.452 mph on March 12, 2004.
Greg Biffle wins the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway by 0.231 seconds over Jimmie Johnson with Kurt Busch third. The race marks NASCARs new rules package debut as Biffle overcomes a loose car and a slow pit stop to claim his fourth career Nextel Cup victory and second in three races.
The race lasted 3 hours 34 minutes 45 seconds with a 0.231 second victory margin. Kyle Busch led early and late laps amid 40 total cautions over 250 laps. Jimmie Johnson and Randy LaJoie also headed several segments, with Martin and Nemechek trading late leads.
Elliott's first outing of the season ends after 23 laps when his No. 91 Dodge hits the wall and loses a tire. He blames early contact with Ricky Rudd's No. 21 Ford and a tight car as factors in the setback. The California Speedway crowd nears 95,000 amid rain disruption and multiple Hendrick engine failures. Jay Robinson hires model Nicole Pano to boost Busch teams.
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