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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2005
Page
14
A top five finish by Ryan Newman moved him into the Nextel Cup top ten as the Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington boosted him five spots. Greg Biffle won to give Ford a five win total, tying Chevrolet for the year. Chevrolet still leads the manufacturers race 73 to 71.
Dale Earnhardt Jr clinched his third 2004 Cup race by holding off Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte at Richmond International Raceway. The 400 lap event set a 300 mile distance with Earnhardt Jr taking the checkered flag on Saturday night. Ricky Rudd was slated to make his 850th Cup start, ranking third all time behind Petty and Marcis.
Kyle Busch won the pole and led 236 laps to capture his first Busch victory at Richmond International Raceway in the Final 250. The event featured eight former Richmond winners including recent spring victors Jason Keller Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch. Dale Jarrett holds the 1995 race speed record.
Carl Edwards leads with 1 612 points, followed by Clint Bowyer 1 469 and Reed Sorenson 1 456. Martin Truex Jr 1 430, Ashton Lewis 1 328, Kenny Wallace 1 321, David Stremme 1 304, Denny Hamlin 1 295, Greg Biffle 1 224, Jon Wood 1 205.
Ted Musgrave leads with 796 points after the Dodge Ram Tough 200. Bobby Hamilton is second with 783, Ricky Craven third at 748, and Jimmy Spencer fourth with 745. Todd Bodine, Ron Hornaday, Dennis Setzer, Johnny Benson, Chad Chaffin, and Matt Crafton fill the rest of the top ten with staff changes noted.
The listing shows NASCAR Nextel Cup Chevy American Revolution 400 at 7 p.m. Saturday and Final 250 at 7:30 p.m. Friday along with Craftsman Truck Series UAW GM Ohio 250 at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Nextel Cup driver Ryan Newman sits 10th in the standings with three poles this year, pushing his career total to 30 but still awaiting a win. After a fifth at Darlington, he cites strong qualifying efforts yet notes the team has not dominated, blaming performance on the team rather than others. teammate Rusty Wallace’s critiques are dismissed, as Newman emphasizes collective responsibility and ongoing progress.
The UAW-GM Ohio 250 runs 250 laps on Mansfield Motorsports Speedway a half mile track in Mansfield Ohio. Defending champion Jack Sprague won last year's inaugural race and holds the May 16 2004 track speed record at 54.706 mph. All 25 000 tickets sold for the second straight year.
Greg Biffle, third in the Cup standings behind Johnson and Gordon, has three wins this season including Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington. He credits a hard year and a half of improvements in engines, pit stops, and race savvy as his team Joe Roush Racing reaches elite status and eyes more victories this year.
Jack Roush notes Toyota could enter the Busch Series as soon as next season. He says Ford Chevrolet and Dodge must reckon with Toyota’s advanced engines and expects teams to adapt engines under equal templates and testing rules. Roush welcomes the challenge and awaits Toyota’s approach.
The record shows six green white checkered finishes in NASCAR history with the leader losing the lead only twice. Greg Biffle is the driver who has claimed the win in both instances. Saturday's race saw Ryan Newman lead into the final two laps before Biffle overtook to win, continuing last year's finale where Stewart faced fuel problems as Biffle clinched victory.
Fantasy league owners may list Rusty Wallace as a top driver at Richmond International Raceway where he leads active drivers with six wins 21 top five finishes 29 top ten finishes and 3023 laps led in 42 starts. Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr and Ricky Rudd are also noted as strong prior Richmond performers.
Denny Hamlin, a Virginia late model racer turned Busch Series rookie with Joe Gibbs Racing, climbs in points behind Edwards and Sorenson. He credits crew chief Cully Barraclough for key gains and notes the team benefits from Roush Racing knowledge. At Lowe's, surface work boosts speeds with Gordon's unofficial 189.056 mph lap and multiple grooves for stronger side-by-side racing.
Doug Rice, longtime NASCAR radio voice, rises to president and general manager of Performance Racing Network. PRN airs races at Speedway Motorsports tracks and produces other motorsports programming.
NASCAR notes report Jason Leffler struggles in the No. 11 Chevrolet at Joe Gibbs Racing with 36th in points and no top tens, while teammate Bobby Labonte sits 33rd with one top ten. All-Star and Coca-Cola 600 crowds fade due to textile industry job losses. eligibility tweaks bar past All-Star champions from entering unless they won within the last decade, excluding Geoffrey Bodine and Bill Elliott.
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