NASCAR Nationwide Series
Winn-Dixie 250
Powered by Coca-Cola
Daytona International Speedway
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 27
Team: No. 20 Hardee’s/Coca-Cola Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Dave Rogers
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Camping World 200
presented by RVs.com
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Fast Facts
Race Winner: Tony Stewart
Age: 37
Team: No. 20 Old Spice Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Dave Rogers
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kyle Busch of 2008 is the Jeff Gordon of 2007, at least in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Their numbers are very similar:
Wins: After 13 races last season, Gordon won three races. Busch has won four this year.
Points Lead: Last season, Gordon was 152 points ahead of second-place Jimmie Johnson after 13 races. Right now, Kyle Busch is 142 points ahead of second-place Jeff Burton.
DOVER, Del. (May 31, 2008) Denny Hamlin extended the domination of Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Saturday with a convincing 1.154-second victory over Carl Edwards in the Heluva Good! 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.
The race, which started three hours late because of rain, wasn’t the only victory for Hamlin, who won for the second time this season and the seventh time in his career.
Hamlin also won $200 in side bets with Kyle Busch and Michael Waltrip when teammate Joey Logano, 18, finished sixth in his series debut. Hamlin had bet Logano would finish in the top seven, but for a while, the wagers were in jeopardy.
RICHMOND, Va. – Bizarre might be a good description of the Dan Lowry 400 Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.
This one had a little bit of everything.
Denny Hamlin led a race-record number of laps, 381 to be exact.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch provided a few laps of great racing for the lead, a battle that ended with Earnhardt spinning out on Lap 398.
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Denny Hamlin won the Lipton Tea 250, his sixth victory in 97 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. Hamlin scorres his first victory at his ‘hometown’ track and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Richmond International Raceway.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races in 2008. He became the third different driver to win for Joe Gibbs Racing this season – all three have won at least one race in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Chesterfield, Virginia rests just a mere 15 minutes or so from Richmond International Raceway. Chesterfield is the hometown of Denny Hamlin. Hamin considers RIR his hometown track.
So with friends and family in the stands and in force cheering the hometown boy on, Hamlin put his No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry from Joe Gibbs Racing on the pole for Saturday night’s Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 Sprint Cup race.
On his second lap in Friday’s time trials, Hamlin toured the .75-mile “D”-shaped short track in 21.395 seconds tearing off a lap at 126.198 mph to edge Mark Martin . Martin, who had gone out early in the session, had covered the distance in 21.423 seconds.
Defending Richmond Winner Bowyer Arrives Atop Standings
JGR: Crew Chiefs Setting The Organization Apart in 2008
Series-Only Regulars Make Up Half Of Top 10
Bowyer Is Standings Leader, Defending Winner Coming To Richmond
It seems like Clint Bowyer (No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet) is getting all breaks this season.
Despite a 25th-place finish due to an early accident at Talladega Superspeedway — where he went in leading defending series champion Carl Edwards (No. 60 Scotts Ford) by nine points — Bowyer managed to increase that lead to 27 points thanks to Edwards’ first DNF of the season.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Goody’s Cool Orange 500
Martinsville Speedway
Fast Facts
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 27
Team: No. 11
Owner: J.D. Gibbs
Crew Chief: Mike Ford
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