Backstretch Motorsports

Darlington, SC — Kyle Busch won the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. By the only method that works — taming the track’s “Too Tough To Tame” reputation with patience and refusing to lose to everything the South Carolina speedway throws at a driver.

First let her stripe you, let her think she’s in control. Watch her take out the competition one by one. Let the new car think it isn’t going to turn through the corners the way you want it to. Get into the wall with the right side 3 or 4, even 5 times.

Overcome a loose lug nut penalty in the process.

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NASCAR Nationwide Series
Diamond Hill Plywood 200
Darlington Raceway
Fast Facts

Race Winner: Tony Stewart
Age: 36
Team: No. 20 Old Spice Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Dave Rogers

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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First Sunday victory for Toyota; First Busch victory for JGR

HAMPTON, GA. — His nickname is “Rowdy.” They call him that because he runs his Joe Gibbs Toyota wide open…. all the time.

“Go or Blow!” That’s Kyle.

And he did just that Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Start to finish, the young driver from Las Vegas kept his foot in the gas to win the Kobalt Tools 500. He became the first driver to win a NASCAR Craftsman Truck and a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in the same weekend.

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