Qualifying Fast Facts
Pocono Raceway
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
Coors Light Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson
Age: 32
Team : No. 48 - Lowe’s Chevrolet
Owner: Jeff Gordon
Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
Q: You are heading back to some familiar grounds in Indianapolis. What are your thoughts going into the weekend, this time in a Cup Car?
A: I am really looking forward to it. I guess I don’t know what to expect, I don’t have an opportunity to go and test there so there are a lot of unknowns for me. I am really happy I have had the opportunity to not only run there in IndyCar, but now I am getting the opportunity now to get in a Stock Car. I think that it’s going to be a really good weekend for us. Regardless of the on-track stuff, just the opportunity to be back in Indianapolis should be really fun.
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Much to the delight of a screaming partisan crowd, Dale Earnhardt Jr. coasted across the finish line after a nerve-wracking restart to win the LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway. It was the highly-popular Earnhardt’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup points victory in 76 races.
And this one had everyone biting their nails and cracking their knuckles in suspense because Junior ran low on fuel.
Tony Stewart’s Home Depot Toyota started in the rear of the All-Star field because of an engine change, the rowdy one had checked out and was running in a different time zone in the first two segments and lost, Denny Hamlin was comfortably leading in the last segment when his engine expired.
For some, the way of thinking may be there’s a chink in the seemingly impenetrable JGR or TRD armor.
Not so and here’s why.
BAM Racing withdraws No. 49 Toyota entry for Texas
One week after announcing a sponsorship program with Microsoft Small Business and qualifying seventh at Martinsville, BAM Racing’s No. 49 Toyota was withdrawn from this weekend’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
No details were available as to the reasons behind the decision by owner Beth Ann Morgenthau, who has operated a team in NASCAR’s premier series since 2002.
The No. 49 was 42nd in owner points following a 37th-place finish at Martinsville, having made three of six races this season. Driver Ken Schrader finished 21st at Las Vegas and 41st at Bristol earlier in 2008.
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