Backstretch Motorsports

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 23, 2008) – NASCAR issued a technical bulletin Tuesday amending the NASCAR Nationwide Series Rule Book. Effective as of July 23, 2008, section 20A – 5.10.4 is amended as follows:

“At all Events, unless otherwise specified, all engines with a cylinder bore spacing less than 4.470 inches must compete using a tapered spacer with four (4) 1.125-inch diameter holes. At all Events, unless otherwise specified, all engines with a cylinder bore spacing of 4.470 inches or more must compete using a tapered spacer with four (4) 1.100-inch diameter holes. Unless otherwise authorized, the carburetor restrictor will be issued by NASCAR.”

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The Built Ford Tough 225 presented
by The Greater Cincinnati Ford
Dealers
Kentucky Speedway
Fast Facts

Race Winner: Johnny Benson
Age: 45
Team: No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota
Owner: Gail Davis
Crew Chief: Trip Bruce

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
LifeLock.com 400
Chicagoland Speedway
Fast Facts

Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 23
Team: No. 18 M&Ms Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Steve Addington

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SONOMA, CA. — Kyle Busch is definitely the real deal. He won NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race here Sunday, completely dominating the race from shortly before the halfway point to the wild, caution-filled finish.

Three late-race caution flags bunched the field after young Busch had literally left all challengers in the California dust on a sunny California Sunday.

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By Tim Tuttle

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (June 20, 2008) — Johnny Benson won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at The Milwaukee Mile for the third straight year Friday night, taking the Camping World RV Sales 200.

Benson’s victory from the pole position in the Bill Davis Racing Toyota was his first of the season and 10th of his NCTS career — all coming in the past three seasons. He entered the race leading the points and expanded his advantage to 50 over Todd Bodine.

“It feels great,” Benson said. “I could do almost anything I wanted. That last set of tires was awesome. This is way cool. I can’t believe we won three in a row.”

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ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – After nearly 15 years since his last No. 1 qualifier, Funny Car driver Jim Head raced to the provisional top spot Friday at the place he last collected his No. 1 qualifier, the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals.

Larry Dixon, Greg Anderson and Chris Rivas were also No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the 11th of 24 events on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.

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Racing veteran Randy Lajoie reportedly is responsible for handing Joey Lagano the title of ‘The Hottest Thing Since Sliced Bread’ and he has lived up to his moniker. In the era where the youngest of the Young Guns are starting to make noise, Lagano has been surrounded by the loudest shouts of being the ‘real deal’.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise as Lagano is already a multi-time champion in several different racing disciplines, starting with karting at age six.

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DOVER, Del. — Same song, different verse.

Points leader Kyle Busch made mincemeat of the competition and Sunday’s Best Buy 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.

In a race that stayed green for the final 153 laps, Busch gained a total of five seconds over runner-up Carl Edwards on his final two pit stops, built a lead that topped eight seconds and cruised in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a 4.225-second win, his fourth of the season and the eighth of his career.

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DOVER, Del. (May 30, 2008) Making the most of his sixth start in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series — and capitalizing on transmission troubles that temporarily sidelined Kyle Busch’s dominant Toyota — former Formula 1 driver Scott Speed ran away from the field after a late restart to win the AAA Insurance 200 on Friday at Dover International Speedway.

Speed, whose previous best finish was eighth at Kansas Speedway, is the third straight first-time winner in the series, following Matt Crafton (Lowe’s Motor Speedway) and Donny Lia (Mansfield, Ohio) to victory lane.

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (May 27, 2008) – At first glance, Joey Logano appears to be a typical 18-year-old. But while the happy-go-lucky teenager enjoys hanging out with friends and playing video games, there’s one big difference between Logano and his peers – the God-given talent to drive a race car.

That talent was discovered at just four years of age when his father, Tom, bought him his first go-kart. Tom watched his son in amazement as he whirled around the property of his Connecticut-based waste management company. That experience led Tom and his wife, Deborah, to enter Joey into quarter-midget competition just two years later. At the tender age of six, a racing career was born.

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