June 09, 2008
Kahne steals the show
LONG POND, Pa. — Kasey Kahne never thought his start to the season was all that bad, despite how it looked on paper. In hindsight, there was something missing and it took last month’s win in the All-Star race to see it. Now Kahne is on a roll, riding a wave of momentum from that $1 million payday into a championship-contending run.June 01, 2008
Kyle Busch wins Dover
DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch revels in his role as NASCAR’s villain. He enjoys his role as the top driver so much more. Busch was simply sensational again, dominating the second half of the 400-mile race Sunday at Dover International Speedway and racing to his Sprint Cup series-best fourth win of the season.May 30, 2008
Biffle takes pole at Dover
DOVER, Del. — Greg Biffle took the pole. Kyle Busch took the heat. Biffle held off the Busch brothers, turning a lap of 155.219 mph on Friday at Dover International Speedway to take the top spot and bolster his bid to drive the No. 16 Ford to his first victory of the season.May 25, 2008
Kahne capitalizes on Stewart slip to win Coca-Cola 600
CONCORD, N.C. — Tony Stewart suffered his second heartbreaking defeat of the season Sunday night when a flat tire late in the Coca-Cola 600 handed Kasey Kahne the victory in NASCAR’s longest race of the year. Stewart, who lost the season-opening Daytona 500 when he was passed on the last lap by Ryan Newman, had the tire go flat with three laps to go. He was forced to pit, allowing Kahne to zip past him for the victory.May 15, 2008
Vickers’ crew wins challenge
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brian Vickers’ team kicked off NASCAR’s All-Star week activities by winning the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday night, beating Denny Hamlin’s team in a battle of Toyotas in the final round. Vickers’ crew, which includes a former college football player and two former college hockey players, changed four tires, filled the car with fuel and pushed it 40 yards in 22.902 seconds to collect the $70,000 first prize.May 11, 2008
Rowdy Busch rises to the top
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Kyle Busch is NASCAR’s most hated driver. And he loves it. Viciously booed during pre-race introductions, Busch soaked up the venom by encouraging Saturday night’s crowd at Darlington Raceway to keep it coming. And when he heard a member of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew jeer him as he passed by on the parade lap, Busch smugly flipped him the bird.COLUMN: Childress has come a long way
DARLINGTON, S.C. Late Saturday afternoon, Richard Childress walked through the chain-link gate to the NASCAR garage wearing sunglasses. Everyone seemed to know who he was.May 10, 2008
Busch overcomes penalty, car and Darlington stripe in win
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Kyle Busch won the battle of attrition Saturday night as NASCAR’s least popular driver overcame a pit-road penalty and several scrapes with the wall to win at Darlington Raceway. Busch’s third Sprint Cup Series victory of the season hardly thrilled the crowd, which viciously booed him in prerace introductions and hadn’t softened by the time he took the checkered flag. Already loathed by many, he enraged Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s massive fan base by wrecking him as they raced for the win last week in Richmond.May 09, 2008
Biffle leads the pack
DARLINGTON, S.C. — On a fast new surface, 41 of 44 drivers broke the qualifying record at Darlington Raceway. But it was Greg Biffle who set the pace, turning a blistering lap of 179.442 mph Friday night to win the pole at Darlington. He shattered the previous record of 173.797 mph set by Ward Burton in 1996.COLUMN: Lady in black too fast?
DARLINGTON, S.C. Speed, speed, speed. New asphalt here, and these guys are making the most of it. Fast. Too fast? That’s what some worry. “The speeds are pretty insane ... the grip is good,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.May 04, 2008
‘Disappointed’
RICHMOND — For the first time in two years, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the checkered flag within reach. His agonizing 71-race winless streak was just three laps from ending. All Junior had to do was hold off red-hot Kyle Busch in a stirring showdown between NASCAR’s most popular driver and the kid who got dumped from Hendrick Motorsports for Earnhardt and has rebounded with a sizzling start to the season. It wasn’t meant to be.April 28, 2008
Gibbs has another franchise player
Maybe Joe Gibbs can afford to let Tony Stewart go. The ol’ coach already seems to have NASCAR’s next star on his roster.April 27, 2008
