FedEx preview: Charlotte

Posted by on May 17th, 2008

Jeff Gordon could surpass Dale Earnhardt by scoring a record fourth All-Star win. Watch how he started his quest this weekend.

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With Kyle Busch’s dominant car getting crunched, Matt Crafton survived a wild finish to win his first Craftsman Truck Series race.

Crafton avoided the mayhem over the final laps Friday night, pulling away in a green-white-checkered finish to win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. It was Crafton’s first win in 178 career starts dating to 2000.

“Finally we can shut them up,” Crafton said of his critics.

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Notebook: Biffle still happy with Roush

Posted by on May 16th, 2008

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -Despite his harsh comments about his race team at Darlington Raceway, Greg Biffle said he’s still committed to signing a contract extension with Roush Fenway Racing.

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As if conquering NASCAR wasn’t enough, Kyle Busch may be looking toward worldwide racing domination, Lee Spencer says.

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Biffle still happy with Roush

Posted by on May 16th, 2008

Despite his harsh comments about his race team at Darlington Raceway, Greg Biffle said he’s still committed to signing a contract extension with Roush Fenway Racing.

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Starting Line Up by Row
Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, May 16, 2008 @ 04:55 PM Eastern
124.845
Speed
Time
01:36:36
05/19/06
Date
Driver
Kyle Busch 
Track Race Record:

North Carolina Education Lottery 200
1
51
Kyle Busch
Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Drink 
30.160
179.045
Row 1:
2
33
Ron Hornaday
Camping World Chevrolet
30.525
176.904

3
2
Jack Sprague
American Commercial Lines Chevrolet
30.560
176.702
Row 2:
4
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra/Banner Sales Event Toyota
30.717
175.798

5
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
30.808
175.279
Row 3:
6
6
Colin Braun #
Con-way Freight Ford
30.811
175.262

7
8
Chad McCumbee
Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet
30.907
174.718
Row 4:
8
46
Landon Cassill
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
30.942
174.520

9
7
Andy Lally #
TRG Motorsports/Adobe Road Winery 
30.947
174.492
Row 5:
10
13
Shelby Howard
ThorSport Racing Chevrolet
30.998
174.205

11
15
Marc Mitchell #
Hyprene Ergon Toyota
31.010
174.137
Row 6:
12
09
Travis Kvapil
Zaxby’s Ford
31.036
173.991

13
22
Scott Speed #
Red Bull Toyota
31.055
173.885
Row 7:
14
23
Johnny Benson
Exide Batteries Toyota
31.090
173.689

15
14
Rick Crawford
Power Stroke Diesel by Int’l Ford
31.124
173.500
Row 8:
16
17
Timothy Peters
Hayes Iron & Metal/Tahoe Smokeless Dodge
31.151
173.349

17
4
Stacy Compton
Crown Dodge of Fayetteville Dodge
31.171
173.238
Row 9:
18
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/McGuire-Nicholas Workwear 
31.195
173.105

19
11
David Starr
Pit CorporateTraining/Pit-Now.com Toyota
31.287
172.596
Row 10:
20
40
Chad Chaffin
Curtis Key Plumbing/Mays Meats Chevrolet
31.312
172.458

21
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
31.314
172.447
Row 11:
22
52
Ken Schrader
Federated Auto Parts Toyota
31.322
172.403

23
59
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota
31.437
171.772
Row 12:
24
91
J.C. Stout
Hart’s Insurance Agency Chevrolet
31.444
171.734

25
60
Terry Cook
Wyler.com Toyota
31.530
171.265
Row 13:
26
07
John Mickel
Dudman Grp/Contac Svc/RSCapp Chevrolet
31.550
171.157

27
21
Jon Wood
Air Force Ford
31.575
171.021
Row 14:
28
18
Dennis Setzer
Tahoe Smokeless Dodge
31.596
170.908

29
10
Brendan Gaughan
International MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford
31.611
170.827
Row 15:
30
20
Scott Lagasse, Jr
Nicholson Group Real Estate Ford
31.658
170.573

31
74
Derrike Cope
 Dodge
31.683
170.438
Row 16:
32
9
Justin Marks #
crocs Toyota
31.697
170.363

33
08
Jason White
GunBroker.com Dodge
31.766
169.993
Row 17:
34
71
Donny Lia #
Nationrides.com Chevrolet
31.805
169.785

Owner Points    
35
16
Brian Scott #
Albertsons Chevrolet
Row 18:
36
54
Brian Sockwell
Sculley Boatbuilders Chevrolet
32.226
167.567

Did Not Qualify:
# 73 Nick Tucker; # 28 Wayne Edwards. 
Starting Lineup
DNQs
Manufacturer
Starting Lineup
DNQs
Manufacturer
Chevrolet
13
1
Dodge
5
1
Ford
7
0
Toyota
11
0
Time
Speed
Team
Driver
Trk

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LIVE: Follow the battle for the Showdown pole

Posted by on May 16th, 2008

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