Patrick Carpentier was supposed to be moving to Las Vegas on Sunday. Instead, he moved up on the Nextel Cup radar.

The former Champ Car driver, who made a sensational NASCAR debut in his native Montreal two weeks ago, finishing second to Kevin Harvick in a Busch Series race, was a respectable 22nd in his first Cup race and led seven laps early in the Centurion Boats at The Glen.

“I loved it,” said Carpentier, who started 40th in the 43-car field in the No. 10 Dodge in place of Scott Riggs.

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While some drivers are fighting to get into the Chase, Tony Stewart is winning races. Lee Spencer says we’ve seen this before.

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Leader’s ’stupid’ mistake with two laps left opens door for Gibbs driver

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Count New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer
among the NASCAR faithful.

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Sebastien Bourdais kept waiting for something to happen, for yet another bad break to keep him from winning at Road America.

He needn’t have worried.

Bourdais not only conquered a track that has stymied him in three previous tries, he took a big step toward an unprecedented fourth straight Champ Car title.

The Frenchman, who will move to Formula One in 2008, had failed to win on the 4.028-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course despite being dominant at times.

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As J.D. Gibbs enjoyed the first one-two finish for Joe Gibbs Racing since Tony Stewart captured his first career win and Bobby Labonte took second at the fall race at Richmond in 1999, he expressed his relief on the upcoming announcement that Kyle Busch will drive the No. 18 Interstate Batteries car in 2008.

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Tony Stewart watched Jeff Gordon spin out with two laps to go, enabling him to grab the lead and the win Sunday at Watkins Glen.

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It’s dangerous to run “in the marbles,” where rumor and innuendo trade paint, where everybody has an angle and the real story can be ridin’ high one moment and spun out the next. So hang on, here we go …

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Ryan Newman’s still very much in the thick of the race to make the chase. See how the standings change LIVE at Watkins Glen.

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