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June 27th, 2011
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Sprint Cup Race Recap: Kurt Busch Dominates To Win In Sonoma
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June 27th, 2011
Volume V, Edition CXXII
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Sprint Cup Race Recap: Kurt Busch Dominates To Win In Sonoma
by Brody Jones
While several drivers during and after the Toyota/Save Mart 350 were dialing "V" for Vendetta, Kurt Busch was dialing "V" for victory as he took the Toyota/Save Mart 350 victory in dominating fashion at Infineon Raceway Sunday afternoon, leading 76 out of 110 laps while employing a two-stop strategy.
"It was an unbelievable setup." stated Busch after the race. "Once we got into the groove with this car, it seemed to get better after lap 5 or 6. Our cars have never done that before. I'm real proud of this Dodge team, everybody from Shell and Pennzoil. That was an awesome handling Dodge. I'm so proud of these guys for really stepping up after what we've been through."
Joey Logano won the pole for the race, clocking in at 93.256 miles an hour with Jamie McMurray on the outside front row. The race went green for the first 34 laps until Casey Mears' car stalled at the entrance of pit road, running out of fuel as the first caution of the day came out. This bunched up the field and officially started the carnage that this race will probably be best remembered for.
Five laps later, the second caution of the afternoon came out when Brian Vickers spun in Turn 11, collecting Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Kyle Busch had put a wheel off at Turn 10 and Vickers had dived to the right to avoid Kyle. Stewart interpreted Vickers' move as a blatant block and dumped him. McMurray and Earnhardt, Jr. were simply innocent bystanders.
The fourth caution came out after a somewhat inexplicable incident. Michael McDowell turned Bobby Labonte head-on into the turn 11 wall on Lap 60. Replays made the move by McDowell, running a rare full race, seem intentional. On lap 88, the fifth and final caution of the afternoon came out when Brian Vickers repaid Tony Stewart for his earlier encounter, sending Stewart hard into the turn 11 tire barriers. Stewart described the two encounters with Vickers thusly.
"I dumped him earlier for blocking and he got me back later on," Stewart was quoted as saying after the race. "If they block, they are going to get dumped. It is real simple. I mean I don't blame him, I don't blame him for dumping us back. But, I don't race guys that way, I never have. If guys want to block then they are going to wrecked every time. Until NASCAR makes a rule against it, I am going to dump them every time for it. He did what he had to do, I don't blame him, there is nothing wrong with it."
Vickers, for his part, insisted after the race that he did not block Stewart. Instead, he insisted that his move was an avoidance manuever.
Kurt Busch reassumed the lead for the final time during the final caution when the remaining off-sequence drivers had to pit for fuel and tires on Lap 88. From there, Kurt never looked back as his two pit-stop strategy allowed him to pull into Victory Lane.
"We just had to conserve our rear tires." Busch said about the strategy. "That was the main thought. Once we had enough fuel to make it, I started to pick up my pace. I didn't want guys to think they had a shot at us and I was able to stretch it out."
Jeff Gordon finished second, 2.685 seconds behind Busch with Carl Edwards,Clint Bowyer, and Marcos Ambrose rounding out the top-5.
Gordon reflected upon his performance after the race.
"It was as much a statement to us as anything else," Gordon said. "You know [it was] a great effort by this DuPont Chevrolet team and Alan and everybody. It was a struggle. I've got to tell you we really missed the set up at the beginning of this race. I don't know just the adjustments we made were that good or the track position or the track changing at the end. It looked like a lot of guys were really, really struggling with grip there at the end and our car was actually pretty good. We were fast and I think we were faster than the leaders. That felt awesome to start there with old tires and be able to work through traffic all the way up to second, man that was amazing."
Third place finisher Carl Edwards was just thrilled to leave with a good points day.
"I am really proud of my team for the way we battled today," Edwards said. "It was just a crazy race and for us to be able to work our way up to where we finished just says a ton about my Aflac crew and Bob [Osbourne] and everyone. To be able to escape out of here with a top-3 is a good day with us, especially considering everything that went on out there."
Sixth through tenth was pole-sitter Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex, Jr., Kevin Harvick, and Brad Keselowski, who survived a late-race encounter with Juan Pablo Montoya to finish tenth. Montoya, who spun on Lap 104 after contact from Keselowski, finished a distant 22nd.
The average race speed was 75.411 mph with five caution flags for a total of 17 laps. Next week, the Sprint Cup Series returns to Daytona Beach, Florida for the Coke Zero 400.
Brody Jones is a Contributor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at brody.jones@frontstretch.com.
Tracking The Chasers: Skipping Road America Pays Off For Edwards
Tracking The Chasers: Skipping Road America Pays Off For Edwards
by Garrett Horton
Carl Edwards was so bad in practice on Friday that he decided to skip the Nationwide race in Wisconsin to focus on the final two practice sessions on Friday. The end result paid off, as the Sprint Cup points leader finished the day in third position, his first top-5 at Sonoma and tied for his best career finish on a road course. Edwards gained five points over second-place Kevin Harvick, who is now 25 markers behind.
Carl Edwards was so bad in practice on Friday that he decided to skip the Nationwide race in Wisconsin to focus on the final two practice sessions on Friday. The end result paid off, as the Sprint Cup points leader finished the day in third position, his first top-5 at Sonoma and tied for his best career finish on a road course. Edwards gained five points over second-place Kevin Harvick, who is now 25 markers behind.
For Harvick, it was relatively quiet day. Running mid-pack for most of the afternoon, Harvick got off sequence with the leaders on pit strategy which allowed him to lead several laps. A timely caution shortly after allowed him to get back on sequence, putting him in the top-15. He was then able to work his way up on fresher tires and finished the day in ninth.
Defending Sonoma champion Jimmie Johnson didn't have a race winning car this year, but still had a strong race overall. Johnson ran in the top-10 for most of the event and came home in in seventh. His tenth top-10 of the year propelled the five-time defending Cup champ up two spots to third in the standings.
Kurt Busch wasn't able to extend his three-race pole streak on Friday, but he made up for it on Sunday. The 2004 Cup Champion quickly worked his way up from his 11th-place starting position, taking the lead from Denny Hamlin on lap 13. Busch would be uncontested the rest of the day, leading a total of 76 laps for his first road course victory. The win moved him up two spots in the standings to fourth. Younger brother Kyle fell one spot back to fifth after late race contact between Brad Keselowski and Juan Montoya left him as an innocent victim, costing him a top-10 finish. The 2008 Sonoma winner was able to make up some spots and ended the day in 11th.
For Matt Kenseth, a 14th-place finish usually is nothing to brag about. That is unless he is at one of the road courses. Kenseth, who had just one top-10 in 11 previous starts at Sonoma, was able to rally from a mid-race spin for a top-15 finish. He remains sixth in the standings, 52 points behind Edwards.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s worst finish of the year on Sunday cost him four spots in the standings. After being just ten markers back out of the point lead two weeks ago, Junior now sits seventh overall, and at 65 points back, now sits closer to the being on the outside of the Chase than at the top of it. A hole in the engine gave Earnhardt, Jr. a 41st-place finish, his worst of the year and his second DNF in the 2011 campaign.
Clint Bowyer is not a driver typically thought of when it comes to road course experts. But, he's quietly developing a nice record at Sonoma, as his fourth-place finish was his third top-5 in six starts at the track. In fact, Bowyer was the only driver who looked to have something for Kurt Busch, taking the lead from him on lap 51. Busch quickly took it back, however, and Bowyer had to settle for a top-5 finish. His effort moved him two spots in the point standings to eighth overall.
Jeff Gordon's car was awful at the start of the race, falling outside the top-20 and didn't look to be a threat. Pit strategy and some late race adjustments, however, had Gordon sitting eighth on the race's final restart. The five-time Sonoma winner was able to work his way through the field and was able to be the best of the rest. His second place finish moved him into the top-10 in points, where he now sits ninth. More importantly, it puts Gordon in a position to where he can make use of the bonus points for his wins going into the Chase as the wildcard drivers don't receive that benefit.
Ryan Newman rounds out the top-10 in points after falling two spots. Starting the day in fifth, Newman worked his way up as high as third before everything went downhill. After spinning out on lap 39, Newman was playing catch up the rest of the race. He worked his way up late in the going, fighting for a top-15 finish before Paul Menard spun him out. Newman ended the afternoon in 25th position.
Point Standings: 1) Carl Edwards 573; 2) Kevin Harvick -25; 3) Jimmie Johnson, Jr -33; 4) Kurt Busch -34; 5) Kyle Busch -37; 6) Matt Kenseth -52; 7) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -65; 8) Clint Bowyer-77; 9) Jeff Gordon -93; 10) Ryan Newman -98.
Wildcard Drivers: Denny Hamlin (11th in points, one win), Tony Stewart (12th in points, zero wins)
Note: While Brad Keselowski and Regan Smith both have victories this year, neither would make the Chase because they are not in the top-20 in points. In order to qualify as a wildcard driver, you must be 20th or higher in the standings. Keselowski is currently 22nd, while Smith is 28th. Also, Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne is not eligible for the Chase because he is not running for Sprint Cup points.
Tracking The Top 35: Gordon's Solid Finish Locks Him In For Daytona
Robby Gordon may no longer be an odd's on favorite to win the road races anymore, but everyone certainly knew Sunday would be a big day for him. With the Wood Brothers skipping the west coast event in Sonoma, Gordon needed a top-20 finish to jump back into the top-35 in owner points. Despite nearly getting shoved into the Turn 11 tire barrier by Joey Logano, Gordon did just that, finishing 18th. He is now three points to the good over 36th, which is now occupied by the No. 21 team.
For Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers, they will now have to qualify on time at the track where they scored one of the biggest upsets of all time earlier in the year. The team has been strong lately as far as restrictor plate qualifying goes, so they should have no problem making it on speed for next weeks Coke Zero 400.
31) Phoenix Racing (No. 51 - Boris Said/Landon Cassill), +71 ahead of 36th place.
32) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 36 – Dave Blaney), +43 ahead of 36th place.
33) FAS Lane Racing (No. 32 – Mike Bliss/Terry Labonte), +34 ahead of 36th place.
34) Germain Racing (No. 13 – Casey Mears), +28 ahead of 36th place.
35) Robby Gordon Motorsports (No. 7 - Robby Gordon), +3 ahead of 36th place.
36) Wood Brothers Racing (No. 21 – Trevor Bayne), -3 behind 35th place.
37) TRG Motorsports (No. 71 – Andy Lally), -19 behind 35th place.
38) Front Row Motorsports (No. 38 – Travis Kvapil), -31 behind 35th place.
39) Front Row/MaxQ Hybrid Team (No. 37 – Tony Raines/Chris Cook), -64 behind 35th place.
Garrett Horton is a Contributor to Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at garrett.horton@frontstretch.com.
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Secret Star of the Race: The Race You Never Saw
Normally, such an award would go to David Gilliland for his 12th-place finish while driving on worn out tires and earning a lot of praise from Kyle Petty in the TNT booth. However, since Brody Jones selected Gilliland to highlight for The Big Six on the website, I went in a different direction.
32) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 36 – Dave Blaney), +43 ahead of 36th place.
33) FAS Lane Racing (No. 32 – Mike Bliss/Terry Labonte), +34 ahead of 36th place.
34) Germain Racing (No. 13 – Casey Mears), +28 ahead of 36th place.
35) Robby Gordon Motorsports (No. 7 - Robby Gordon), +3 ahead of 36th place.
36) Wood Brothers Racing (No. 21 – Trevor Bayne), -3 behind 35th place.
37) TRG Motorsports (No. 71 – Andy Lally), -19 behind 35th place.
38) Front Row Motorsports (No. 38 – Travis Kvapil), -31 behind 35th place.
39) Front Row/MaxQ Hybrid Team (No. 37 – Tony Raines/Chris Cook), -64 behind 35th place.
Garrett Horton is a Contributor to Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at garrett.horton@frontstretch.com.
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Secret Star of the Race: The Race You Never Saw
Normally, such an award would go to David Gilliland for his 12th-place finish while driving on worn out tires and earning a lot of praise from Kyle Petty in the TNT booth. However, since Brody Jones selected Gilliland to highlight for The Big Six on the website, I went in a different direction.
Not too far behind Gilliland in 16th was Regan Smith in the Furniture Row No. 78. A 16th-place finish might not sound like much, but Smith might have been considered the weakest driver in the field on road courses entering Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350k. In four previous starts, Smith had never finished better than 30th. That run was in the No. 01 U.S. Army Chevrolet for Ginn Racing when he was sharing the seat with Mark Martin.
On Sunday, Smith qualified a decent 24th and avoided the various pitfalls of casual and not-so-casual contact that plagued much of Sunday's race. Pit strategy put Smith in front with 22 laps to go when Brian Vickers executed his revenge on Tony Stewart. Allowed to stop for the final time under yellow, Smith progressed up the order after the restart to claim 16th, by far his best run (and Furniture Row's) on a road course and another sign that Smith is improving as a driver and that Furniture Row is improving as a team. - Phil Allaway
STAT OF THE WEEK: 24. This number represents the number of Cup starts that Tony Stewart had on road courses entering Sunday. He had never failed to finish any of them, until he met the wrath of Brian Vickers and ended up propped on top of a tire barrier after having nearly rolled his car on Lap 87. - Phil Allaway
Mouthing Off: 2011 Toyota/Save Mart 350k
by Brody Jones
Best Quote:
Best Quote:
"No, they haven't and I don't think they will. They know that Tony (Stewart) and I have been around long enough to know how to handle these things ourselves. We're both grown adults. It's not like we're rookies and we're learning the ropes. We know the deal, they know the deal — we'll figure it out. I'm sure Tony and I will talk this week. We don't need them to tell us." - Brian Vickers, 36th, on whether NASCAR has said anything to him about his on-track altercation with Tony Stewart.
The "Have At It, Boys!" approach is alive and well according to this statement by Brian Vickers after his on-track issues with Tony Stewart. It certainly seems as if all the on-track issues are exactly that, and it seems like Stewart and Vickers are both going to move forward from what happened without any further issues between the two. The manner which Vickers handled himself post-race was impressive, as a lesser man would have been lunging at Tony Stewart. Instead, Vickers has taken somewhat of a laissez-faire approach to the incident, and it now appears to be as much ancient history as Rebecca Black's "Friday" YouTube video.
Worst Quote:
"Ask him, he's the one that wrecked me. We through the corner and I just got on his bumper a little bit and moved him a little. Got a good run and I guess he didn't like it. I mean, it is just hard to run with people who have never run well on road courses or have no experience at it. It cost us a ton of points today. But no, you have to talk to smart people." - Juan Pablo Montoya, 22nd, on whether he's going to talk to Brad Keselowski after being wrecked by him in the closing stages of the race.
Apparently, in "The World According To Juan", it must be okay for him to punt drivers aside; yet when payback is doled out to him, he whines and pouts about it. With Kasey Kahne and Keselowski both irritated with Juan, not to mention his run-ins with Ryan Newman in the past, it might be smart for Montoya to try not to irk any more drivers for a while. Otherwise, someone could very well do worse to him than what Ryan Newman did several weeks back at Darlington.
Funniest Quote:
"I'm not looking forward to going to Daytona, not with the way the drafting is there. But, we'll just have to see if we can get lucky out of there. What is after Daytona? Will be glad to go there. New Hampshire? I love that place. (LAUGHS)." - Dale Earnhardt Jr., 41st.
The checkered flag at Infineon just couldn't fall fast enough for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. In the last two weeks, Dale hasn't finished in the top-20 due to circumstances not of his making, and what had been a strong season has gone slightly off-kilter. But what was really surprising was to hear Earnhardt state that he's actually not looking forward to Daytona, which in the past has been a good track to him. There is no questioning that the dynamics of the two-car draft have changed the way drivers race each other at the track. But when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is saying he's not looking forward to Daytona, that's definitely a statement that will make the ears of NASCAR fans perk up.
Most Controversial Quote:
"I probably had it coming because I dumped him earlier but I dumped him because he was blocking. If anybody wants to block all year that's what I'm going to keep doing so they can handle it however they want. It was payback, but I dumped him first and I dumped him because he was blocking. I've been complaining about the way guys have been racing all year. I like Brian, I'm not holding it against him at all. I don't care if it was Ryan Newman, I would have dumped him too. If they want to block, that's what is going to happen to them every time for the rest of my career." - Tony Stewart, 39th, on whether or not what Brian Vickers was anything other than payback.
After his words last week, criticizing the way other competitors were driving and his actions this week, Tony Stewart has made it clear to his fellow competitors that if they mess with the bull, they are going to get the horns; in this case the chrome horn. Stewart made his statement early in the race after his assertion that Brian Vickers was blocking him, so Stewart took it upon himself to not-so-kindly move Vickers out of the way. About 50 laps later, Vickers repaid the favor and destroyed the back end of Tony Stewart's car, ending his day for all intents and purposes. But Stewart, by wrecking Vickers, has made a statement to his fellow drivers that he's mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.
Best Of The Rest:
"We just had to conserve our rear tires. That was the main thought. Once we had enough fuel to make it, I started to pick up my pace. I didn't want guys to think they had a shot at us and I was able to stretch it out." - Kurt Busch, race winner, on his two-tire strategy and how he pulled it off.
"I am so proud of my Stanley car and my Stanley team to get a top five out of what could have been a very tough day for me. Todd and the guys worked hard all day and got us into a good position there at the end. We weren't able to get the million dollars for the Children's Miracle Network kids, but thanks to Stanley they will get $100,000. I want to thank Stanley for putting me in the car and believing in me and I am looking forward to what we can do the rest of the way and when we get to the Glen." - Marcos Ambrose, fifth, on his day.
"That's no big deal to me. I don't know. He was running me all over the race track. He knocked my fender in for no reason. We were a lot, lot faster than him. I just had enough. I wasn't going to get pushed around. He pushed around before and I was sick of it. I think that's a small story. That's not a big deal. We finished sixth. I'm pretty happy about that." - Joey Logano, sixth, on what happened with Robby Gordon.
"It was all strategy. I mean, we got up to about 14th or 15th there and just kind of stalled. The car was really loose. Then we got in a little wreck and tore it up even worse. As the run would go on, we would just get so loose. The car has a lot of damage on it. A lot of credit to these guys for getting it fixed for the strategy. It was the best ninth place finish I can ever remember." - Kevin Harvick, ninth, on his roller-coaster day.
"I don't take any pride in all that stuff, but at some point you have to run your own deal. It was pretty obvious that it was eat or be eaten and I wasn't going to be eaten." - Brad Keselowski, tenth, on what happened with Juan Pablo Montoya in the closing stages.
"I am really proud of our team today. Peter (Sospenzo) and the guys gave me a really great Taco Bell Ford Fusion this weekend. We had an issue with second gear toward the end of the race there, so we lost a few spots, but I had a lot of fun running up front all day. I asked the guys on the radio during the race if there was an award for passing the most cars 'cause, man, it sure seemed like I was passing cars all day. Great day for our team and now we get to go back to Daytona." - David Gilliland, 12th, on his day.
"That was crazy just like always. The car was pretty good and I think from about mid-race on, we kind of got loose. The track, there was so much crap on the race track and we kept adjusting. Everybody was running into each other out there. I got into a couple guys and got them angry, and then I had one guy dump me. I just tried to keep fighting. We are getting there. If we can get some luck on our side, we might actually be up front where we deserve to finish. It could have been a lot worse and 13th isn't great, but it could have been a lot worse with 20 to go. Now we can go have more fun at Daytona." - A.J. Allmendinger, 13rd, on his day.
"I just got wrecked by [Joey] Logano. It is what it is. We were on track for exactly what we wanted to do. There was a big difference in tires and that was disappointing. They brought two date codes and we got the wrong one for qualifying. We had a strong run. We lost track position, fought back, and then lost when the 20 punted us." - Robby Gordon, 18th, on his day.
"I do know we got together with David [Reutimann), I just drove underneath him there. He might not have seen me. I just got on the curb and was almost saving it, but it didn't quite work out. We got setup by the 17 [Matt Kenseth] car. I was just part of it, part racing. Then we were building our speed back up there and got a couple laps and come off turn 11 and the 66 [Michael McDowell] car was there and I'm not sure what all happened, but next thing I know I'm in the fence." - Bobby Labonte, 38th, on what forced him to the garage.
Brody Jones is a Contributor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at brody.jones@frontstretch.com.
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Friday's Answer:
Q: In that 1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300k that we asked about yesterday, Jeff Gordon had a strong chance of winning late. However, an issue on the final restart dropped him back to sixth. What happened?
A: Replays at the time did not show this well, but it appeared that Gordon spun the tires when he failed to get all the loose rubber pickup off of his tires. Wallace took advantage to claim his second win at Sears Point and his record-tying (at the time) sixth and final road course victory.
Also, it should be noted that this did not occur on the last restart. It occurred on the second-to-last restart at the beginning of Lap 69. On that restart, the Ron Hornaday crash in Turn 3a that was alluded to last week happened, causing another yellow.
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What's Hot / What's Not in Sprint Cup: Michigan-Sonoma Edition by Summer Dreyer
Summer takes a look at post-Sonoma numbers to see who's got the most momentum heading into Daytona... and beyond.
Five Points To Ponder by Bryan Davis Keith
Bryan's back with his weekly edition of talking points to get you set for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Talking NASCAR TV by Phil Allaway
Last weekend, the Sprint Cup Series traveled to Infineon Racewa for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Meanwhile, the Nationwide Series raced the Bucyrus 200 at Road America as part of a doubleheader. Finally, the Izod IndyCar Series was back in action at Iowa Speedway. Were these telecasts up to snuff, or did they leave something to be desired? Check out our weekly TV critique to find out.
Bryan's back with his weekly edition of talking points to get you set for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Talking NASCAR TV by Phil Allaway
Last weekend, the Sprint Cup Series traveled to Infineon Racewa for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Meanwhile, the Nationwide Series raced the Bucyrus 200 at Road America as part of a doubleheader. Finally, the Izod IndyCar Series was back in action at Iowa Speedway. Were these telecasts up to snuff, or did they leave something to be desired? Check out our weekly TV critique to find out.
Fact or Fiction by Tom Bowles
Tom looks at some conclusions that could be made after Sonoma and determines whether they're true or not.
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