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Brian Whitesell stands in the garage with Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Autism...
Nobody is trying to sugarcoat the trainwreck that is Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s season. He knows it’s bad. His car owner knows it’s bad. All of NASCAR knows it’s bad. Only nobody knows how to fix it.
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On a crisp afternoon in these foothills of natural wonder, a chilling idea floated over Martinsville Speedway along with the white clouds and black helicopters. NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship now resembles one of those Florida races in which panting dogs pursue a mechanical rabbit.
The Talladega race has been a source of controversy for the last several years and there are good reasons for that. The restrictor plate issue is still brewing and the drivers are not happy with it. There are safety reasons to have them in place, as well as for the purpose of making each race [...]
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- From the first lap ever turned at this place, Texas Motor Speedway often has made the unexpected a reality.
It began with a multicar crash on the first turn 12 years ago. No one would have guessed Jeff Burton, a fourth-year driver who was winless in his career at the time, would go to Victory Lane in that first race in 1997.
And who would have thought 10 years would pass before Burton became the first driver to win twice at Texas, a track that had 12 different winners before...
At Texas Motor Speedway; Fort Worth, Texas
| FIN | ST | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | PTS | LAPS | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 195 | 200 | Running |
| 2 | 7 | 29 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 170 | 200 | Running |
| 3 | 9 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Toyota | 165 | 200 | Running |
| 4 | 2 | 16 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 165 | 200 | Running |
| 5 | 5 | 88 | Brad Keselowski | Chevrolet | 160 | 200 | Running |
| 6 | 3 | 33 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 155 | 200 | Running |
| 7 | 42 | 32 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 146 | 200 | Running |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 142 | 200 | Running |
| 9 | 15 | 60 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 138 | 200 | Running |
| 10 | 8 | 11 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 134 | 200 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | 1 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 130 | 200 | Running |
| 12 | 11 | 27 | Jason Keller | Ford | 127 | 200 | Running |
| 13 | 13 | 99 | Trevor Bayne | Toyota | 124 | 200 | Running |
| 14 | 12 | 40 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | 121 | 200 | Running |
| 15 | 22 | 34 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | 118 | 200 | Running |
| 16 | 10 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan * | Chevrolet | 115 | 200 | Running |
| 17 | 28 | 28 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | 112 | 198 | Running |
| 18 | 35 | 9 | John Wes Townley * | Ford | 109 | 197 | Running |
| 19 | 32 | 24 | Eric McClure | Ford | 106 | 197 | Running |
| 20 | 26 | 26 | Kevin Conway | Chevrolet | 103 | 196 | Running |
| 21 | 19 | 66 | Steve Wallace | Chevrolet | 100 | 179 | Accident |
| 22 | 21 | 15 | Michael Annett * | Toyota | 97 | 177 | Accident |
| 23 | 42 | 81 | Bobby Hillin, Jr | Dodge | 94 | 167 | Running |
| 24 | 43 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 91 | 152 | Accident |
| 25 | 14 | 12 | Justin Allgaier * | Dodge | 88 | 144 | Running |
| 26 | 33 | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Chevrolet | 85 | 138 | Engine |
| 27 | 25 | 58 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | 82 | 134 | Electrical |
| 28 | 18 | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 79 | 119 | Accident |
| 29 | 17 | 96 | Michael McDowell * | Dodge | 76 | 118 | Accident |
| 30 | 4 | 10 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 78 | 112 | Susp. |
| 31 | 24 | 70 | Shelby Howard | Chevrolet | 70 | 109 | Ignition |
| 32 | 27 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 67 | 103 | Accident |
| 33 | 20 | 0 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 64 | 103 | Accident |
| 34 | 31 | 83 | John Borneman III | Ford | 61 | 50 | Ignition |
| 35 | 23 | 7 | Danny O'Quinn Jr. | Chevrolet | 58 | 32 | Handling |
| 36 | 29 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 55 | 25 | Electrical |
| 37 | 34 | 61 | Kenny Hendrick | Ford | 52 | 15 | Rear End |
| 38 | 36 | 5 | Mark Day | Chevrolet | 49 | 8 | Transmission |
| 39 | 37 | 47 | Chase Miller | Toyota | 46 | 6 | Vibration |
| 40 | 38 | 90 | Johnny Chapman | Chevrolet | 43 | 4 | Overheating |
| 41 | 39 | 91 | Terry Cook * | Chevrolet | 40 | 4 | Vibration |
| 42 | 40 | 92 | Dennis Setzer | Dodge | 37 | 2 | Overheating |
| 43 | 41 | 49 | Mark Green | Chevrolet | 34 | 2 | Handling |
*: Rookie
Jeff Gordon won his first pole of the season with a qualifying lap of 191.117 mph at the 1 1/2 -mile, high-banked track where he got his only victory of the season in April. It was his first win in Texas.
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