June 2009

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RACE RECAP | NEW HAMPSHIRE
Joey Logano wins New Hampshire10 Kasey Kahne
9 immie Johnson
8 Sam Hornish Jr.
7 Kyle Busch
6 Brad Keselowski
5 Tony Stewart
4 David Reutimann
3 Kurt Busch
2 Jeff Gordon

VICTORY LANE

1 – 19 year old Joey Logano becomes the youngest Cup Series winner, taking that record away from his teammate Kyle Busch.  He recovered from an early race crash and being a lap down to grab the win after the rains came.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

There was an 8 car wreck that took out 3 of the 4 Richard Childress cars, only Clint Bowyer escaped without damage

Martin Truex Jr. was part of that pileup and blamed Kyle Busch for starting it, even pretended to throw his helmet at the 18 car

The major battle for most of the race was between Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch, with Tony Stewart in the mix, and Jimmie Johnson led the most laps

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NCWTS Recap: Hornaday Dominates Second Straight Race
By Tim Tuttle
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

Ron Hornaday wins MemphisMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ron Hornaday Jr. took home his second straight Elvis trophy with an overpowering victory Saturday in the MemphisTravel.com 200 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Hornaday led 175 of 201 laps on the .75-mile track. The driver of the Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet had a commanding lead over Brian Scott’s Toyota before a late-race caution forced a green-white-checkered finish. Hornaday pulled away on the final restart and won by .653 seconds over Scott.

It was the second straight week Hornaday has led almost from start to finish. Hornaday led 180 of 200 laps at Milwaukee, where he took the points lead. Hornaday expanded it to 76 over Matt Crafton at Memphis with his third victory of the season and 42nd of his career, tops in the history of the series.

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NNS Recap: Busch holds off Logano for Nationwide win

Kyle Busch wins New HampshireKyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota, celebrates after winning the Camping World RV Sales 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his first series victory at the track. (Photo Credit: CIA Stock Photo)
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

LOUDON, N.H. — Apparently tired of his recent pattern of leading the most laps and finishing somewhere other than first, Kyle Busch took a different tack in Saturday’s Camping World RV Sales 200.

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The Final Lap – NH Preview – Fri, 26 Jun 2009
RCR clears up rumors, Richard Petty celebrates 25th anniv. of 200th win, we chat with Brian Vickers and set you up for New Hampshire. Hosted by Kerry Murphey

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Tony Stewart 141 14 Tony Stewart
2 24 Jeff Gordon
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 2 Kurt Busch
5 99 Carl Edwards
6 39 Ryan Newman
7 11 Denny Hamlin
8 16 Greg Biffle
9 18 Kyle Busch
10 17 Matt Kenseth
11 5 Mark Martin
12 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
13 9 Kasey Kahne
14 00 David Reutimann
15 31 Jeff Burton
16 33 Clint Bowyer
17 83 Brian Vickers
18 47 Marcos Ambrose
19 26 Jamie McMurray
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Continue reading “Cup Series Lineup: Rain puts Stewart on pole”