Red flag at lap 32 after the 96 car of Bobby Labonte took the inside line in front of Joey Logano who checked up his 20 car and Tony Stewart sent his former car for a wild ride.  Mangled race cars were Robby Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, and Reed Sorenson.  All drivers have been released from the infield care center and are fine.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 20 THE HOME DEPOT TOYOTA: “I’m fine. It scared the heck out of me that’s pretty much what the biggest thing was. I’m not sure what happened. The spotter was clearing me low. I got down there and then they checked up getting into the corner. I guess I got hit from behind, I’m not really sure. I haven’t seen a replay yet. I’m not sure I want to see a replay [smiles]. It was like it started rolling and I was in there like please make this thing stop and it just kept going and going. I’m fine. It goes to show how safe these cars are. I think we had a pretty good Home Depot Toyota. We took off good. We lost a few stops after the first pit stop but it was early in the race for that. It just startled me. I’m fine. That’s the big part.” HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO ANYTHING THAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH? “It was the wildest ride I’ve ever been on. You can’t go on a rollercoaster worse than that [smiles]. I’m just still shaki ng, that’s all but I’m fine. I’m not even sore which is really surprising after all that. I’m just happy to land on my wheels. When I was on my side that was when I was getting worried for a minute. The good Lord was with me on that one.”

By Tim Tuttle
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

LAS VEGAS — Johnny Sauter drove to his first victory Saturday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton was second in the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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Sauter, a rookie in the trucks who has three wins in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, passed Crafton for the lead on the outside exiting Turn 2 on the 130th of 146-laps on the 1.5-mile track and steadily pulled away to win by 2.47 seconds.

“It’s unbelievable, man,” Sauter said. “This is a big deal for me. Last year at this time, all I was doing was start-and-parks in the Nationwide Series. We’ve had speed all year, but we haven’t been able to close the deal. Our truck has been phenomenal for the last two months.”

Sauter, driving a Chevrolet, became the first rookie to win in the truck series since Scott Speed on May 30, 2008, at Dover International Speedway.

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NNS Recap: Bowyer Rights RCR Ship With Dover Win

Mission accomplished. After passing polesitter Kyle Busch for the lead on Lap 118 at Dover International Speedway, Bowyer led the final 83 laps of the Dover 200 and beat Mike Bliss to the finish line by 1.319 seconds to win his second series race of the season and the eighth of his career.

On a day that didn’t fulfill the promise of rain until the race was over, Busch, who came home fourth and widened his series lead to 211 points over fifth-place finisher Carl Edwards, wasn’t the lightning rod for controversy this time. That distinction went to third-place finisher Brad Keselowski, and Denny Hamlin, who spun into the wall on Lap 190 after contact from Keselowski’s Chevrolet.

After the race, Hamlin confronted Keselowski on pit road, but crew members broke up the shoving match before it could escalate.

Team owner Richard Childress asked Bowyer to replace Stephen Leicht in the No. 29 and run a three-race stretch starting at Dover to establish a baseline of consistency for the car. Bowyer, who won the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship last year, has shared driving duties with Leicht and Jeff Burton this season.

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Jimmie Johnson
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ryan Newman
Greg Biffle
David Reutimann
Kasey Kahne
Jeff Gordon
Clint Bowyer
Sam Hornish Jr.
Paul Menard
Joey Logano #
Brian Vickers
Denny Hamlin
Mark Martin
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
David Stremme
David Gilliland
A J Allmendinger
Kevin Harvick
David Ragan
Tony Stewart
Matt Kenseth
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jamie McMurray
Reed Sorenson
Marcos Ambrose
Jeff Burton
Casey Mears
Carl Edwards
Robby Gordon
Martin Truex Jr.
Regan Smith
Elliott Sadler
Dave Blaney
Mike Bliss
John Andretti
Michael Waltrip
Scott Speed #
Joe Nemechek
Bobby Labonte
Tony Raines
Michael McDowell

The 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues to gain momentum and this week’s stop at Dover, Delaware promises more of the same.

The pressure and the drama of the 2009 Chase has not disappointed, and more is sure to come this Sunday when the green flag drops for the AAA 400.

Dover is known for close-quarter racing and impressive side-by-side beating and banging, but its events also tend to shake up the points standings. The standings leader has changed after three of the track’s last four Chase races.

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