NASCAR Weekend Report 5/25

NASCAR Weekend Report 5 / 25 Author: Matt Gerwitz U. S. Sports Media, Inc. CONCORD, NC - Lowe's Motor Speedway was the venue again this week for the series of two major NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup, while the NASCAR Truck Series had the weekend. The rain filled weekend of Memorial Day disrupted the racing calendar, race cut short late Saturday and the Coca-Cola 600 until Monday. Qualification for the two races were completed on time. Thursday night had the Sprint drivers Ryan Newman in the lead, turning a lap of 188. 475 mph. The return earned him his eighth pole at Lowe's, his fifth in the Coca-Cola 600. Kyle Bush has begun to second place followed by Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne completed the first three lines. Asked about the possibility of winning the longest race of the NASCAR, Newman said, "Yes, right now, I'll call even between me 18 and 24, and Tony Stewart at the launch of there, also on Sunday. "Qualifying for the Carquest Auto Parts 300 on Saturday with Carl Edwards has finished in the post, Kyle Bush, Greg Biffle second and third. Busch was forced to return after an engine change, but managed to collect his way back to the front. Took the lead from Carl Edwards on lap 41, holding it until Brian Vickers took him on lap 140. On lap 146 Vickers made a scheduled green flag stop, yielding to return to Busch pitted on lap 149. Meanwhile, Mike Bliss remained on the track that made him the only car on the lead lap when the caution came on lap 153. Bliss on the restart was the leader but started eleven behind lapped cars, including Busch. Brendan Gaughan is the lucky dog and restarted in second place, with the head of bliss, but Bliss has fought hard and came back Gaughan 167. three laps later the rain came, giving Bliss his first victory since 2004. Gaughan was second with Busch finishing third, Vickers fourth, fifth and Logano. Sunday's race has never been used as rain pounded the highway, leaving parts of the infield covered with water. The race began on Monday at noon under a cloudy sky that brought a red flag for rain a little over seventy laps in After almost an hour delay of the cars returned to the track for another 100 laps. Kyle Busch was again the dominant car, but Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne and Juan Pablo Montoya, pressure at various points during the race. at 3:00 PM NASCAR is beyond the yellow flag, had all the cars, cut the engine and observed a minute of silence in honor of Memorial Day. Shortly after the race resumed on lap 177 brought out the second red flag for rain. A rain delay and the third was the final round which cost 221 weekend Kyle Busch his second career. As the rain began to fall all the leaders pit stop in anticipation of going green. David Reutimann, Robby Gordon and Ryan Newman has chosen to stay outside with Reutimann inherit the leadership. The delay became few hours and the race was finally called at about 6:25. David Reutimann was the winner, giving Michael Waltrip Racing its first victory in Sprint Cup. Ryan Newman finished second, followed by Robby Gordon in third, Carl Edwards fourth, third and Brian Vickers. The six to ten positions went to Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Juan Pablo Montoya, Joey Logano, and Matt Kenseth. Source, http://www. RacingWeeklyNews. com, U. S. Sports Media, Inc.