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Mears Takes One for the Team, Hates Himself

As mentioned in a previous post, Nextel Cup Chaser Kyle Busch thanked his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Casey Mears for yielding the 5th position to him in Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400. On the last restart, Mears' Crew Chief Darian Grubb came over the radio to let his driver know that if the #5 caught up to them and the #25...

Dover "Big One" Costly For Chase Drivers

Depending on which report you read, 11 or 12 drivers were caught up in Sunday's late-race melee caused by Kurt Busch: "I'm not sure if we broke something in the suspension or if a tire went bad."I'm not sure it matters. At least not to anyone besides him. Whatever it was cost him and three of his fellow championship...

Cautions Betray Biffle, Benefit Earnhardt Jr.

Greg Biffle's 2nd place finish in the Dodge Dealers 400 was his best performance of the season, but it wasn't quite enough to catch Carl Edwards."If I could've got to his bumper, it might have been a challenge for him. I know he's in the Chase and he had a little cushion today, and I needed a win pretty bad, but we were...

Will Blaney's Dover DNQ End the Challenge?

Ok ... I am officially starting to feel for the #22 Caterpillar Toyota Team. If The Blaniac Challenge has served any purpose--besides getting Dave Blaney a lot more coverage in the Fanhouse than he would have had--it's been to make me pay more attention to the teams outside the top 35. So, Blaney failed to qualify for the...

Rudd Still Hurt, Wallace Still In at RYR

Ricky Rudd will miss his third consecutive race this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Rudd suffered a serious shoulder separation during a crash at California Speedway.Kenny Wallace has filled in Rudd's No. 88 since that time and will continue this weekend with Dover's Dodge Dealers 400. Wallace says that he is...