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Post by LoganoFan on Aug 18, 2009 13:56:35 GMT -5
Okay, the three top NASCAR series' are all racing this weekend, in the same place, Bristol. It all kicks off tomorrow night with the Camping World Truck Series in action.
Television Schedule
Wednesday
8 pm - O'Reilly 200 - SPEED
Friday:
10:30 am - Food City 250 final practice - SPEED
Noon - Sharpie 500 practice - SPEED
2 pm - Sharpie 500 final practice - SPEED
4 pm - Food City 250 qualifying - SPEED
5:30 pm - Sharpie 500 qualifying - ESPN2
7:30 pm - Food City 250 - ESPN2
Saturday
6:30 pm - Sharpie 500 - ESPN
All times are Eastern
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Post by LoganoFan on Aug 20, 2009 0:26:58 GMT -5
Busch wins O'Reilly 200
#51-took the lead with a little under 50 laps remaining to easily pick up the win in the O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline at Bristol Motor Speedway. This makes two wins in a row for Busch at Bristol, and his third series victory in 2009. Great job by #23-Jason White who led the most laps for the night at 86. Following a late-race pitstop, White wound up with a 14th place finish. Rounding out the top ten were; #88-Matt Crafton, #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., #2-Ryan Newman, #16-Brian Scott, #15-Aric Almirola, #24-David Starr, #11-TJ Bell, #50-Stacy Compton, #17-Timothy Peters. There were 5 lead changes among 4 drivers and 5 caution flags for 32 laps. Complete race results are posted on the Bristol Race Page.(Unofficial)(8-19-2009)
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Post by LoganoFan on Aug 21, 2009 19:09:07 GMT -5
Mark Martin wins the pole for the Sharpie 500 while Greg Biffle starts next to him on the front row.
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Post by LoganoFan on Aug 21, 2009 21:44:33 GMT -5
Ragan wins at Bristol
#6-David Ragan won the Food City 250 at Bristol Motors Speedway for his second win of the year and the second of his career. The race finished under a caution because of a wreck on the last lap of a green-white-checker finish. #6-Carl Edwards finished second. The rest of the top 10: #88-Brad Keselowski, #33-Kevin Harvick, #16-Matt Kenseth, #38-Jason Leffler, #29-Clint Bowyer, #15-Michael Annett, #98-Paul Menard, and #26-Michael McDowell. Points leader Kyel Busch was caught in an early accident and finished 28th. There were 9 cautions for 60 laps and 19 lead changes among 8 leaders. (8-21-2009)
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Post by LoganoFan on Aug 22, 2009 23:43:59 GMT -5
Kyle Busch wins at Bristol
#18-Kyle Busch won the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway for his 4th win of 2009, 15th of his career, and was the first driver to sweep both Bristol Sprint Cup races since his brother Kurt did it in 2003. #5-Martin finished 2nd after giving Busch a run for the win followed by #47-Ambrose [best ever oval track result], #16-Biffle, #11-Hamlin, #39-Newman, #2-Busch, #48-Johnson, #88-Earnhardt Jr. and #17-Kenseth. #48-Johnson was leading late in the race but had a lug nut problem and had to make a 2nd pit stop but was able to recover with an 8th. Points leader #14-Stewart finished 33rd after having all kinds of problem with the radio and some sort of electrical issues, dropping his points lead to 220 points over now 2nd place, #48-Johnson. Busch is now 39 points out of the Chase and the 12th spot with two races to go before the chase, #17-Kenseth is now 12th even thou he finished 10th. There were 11 cautions for 75 caution laps, an 10 minute red flag for a late wreck on lap 492 and there were only 11 lead changes among 5 drivers.
The Sprint Cup Series takes off a week before racing at Atlanta on Septmber 6h - Labor Day weekend.
Scheduled Bristol Race Re-Airs: ESPN2: Sunday, August 23 at 3:00am/et; ESPN Classic: Sunday, August 23 at 1:00pm/et; SPEED, Wednesday, August 26 at 12:00pm/et.(8-22-2009)
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