Full Throttle

As Reed Sorenson drove one lap after another under Saturday night’s last [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/caution.jpg]caution[/avatar], his fear wasn’t that he would ruin a night dedicated to the three Wallace brothers.

In fact, his mind was solely on winning no matter who trailed at that point:

“During the race I didn’t even think of that,” said the 19-year-old rookie. “It wouldn’t have mattered if it was Jeff Gordon or Michael Schumacher, I was going to drive as hard as I could.”

In a race dedicated to the three racing Wallace brothers it was Mike Wallace who had the best night among the three. Kenny and Rusty Wallace finished 24th and 37th after being involved in wrecks.

The Wallace brothers spent the first half of the race making up for middle-of-the-pack starts. All were in good shape mid-race with Kenny Wallace sitting in eighth place, Rusty in 10th and Mike in 12th.

Kenny saw his race end on lap 100 when he and Michael Waltrip made contact, forcing Wallace to spin. Rusty Wallace had a good night ruined when he and Jon Wood came together on lap 134 coming out of turn four. Rusty seemed to take at least some of the blame for that incident - “We knew it wouldn’t go caution-free forever, and it kept getting loose, loose, loose,” Wallace said. “I was just kind of slow in the center of 3 and 4 and the 47 (Wood) got into me and that was it.”

As everyone concentrated on the three Show Me State natives it was another native that had the drive of the day. Columbia, Mo., native and rookie, Carl Edwards finished the day in third after an engine change sent him to the back of the field prior to the green.

Defending [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/bgn.gif]Series[/avatar] and race champion Martin Truex dominated the weekend posting fastest times in both practices, sat on the pole in a record clocking and led the most laps during the event.

However, Truex ran into tire trouble on lap 40. He made a pit stop, took four new tires and returned in 38^th place two laps down to the leader. Eventually on the strength of a fast pit stop on lap 138 he reagained the lead from Rusty Wallace but it was short lived. Truex Jr. had an unscheduled pit stop on lap 181 with more tire troubles and dropped out of contention to a 28^th place finish.

1 2 #41 Reed Sorenson * Dodge Home123 Corp. 190/10 200 Running $79,321
2 18 #6 Mike Wallace Dodge Ragu 170/0 200 Running $41,100
3 4 #60 Carl Edwards * Ford Charter Communications 165/0 200 Running $33,108
4 12 #27 David Green Ford Kleenex 160/0 200 Running $42,575
5 8 #11 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards/PEAK 155/0 200 Running $33,200
6 5 #21 Brandon Miller * Chevrolet Reese’s 150/0 200 Running $29,900
7 11 #1 Johnny Sauter Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 146/0 200 Running $37,850
8 17 #2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet ACDelco 142/0 200 Running $34,700
9 42 #18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Vigoro/The Home Depot 138/0 200 Running $29,010
10 24 #33 Tony Raines Chevrolet Outdoor Channel 134/0 200 Running $29,950
11 3 #20 Denny Hamlin * Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 130/0 200 Running $35,700
12 14 #12 Sterling Marlin Dodge Jani-King 127/0 200 Running $23,350
13 31 #44 Justin Labonte Chevrolet U.S. Coast Guard 124/0 200 Running $34,233
14 29 #34 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet Dollar General 121/0 200 Running $28,290
15 21 #58 Regan Smith Dodge Glynn Motorsports 123/5 200 Running $23,505
16 6 #99 Michael Waltrip Chevy State Fair Corn Dogs 120/5 200 Running $22,820
17 27 #38 Tyler Walker Dodge Great Clips 112/0 200 Running $24,635
18 7 #32 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Win Fuel 109/0 200 Running $24,500
19 22 #171 Ron Young Chevrolet Young Racing 106/0 200 Running $22,390
20 16 #59 Stacy Compton Ford Kingsford/Bush’s Beans 108/5 200 Running $27,150
21 19 #47 Jon Wood * Ford Clorox/Wisk 100/0 200 Running $26,190
22 9 #14 David Stremme Dodge Navy “Accelerate Your Life” 102/5 200 Running $26,080
23 10 #4 Kevin Hamlin Dodge GEICO 94/0 200 Running $24,283
24 25 #22 Kenny Wallace Ford Whelen Engineering 91/0 200 Running $25,810
25 37 #5 Boston Reid Chevy Lowe’s/Spectrum Spectracide 88/0 200 Running $23,755
26 1 #8 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 90/5 199 Running $35,915
27 32 #56 Tim Sauter Chevrolet Lester Buildings 82/0 199 Running $21,435
28 40 #72 Dale Quarterley Chevy Denver Mattress Company 79/0 99 Running $21,320
29 28 #40 Paul Wolfe Dodge Cottman Transmission 76/0 197 Running $23,190
30 38 #10 Brent Sherman Ford Hickory Farms/Serta 73/0 196 Running $29,050
31 20 #66 Aaron Fike Ford Duraflame 70/0 193 Handling $22,970
32 43 #16 David Ragan Chevrolet 31-W Insulation 67/0 188 Brakes $20,860
33 13 #35 Jason Keller Ford McDonald’s 64/0 187 Running $24,770
34 35 #49 Steve Grissom Ford Advil Liqui-Gels 61/0 184 Running $22,665
35 30 #7 Jeff Fuller Chevrolet Big Boar Customs 58/0 181 Engine $20,535
36 15 #25 Ashton Lewis Ford U.S. Marines 55/0 176 Engine $29,945
37 23 #64 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller High Life 57/5 135 Accident $20,340
38 34 #23 Mark Green Chevy BMAR Support Our Troops 49/0 120 Engine $22,300
39 41 #36 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet National City Bank 46/0 61 Brakes $22,245
40 26 #0 Kertus Davis * Chevrolet RaceGirl 43/0 30 Accident $20,210
41 39 #186Marc Mitchell Chevrolet TBA PE 13 Engine $20,175
42 33 #28 Shane Hall Ford Jay Robinson Inc. 37/0 2 Electrical $20,115
43 36 #167Bryan Reffner Dodge Panasonic 34/0 0 Rear End $20,069
* Denotes Rookie