Full Throttle

After pole sitter Ryan Newman dominated most of the race - leading 118 of the 200 laps in the USG Durock 300 - he suffered a familiar bug-a-boo, a pitroad mistake. When Newman pitted on lap 155 the crew sent him back out with a loose left front lugnut. Insult was added to injury he was then hit with a drive-through penalty for too many men over the pit wall when he came back in on lap 156 (I smell a NASCAR Cesspool entry).

It was left to Kevin Harvick to pick up the pieces - presumably Reese’s Pieces - and motor on to his second Busch victory of the season and the 15th of his career. Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Mark Martin gave [avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/cup.jpg]NEXTEL Cup[/avatar] regulars a clean sweep of the top five positions.

[avatar:http://cranialcavity.net/files/bgn.gif]Busch Series[/avatar] points leader Martin Truex Jr. finished 7^th following his closest competitor in the points race, Clint Bowyer, in 6^th.

Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status

1 5 #21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese’s 185/5 200 Running
2 6 #66 Greg Biffle Ford Royal Office Products 170/0 200 Running
3 1 #139 Ryan Newman Dodge Mobil 1 Ext. Perf./ALLTEL 175/10 200 Running
4 9 #60 Carl Edwards* Ford Charter Communications 160/0 200 Running
5 10 #9 Mark Martin Ford Pennzoil Platinum 160/5 200 Running
6 24 #2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet ACDelco 150/0 200 Running
7 16 #8 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 151/5 200 Running
8 28 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford Waste Management 142/0 200 Running
9 31 #11 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards/Turtle Wax 138/0 200 Running
10 19 #41 Reed Sorenson* Dodge Discount Tire 139/5 200 Running
11 23 #25 Ashton Lewis Ford U.S. Marines 130/0 200 Running
12 2 #38 Kasey Kahne Dodge Great Clips 127/0 200 Running
13 17 #87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Cellular One 129/5 200 Running
14 11 #99 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet Aaron’s 121/0 200 Running
15 18 #20 Denny Hamlin* Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 118/0 200 Running
16 14 #19 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Banquet Foods 115/0 200 Running
17 8 #248 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe’s/Kobalt Air Compressors 117/5 200 Running
18 4 #18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Vigoro/The Home Depot 114/5 200 Running
19 22 #33 Tony Raines Chevrolet Outdoor Channel 106/0 199 Running
20 12 #14 David Stremme Dodge Navy “Accelerate Your Life” 103/0 199 Running
21 37 #6 Casey Atwood Dodge Hellmann’s Mayonnaise 100/0 199 Running
22 32 #35 Jason Keller Ford McDonald’s Big Mac 97/0 199 Running
23 36 #32 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Win Fuel 94/0 199 Running
24 30 #15 Brent Sherman* Ford Consort Hair Care for Men 91/0 199 Running
25 41 #36 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet National City Bank 88/0 199 Running
26 13 #31 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Whelen Engineering 85/0 199 Running
27 33 #1 Johnny Sauter Dodge Yellow Transportation 82/0 199 Running
28 27 #59 Stacy Compton Ford Kingsford/Bush’s/Jewel Osco 84/5 199 Running
29 21 #22 Kenny Wallace Ford Stacker 2 76/0 198 Running
30 35 #27 David Green Ford Kleenex/Cub Foods 73/0 198 Running
31 42 #34 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet Dollar General 70/0 198 Running
32 39 #12 Tim Fedewa Dodge Supercuts 67/0 198 Running
33 7 #90 Elliott Sadler Ford CITI Financial 69/5 198 Running
34 34 #178 Jerry Robertson Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 61/0 198 Running
35 38 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Cottman Transmission 58/0 197 Running
36 3 #5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe’s/Hitachi Power Tools 60/5 197 Running
37 15 #47 Jon Wood* Ford Clorox/Wisk/Cub Foods 52/0 195 Running
38 20 #4 Jeff Green Dodge GEICO 49/0 172 Out of Race
39 26 #64 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Miller High Life Light 46/0 152 Out of Race
40 29 #58 Regan Smith Dodge Glynn Motorsports 43/0 83 Out of Race
41 40 #44 Justin Labonte Chevrolet U.S. Coast Guard 40/0 80 Out of Race
42 25 #143 Aaron Fike Dodge Channellock Code Blue 37/0 75 Out of Race
43 43 #49 Steve Grissom Ford Advil Liqui-Gels 34/0 29 Out of Race
* Denotes Rookie