NASCAR Taketh Away
April 24, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
Peyton Sellers won the season-opening Camping World East Series event this past weekend at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Easley, SC for Andy Santerre Motorsports. Following the race, however, NASCAR officials found that the 16-year-old’s car was in possession of an illegal shock, and NASCAR in turn stripped him of his victory. This is the first time in recent memory that I believe NASCAR has stripped a driver in any series of a win for any rules infraction, but the team definitely feels like they’re being made an example of.
Santerre said to reporters, “Needless to say we are shocked and disappointed. We …read more
Busch Still Not Sure About Pursuit of Nationwide Title
April 21, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
He’s won three consecutive Nationwide events this year, and currently sits third in points – a mere 66 points behind series leader, Clint Bowyer. Still, Kyle Busch remains undecided as to whether or not he will run the entire Nationwide Series schedule and pursue the championship.
Additionally, Busch currently holds a 35 point lead in the Craftsman Truck Series, with two wins and 3 top-five finishes in the four races that series as run to-date. Still, he has insisted that his intent in that series to run the 14 races that they’ve scheduled him for at Billy Ballew Motorsports, and he …read more
Craftsman Truck Series Results / Standings: California
February 23, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
After leading the previous 18 laps heading into lap 76, Todd Bodine – winner of the Craftsman Truck Series’ season debut in Daytona – lost the lead to the 22-year old Kyle Busch, who coincidentally headed into this weekend’s race at California Speedway in a three-way tie for first place after Bodine was docked 25 points by NASCAR for a rule infraction at Daytona. Busch closed out the remaining 11 laps of the race at the helm and was able to bring his no. 51 Billy Ballew MotorsportsToyota to victory lane to give Toyota its second win in the series …read more




