Pocono Goodyear Tire Notes
This is the first time that Goodyear has brought this specific combination of left-and right-side tires to the track -- however, major NASCAR teams have run this left-side code (D-4104) at Phoenix and Richmond, and this right-side code at Bristol, earlier this season -- Pocono is the only track at which Nextel Cup teams are scheduled to run these codes together in 2007 -- as on all NASCAR ovals one mile or greater in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Pocono -- air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

Carl Edwards Wins At Nashville
Carl Edwards may run full time in the Nextel Cup Series now, but there's no way that he's ever miss a Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. Not when you can win as easily as taking candy from a baby. Nine Cup drivers made the trip from Pocono Raceway Saturday afternoon in hopes of scooping up the lion's share of the million dollar purse and Edwards made the most of his opportunities by winning the Federated Auto Parts 300 and took home his third straight Gibson Guitar trophy. It was the fourth Busch Series victory in 2007, all on concrete tracks, two at Nashville, one at Dover and one at Bristol. Now they call him the "Concrete King". It was the 13th win for Edwards in 86 career races.

Clint Bowyer was in control for much of the race, leading 116 of 225 laps. But Bowyer's car was set up by Chase Miller, since Bowyer was in Pocono for the Nextel Cup practices. So Bowyer stepped into a car that had a foreign setup and still nearly pulled the victory off. "Without practice, you got what you got," said Bowyer of the setup on his car. "The car just didn't suit my driving style." Bowyer held onto the second spot and Jason Leffler drove for all he was worth to finish third. Scott Wimmer, Bowyer's RCR teammate, had a fast car all day until the end of the race. Wimmer lead 41 laps but with 40 laps to go he started complaining of a loose condition and limped home in fourth.

Regan Smith finished fifth followed by Jason Keller, David Ragan, Todd Kluever, David Reutimann and Aric Almirola rounded out the top ten. Pole sitter Steven Wallace finished 12th o the lead lap. The race was slowed by five cautions for a total of 25 laps. There were twelve lead changes among seven different drivers. The average speed of the race was 151.899 mph. The Busch Series moves to Kentucky Speedway next Saturday night, June 16th, for the Meijer 300 Presented by Oreo. ESPN and ESPN Deportes will cover the race starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Steven Wallace On Nashville Pole
19 year-old Steven Wallace went out to qualify about mid-day on the 1.333-mile concrete Nashville Superspeedway and the track hadn't changed much from the beginning of the session until the end of it. So the qualifying order wasn't as important as it is on asphalt tracks. Wallace knocked Aric Almirola out of the top spot and will start on the pole for Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 300. It's the second pole this year and the second career pole for Wallace, his other one also on a concrete track, Bristol Motor Speedway.

“My guys really worked hard this weekend. We weren’t very good in the first practice, so we went back to the drawing board and put our setup from the first race back in the car; it was a ton better after that," said Wallace. "That run surprised everyone I think, including me. I knew our car was good, but we weren’t able to get a clean qualifying run in practice; my uncle Mike (Wallace, No. 7 Chevrolet) pulled up in front of me during our mock qualifying run and killed our lap. Nonetheless, our HomeLife Communities Dodge Charger was great when it counted. I’m looking forward to running a smooth race, being there at the end and getting our first top-ten of the year tonight.”