Carl Edwards Wins At Dover
Carl Edwards did it again, he won on a concrete track, the high-banked, high-speed Monster Mile of Dover International Speedway. It was the third victory of the 2007 season for Edwards and the seventh of a 113 race career. Edwards, now known as "Concrete Carl" has won six time on tracks with concrete surfaces, two in the Nextel Cup Series and four in the Busch Series. Edwards held of a hard charging teammate in the closing laps, Greg Biffle, who was hungry for a victory, but he couldn't catch Edwards. Biffle held on for second place. Edwards was turning his quickest laps near the end of the race. Edwards won the Dodge Dealers 400 by leading three times for a total of 95 laps -- but the lap leader was Matt Kenseth with a total of 192 laps but it was all for naught, Kenseth blew an engine with 25 laps to go.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. brought his DEI Chevrolet home in the third spot over his DEI teammate Mark Martin. Kyle Busch finished fifth followed by Casey Mears, Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya to round out the top ten. "We just have to keep running like we're running," said Edwards. "It looked like a lot of the guys (in the Chase) had some bad luck today." -- Edwards also had problems but overcame a throttle linkage sticking. -- "This is not a good place to have the throttle stick, when it would stick I would have to pull it back up off the floor. I'm glad I have Bob Osborne as the crew chief. He gets the smart guy of the race award.

There were only six car running on the lead lap. The race featured 13 cautions for a total of 66 laps. There were 14 lead changes among nine different drivers. The Nextel Cup Series moves to Kansas Speedway next Sunday, September 30, 2007 for the LifeLock 400. The race is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Eastern time.
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John Force Seriously Injured
Drag racing's biggest star, 14-time champion John Force, was alert and conscious after suffering two broken legs and a broken arm in a nasty top-end collision Sunday with fellow straight-line legend Kenny Bernstein in the second round of eliminations at the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex outisde of Dallas. Force has been airlifted to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas for further treatment. Their Funny Cars got together just as they crossed the finish line with Bernstein drifting over into Force's lane after clipping the final timing cone. The numbers, although unofficial, showed Force crossing with a 4.863 at 315.34 mph to Bernstein's 4.904 at 312.06 mph.

Bernstein quickly made his way out of his Monster Energy Drink Dodge Charger R/T and was shown walking around and talking to medical and safety personnel on the large television screens at the racetrack, which brought a huge cheer from the crowd. But the mood quickly turned quiet as everyone waited for word on Force's condition. Minutes later, track announcers reported that Force was talking to EMTs but would be transported by LifeFlight Helicopter for further evaluation. Team spokesman Dave Densmore reported Force's injuries to the media. NHRA.com will provide more information on this breaking story as it becomes available..

Team spokesman Dave Densmore reported Force's injuries to the media. "He was asking to talk to Laurie, his wife, and Ashley and Robert Hight, so that was a good sign," Densmore said. "He is in a lot of pain, obviously. They can't take passengers on the helicopter so the family is off to the hospital in a car."

"John has very, very serious injuries to his hands, his legs, and his feet that will require extensive work-up and treatment," said NHRA doctor Dwight Shewchuk, who was first on the scene with the Safety Safari. "Nothing appears life-threatening at this time but he certainly has significant injuries so he's been taking to Baylor Hospital where he'll be further evaluated.

"Although he was alert and conscious throughout the whole thing he was demonstrating some signs of a concussion as he was asking the same question over and over. But his vital signs were stable and he's on his way."(nhra.com)

Franchitti Getting Ready For Talladega ARCA Race
Nextel Cup Series team owner Chip Ganassi is working to get newly crowned IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitii entered in the Oct. 5 Automobile Racing Club of America series race at Talladega, Ala. - the first step in his new stock car racing career.

"We have a few little hurdles to get done before we can announce something (with Franchitti), but we are feverishly working at it. We are confident we are going to be able to put something together with him," Ganassi said Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

A formal announcement of Franchitti's move is expected this week, sources said.(thatsracin.com)

Another Major NASCAR Mistake
Kelly Bires showed up to the Busch Series drivers meeting at Dover International Speedway on Saturday and sat in the second row, alongside his crew chief, Scott Zipadelli. But just before the RoadLoans.com 200 began, NASCAR told Bires and his No. 47 team that it would have to drop to the rear of the field for missing the drivers meeting. Given that Bires had qualified 21st, he and Zipadelli were surprised and unhappy with the turn of events.

"They said we were not there for roll call," Zipadelli said. "I was sitting right in front of [Busch Series director] Joe Balash. ... I was at the drivers meeting before Joe Balash was at the drivers meeting."

As it turns out, the drivers of the Nos. 27 and 44 cars missed the meeting - but the wrong numbers were written down. NASCAR officials later admitted a mistake had been made, but NASCAR's decisions cannot be appealed during a race.