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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * May 9, 2008
Biffle On Darlington PoleGreg Biffle knocked Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the top spot in qualifying on Friday -- to sit on the pole for Saturday night's Dodge Challenger 500. Biffle toured the 1.333-mile Darlington Raceway in 27.405 seconds for a speed of 179.442 mph. It was Biffle's 5th Sprint Cup pole in 197 tries. He has 12 Cup Series victories. Earnhardt held on to the runner up position and will start on the outside pole. Jimmie Johnson, after wrecking two cars in practice, placed his Chevrolet in third while Tony Stewart starts fourth. Kurt Busch rolls off in fifth place followed by his younger brother Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler, Jeff Gordon, Scott Riggs and Bobby Labonte to round out the top ten. Two drivers failed to qualify, Johnny Sauter in the No. 70 car and Jeff Green in the No. 34.For Full Starting Lineup... 
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Awards Show Schedule AnnouncedNASCAR announced today the lineup for its three top series’ 2008 postseason awards shows, including the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony’s return to the Waldorf=Astoria hotel in New York City. The Dec. 5 Waldorf event will continue a tradition begun in 1981 for NASCAR’s premier series. The event will be held in the Waldorf’s Grand Ballroom. Television broadcast information will be announced at a later date. This lineup is a change from recent seasons, when the NASCAR Nationwide Series was the finale. This year, that event will preface the New York show. The rundown is as follows:
• Nov. 17: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series; Seminole Hard Rock; Hollywood, Fla.
Casey Mears Tops Happy HourCasey Mears was the quickest in Happy Hour NASCAR Sprint Cup practice on Friday at Darlington Raceway. Mears turned a lap of 27.676 seconds around the newly repaved 1.333-mile track for a speed of 177.685 mph. Listed Below are the top ten times and speeds.Pos Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind 1 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg's/CARQUEST 177.685 27.676 2 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 176.759 27.821 -0.145 3 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 176.746 27.823 -0.147 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 175.817 27.970 -0.294 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 175.510 28.019 -0.343 6 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 175.178 28.072 -0.396 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 174.805 28.132 -0.456 8 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 174.656 28.156 -0.480 9 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge McDonald's 174.463 28.187 -0.511 10 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Alltel 174.352 28.205 -0.529Happy Hour Results...
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Richmond Ratings UpThis past weekend’s Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway not only grabbed attention by selling all 112,029 seats, it was also the most viewed NASCAR event in the history of America’s Premier Short Track.The 400-lap race, which was broadcast live on FOX earned a 4.5 final national rating, up +5% over last year’s 4.3 final national rating. Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series event aired directly against the NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs, NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship, PGA Champions Tour, NHRA, Boxing and PBR. “This once again reiterates the fact that Richmond really is ‘Racing Perfection,’” stated Doug Fritz, president of Richmond International Raceway. “The drivers love racing at Richmond International Raceway and the fans love watching such great racing, whether it’s in person or on the television.” Fans both sitting in the stands and at home saw a great show Saturday night, as hometown hero Denny Hamlin looked like he was going to walk away with a Richmond sweep, winning both Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race and Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. When Hamlin cut a tire, fans were on the edge of their seats (both in the grandstands and their couches) waiting to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. drive his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to Victory Lane. In the end, Clint Bowyer took the checkered flag, winning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Fans who missed the action this past weekend can purchase tickets starting May 24 for “One Last Race to Make the Chase,” the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, September 6. Be here to see if your driver makes it into the 2008 Race to the Chase. Tickets start at $80 and can be purchased by calling 866-455-RACE (7223) or by logging on to www.rir.com.
Jarretts To Be Honored At Lowe'sNed and Dale Jarrett, one of only two father-and-son combinations to claim championships in NASCAR's premier division, will be simultaneously inducted into Lowe's Motor Speedway's Court of Legends. H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president and general manager of the 1.5-mile superspeedway, will honor the two North Carolina natives who will have their signatures, footprints and handprints immortalized in concrete near the track's main entrance.Officials of Lowe's Motor Speedway and UPS will also announce the winner who will ride-along with Dale Jarrett in the UPS truck during pre-race ceremonies for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night, May 17. The $1 million-to-win event will be Jarrett's final NASCAR start.
Darlington Goodyear Tire NotesWith the complete re-pave of Darlington Raceway since last season, Goodyear has tested extensively at the track and brought a new combination of left- and right-side tires for teams to race on this weekend -- Goodyear ran it's first two-day test at Darlington with drivers Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman in mid-March, and settled on it's right-side tire recommendation during that session -- the tire manufacturer scheduled a one-day continuation test with the same drivers for early-April, and confirmed it's left-side recommendation at that session.Darlington is the only track at which NASCAR teams are scheduled to run this specific combination of left- and right-side tire codes this season -- however, teams will run this right-side code (D-4130) with a different left-side code at Charlotte later this month -- teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes this weekend -- as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Darlington -- air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
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