HARVICK GETS HIS VICTORY IN TEXAS EVENT.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Motor Sports Kevin Harvick For the racing team owned by Kevin Harvick and his wife Delana, see . Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California) is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving figured he let one slip away at Texas Motor Speedway Texas Motor Speedway is a superspeedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor last year. The Bakersfield driver of the No. 2 AC Delco Chevy Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. on the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Busch Grand National Division was headed for victory when, while leading the race, he ran out of gas and fell to ninth. This time around, he held on to his lead at Texas and won his first Busch race of the season. ``This place owed us one from last year, when we had the dominant car,'' said Harvick, who holds a 115-point lead in the Busch championship standings. ``To have the dominant car again and win is just awesome.'' Harvick led for 51 laps in Saturday's Jani-King 300 and was able to outrun out·run tr.v. out·ran , out·run, out·run·ning, out·runs 1. a. To run faster than. b. To escape from: outrun one's creditors. 2. a field that included Winston Cup stars Jeff Burton Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. and Richard Childress Racing RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team fielding Chevrolets for Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, and Scott Wimmer in the NEXTEL Cup Series as well as the #2 BB&T Chevy for Clint Bowyer, the #21 AutoZone Chevy for Harvick teammate Mike Skinner. ``Jeff Burton is a great race car driver and he and Mark Martin have proven that they can dominate races both in the Cup series and especially Busch,'' Harvick said. ``We had a great car today and we were lucky to hold him off. (Crew chief) Todd (Berrier) and the guys made a good adjustment after the first round of stops that freed the car up just enough to enable me to drive it to the front and keep it there.'' Harvick coupled his win at Texas with a seventh in the Harrah's 500 Winston Cup race on Sunday. Harvick, who drives the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Monte Carlo, leads the Cup rookie points standings. The Busch series takes this weekend off and resumes racing April 14 at Nashville Superspeedway. --Busch lands sponsor: Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 97 Roush Racing Ford Taurus, added to his best NASCAR Winston Cup finish by landing a primary sponsor Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch, a former NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series champ from Las Vegas, finished fourth in the Harrah's 500 on Sunday, the first top-five Winston Cup finish of the rookie's career. Before the race, Roush Racing announced that Sharpie Rubbermaid will sponsor the No. 97 Ford. The new car will be unveiled this weekend at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. ``That was too much fun,'' Busch said about his finish in the Harrah's 500. ``Early on I had a little spin in the grass and after that I knew that we needed to just keep digging. Once we got through that, I knew we were going to be all right. Ben Leslie, the new crew chief, did an awesome job. He acclimated well with the new car and could feel the changes I needed throughout the race.'' --Long Beach anticipation: It's safe to say after nearly a month off, the drivers of the CART FedEx Series are itching to get back to racing. And many of them couldn't ask for a better race than the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Adrian Fernandez of Mexico has many fond memories of Long Beach, although he would like to forget last year's race, one of only three he did not finish in the 2000 season. After a pair of fourth-place finishes in 1998 and 1999, Fernandez completed only 10 laps before experiencing engine failure and hitting the wall on Shoreline Drive. ``I am really looking forward to Long Beach,'' said Fernandez, the only owner/driver on the series, who drives the No. 51 Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex Honda Reynard. ``I have had some good results there the past few years and I think we have a good setup going in to the weekend. We will be in better shape than we were in Mexico and I will have more time to prepare for the race.'' Long Beach has a special place in Tony Kanaan's heart - or perhaps it's more accurate to say his arm. Kanaan, driver of the No. 55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda Reynard, won the pole position at Long Beach in 1999. Along with leading the qualifiers to start the race, Kanaan also won 18 wristwatches from his crew in a bet he made before the race. The Brazilian driver told his Forsythe Championship Racing Forsythe Championship Racing is a racing team in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe. Team History The team first operated as Forsythe Racing from 1983 to 1985 with moderate success, most notably with rookie driver Teo Fabi who won four races in 1983, and teammates that he felt Long Beach was going to yield his first pole. Furthermore, he told them he would buy each of his 18 crew members a wristwatch if he didn't win the pole. But if he did take the pole, his 18 crew members would have to give Kanaan their wristwatches. Aside from adding to his wristwatch collection, Kanaan led for 44 laps during the 1999 Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the premier circuit in the Champ Car World Series. It is an open-wheel race held on a temporary road course in Long Beach, California. before crashing and ending his day in 22nd. He made contact with Team Rahal driver Kenny Brack n. 1. An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. - J. Fletcher. 1. Salt or brackish water. in lap 54 to end his day at Long Beach last year. His best finish at Long Beach came in his rookie season in 1998, when he finished fifth. ``Long Beach is definitely my type of race track,'' Kanaan said. ``If you look at my record there, it should be a surprise to no one that I really like the place. This year, I definitely have some unfinished business to take care of. The corner I crashed in while leading in 1999 isn't there any more, so the track is much easier. I'm really excited.'' NASCAR WINSTON CUP VIRGINIA 500 Site: Martinsville, Va. Schedule: Today, qualifying (Fox Sports Net, noon); Sunday, race (Channel 11, 10 a.m.) Track: Martinsville Speedway (.526-mile paved speedway, 12-degree banking in all turns) Race distance: 263 miles, 500 laps Last race: Dale Jarret became the first Winston Cup driver to win two races by taking the Harrah's 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. He is also the only driver on the series with two poles and leads the points standings with a 75-point lead over Jeff Gordon. Bakersfield driver Kevin Harvick, a former NASCAR Winston West champion, added to his rookie points lead with a seventh-place finish at Texas. He is 12 points ahead of Kurt Busch of Las Vegas, a former NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series champion. Busch recorded his first top-five finish in Winston Cup with a fourth-place finish at Texas. Next race: Talladega 500, April 22, Talladega, Ala. On the net: www.nascar.com CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES ADVANCE AUTO PARTS Founded in 1932, Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, is the second-largest retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. AAP had 2005 sales of approx. $4. 250 Site: Martinsville, Va. Schedule: Saturday, race (ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , 11 a.m.) Track: Martinsville Speedway (.526-mile paved speedway, 12-degree banking in all turns) Last race: Ted Musgrave won the OSH 250 at Mesa Marin Raceway Mesa Marin Raceway was a high banked half mile racetrack in Bakersfield, California that was demolished following the 2005 racing season to make way for housing developments in the foothills of northeast Bakersfield. in Bakersfield to become the ninth series driver to win consecutive events. He also won the Dodge Dealers 400 at Miami on March 4. The last back-to-back winner was Kurt Busch in 2000 at the Milwaukee Mile and New Hampshire International Speedway New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile (1703 m) oval track which has hosted NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon. . Next race: Ram Tough 250 presented by Pepsi, Gateway International Raceway Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just minutes from Downtown St. Louis, Mo. It hosts a NASCAR Busch Series event and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on a 1. , Madison, Ill. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) NASCAR WINSTON CUP VIRGINIA 500 (see text) (2) CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES ADVANCE AUTO PARTS 250 (see text) |
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