ZERO WINS STILL MEANS POINTS LEAD FOR UTTS.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 Charles Utts has yet to post a victory in 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. Super Late Model division at Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. this season, yet he leads the points standings after seven races. With a third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the in Saturday night's 75-lap race at Irwindale, Utts passed Sean Woodside of Saugus and took over the lead. But given the choice, the Camarillo driver said he would rather not be out front right now. ``I don't like being in the points lead,'' Utts said. ``I just want to win races. It's been kind of a curse. Anybody who's had it has had problems.'' The latest victim was Woodside, a regular on the NASCAR Winston West Series who posted a 15th-place finish Saturday. Nathan Wulff of Escondido, driver of the Free Builder Supply Chevy, won the race, run in a light drizzle that started coming down about halfway through the race. It was Wulff's second victory of the season. Utts, who said he likes to drive the low line on the half-mile speedway, found his favorite path getting more and more slick as the race went on. ``I got up to third after a restart,'' said Utts, driver of the Lucas Oil Chevy Monte Carlo. ``And the bottom of the track was getting slippery. At that point I thought third place doesn't look so bad.'' Utts said he sometimes catches grief for racing the 1995 Chevy that he has, one of the older cars in his division. But it is one of the last cars NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ron Hornaday Jr. built before moving to North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. to start his Craftsman Truck Series career. So far this season, the old Hornaday Chevy has proven a contender. This is the second time this season Utts has held the points lead. After Saturday night's race, 42 points separate the top five drivers. Utts holds a 14-point lead over Wulff. ``These are the best drivers,'' Utts said. ``We get 30 to 50 cars a night. You don't get that anywhere else. I try not to get too self-pumped up about this. I have my homework to do.'' Wulff, Super Late Model rookie, said he wouldn't want this season to play any differently than it has. ``I hate to win anything that is easy,'' Wulff said. ``We have a different winner almost every race. I think that's excellent.'' The Super Late Models will be back at Irwindale on Saturday night. In addition, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, American Race Trucks and the MSRA MSRA Microsoft Research Asia MsrA Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase MSRA Microsoft Security Response Alliance MSRA Minnesota Street Rod Association MSRA Manitoba Street Rod Association MSRA Mississippi Restaurant Association MSRA Maryland State Retirement Agency Pro 4 Modifieds will race at Irwindale. --Witherill at Indy: Cory Witherill of Santa Monica finished 19th in his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. After spinning out late in the race, Witherill fell short of his goal of finishing in the top 10. But the Indy rookie and Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). High graduate made up 12 spots after starting on the last row. ``I'm excited about how we finished,'' Witherill said. ``I was hoping for a top 10, but I'll take a 19th-place finish. I felt like we could finish in the top 10 until I spun. It set me back some laps.'' --USAC TQ Midgets at Santa Maria Speedway: Walt Johnson of Sun Valley leads the USAC USAC Universal Service Administrative Company USAC United States Auto Club USAC Universidad de San Carlos (University of San Carlos, Guatemala) USAC US Airways Center (Phoenix, Arizona) Three-Quarter Midget standings as the series heads to Santa Maria Speedway on Saturday night. Johnson holds a three-point lead over Todd Hunsaker. The TQ Midgets will be part of a doubleheader at Santa Maria Speedway that will include a 30-lap USAC Western Midgets race. --Winston West in Kansas: The NASCAR Winston West Series heads to Kansas for the first time Saturday in the Kansas 100 at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. The Kansas 100 will be the farthest east the Winston West Series has traveled. Rookie Mark Reed of Bakersfield leads the points standings, with defending champion Brendan Gaughan surging closely behind in second. Saugus driver and former Winston West champion Sean Woodside is eighth in points. --Southwest Series in Bakersfield: The NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series will be 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 on Saturday for the Coors Light 150. M.K. Kanke of Frazier Park leads the Southwest Series by 127 points over Craig Raudman of Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. . But Raudman has been the series' hot driver. Raudman has won the last two Southwest Series races after Kanke posted back-to-back wins prior. The only other driver to win a Southwest Series race this year has been NASCAR Winston Cup star Ken Schrader, who took the season opener in Phoenix. Bob Lyon of Agua Dulce is fifth in points; Greg Pursley of Santa Clarita is sixth, and Frank Maronski Jr. of Quartz Hill is 10th. --Kruseman wins again: Cory Kruseman of Ventura won the first of two SCRA SCRA South Carolina Research Authority SCRA Sprint Car Racing Association SCRA Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 SCRA Securities Contract Regulation Act (Indian law) SCRA Scottish Countryside Rangers Association races at Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday. It was his sixth win in 11 races at Perris. Kruseman ran into a stalled car in the second SCRA race on Sunday night at Perris Auto Speedway. He finished 14th. Kruseman holds a commanding 188-point lead in the SCRA standings over Richard Griffin of Silver City, N.M. Mike Kirby of Lomita won the second SCRA race at Perris. AT THE RACES At The Races is a British television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting, Arena Leisure PLC and 28 (out of the 59) UK racecourses. NASCAR WINSTON CUP MBNA MBNA Monument Builders of North America MBNA Mercedes-Benz North America MBNA Maryland Bank, National Association MBNA Maryland Bank North America MBNA Mount Baker Nurses Association (Bellingham, Washington) Platinum 400 Site: Dover, Del. Schedule: Today, qualifying; Sunday, race. Track: Dover Downs International Speedway (oval, 1-mile, 24 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 400 laps. Last race: Jeff Burton pulled away for an easy victory in the Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C., to give Roush Racing its first win of the year. Burton, also the 1999 winner, led the final 73 laps, opening a huge advantage and beating Kevin Harvick by 3.190 seconds. Last year: Tony Stewart led 242 of 400 laps for the victory. Next race: Kmart 400, June 10, Brooklyn, Mich. On the net: http://www.nascar.com BUSCH MBNA Platinum 200 Site: Dover, Del. Schedule: Today, qualifying; Saturday, race. Track: Dover Downs International Speedway (oval, 1-mile, 24 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps. Last race: Jeff Green held off charging Matt Kenseth, nipping nip·ping adj. 1. Sharp and biting, as the cold. 2. Bitingly sarcastic. nip  ping·ly adv.Adj. him at the finish line to win the Carquest 300 in Concord, N.C. Last year: Jason Keller avoided a rash of accidents then held off Mark Martin over the last 43 laps to win. Next race: Kentucky 300, June 16, Sparta. CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS MBNA e-commerce 200 Site: Dover, Del. Schedule: Today, race. Track: Dover Downs International Speedway (oval, 1-mile, 24 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps. Last race: Joe Ruttman won for the second time this season, holding off Scott Riggs and Jack Sprague in the Jelly Belly 200 at Pikes Peak International Raceway Pikes Peak International Raceway was a one mile oval Auto Racing track located in Fountain, Colorado, south of Colorado Springs and north of Pueblo. Capacity: 42,000 Grandstand seats, 20,000 Infield capacity. . The race ended in a two-lap sprint following a caution flag on lap 198 after Jonathon Price hit the wall on the one-mile oval. Because a truck series race can't end under caution, the event went 204 laps. Last year: Kurt Busch, who wrecked his primary truck in practice, came from last place to pass Mike Wallace and win. He took the lead by passing a spinning Wallace on the 198th lap. Next race: O'Reilly 400, June 8, Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAMS Miller Lite 225 Site: West Allis, Wis. Schedule: Saturday, qualifying; Sunday, race. Track: The Milwaukee Mile (oval 1.032 miles, 9 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 232.2 miles, 225 laps. Last race: 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. , the 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner, took his first checkered flag in the cockpit of a Champ car, shaking off Helio Castroneves to win the Firestone Firehawk 500 in Motegi, Japan. Brack grabbed the lead on the 150th of 201 laps and fought off a late assault by Castroneves and Tony Kanaan. Last year: Juan Montoya won the rain-delayed event, giving Toyota its first victory in five seasons on the CART circuit. Next race: Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix, June 17, Detroit. On the net: www.cart.com NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Prestone Route 66 Nationals Site: Joliet, Ill. Schedule: Today, first-round qualifying; Saturday, second-round qualifying, Noon; Sunday, final eliminations. Track: Route 66 Raceway Route 66 Raceway is a drag racing strip in Joliet, Illinois. It opened in 1998 and features a ½ mile (0.8 km) dirt oval and a ¼ mile (0.4 km) drag strip. The drag strip hosts several events including the NHRA Car Quest Nationals in mid-June. . Last event: Kenny Bernstein raced to his third Top Fuel victory of the season and 26th of his career, beating Larry Dixon in the 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. Nationals in Topeka, Kan. Tony Pedregon, Ron Krisher and Don Smith won their divisions. Last year: John Force got his record-setting 86th victory, breaking a tie with Bob Glidden. Gary Scelzi, Krisher, Antron Brown and Bob Panella also were winners. Next event: Pontiac Excitement Nationals, June 17, Kirkersville, Ohio. On the net: www.nhra.com CAPTION(S): box Box: THE WEEK IN RACING (see text) |
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