Jamie McMurray may be sick -- he was headed back to the infield care center after Saturday's final practice to try and find something to relieve his chest congestion -- but his car looks great. McMurray posted the seventh-fastest speed in final practice, leading a Roush Fenway Racing contingent that also saw Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle crack the top 12.

story souce:  http://jmcsgarage.com/forum/index.php?topic=879.125

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Word is a bug has been going around at Roush and that Jamie has been sick for a week.  He didn't sound bad on Track Pass the other night and the bug hasn't seemed to hurt team mates Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth.  So everything should be fine.  Here's hoping so.

Cheers!

From a Kenny Wallace Fan.

1. Brendan Gaughan 256 - Last Week: 9th, Brendan's 1st top 10 in the NW series....congrats.

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2. Jason Keller -1 - Last Week: 17th. Baker-Curb Racing driver is still just glad to have a ride.

3. Mike Bliss -53 - Last Week: 14th; finished 12th, 13th, and 14th in last 3 Fontana races.

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3 (tie) DJ Kennington -53 - Last Week: Follows up a career best 17th place finish in Daytona with a 24th place finish in Fontana.

5. Jason Leffler -62 - Last Week: 11th, same as last year's spring race in Fontana.

story source:

http://www.motorsportslounge.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/26090/

"Just the facts mam," Joe Friday would say in the old Dragnet series.

Named for cubic inches, not distance: Shelby 427.
Named for Sin City: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.
Big guns: Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle.
Long shots: Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Juan Montoya, Martin Truex, Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer and David Ragan.
The hunch here: Kyle Busch.

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Roush Quotes:

"We haven't been racing long enough for me to make those mistakes. I'm sure I'll make them." - Carl Edwards

"I didn't think we would have won the first two races, so I haven't really thought about the third." - Matt Kenseth

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Michael Waltrip Quote for Photo:  See full story by Monte Dutton, mdutton@gastongazette.com at

http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/jeff_31100___article.html/kenseth_gordon.html

Kenny Wallace and the U.S. Border Patrol are ready to put their California troubles behind them and mix it up for a competitive run on Saturday.  Kenny has a best finish of 8th in six races at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  His best start at LVMS is tenth.

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"We have to shake it and head to Vegas," Kenny reports.  I love the racetrack in Vegas."

Unfortunately Kenny's car was slow in practice on Friday.

Kenny ran a fast lap of 31.462, good for 29th on the speed charts.  The team improved to 23rd fastest in the second session with a fast lap of 30.765.

Qualifying for the Sam's Town 300 is at noon Eastern on Saturday and the race broadcast begins at 4:00 Eastern time. 

Written by Amy Henderson http://www.kennywallace.com/

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Buys

1. Kyle Busch- PROTRADE has Kyle ranked in 7th place at around $220. Kyle will likely win more races than any other driver during the 2009 season. As long as he can finally find success during the final 10 races he should be the one who can finally dethrone (Jimmie)Johnson.

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2. Mark Martin- See;

http://www.protrade.com/content/DisplayArticle.html?sp=S2bea38f0-0501-11de-9044-c7669e6ce22d 

 for more on Mark and others.

3. Jamie McMurray- PROTRADE has McMurray ranked in 25th place at around $141. I have never been a very big fan of McMurray but he should be a lock at cracking the top 20. Many NASCAR writers have predicted that this may be the year that McMurray makes the Chase for the Cup. While I do not have that much faith in McMurray the low risk makes it worth buying.

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Shorts

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr- PROTRADE has Dale ranked in 11th place at around $205. This has started off to be a very bad year for Jr. He has had several questionable driver errors and it seems as if everyone is questioning if his cousin Tony Eury (Jr.) has what it takes to be a winning crew chief. If things do not get turned around soon, and they could with Atlanta and Texas coming up, look for things to really get shaken up with this team. Beware because Dale Earnhardt Jr fans may not allow for him to fall until closer to earnings day. The Earnhardt fans are truly diehards.

And This one's for photo.  While I have seen other writers higher on Mikey after his good start to this season.  this guy isn't buying it.

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2. Michael Waltrip- PROTRADE has Michael ranked in 16th place at around $172. Give me a break. Do I really need to go into how Michael is driving out of his you know what right now. He has always been a good driver at the Super Speedways but a bad driver everywhere else. There are not enough restrictor plate races for Michael to finish in the top 25. He has also stated that if he struggles as a driver this year he will give some other driver the opportunity to drive that car.