CONCORD, N.C. (May 14, 2007) - Carl Edwards, the defending winner of the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300, topped the speed chart Monday as 35 NASCAR Busch Series cars tested at the 1.5-mile superspeedway.
Driving the No. 60 Ford, Edwards posted the fastest lap of the day at 182.648 mph. Bobby Hamilton Jr. was second fastest in the No. 35 Ford with a lap at 181.074 mph with Reed Sorenson third at 180.947 mph in the No.42 Dodge. Aric Almirola and Scott Wimmer rounded out the top five on the final speed rundown.
David Green, the 1994 NASCAR Busch Series champion, made his debut behind the wheel of the No. 91 Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports Toyota.
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1. Ward Burton 2. Kyle Busch 3. David Gilliland 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Matt Kenseth 6. Reed Sorenson
These are Nextel Cup regulars that run only the companion Busch events which in my mind is the pure definition of a Buschwacker. Let's call them Type I wackers.
Then there are those that are at least more honorable in that they are running all Busch Series events so that they could be termed Nextel and Busch regulars. Let's call them Type II wackers.
They include;
1. Greg Biffle 2. Dave Blaney 3. Carl Edwards 4. Juan Pablo Montoya 5. David Ragan 6. David Reuttiman 7. J. J. Yeley
Adding all of the Type I and Type II wackers together gives you 13 Nextel Cup drivers that make up the majority of the wackers by running Busch races roughly 85% of the time.
Then add the 12 Busch regulars and you have the typical 25 cars you normally see in Busch races. The remaining 18 cars are pretty much field fillers whether they are "Mexican" road racers or "American" oval racers.
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The fact that there are 13 wackers discourages decent mid-level racers from running the Busch series, so they go run trucks. That is what leaves approximately 18 local field fillers that run Busch that at best might be qualified to run trucks regularly. You take these 18 to Bristol and you get a wreckfest.
This is why NASCAR needs to
1) Allow the top 35 from the previous season to run a full Nextel Cup Season. 2) Have a qualifying school in January for the other 8 positions and you are in all year. 3) Do not allow Nextel Cup drivers to run Busch. 4) Increase Busch Purses to add more incentive for regular truck drivers to run Busch.
Then and only then will we have a healthy Busch series.
On lap 17 of today's Orbitz 300 NASCAR Busch Series race in Daytona, Florida, Ward Burton in his No. 27 Kleenex Ford Fusion wadded up $3,000,000 worth of race cars. Burton hit Chip Ganassi Racing's and Reed Sorenson's No. 41 Dodge Charger in the rear. Sorenson was shoved into the No. 9 Dodge of Ray Evernham Racing driven by Kasey Kahne who hit the wall. This set off today's "Big One," a crash that ultimately involved six cars. Kahne was, however, the worst victim of the wreck, as he crashed into the wall head-on.
Ward Burton bump drafts Reed Sorenson before exiting the turn causing Sorenson to hit Kasey Kahne who loses control.
Jamie McMurray and John Andretti were also involved in the incident, which effectively ended their race. Andretti was able to return to the track to run a few more laps as was Sorenson. Bobby Hamilton Jr. also was hit on both sides of his No. 25 McDonald's Ford Fusion bearing a paint scheme honoring his father's last Nextel Cup win at Talladega in 2002. Hamilton lost a lap and led the cars one lap down most of the day but never found himself in position to receive the lucky dog award and get his lap back.
Kahne Immediately after he hit the wall
McMurray finished 42nd and Kahne 41st. Andretti settled for 39th and Sorenson 38th. ward Burton was able to continue finishing 31st. Hamilton finished as the only car one lap down in 24th.
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