Kevin Hamlin claimed his first career Busch Series top 10 on Saturday night, finishing seventh in the Busch Series 250. The run was long overdue for Hamlin after spending two, at times slow, seasons as a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
During that time Hamlin has bounced back and forth between multiple rides in both Busch and Craftsman Truck Series competition. His run in Gateway was the 20th of his career yet only his fifth under the CGR banner in the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge.
The Hot Lap.com
July 23, 2007
Kevin Hamlin claimed his first career Busch Series top 10 on Saturday night, finishing seventh in the Busch Series 250. The run was long overdue for Hamlin after spending two, at times slow, seasons as a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
During that time Hamlin has bounced back and forth between multiple rides in both Busch and Craftsman Truck Series competition. His run in Gateway was the 20th of his career yet only his fifth under the CGR banner in the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge. Amanda Brahler, TheHotLap.com
July 24
Eric McClure: “Anyway, at the start of the race we had a really good car. Ronnie Griffin came on board to help us this week and he was a huge asset. My guys and he really worked well together and we made really methodical adjustments on the car all weekend and actually got the car pretty good. We moved up about 6 spots until about lap 25 when I started having brake troubles. We rode it out for awhile, but the front kept locking up and we became a wreck waiting to happen.” Eric McClure, CatchFence.com
July 23
However, so many new drivers are racing because of connections they have with family members who have raced in the NASCAR Cup series. They are handed keys to the race car with plenty of money to back their ambitions. There is Jeffrey Earnhardt, son of Kerry Earnhardt, Tyler Green who is Mark Green’s son, Ryan Blaney is son of Dave Blaney and Chrissy Wallace who is the daughter of Mike Wallace. I’m sure all the NASCAR fathers are proud of their children, but just because their children love racing, have access to money and connections, does not make them a good racer. RaceTrackladies.com
July 23
Reed Sorenson pulls off a Juicy Fruit win in the Gateway 250 at Gateway International Raceway. A win that Sorenson has not seen in 61 races.
Sorenson Started the race on the outside front row for today’s race. Scott Wimmer proved to be strong at the beginning of the race with Sorenson sliding back a few positions but kept himself in the top 10 for 193 of the 200 laps run at the track. Mike Finnegan, SpeedwayMedia
July 23
NASCAR’s Carl Edwards of Columbia, Mo., got to spend a little time at home this week as he prepared for his third consecutive appearance at the Busch Series Gateway 250 at Gateway International Raceway.
On Saturday, Edwards, the series points leader and defending race champ, finished sixth, while Reed Sorenson won the event. Rhonda Mueller, Lake Sun
July 23
Marcos Ambrose endured one of the toughest days in his NASCAR Busch Series career but still managed to finish 18th in the Gateway 250 in Madison today.
Ambrose started to go backwards from the opening laps and slipped from his qualifying spot of 14th to be 30th and a lap down by lap 45 of the 200-lap contest in his Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion. Auto Racing Daily
July 23, 2007
“We’re quite a bit better than 10th,” Germain said. “We made quite a few mistakes.
“But based on what we saw, we can win on that series.”
In practice, Bodine had the third-fastest car. Although he qualified 24th, he had the car in 10th place after 17 laps. He took the lead on the 123rd lap and held it for 15 laps. Craig Handel, News-Press.com
July 23, 2007
Now, that’s what a Busch series race is supposed to look like. Saturday night’s event at Gateway International Raceway across the Mississippi River from St. Louis featured the drivers who will likely be NASCAR’s future.
Reed Sorenson won the race that was a showcase for young talent because the usual cast of top level NASCAR drivers slumming in the series for practice took the weekend off along with the Nextel Cup series. Doug Guthrie, DetroitNews.com
July 23, 2007
Reed Sorenson: “It’s been a long time since we won, and we knew we had a good shot coming in here,” Sorenson said. “Everybody on the team was real excited about coming in here, and the car was just dominant all night.
“I’m just real proud of everybody. We knew we had a good car after practice—we didn’t know it was going to be this good, though.” Auto Racing Daily
July 23, 2007
“The car was real difficult to drive all day,” Edwards said. “I thought, ‘Well, we’re going to run fourth if I keep driving like this.’ So I started driving real hard, trying some different things, and I lost it going into” Turn “3. … I’m pretty happy to still finished sixth.” STEVE WALENTIK, ColumbiaTribune
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