Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Atlanta Recap
Sorry for the lateness of this recap, but I had other stuff to do. I missed the Truck race Fri Night, so here is the top 10 finishing spots:
1) 6 Ron Hornaday
2) 47 Bobby Labonte
3) 04 Bobby Hamilton
4) 46 Dennis Setzer
5) 75 David Starr
6) 1 Ted Musgrave
7) 30 Chad Chaffin
8) 16 Jack Sprague
9) 10 Terry Cook
10) 12 Robert Huffman
Now, the BGN and NNC recaps:
BGN: Carl Edwards passed Jimmie Johnson and lapped car of Clint Bowyer with 11 to go and passing Kasey Kahne for the lead to win the Aaron's 312 at Atlanta. Edwards sat on the pole for the race. The NNC drivers who participated in the race filled out 9 of the top 10 finishing spots, with Mexican Michel Jourdain Jr finishing 10th. Reed Sorenson failed to qualify with his car, but Sterling Marlin, who qualified 28th, gave Sorenson the ride for the day, but Reed had to go to the back because of changing drivers before the race. Justin Labonte and Ron Hornaday were involved in a lap one crash.
NNC: Carl Edwards finished first in his 17th race of his career, celebrating by doing his signature backflip. Pole sitter Ryan Newman fell a lap down, but managed to finish on the lead lap in 14th place. Jimmie Johnson finished a very close 2nd - like 2 one-hundredths of a second - while Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, and Kasey Kahne rounding out the top 5. And, same as lap one in the BGN race, Casey Mears got lose, and several others were involved in the chain reaction, including Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon.
Well, that is all for now. Next week: Nashville (BGN), and the week after, Bristol (NNC).
1) 6 Ron Hornaday
2) 47 Bobby Labonte
3) 04 Bobby Hamilton
4) 46 Dennis Setzer
5) 75 David Starr
6) 1 Ted Musgrave
7) 30 Chad Chaffin
8) 16 Jack Sprague
9) 10 Terry Cook
10) 12 Robert Huffman
Now, the BGN and NNC recaps:
BGN: Carl Edwards passed Jimmie Johnson and lapped car of Clint Bowyer with 11 to go and passing Kasey Kahne for the lead to win the Aaron's 312 at Atlanta. Edwards sat on the pole for the race. The NNC drivers who participated in the race filled out 9 of the top 10 finishing spots, with Mexican Michel Jourdain Jr finishing 10th. Reed Sorenson failed to qualify with his car, but Sterling Marlin, who qualified 28th, gave Sorenson the ride for the day, but Reed had to go to the back because of changing drivers before the race. Justin Labonte and Ron Hornaday were involved in a lap one crash.
NNC: Carl Edwards finished first in his 17th race of his career, celebrating by doing his signature backflip. Pole sitter Ryan Newman fell a lap down, but managed to finish on the lead lap in 14th place. Jimmie Johnson finished a very close 2nd - like 2 one-hundredths of a second - while Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, and Kasey Kahne rounding out the top 5. And, same as lap one in the BGN race, Casey Mears got lose, and several others were involved in the chain reaction, including Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon.
Well, that is all for now. Next week: Nashville (BGN), and the week after, Bristol (NNC).
