| Upcoming Events in the World of NASCAR Need | | | | is luck. There are so many variables that can |
| a breather? NASCAR does. Next week, the | | | | work against a driver that are out of his |
| Nextel Cup teams will take a rest, and return | | | | control. At any moment, a car could wreck and |
| to action on April 22nd at Phoenix | | | | take out several others. A tire could go flat |
| International Raceway in the Subway Fresh | | | | after running over a piece of debris. Or, |
| 500. The Busch teams, however, don't get it | | | | just ask Jeff Gordon with his experience in |
| quite so easy. They travel to Nashville for | | | | Martinsville a few years ago, a piece of |
| the Pepsi 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway. | | | | racetrack could break up and damage part of |
| The Craftsman Truck teams are off until April | | | | your car. |
| 29. | | | | |
| | | | Such has been the experience of Carl Edwards |
| Expect the Hendrick drivers to return to | | | | this year. The witchdoctors have apparently |
| dominance in the Subway Fresh 500. Of all | | | | singled him out and cast several spells on |
| current drivers, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, and | | | | the 99 team. After having strong cars and |
| Jimmie Johnson have the best records at | | | | racing strong for much of the season, |
| Phoenix. Of course, you can never forget Tony | | | | something always seems to go wrong towards |
| Stewart and Mark Martin. Both are | | | | the end of the race. |
| blistering the 2006 schedule! | | | | |
| | | | Carl arguably had one of the strongest cars |
| Next Week's Schedule: | | | | in the field in yesterday's Samsung |
| | | | Radioshack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. |
| (all times CST) | | | | However, with only 77 laps to go, Carl |
| | | | entered turn 2 too fast while racing for the |
| Nextel Cup | | | | 2nd position. Carl currently sits 22nd in |
| | | | points. He has his work cut out for him if he |
| Off until 4/22/06 | | | | plans to make the Chase, and duplicate his |
| | | | success from the 2005 season. |
| Busch Series | | | | |
| | | | Last Week's Headlines Recap of the 2006 |
| 4/15/06 - 10:05am Pepsi 300 Qualifying | | | | Samsung/Radioshack 500 at Texas Motor |
| | | | Speedway: |
| 4/15/06 - 3:03pm Pepsi 300 | | | | |
| | | | Texas is fast, there's no doubt about it! It |
| Craftsman Truck Series | | | | was so fast, I almost can't remember anything |
| | | | about it. There was your normal race action, |
| Off till April 29th when they head to Gateway | | | | Kurt Busch spins yet another driver, etc... |
| International Raceway. | | | | But the two things that stand out from |
| | | | yesterday's Samsung/Radioshack 500 are Kasey |
| Who's Hot? Is Kasey Kahne pouring it on now | | | | Kahne's 3rd career win and Tony Stewart's |
| or what? After a dismal 2005 season, he is | | | | near domination. |
| finally answering all skeptics out there. | | | | |
| Yes, folks the boy is not only the subject of | | | | Some of the best action of the day came in |
| every female NASCAR fan's desire, he can also | | | | the closing laps where Tony Stewart tried to |
| compete at NASCAR's top level. Through 9 | | | | hold of a charging Kasey Kahne. Kasey and his |
| races of the 2006 season, Kasey has finished | | | | car were too good for even the former |
| with 5 top 5's placing him tied for 3rd in | | | | two-time Nextel Cup champion. In the end, |
| the championship standings. | | | | Kasey pulled away from Tony and the rest of |
| | | | the field to win his 3rd career Nextel Cup |
| The next stop on the Nextel Cup schedule is | | | | race, and his 2nd of the 2006 season. |
| Phoenix. Expect Kasey to finish well there. | | | | |
| In 3 starts, his average finish is 16th. | | | | One thing I find utterly amazing is that Tony |
| | | | Stewart has led every race this year. |
| An important fact about all 3 of Kasey's | | | | Currently, Tony sits in 5th place, and has |
| career Nextel Cup victories is that he was | | | | had success at the upcoming tracks on the |
| the pole sitter for each race. | | | | schedule. I expect Tony to make up ground and |
| | | | position himself to be in the top 3 heading |
| Who's Not? A big part of competing in NASCAR | | | | towards the middle part of the season. |