Archive for June 20th, 2009

Wondering how drivers make it all the way to NASCAR? It usually starts with a father who wants to make their kid happy, DW says.

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Carl Edwards made the most of his one-day Wisconsin getaway, winning Saturday’s Nationwide series race at the Milwaukee Mile after taking a brief break from his Sprint Cup duties in California.

It’s a repeat win at Milwaukee and the first Nationwide win of this season for Edwards, who took the lead from fellow Cup commuter Kyle Busch with 44 laps left in the race and wasn’t significantly challenged the rest of the way.

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Controversial? Sure. To Kyle Busch, that makes him NASCAR’s most popular driver, not you-know-who, Lee Spencer says.

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Kyle Busch is always the center of controversy, but he doesn’t mind. All he cares about is winning races, Lee Spencer says.

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Ron Hornaday Jr. celebrated his 51st birthday in style Saturday with a dominating win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series race at the Milwaukee Mile.

It was the 41st career trucks series victory and second win of the season for Hornaday - and his second career victory in a trucks race at Milwaukee, where he also won in 1997.

Dennis Setzer finished second, followed by Brian Scott.

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A 48-year-old driver is dead after a single-car accident at a race in southeastern Wisconsin.

The Sports Car Club of America said Thomas Thrash Jr., of Houston, was pronounced dead Saturday morning at a Sheboygan, Wis., hospital. He was participating in the SCCA-sanctioned Chicago Region June Sprints event at Road America in Elkhart Lake.

Witnesses reported that he lost control of his E Production class Mazda RX-7, with the car entering the gravel trap and ending up against the tire wall.

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Kyle Busch was NASCAR’s hottest driver at this time last year, winning on the road course at Sonoma for his fifth Sprint Cup Series win of the season.

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It may take 30 seconds to do their jobs, but after trying it himself, Jeff Hammond says pit crews are tough athletes.

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Can Kyle Busch get to Sonoma’s Victory Lane for the second straight year? Lee Spencer says he’ll face tough competition.

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