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lap112 (Lowes) Medical has been called to the 55 pit. Not sure what the deal is there, if someone got hit to make that loose tire or what.
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JJ's insurmountable lead should be embraced by all
By Duane Cross, NASCAR.COM

When it's over That's the time I fall in love again And when it's over That's the time you're in my heart again And when you go go go go I know And it never ends It never ends

Sugar Ray summed up both the offseason and the season in one verse. The NASCAR season is wrapping up (some would argue it's over, with Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday merely making laps until the coronations at Homestead in three weeks) and we'll all miss the weekly rat race of the circus coming to town. But until then, it just never ends.

So it goes—much like Johnson steamrolling toward a fourth consecutive Sprint Cup Series championship. After his sixth-place finish at Talladega, this one is pretty much wrapped. The bow will come when he flips the ignition at Homestead on Nov. 22.

Until then, the magic number is 161—the maximum number of points a driver can make up (or lose) during one Cup Series race. The math: a maximum of 195 points is available (including a five-point bonus for leading a lap and a five-point bonus for leading the most laps) minus 34 points for a 43rd-place finish.
So l;ike the kids say don't b a hater Enjoy the 48 team and their accomplishments. Just amazing !!

FORT WORTH, Texas – Kyle Busch might need to finish a little better than originally expected to clinch the Nationwide Series title next week.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver faces a possible point penalty as the team had improperly secured weight in opening-day inspection, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR penalized Nationwide Series Mike Harmon 25 points for a similar improper weight violation earlier this year at Daytona. And while it did not take points, NASCAR fined Sprint Cup crew chief Donnie Wingo $25,000 for an improperly secured weight violation last year.

Busch has a 272-point lead on Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards with two races left in the season. With that lead, all he has to do (regardless of what Edwards does) is finish 15th next week at Phoenix International Raceway to clinch the title or 34th in the last two events.

If Busch receives a 25-point penalty, he could still clinch the title if he finishes seventh or better at Phoenix or 30th in each of the last two
events.

NASCAR also is looking into an issue it had with the RAB Racing team prior to the race for unapproved adjustments after the impound, Tharp said.

Truck Series race Kyle Busch got his weekend off to a great start, winning the WinStar World Casino 350 and his fifth consecutive Truck Series race.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya had had it with Jeff Gordon, and when he felt Gordon began crowding him in the turns on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, he got physical. And he made no apologies afterward.

``It's just every time we've been around racing against him, he runs the hell out of me,'' Montoya said. ``He moved me out of the way before, and he was starting to do the same here today. I was running the outside of him, and every time he was just getting wider and wider.''

Montoya's car finished the race with several tired-sized black doughnuts on it.

``It got to a point, it's like, `Hey, I'm here and you're not going to push me around,' you know what I mean,'' Montoya said. ``If you give me room, I'll give you room.

``He wasn't giving me any, so I played the same game. Right at the end we ran together and he gave me some room and I gave him some room. I mean, you can do it.

``Sometimes you've got to set a precedent so people back off a little.''

Gordon had a different view of things, seeing Montoya as the instigator.

``He's an aggressive driver. We've seen it from him before,'' he said. ``I thought I did something to make him mad because I didn't understand why he was just driving into me for no reason. But hey, that is Martinsville. That is kind off the way he drives.''

As the race was winding down, they raced each other clean, both said.

``We're good,'' Montoya said. ``I talked to him afterwards.''

Montoya finished third, Gordon fifth.

Current Polesitter:
Jeff Gordon
Make:
Chevrolet
Time:
28.26

Pos Car Driver Speed Time Series Points
1
Jeff Gordon
191.117 28.26 6056
2
Kasey Kahne
190.975 28.28 5834
3
Kurt Busch
190.941 28.28 5936
4
Tony Stewart
190.624 28.33 5969
5
Kyle Busch
190.523 28.34 4043
6
Carl Edwards
190.148 28.40 5811
7
Mark Martin
190.087 28.41 6064
8
Greg Biffle
190.054 28.41 5908
9
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
189.960 28.43 3197
10
Clint Bowyer
189.954 28.43 3932
11
Sam Hornish Jr.
189.900 28.44 2948
12
Jimmie Johnson
189.860 28.44 6248
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