Sharpie Mini 300 ~ Bristol Motor Speedway (3/15/08)
Race Capsule
What: Race 5 of 35 on Nationwide circuit
Where: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
When: March 15, 2008
Laps: 300
Track Length: 0.533 miles
Race Length: 160.00 miles
Last Year Winner: Carl Edwards
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Sharpie Mini 300
Bristol Motor Speedway
March 15, 2008
Race 5 of 35
CAR DRIVER HOMETOWN MAKE SPONSOR OWNER
0 Mike Potter Johnson City, TN Chevrolet Lori Morgan Johnny Davis
1 Johnny Sauter Necedah, WI Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming James Finch
01 Kertus Davis Gaffney, SC Chevrolet RaceGirl Johnny Davis
2 Clint Bowyer Emporia, KS Chevrolet BB&T Richard Childress
4 Robert Richardson, II McKinney, TX Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc. James Finch
5 Martin Truex Jr. Mayetta, NJ Chevrolet Nat'l Guard / 194th Engineer Brigade Rick Hendrick
05 Brett Rowe Barboursville, WV Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed Wayne Day
6 David Ragan Unadilla, GA Ford Discount Tire Jack Roush
7 Mike Wallace St. Louis, MO Toyota GEICO Bob Germain
9 Kasey Kahne Enumclaw, WA Dodge Ragu George Gillett, Jr
12 Sam Hornish Jr. Bryan, OH Dodge Penske Truck Rental Roger Penske
16 Greg Biffle Vancouver, WA Ford CitiFinancial Jack Roush
20 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Toyota Z-Line Designs Joe Gibbs
21 Bobby Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress
22 Mike Bliss Milwaukie, OR Dodge Fitz Motorsports Armando Fitz
24 Eric McClure Chilhowie, VA Chevrolet Hefty John McGill
25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Nashville, TN Ford Curly's Ed Rensi
27 Brad Coleman Houston, TX Ford Cottonelle BKB Mike Curb
28 Brian Keselowski* Rochester Hills, MI Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc. Jay Robinson
29 Scott Wimmer Wausau, WI Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express Richard Childress
30 Stanton Barrett Bishop, CA Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink Christopher Lencheski
32 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Toyota Hass Avocados from Mexico Todd Braun
33 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Chevrolet RoadLoans.com DeLana Harvick
36 Kenny Wallace St. Louis, MO Dodge Shark Energy Drink Mimi Fitz
37 Brad Baker Franklin, TN Ford Baker Curb Racing Gary Baker
38 Jason Leffler Long Beach, CA Toyota Great Clips Ralph Braun
40 Dario Franchitti* Edinburgh, Scotland Dodge Fastenal Floyd Ganassi
41 Bryan Clauson* Noblesville, IN Dodge Polaroid Chip Ganassi
47 Kelly Bires Mauston, WI Ford Clorox Jodi Geschickter
52 Derrike Cope Spanaway, WA Chevrolet Means Racing Jimmy Means
59 Marcos Ambrose Launceston, Tasmania Ford Kingsford Hickory Charcoal Tad Geschickter
60 Carl Edwards Columbia, MO Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro Jack Roush
64 David Stremme South Bend, IN Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities Ed Rensi
66 Steve Wallace Mooresville, NC Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities Rusty Wallace
81 D.J. Kennington St. Thomas, Ontario Dodge Northern Provincial Pipelines Pat MacDonald
84 Mike Harmon Birmingport, AL Chevrolet M150 Energy Drink Mike Harmon
88 Brad Keselowski Rochester Hills, MI Chevrolet U.S. Navy Dale Earnhardt, Jr
89 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Dodge Victory In Jesus Cindy Shepherd
90 Johnny Chapman Stony Point, NC Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports Marcia Parsons
91 Larry Gunselman Belfair, WA Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports Stacey Humphrey
99 David Reutimann Zephyrhills, FL Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip
111 Jason Keller Greenville, SC Chevrolet America's Incredible Pizza Company Bryan Mullet
156 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Coeburn, VA Chevrolet Barr-Nunn Transportatio-
n & Logistics John McNelly
161 Kevin Lepage Shelburne, VT Ford Specialty Racing Charles Shoffner
170 Mark Green Owensboro, KY Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach Mary Louise Miller
* Denotes Rookie
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The weather forecast appears to again be part of the story as NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams go to work at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Rain cut short Friday’s Sprint Cup practice at the .533-mile Tennessee track, then was delaying Cup qualifying at midafternoon. Rain delays and snow delays have become regular parts of the picture in the young NASCAR season. Sunday’s Sprint Cup race is the fifth event of 2008.
The forecast for eastern Tennessee and southwest Virginia calls for cloudy skies with showers at least through Saturday. The high Friday was expected to be 68 degrees with 10- to 20-mph winds. The chance of rain was put at 70 percent by The Weather Channel.
Nationwide Series practice was also on the track schedule Friday, while more practices and Nationwide qualifying are scheduled for Saturday.
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Sharpie Mini 300
Bristol Motor Speedway
March 15, 2008
Race 5 of 35
ORDER CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
1 27 Brad Coleman Ford Cottonelle BKB / Kroger
2 6 David Ragan Ford Discount Tire
3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Ragu
4 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express
5 32 Kyle Busch Toyota Hass Avocados from Mexico
6 1 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Miccosukee Championship
7 4 Robert Richardson, II Chevrolet Reel Deal "Card Games" on Phantom EFX
8 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty
9 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
10 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities
11 37 Brad Baker Ford Make-A-Wish Foundation
12 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO
13 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox
14 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota Z-Line Designs
15 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Curly's
16 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro
17 40 Dario Franchitti* Dodge Fastenal
18 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford Kingsford Hickory Charcoal
19 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy
20 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts
21 41 Bryan Clauson* Dodge Polaroid
22 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
23 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T
24 28 Brian Keselowski* Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol
25 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips
26 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet RoadLoans.com
27 0 Mike Potter Chevrolet Lori Morgan
28 05 Brett Rowe Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed
29 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl
30 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus
31 36 Kenny Wallace Dodge Afdent / Supercuts
32 21 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
33 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports
34 156 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet Barr-Nunn Transportation & Logistics
35 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink
36 52 Derrike Cope Chevrolet Means Racing
37 5 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Nat'l Guard / 194th Engineer Brigade
38 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Truck Rental
39 170 Mark Green Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach
40 81 D.J. Kennington Dodge Mahindra Tractors / NPPL
41 16 Greg Biffle Ford CitiFinancial
42 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet America's Incredible Pizza Company
43 84 Mike Harmon Chevrolet M150 Energy Drink
44 91 Larry Gunselman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports
45 161 Kevin Lepage Ford Specialty Racing
* Denotes Rookie
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Order Driver (No.) Car Pts/Bonus Laps Laps Led Winnings
1 Clint Bowyer (2) Chevrolet 195/10 171 122 $54,695
2 Kasey Kahne (9) Dodge 170/0 171 0 $42,025
3 David Reutimann (99) Toyota 165/0 171 0 $41,943
4 Brad Keselowski (88) Chevrolet 160/0 171 0 $34,818
5 Mike Bliss (22) Dodge 155/0 171 0 $33,893
6 Jason Leffler (38) Toyota 150/0 171 0 $31,268
7 Kevin Harvick (33) Chevrolet 146/0 171 0 $24,110
8 David Ragan (6) Ford 142/0 171 0 $24,870
9 David Stremme (64) Chevrolet 138/0 171 0 $23,775
10 Mike Wallace (7) Toyota 134/0 171 0 $31,793
11 Kenny Wallace (36) Dodge 130/0 171 0 $23,275
12 Scott Wimmer (29) Chevrolet 132/5 171 12 $32,043
13 Greg Biffle (16) Ford 124/0 171 0 $23,975
14 Carl Edwards (60) Ford 121/0 171 0 $24,425
15 Jason Keller (111) Chevrolet 118/0 171 0 $30,468
16 Steve Wallace (66) Chevrolet 115/0 171 0 $29,368
17 Bobby Hamilton Jr. (25) Ford 112/0 171 0 $29,318
18 Kevin Lepage (161) Ford 109/0 170 0 $22,800
19 Marcos Ambrose (59) Ford 106/0 170 0 $29,193
20 Kelly Bires (47) Ford 103/0 170 0 $30,143
21 Johnny Sauter (1) Chevrolet 100/0 170 0 $22,600
22 Dario Franchitti (40) Dodge 97/0 170 0 $30,018
23 Kertus Davis (01) Chevrolet 94/0 169 0 $31,368
24 Mark Green (170) Chevrolet 91/0 169 0 $28,918
25 Stanton Barrett (30) Chevrolet 88/0 168 0 $22,575
26 Denny Hamlin (20) Toyota 90/5 167 37 $22,325
27 Brad Baker (37) Ford 82/0 167 0 $28,743
28 Brett Rowe (05) Chevrolet 79/0 166 0 $28,693
29 Bobby Labonte (21) Chevrolet 76/0 164 0 $22,175
30 Eric McClure (24) Chevrolet 73/0 164 0 $28,343
31 Brian Keselowski (28) Chevrolet 70/0 162 0 $27,888
32 Robert Richardson Jr. (4) Chevrolet 67/0 159 0 $27,753
33 Brad Coleman (27) Ford 64/0 153 0 $27,643
34 D.J. Kennington (81) Dodge 61/0 117 0 $27,608
35 Bryan Clauson (41) Dodge 58/0 60 0 $27,578
36 Derrike Cope (52) Chevrolet 55/0 56 0 $27,543
37 Morgan Shepherd (89) Dodge 52/0 30 0 $27,508
38 Johnny Chapman (90) Chevrolet 49/0 28 0 $20,980
39 Larry Gunselman (91) Chevrolet 46/0 27 0 $20,945
40 Mike Harmon (84) Chevrolet 43/0 26 0 $20,925
41 Martin Truex Jr. (5) Chevrolet 40/0 13 0 $20,905
42 Kyle Busch (32) Toyota 37/0 12 0 $20,880
43 Mike Potter (0) Chevrolet 34/0 10 0 $27,297
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By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
Mar 15, 6:48 pm EDT
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP)—Clint Bowyer outraced Kasey Kahne and the rain to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway when it was stopped just past halfway.
“It feels awesome,” Bowyer said Saturday after a lengthy stoppage as NASCAR tried to resume the race. “I’ll take it any way you can get it.”
Rain delayed the start of the race by two hours, and when the field finally went green, all the drivers knew they were running against the weather. With dark clouds rolling in, the goal was simply to make it to the halfway point— when NASCAR considers a race official—and be out front whenever the rain resumed.
So Bowyer used strategy, he was one of a handful of cars not to pit when Mike Bliss spun to bring out the sixth caution 100 laps into the event. Knowing the race only needed to go another 51 laps to be considered official, Bowyer gambled that the cars who did pit wouldn’t be able to catch him before the rain came.
Kahne came close, weaving his way through traffic and moving right behind Bowyer as the skies darkened. He looked briefly inside for a pass for the lead, but didn’t force the issue and was stuck in second when the race was stopped on lap 171 of 300.
As he sat in his car waiting for NASCAR to make a decision, Kahne lamented the lost opportunity.
“I should already be in the lead, I pretty much blew that,” he said. “I should have pressed the issue a little bit and I’m disappointed I’m in second. I should be leading. He shouldn’t be leading. I just let him have it.”
Bowyer didn’t have much sympathy for the competition.
“Kasey had the best car,” he conceded, “but the best car doesn’t always win.”
It was Bowyer’s first victory at Bristol in any series. Prior to this win, his highest finish was third in a Cup car last fall. His best Nationwide finish was fourth in 2005.
But he came to Bristol this weekend on team owner Richard Childress’ helicopter, and was reminded of how badly he wanted a Bristol victory as they flew over the storied 0.533-mile bullring.
“I love this place,” Bowyer said Friday. “We circled around the race track and you just want to win here, you know what I mean? It’s a really, really cool place. It reminds me of the movie “Gladiator,” you know, where the stud wins.
“So hopefully we can win here some day.”
He got it with strategy and help from the rain, but didn’t mind.
“This race track has always been special to me, and you’ve earned it whenever you get to Victory Lane,” Bowyer said.
Kahne said he knew the rain was coming, but didn’t want to wreck Bowyer or risk harming his car to grab the win.
“We all knew going into the race that the weather was coming, and there was sprinkles on the car about 25 laps before it actually got here, so I knew it was close,” Kahne said. “That’s when I was trying everything I could to get by him without running through him. There was plenty of opportunity to get by him if I wanted to force the issue.”
David Reutimann was third and was followed by Brad Keselowski, Mike Bliss, Jason Leffler and Kevin Harvick. David Ragan, David Stremme and Mike Wallace rounded out the top 10.
The start of the race was marked by several accidents, including one that ended Kyle Busch’s day early for the third straight week. He was hit when Martin Truex Jr. spun while racing Carl Edwards for position, and the contact ended his race just 14 laps in.
Busch seemed headed to victories in Las Vegas and Atlanta the past two races, but a blown tire and a broken shock caused him to crash out of both.
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Sharpie Mini 300 ~ Bristol Motor Speedway (3/15/08)
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