Clint Bowyer Clinches The Nationwide Title
Congratulations to Clint Bowyer for winning the Nationwide Series championship.
Carl Edwards did all he could but still was unable to capture his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series title.
Clint Bowyer claimed the series championship despite watching Edwards win Saturday’s Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Entering with a 56-point advantage over Edwards, Bowyer - who has been atop the standings for 29 straight weeks - finished fifth in a Chevrolet. The series-high 29th top-10 finish earned Bowyer 155 points, giving him a season total of 5,132.
The Cup race is going on right now, and I have to say, last night’s Nationwide race was a lot more exciting. It’s time for the NASCAR to ditch the Car of Tomorrow. Cup races just aren’t fun to watch anymore.
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NASCAR is facing another test. Will they hand down penalties that are consistent? Here’s their chance to prove they are tough will all forms of cheating no matter the team doing it.
Joe Gibbs is one of the most respected people in sports. All sports. He personally apologized for the incident, and it will be interesting to see whose idea it was to do this.
NASCAR inspectors, preparing to do tests on horsepower numbers following Saturday’s Nationwide race found magnets under the gas pedals on the No. 18 and No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas.
The teams will likely face big penalties after their efforts to alter the results of the chassis dyno test.
“If this alleged incident proves true, it goes against everything we stand for as an organization,” Gibbs said in a statement. “We will take full responsibility and accept any penalties NASCAR levies against us. We will also investigate internally how this incident took place and who was involved and make whatever decisions are necessary to ensure that this kind of situation never happens again.
Kyle Busch Wins Three In A Row
I wonder if Kyle Busch would be doing this well if he had stayed at Hendrick Motorsports? I doubt it. I think being replaced by Dale Jr. is the best thing that has happened to the kid.
If Kyle Busch keeps this up, he’s going to have some difficult decisions to make.
Busch won his third consecutive race on NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, taking the Corona Mexico 200 by less than a second Sunday. He’s not committed to a full Nationwide schedule, but will he be able to resist a run at the championship?
Think about it. He’s in first place in the Craftsman Truck Series, second in the Nationwide Series, and third in the Sprint Cup. Granted we’re not that far into the season, but it’s pretty impressive if you ask me.
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JR Motorsports To Field #5 In Nationwide Series
Seeing the #5 driving with the National Guard logo is going to be awesome, almost as awesome as knowing the #5 car is being fielded by JR Motorsports. I hope they do well this season.
The Army National Guard will continue its involvement in the Nationwide Series in 2008 with a 21-race primary sponsorship of the No. 5 Chevrolet with drivers Landon Cassill and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The team will be fielded by JR Motorsports in partnership with Hendrick Motorsports.
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“The National Guard is very pleased to be sponsoring the No. 5 Nationwide Series car in 2008,” said Lt. Col. Diana Craun, deputy division chief, strength maintenance division, National Guard bureau. “The Guard’s presence at Nationwide Series races will honor America’s finest citizen-soldiers in an exciting way by featuring a unique unit patch on the hood, deck-lid and rear quarter-panels of the car. Additionally, army guard soldiers from these honored units will be invited to watch the No. 5 car as it reaches Victory Lane.”
It’s going to be a total pain this season, we have complete Series renaming and so many driver changes that it’s going to take a month to get caught up with everything.