AARON'S 499 Talladega Superspeedway April 27th 2008

Track Details
Completed : 1969
Distance : 2.66 miles
Shape : Tri-oval
Banking : 33° turns
16.5° frontstretch
2° backstretch
Frontstretch : 4,300 feet
Backstretch : 4,000 feet
Seating : 143,231
Contact Info
P.O. Box 777
Talladega, AL 35161
1-877-Go2-DEGA
Official Web site

2007 Race Results
Sprint Cup Series
Aaron's 499 :: Jeff Gordon - 04/29/07
UAW-Ford 500 :: Jeff Gordon - 10/07/07

Cup Historical Race Winners

Nationwide Series
Aaron's 312 :: Bobby Labonte - 04/28/07

Craftsman Truck Series
Mountain Dew 250 :: Todd Bodine - 10/06/07
Track Records
RACE RECORDS
Sprint Cup Race Record :: Mark Martin 188.354 - 05/10/97

Cup Historical Race Winners

Nationwide Race Record :: Mark Martin 168.937 - 04/26/97

QUALIFYING RECORDS
2008 Qual Records Data not available.

On an unassuming stretch of land suited for soybean farming located next to a couple of abandoned airport runways, crews constructed the biggest superspeedway in NASCAR, Talladega Superspeedway.

Since Alabama International Motor Speedway (as it was called until 1989) opened its gates in September 1969, the track has surpassed every initial expectation.

Talladega, Ala., emerged as the top choice among several possible sites in the Southeast, with the main criteria for selection being availability of land, access to the interstate system and a population base of at least 20 million people within 300 miles.

Anniston insurance executive Bill Ward, a race driver and fan himself, helped NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation founder William H.G. (Bill) France find the land in Alabama, following a casual conversation with France in Daytona in the mid-1960s. Ward found what he thought was the perfect site in north Talladega County near an airport that the U.S. Government had sold to the City of Talladega after World War II. He set up a meeting with then-Talladega mayor James Hardwick and other city officials, and in a restaurant in Anniston in 1966, France got the group to consider the idea of putting a major track on the site. After a trip to the Firecracker 400 in Daytona to observe first-hand the potential economic impact, the group was sold.

Several obstacles had to be overcome, including financing. With France as the guiding force, however, construction began on the 2,000-acre site on May 23, 1968, with the first race being the 'Bama 400 Grand Touring race on Saturday, Sept. 13, 1969. Ken Rush drove his Camaro to Victory Lane in that event. The next day, Richard Brickhouse won the first Grand National (now Nextel Cup) race, the Talladega 500, edging Jim Vandiver and Ramo Stott.

The practice and qualifying speeds were so high (Charlie Glotzbach won the pole at 199.466 mph) that the tire companies could not come up with a compound that held together for many laps. The Professional Drivers Association (PDA), led by Richard Petty, declared the situation unsafe, and left the track Saturday afternoon.

France decided the race would go on, using the drivers that decided not to participate in the boycott, plus some of those who had raced the day before. The full 500 miles were run without a major incident.

His action broke the back of the PDA, which dissolved a couple of years later.

In 1987, Bill Elliott established a world stock car record when he posted a speed of 212.809 mph in qualifying. Mark Martin established a 500-mile stock car record in 1997 when he won the caution-free spring race with an average speed of 188.354 mph.

But the track's true dominator was Dale Earnhardt, who posted 10 Cup wins at Talladega.

The grandstands seating capacity is 143,231 including the most recent expansion of the O.V. Hill South Tower. The 212-acre all-reserved infield holds many thousands more.

Perhaps the greatest 1-2-3 finish in motorsports occurred a 1981 race, when rookie Ron Bouchard passed both Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte in the final 500 yards to win by less than a foot over Waltrip and two feet over Labonte.



PHYLLIS~Kevin Harvick Fan #29 Shell/Pennzoil



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HIGLIGHTED DRIVER OF THE WEEK
REED SORENSON #41 TARGET



Driver Details
Sponsor : Target/Glad
Manufacturer : Dodge
Car Owner : Chip Ganassi
Team : Chip Ganassi Racing
Crew Chief : Jimmy Elledge

Birthday: Feb. 5, 1986
Hometown: Peachtree City, Ga.

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RECAP

2007 -- Finished 22nd in series points. ... Earned first career pole at Indianapolis. Led the first 16 laps of the race and finished fifth. ... Third-place finish at Atlanta in October was a career high.

2006 -- Finished 24th in series points. ... Season-high fifth-place finish came at Michigan in June. ... Finished 10th at Atlanta in March for first career top-10. ... Started seventh at Dover in September, his highest start of the year. ... Finished the season fourth in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings.

2005 -- Finished 67th in series points. ... Competed in two races for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Atlanta and Homestead). ... Top finish was 28th at Homestead.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

Has three NASCAR Nationwide Series wins in 93 races. Finished in the top 10 in standings in 2005 and 2006. ... Had 21 top-10s in 25 ASA starts in 2002 and 2003. ... Competed in regional Quarter Midgets and in 1996 set qualifying records at both the East and West Coast National events, winning the National Championships in 1997 and earning nine Southeastern Championships and setting 15 different track records during his Quarter Midget tenure. ... Racked up 84 wins, 152 top-five finishes and 168 top-10 finishes in 183 starts in Legends Cars, five-eighths-scale fiberglass full-fendered versions of the famed NASCAR modifieds.

NOTEWORTHY

After five successful seasons in Quarter Midgets, Sorenson was crowned the national champion in 1997. ... He became the youngest driver to date to receive Rookie of the Year honors en route to a fourth-place finish in the 2003 ASA Series standings. ... In 2004, he won his first ARCA event in just his second start at Michigan in July.

LINE UP:
1 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet National Day of Prayer / Furniture Row 187.386 51.103 Leader
2 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 186.896 51.237 -0.134
3 70 Ken Schrader Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza 186.499 51.346 -0.243
4 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 186.423 51.367 -0.264
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Most Colorful Fan 186.416 51.369 -0.266
6 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Travel 186.303 51.400 -0.297
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 186.300 51.401 -0.298
8 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 186.177 51.435 -0.332
9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 185.974 51.491 -0.388
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 185.837 51.529 -0.426
11 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 185.704 51.566 -0.463
12 21 Jon Wood Ford Little Debbie Honey Buns 185.517 51.618 -0.515
13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 185.502 51.622 -0.519
14 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 185.484 51.627 -0.524
15 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon / Wells Fargo / PVA 185.481 51.628 -0.525
16 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 185.305 51.677 -0.574
17 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge LifeLock 185.262 51.689 -0.586
18 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Garmin 185.187 51.710 -0.607
19 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 185.061 51.745 -0.642
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi / DuPont 185.022 51.756 -0.653
21 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Alltel 184.929 51.782 -0.679
22 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards 184.818 51.813 -0.710
23 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 184.811 51.815 -0.712
24 00 Michael McDowell* Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 184.758 51.830 -0.727
25 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Polaroid 184.701 51.846 -0.743
26 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 184.619 51.869 -0.766
27 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 184.619 51.869 -0.766
28 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army 184.601 51.874 -0.771
29 01 Regan Smith* Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 184.452 51.916 -0.813
30 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS / 134th Kentucky Derby 184.377 51.937 -0.834
31 16 Greg Biffle Ford American Red Cross / 3M 184.288 51.962 -0.859
32 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 184.048 52.030 -0.927
33 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 184.019 52.038 -0.935
34 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 184.019 52.038 -0.935
35 7 P.J. Jones Dodge RVs.com 183.822 52.094 -0.991
36 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 183.751 52.114 -1.011
37 77 Sam Hornish Jr.* Dodge Mobil 1 183.744 52.116 -1.013
38 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 183.716 52.124 -1.021
39 29 Kevin Harvick+ Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 183.680 52.134 -1.031
40 38 David Gilliland+ Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 183.589 52.160 -1.057
41 07 Clint Bowyer+ Chevrolet DIRECTV 183.522 52.179 -1.076
42 9 Kasey Kahne+ Dodge Budweiser 183.343 52.230 -1.127
43 40 Dario Franchitti* Dodge TUMS Quik Pak 185.115 51.730 -0.627

Did Not Qualify
44 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 184.943 51.778 -0.675
45 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 184.487 51.906 -0.803
46 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 183.793 52.102 -0.999

+ Set by Owner Points

HARVICK'S PRE-RACE REPORTS



This Week’s Race Car at Talladega Superspeedway … Kevin Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 219 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable. This is the same Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet Impala SS that Harvick drove to a 14th-place finish in the 50th running of the Daytona 500.

· Back in Yellow … After featuring a Reese’s paint scheme two weeks ago in Phoenix, Harvick’s No. 29 Chevy will return to its traditional bright yellow and red Shell-Pennzoil colors this weekend at Talladega.

· Talladega Totals … In 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Talladega Superspeedway, Harvick has one pole, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes. Additionally, the Bakersfield, Calif., native has earned a 21.4 starting average, a 13.6 finishing average and has completed 2,633 of the 2,644 laps contested at the famed Alabama race track.

· Restrictor Plate Success … Harvick has competed in 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on restrictor plate tracks (Daytona and Talladega), completing 98 percent of the laps. He has also collected one win (2007 Daytona 500), two poles, six top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. Additionally, “Happy” has led 142 laps and has recorded only one DNF (did not finish).

· Points Check … Harvick fell to fifth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings after his 19th-place finish two weeks ago at Phoenix International Raceway. The 32-year-old driver only sits four points out of fourth and 103 points out of the lead.

· After the First Eight … In the season’s first eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, RCR-prepared cars have earned one win, seven top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. At the same time, RCR cars have led 230 of the 2,699 laps contested this season (8.5 percent). Meanwhile, Harvick’s teammate Jeff Burton leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings by 80 markers over Kyle Busch.

· Did you Know … Chevrolet holds the record as the manufacturer with the most success at the storied Alabama track with 34 victories. RCR contributed nine of Chevy’s wins, all of them coming from Dale Earnhardt.

· Mr. Consistency … Harvick has not recorded a DNF in 52 consecutive races, which is the longest active streak. Additionally, the 2007 Daytona 500 winner holds the modern era record with 58 consecutive races without a DNF (10/3/2002-8/1/2004).

· RCR at Talladega … Richard Childress competed as a driver in Talladega’s inaugural race in 1969 and used his winnings from that race weekend to help start RCR. Childress boasts nine victories at the Talladega oval - all of them coming with Dale Earnhardt. Additionally, in 105 starts, RCR boasts four poles, 27 top-five, 44 top-10 finishes and just shy of $7 million in earnings.

· Help Chevy Help Autism … During April – Autism Awareness Month – people who go to the Autism Speaks website (www.autismspeaks.org ), can click on the “Help Chevy Help Autism” icon and take a free virtual test drive of the 2008 North American Car of the Year – the all-new Chevy Malibu. Chevrolet has committed to a minimum contribution of $500,000, but every virtual test drive taken gets Chevrolet closer to its goal of donating up to $1 million to Autism Speaks to support its mission of increasing awareness of autism and raising money to fund autism research. Those who participate in the virtual test drive will be offered a free 30-day online trial of XM Satellite Radio.

· Up to Speed … Live coverage of the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway will take the green flag Sunday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and will be telecast on FOX. The event will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for ninth of 36 points-paying NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races will air live on SPEED, MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio Saturday, April 26 at 11 a.m. EDT.

KEVIN HARVICK QUOTES:

How important is starting up front at Talladega?
“It makes you feel good when you can win the pole like we did in 2005 but it really doesn’t matter where you start. A big part of the race is how your car works with other cars, staying out of the wrecks and putting yourself in a position for the last few laps to win the race.”

How well do you feel like RCR stacks up to some of the other elite teams?
“I think we’ve run really well. We’ve been very consistent. We haven’t shown that dominance on a week-to-week basis as far as being able to lead a bunch of laps we still have to work to do. We have been very consistent over the first several weeks and we have to maintain that consistency. When we’ve had a bad day we’ve kept it so it’s not a 30th or 25th-place bad day.

“We’ve kept that kind of in the championship form I guess you can call it. That was one of our goals coming in … when we had a bad day our goal was to try to finish in the top 12 because that’s what we felt like it was going to take. Now we fell a little short of that in Phoenix but 19th is still better than 25th.”

Can RCR be the top dog like Hendrick was last year?
“They have been before. I don’t see why we can’t do that. I think if you go back and look at the history of RCR they’ve always been a very reliable race team. They always concentrated on being very consistent and finishing races and running laps. When we crash our cars we don’t give up, we try to fix them even if we just go out and run laps. That’s been kind of a trademark of the RCR organization long before I got here. It’s something Richard really pounds in everybody’s head.”



RESULTS OF THE AARON'S 499: KYLE BUSCH #18 M & M's



1 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Most Colorful Fan 190/5 188 Running
2 26 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 175/5 188 Running
3 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 170/5 188 Running
4 6 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Travel 160/0 188 Running
5 8 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 160/5 188 Running
6 14 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 150/0 188 Running
7 36 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 146/0 188 Running
8 21 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Alltel 147/5 188 Running
9 41 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet DIRECTV 138/0 188 Running
10 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 139/5 188 Running
11 35 7 Robby Gordon Dodge RVs.com 130/0 188 Running
12 38 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 132/5 188 Running
13 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 129/5 188 Running
14 22 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards 126/5 188 Running
15 40 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 123/5 188 Running
16 19 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 115/0 188 Running
17 32 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 112/0 188 Running
18 31 16 Greg Biffle Ford American Red Cross / 3M 109/0 188 Running
19 20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi / DuPont 111/5 188 Running
20 30 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS / 134th Kentucky Derby 103/0 188 Running
21 16 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 100/0 188 Running
22 29 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 102/5 188 Running
23 42 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 99/5 188 Running
24 39 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 96/5 188 Running
25 1 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet National Day of Prayer / Furniture Row 88/0 188 Running
26 24 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 85/0 188 Running
27 27 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 87/5 188 Running
28 43 40 David Stremme Dodge TUMS Quik Pak 84/5 188 Running
29 18 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Garmin 81/5 188 Running
30 4 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 78/5 188 Running
31 17 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge LifeLock 70/0 186 Running
32 15 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon / Wells Fargo / PVA 67/0 186 Running
33 28 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army 64/0 186 Running
34 34 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 61/0 183 Running
35 37 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 58/0 180 Running
36 12 21 Jon Wood Ford Little Debbie Honey Buns 55/0 179 Running
37 33 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 52/0 174 Accident
38 2 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 59/10 173 Accident
39 23 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 46/0 173 Accident
40 11 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 43/0 153 Running
41 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 40/0 150 Running
42 3 70 Ken Schrader Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza 42/5 141 Engine
43 25 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Polaroid 34/0 4 Engine

* Denotes Rookie




Harvick Caught In Wreck On Final Lap, Finishes 23rd
After starting 39th in Sunday's Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega, Kevin Harvick reminded us time and again why we love watching him race at superspeedways by charging his way through the field several times, once even taking the lead. He was on his final charge with one lap to go and moving through the teens when he was caught in a wreck, stalling his efforts. Harvick brought the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet home 23rd

POINT STANDINGS:
1 -- Jeff Burton 1347 Leader 9 0 1 3 6
2 -- Kyle Busch 1325 -22 9 1 2 5 6
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1268 -79 9 1 0 3 7
4 +2 Denny Hamlin 1248 -99 9 0 1 4 6
5 -1 Jimmie Johnson 1245 -102 9 1 1 4 4
6 -1 Kevin Harvick 1208 -139 9 0 0 2 4
7 +1 Clint Bowyer 1182 -165 9 0 0 2 6
8 +2 Greg Biffle 1148 -199 9 0 0 3 5
9 -2 Tony Stewart 1137 -210 9 0 0 3 5
10 -1 Carl Edwards 1084 -263 9 0 3 4 5
11 +1 Ryan Newman 1062 -285 9 1 1 2 4
12 +5 Juan Montoya 1029 -318 9 0 0 1 1

13 -2 Kasey Kahne 1028 -319 9 0 0 0 4
14 -1 Jeff Gordon 1018 -329 9 2 0 3 3
15 +3 David Ragan 994 -353 9 0 0 1 2
16 +3 Brian Vickers 994 -353 9 0 0 1 2
17 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 949 -398 9 0 0 0 2
18 +3 David Gilliland 940 -407 9 0 0 0 1
19 -4 Matt Kenseth 909 -438 9 0 0 1 4
20 -4 Kurt Busch 903 -444 9 0 0 1 1
21 +1 Paul Menard 902 -445 9 0 0 0 0
22 -2 Bobby Labonte 895 -452 9 0 0 0 0
23 +1 Travis Kvapil 893 -454 9 0 0 0 2
24 +1 Casey Mears 887 -460 9 0 0 0 2
25 +1 Jamie McMurray 839 -508 9 0 0 0 1
26 -3 Elliott Sadler 832 -515 9 0 0 0 1
27 +2 Robby Gordon 797 -550 9 0 0 0 1
28 -- Scott Riggs 788 -559 9 0 0 0 0
29 +1 David Reutimann 764 -583 9 0 0 0 0
30 -3 Mark Martin 723 -624 6 0 0 1 3
31 +1 Michael Waltrip 708 -639 9 0 0 0 0
32 -1 Reed Sorenson 678 -669 9 0 0 1 1
33 -- Sam Hornish Jr.* 663 -684 9 0 0 0 0
34 -- Regan Smith* 656 -691 9 0 0 0 0
35 -- J.J. Yeley 551 -796 8 0 0 0 0
36 -- Dave Blaney 546 -801 8 0 0 0 0
37 -- Jeremy Mayfield 490 -857 7 0 0 0 0
38 -- Dario Franchitti* 483 -864 7 0 0 0 0
39 -- Mike Skinner 423 -924 6 0 0 0 0
40 +2 Joe Nemechek 397 -950 7 1 0 0 0
41 -- Patrick Carpentier* 390 -957 6 0 0 0 0
42 -2 Dale Jarrett 367 -980 5 0 0 0 0
43 -- Kyle Petty 363 -984 6 0 0 0 0
44 +1 Michael McDowell* 295 -1052 4 0 0 0 0
45 -1 Bill Elliott 277 -1070 4 0 0 0 0
46 +1 Aric Almirola 243 -1104 3 0 0 0 1
47 -1 Ken Schrader 234 -1113 4 0 0 0 0
48 -- John Andretti 149 -1198 3 0 0 0 0
49 +10 Sterling Marlin 100 -1247 1 0 0 0 0
50 -- David Stremme 84 -1263 1 0 0 0 0
51 -- A.J. Allmendinger 78 -1269 1 0 0 0 0
52 -- Jon Wood 55 -1292 1 0 0 0 0
53 -4 Johnny Sauter 52 -1295 1 0 0 0 0
54 -4 Kenny Wallace 34 -1313 1 0 0 0 0
55 -3 Jeff Green 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
56 -3 Chad McCumbee 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
57 -2 Johnny Benson 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
58 -4 Burney Lamar 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
59 -3 Tony Raines 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
60 -3 Boris Said 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
61 -3 Eric McClure 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
62 -2 Jacques Villeneuve* 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
63 -2 Stanton Barrett 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0
64 -2 Carl Long 0 -1347 0 0 0 0 0

* Denotes Rookie



IT WAS AN EXTREMELY EXCITING RACE THIS WEEKEND, EVERYONE...FOR ONE...I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD EVEN HAPPEN SEEING THAT THEY WERE CALLING FOR RAIN!!! THANK GOD IT DID...THEN KEVIN ROLLED OFF 39TH!!! PHEW...BUT AS USUAL...TALLADEGA PROVED TO BE AN EXCITING BUT ALSO FRUSTRATING RACE FOR ALL!!! AGAIN, MATT KENSETH...BAD LUCK AGAIN!!! THIS IS SOOO SAD!!! I HAPPEN TO BE HUGE FAN OF MATT...HE IS LIKE MY 3rd FAVORITE DRIVER AND TO SEE ALL OF THIS BAD LUCK COMING HIS WAY!!!

I THOUGHT EITHER TONY STEWART OR DALE JR. WERE GOING TO HAVE A SHOT AT IT ALSO AND THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN SOME MESSES TOO...THEN MY POOR HARVICK...DAMN...CAUGHT UP IN THAT WRECK WHEN THE WHITE FLAG WAVED....OH WELL...WHAT CAN YOU DO, RIGHT??? AT LEAST HE CAME IN 23rd AND ON TOP OF THAT...HE STANDS IN 6TH PLACE IN THE STANDINGS...THAT IS OK...

I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO DISCUSS THE WINNER THIS WEEK...I JUST SAY, BITTERLY, CONGRATS!!!

RICHMOND NIGHT RACE COMING UPON US, FRIENDS!!! GOTTA LOVE RICHMOND AND GOTTA LOVE NIGHT RACING...WHOO HOO!!! SO SEE YA ALL IN RICHMOND AND HOPEFULL KEVIN WILL HAVE A BETTER RUN THERE!!!! ~TAMI-LYN~

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