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Matt Kenseth completed the sweep at Fontana - that should be renamed Roush Speedway for team owner Jack Roush - by winning
the Auto Club 500 in California. To be honest, it could have been any one of three Roush cars taking the win. Greg Biffle, the Busch winner from Saturday, drove the dominant car all day, but his motor let go with just a few laps remaining. Carl Edwards finished third - learning from Saturday - to take third away from Kasey Kahne on the last lap - on the final restart.
Now, I watched most of the race courtesy of the NASCAR in car cameras, and there is no doubt in my mind that Kahne had just a bullet. Using the onboard data, most were going 193 mph or so on the back straight, and 197 mph on the front, but Kahne, was doing 197 mph on the back and a stunning
208 - yes 208 mph - on the front without the aid of the draft. The tachometer was close to 10,000 rpm - normally 9,100 or so is the most a Cup motor will turn reliably - so Kahne and his car were impressive.
For Kenseth, it was redemption after a disappointing Daytona 500 last week. "We needed this after last week," Kenseth said. "This is a good way to start the 'real' season."
Second went to Daytona winner Jimmie Johnson, who took the points lead. Tony Stewart had a motor go, and so he, along with second in the points from last year - Biffle - were both out with engine failures.
For the most part, it was a pretty boring race, with only a few yellows, but luckily for NASCAR, a few motors let go and that bunched them up for the final
dash to flag. The Cup guys will now take a week off, well, a week with no Cup race, as most will head to Mexico for the Busch road race next weekend. Joining them will be Canadians Ron Fellows - who is driving for Kevin Harvick in the #33 - and Paul Tracy, who will be making his second Busch series start.
Biffle Sends Roush Two for Two
Greg Biffle got to the lead with nine laps to go and won the Busch race at Fontana. The Stater Bros. 300 was Biffle's third Busch win at Fontana. Carl Edward was in control until a late race yellow for debris, which turned out to be a driver's glove. NASCAR is looking into whose glove it was, but the usual dilemma occurred - to stop or not.
"We had a tough decision there at the end," said Edwards, who stopped along with two or three others. "I wasn't too sure what to do, but I felt like we weren't going to win if I stayed out. I thought
Biffle was going to get me. So we just decided to pit, and we didn't have enough laps to get back up there."
Biffle said he was not going to pit but was surprised that more did not. "I thought it was going to be a two tires vs. four kind of thing," he said.
In the Truck race, Mark Martin went two for two this year. It is starting to look like the Busch series years ago, when Martin won every race in sight one year.
Matt Kenseth completed the sweep at Fontana - that should be renamed Roush Speedway for team owner Jack Roush - by winning
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| Fontana should be renamed Roush Speedway for winning team owner Jack Roush. (Photo: Autostock) |
Now, I watched most of the race courtesy of the NASCAR in car cameras, and there is no doubt in my mind that Kahne had just a bullet. Using the onboard data, most were going 193 mph or so on the back straight, and 197 mph on the front, but Kahne, was doing 197 mph on the back and a stunning
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| Matt Kenseth completed the sweep at Fontana. (Photo: Autostock) |
For Kenseth, it was redemption after a disappointing Daytona 500 last week. "We needed this after last week," Kenseth said. "This is a good way to start the 'real' season."
Second went to Daytona winner Jimmie Johnson, who took the points lead. Tony Stewart had a motor go, and so he, along with second in the points from last year - Biffle - were both out with engine failures.
For the most part, it was a pretty boring race, with only a few yellows, but luckily for NASCAR, a few motors let go and that bunched them up for the final
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| Victorious Kenseth on the podium. (Photo: Autostock) |
Biffle Sends Roush Two for Two
Greg Biffle got to the lead with nine laps to go and won the Busch race at Fontana. The Stater Bros. 300 was Biffle's third Busch win at Fontana. Carl Edward was in control until a late race yellow for debris, which turned out to be a driver's glove. NASCAR is looking into whose glove it was, but the usual dilemma occurred - to stop or not.
"We had a tough decision there at the end," said Edwards, who stopped along with two or three others. "I wasn't too sure what to do, but I felt like we weren't going to win if I stayed out. I thought
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| Biffle sends Roush two for two. (Photo: Autostock) |
Biffle said he was not going to pit but was surprised that more did not. "I thought it was going to be a two tires vs. four kind of thing," he said.
In the Truck race, Mark Martin went two for two this year. It is starting to look like the Busch series years ago, when Martin won every race in sight one year.