PRE
RACE STUFF ....
A
special presentation was made to Ricky Rudd and
Bill Elliott, commemorating the 20th Anniversary
of their first career NASCAR Winston Cup wins at
Riverside International Raceway.
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A
large American flag was presented by
members of the 101st Airborne repelling
from two California Army National Guard
Blackhawks in the area of Turn 4.
--
The
Rev. Rick Bloom, pastor of the Pacific
Christian Center in Santa Maria, CA gave the
invocation. Pastor Bloom served in the United
States Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Hornet during the Vietnam War
--
The
US Air National Guard provided the
presentation of colors
--
The 40th Infantry Division California Army
National Guard Performed the National Anthem!
--
The flyover crew from the 310th
Fighter Squadron in three F-16's from
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, AZ (Refueler?)
-- President
and CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern
California, Tom McKernan, was the Grand
Marshal and said those 4 great words ...Gentlemen
Start your Engines! In honor of our brave men and
woman in the armed forces!
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger waved the green
flag.
-- 71 degrees at the start, Track Temp was 111
degree's, Sunny with a slight breeze.
--
Ward Burton (lost a engine), Johnny
Benson (lost a engine & crashed)
involving Sterling Marlin (crashed) Derrike
Cope (lost an engine) Jerry Nadeau (changed
engines) Jeff Green and Dale Earnhardt,
Jr. (changed engines) start at the back
of the field.
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Recap
LAP LEADERS
Tony
Stewart (100 laps)
+10 Points
+ 5 Points ... Bill Elliott (12
laps), Ricky Craven (1 lap), Dave Blaney (2 laps),
Jamie McMurray (41 laps), Kurt Busch (28 laps),
Rusty Wallace (54 laps), Matt Kenseth (2 laps),
Bobby Labonte (11 laps).
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GREEN,
GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!! Boogity,
Boogity, Boogity......
CAUTION
1
Lap # - 1 - Ryan Newman and Steve Park
(Pole sitter) make contact as Bill Elliott takes
the lead on the first lap.
RESTART
Lap # 4 (after 3 caution laps)
CAUTION
2
Lap #9 - Jack Sprague gets loose and hits
the wall.
Derrick Copes car was pushed into the garage.
RESTART
Lap #11 (after 2 caution laps) Bill
Elliott, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, Rusty
Wallace, Jeff Burton, Joe Nemechek, Kurt Busch,
Jeff Gordon, John Andretti and Dave Blaney
are the top 10.
-- Lap 13 - Tony Stewart takes the lead!
CAUTION
3
Lap #40 - Greg Biffle got loose and spun in
turn 4.
Steve Park came back out 40 laps down.
Mark Martin had a long pit, unsure why?
RESTART
Lap #46 (after 5 caution laps) Tony
Stewart continues to lead, Kurt Busch,
Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Jeff Burton, Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Elliott Sadler, Jeff Gordon, Jamie
McMurray and Joe Nemechek lead.
-- Lap 48 - Jimmy Spencer fell way off the
pace and to the back of the field.
-- Lap 67 - Elliott Sadler has also fallen way
off the pace.
-- Lap 74 - Kevin Harvick begins early GREEN
FLAG Pits after
running only 31 laps under green.
-- Lap 91 - Rusty Wallace ran out of gas and
had to be pushed-lost a lot of time - many
others also pit ... Ricky
Craven and Dave Blaney led during these
pits.
-- Lap 162 - After GREEN
FLAG Pits
cycle
out -- Tony Stewart (14.3 pit) continues to
lead, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, Dale
Earnhardt, Jr., (14.4 pit) Bill Elliott,
Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, John
Andretti and Jimmie Johnson round out
the top 10.
-- Lap 106 - Dale Jr. Reporting that his car
is VERY loose, might have a tire going down.
-- Lap 116 - Jamie McMurray takes the lead
from Tony Stewart, but Tony takes it
right back. They go back and forth a few times ...
Jamie McMurray takes it!
Lap
125 - MBNA Mid-Race Leader Bonus of $5,000
goes to Jamie McMurray
-- Lap 126 - Kevin Harvick pits early, off
sequence.
CAUTION
4
Lap #170 - Oil
on the track -- Tony Stewart smoking, broke a
rod, what a shame.
RESTART
Lap #135 (after 5 caution laps) Kurt
Busch, Jamie McMurray, Dale Jr., Matt
Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin,
John Andretti, Rusty Wallace and Jimmie
Johnson lead. 19th is Jeff Gordon the
last car on the lead lap.
-- Lap 137 - Ryan Newman came back out for
positions.
-- Lap 143 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. running
2nd tried to get a hot dog wrapper off the grill
of his car, got sideways and lost his groove and
fell back to 5th.
-- Lap 147 - Jamie McMurray retakes the
lead.
CAUTION
5
Lap 156
- Caution is out for debris. Jeff
Burton got a flat from the debris.
Rusty Wallace along with Johnny Benson
and Dave Blaney took only two tires.
RESTART
Lap #158 (after 2 caution
laps) Lap 160 - Restart, the top 10 are Rusty
Wallace, Johnny Benson, Dave Blaney, Bobby
Labonte, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt
Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Sterling
Marlin.
-- Lap 197 - Kurt Busch is off the pace.
-- Lap 202 - GREEN
FLAG Pits begin
...
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to re-pit to get lugs
tightened.
-- Lap 217 - After GREEN
FLAG Pits
cycle
out -- There are 17 cars on the lead
lap and they file out like Rusty Wallace, Bobby
Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Sterling Marlin,
Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson,
Ricky Craven, John Andretti, Johnny Benson, Jerry
NADEAU!, Matt Kenseth, Ricky Craven and Jeff
Gordon with 43 laps to go.
CAUTION
6 Lap
#210 - Ricky Craven spun.
Sterling Marlin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. pit
during this yellow.
RESTART
Lap #214 (after 4 caution
laps) Leaders are Rusty Wallace, Bobby Labonte,
Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch,
Jimmie Johnson, John Andretti, Michael Waltrip,
Matt Kenseth, Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte,
Jeff Gordon, Sterling Marlin, Johnny Benson, Dave
Blaney, Ricky Craven and Jerry NADEAU!,
-- Lap 217 - Bobby Labonte is the 9th leader
today!
CAUTION
7
Lap #221 - (Bad words here) Jerry Nadeau
spins in turn 2, no contact was made.
RESTART
Lap #225 (after 4 caution
laps) The forever changing line up now looks like
this: Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray,
Rusty Wallace, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Mark
Martin, John Andretti, Michael Waltrip, Matt
Kenseth, Bill Elliott, Jeff Gordon, Sterling
Marlin, Matt Kenseth, Dave Blaney, Ricky Craven,
Terry Labonte, Johnny Benson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and
Jerry NADEAU!. 18 drivers on the lead lap.
CAUTION
8 Lap
#231 - Dale Jarrett hits the wall, Jeremy
Mayfield, Johnny Benson, Robby Gordon, Casey
Mears, Larry Foyt, Kyle Petty, Dave Blaney, and
Joe Nemechek got caught up in it.
RESTART
Lap #238 (after 7 caution laps) Jamie
McMurray, Kurt Busch, Rusty Wallace, Bobby Labonte
and Jimmie Johnson are the top 5 with 13
laps to go.
-- Lap 240 - Kurt Bush takes the lead!
-- Lap 243 - Jamie McMurray is smokin'. Left
front fender tire rub.
CAUTION
9 Lap
#249 - White Flag is out, Jimmie Johnson tagged
the wall, he and Mark Martin wreck.
KURT
BUSCH wins! The 1st 2 time winner this season! He
also won Bristol.
Congratulations to the entire #97 team! And all
their fans!
Kurt's sixth Winston Cup career win!
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