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In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  That's Racin' | Busch Series
The NASCAR Busch Series’ debut north of the border will give fans in Canada this weekend a chance to witness a talented mix of drivers from around the globe.
INDIANAPOLIS - Pleased with the performance of its car of tomorrow in the Nextel Cup series, NASCAR is exploring the possibility of incorporating some of the new car’s safety aspects with the cars used in the Busch Series, perhaps as early as next season.
Reed Sorenson will not be able to replicate his NASCAR Busch Series win of a week ago, but his crew chief could.
www.thatsracin.com /208/index.html   (996 words)

  
 Busch Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On March 6, 2005, the Busch Series held its first race outside the United States, the Telcel-Motorola 200.
Mark Martin has the most NASCAR Busch Series wins in history with 47 victories most recently at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12th, 2005 driving the #9 Pennzoil Ford for Roush Racing.
Dale Earnhardt won the first Busch Series race on February 13th, 1982 at Daytona International Speedway in the Goody's 300.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Busch_Series   (1029 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NASCAR - Kurt Busch wins his Busch Series debut
Busch, making his debut in the No. 39 Penske Dodge that Ryan Newman also drives, is the seventh different Busch winner this season.
Kurt Busch was the season runner-up and won four races in the NASCAR Craftsman Ttruck series for Jack Roush in 2000, when he also ran seven Cup races.
Busch said there was never a good opportunity with Roush for him to run more than a single Busch race, something the driver didn't want to do.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=81174   (889 words)

  
 Ford Racing: Series About
Although fans tend to view the series as the final step for aspiring drivers to prove themselves before embarking on a career in Nextel Cup racing, the series has differentiated itself in recent years from its more celebrity-laden big brother with its young stars and unpredictable competition.
Now the No. 2 motorsports series in the U.S., the NBS has established its own identity and developed its own stars, many who have chosen to spend their entire careers in the division due to the competitive nature of the series.
Adding to the stability of a Busch car on the race track, the wheelbase measures 105" whereas its Nextel Cup counterpart is built to a wheelbase of 110".
www.fordracing.com /buschseries/about   (277 words)

  
 Hornaday, Busch Series Martinsville Preview
BUSCH SERIES RETURNS TO MARTINSVILLE: The NASCAR Busch Series has not visited Martinsville (Va.) Speedway since 1994, but this weekend's event will be the 34th time that the Series has visited the half-mile paper clip shaped track.
NASCAR Busch Series teams will have an open test session on Thursday, July 20, before the teams return to the track on Friday for two practice sessions.
His next Busch Series start will be at Martinsville Speedway on July 22, where Hornaday will be looking for another solid top-five performance to keep the trend alive.
www.truckseries.com /cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000079/007903.htm   (823 words)

  
 Kathy's Pit Stop: NASCAR Busch Series
On Saturday you have the Busch Series at Memphis, Truck Series at Atlanta and the final IROC race at Atlanta and then on Sunday you have the Cup race at Atlanta.
Erin Crocker made her debut in the Busch Series, but it was overshadowed by the rest of the incidents last night.
It was Busch's inexperience and impatience that caused the wreck, impatience seems to be causing a lot of wrecks this year.
blogs.thatsracin.com /kathyspitstop/nascar_busch_series/index.html   (12022 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NASCAR - Making the Busch Series more appealing
Given the current nature of the Busch Series, it is easy to sit there and say that the series needs the Cup regulars to participate in order to fill more seats and increase television viewership.
The final series payout is less than 1/4 of what the Cup payout is. And the costs are almost half of the costs to field a Cup team.
NASCAR needs to reward those owners who are loyal to the Busch series and not employing Cup technology or resources to field their teams.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=44512   (2604 words)

  
 NASCAR Busch Series News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced Juan Pablo Montoya and the #42 Texaco/Havoline NASCAR Busch Series team is scheduled to compete in the final three races of the 2006 Busch Series season,...
Running the full Busch Series and Nextel Cup Series schedule in the same season is nothing new, but Dave Blaney will be the oldest driver to give it a shot.
Juan Pablo Montoya's Busch Series debut at Memphis on Saturday was as predictable as the sun rising in the east.
www.topix.net /nascar/nascar-busch-series   (774 words)

  
 DAVID GILLILAND RETURNS TO NASCAR BUSCH SERIES FOR FIRST TIME SI - RacingWest
Labonte nipped series veteran and close family friend Jason Keller by.419 of a second, the closest margin of victory in the history of the event.
The 2006 USG Durock 300 will be the sixth NASCAR Busch Series event held at Chicagoland Speedway with three of the previous five races being captured by first-time winners.
The NASCAR Busch Series heads northeast for the New England 200 on July 15th at New Hampshire International Speedway.
www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/13616   (1995 words)

  
 Hornaday, Jr., Busch Series Preview: Milwaukee
Hornaday currently sits 12th in the Truck Series driver standings and the No. 33 team sits 15th in the Busch Series owner standings.
The win was one of four Busch Series wins for Hornaday in his career.
The NASCAR Busch Series AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile can be seen live on FX at 8:30 p.m.
www.truckseries.com /cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000074/007496.htm   (714 words)

  
 Busch Series Road Races
In order for it to be cost efficient for Busch Series owners to build road racing cars, there had to be more than one road racing event.
Now they have caused the Busch Series team owners to build road racing cars, and to also have to travel out of the United States to participate in a sanctioned NASCAR Busch Series event.
NASCAR has promised to do something to alleviate the problem for the series owners, but all they seem to do year after year, is to make things harder and wonder why the series is now being filled up with moonlighting Cup drivers.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/nascar_bush_series/110279   (436 words)

  
 SpeedJournal - Busch Series News & Notes - Milwaukee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Since the series first appeared at Milwaukee in 1984, seven of the 14 race winners were ultimately crowned NASCAR Busch Series champion that year, although the feat hasn't been accomplished since 2002, when Greg Biffle won the race, and then claimed the title at Homestead-Miami Speedway five months later.
Sauter, the youngest of three racing brothers whose father, Jim, is a Wisconsin racing legend, is a two-time winner on the NASCAR Busch Series, but has struggled with consistency this year.
Defending NASCAR Busch Series champion Sam Ard bested the field of 26 cars for his fourth victory of the season, defeating runner-up Kulwicki, who hailed from Greenfield, Wis. Ard went on to win his second consecutive series title later that year despite missing the season's final event due to an accident at Rockingham.
www.speedjournal.com /article.cfm?art_id=2798   (2088 words)

  
 Jayski's® Busch Series Silly Season Site
The race presents a level playing field for Busch Series drivers and teams, as most will be racing on the track for the first time.
Also, two Busch Series crew chiefs have been fined $5,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 due to violations at Indianapolis: Chris Rice, crew chief on the #01 Chevy driven by Shelby Howard; Chuck Meyers, crew chief on the # 1 Chevy driven by J.J. Yeley.
This division evolved into the Winston Cup Series, and the "Grand National" moniker was passed to the NASCAR Busch Series in 1986.
www.jayski.com /busch/busch.htm   (5250 words)

  
 Sports: Report: Busch series expands to Mexico City
The series also will return after a three-year absence to the road course in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The entire schedule for the Busch series is expected to be released today.
France said at the time any deal to bring the Busch series to Mexico City would be a multiyear contract.
A forerunner of the Nextel Cup series held points events in Canada in the 1950s, but the Busch series has not ventured beyond the borders.
www.sptimes.com /2004/08/05/Sports/Report__Busch_series_.shtml   (422 words)

  
 NASCAR Busch Series
Busch Comments for the Beginning of the Dog Days
Some of the regular visitors to this Busch page may have wondered about the rather long time span between articles.
Lots of changes recently in the Busch series.
www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/nascar_busch_series   (508 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday News #33 NASCAR Busch Series
This weekend's event at PIR will be the first night race of the 2006 Busch Series season.
The one-mile race track is just the second short-track race of the season for the Busch Series.
The NASCAR Busch Series Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway can be seen live on FX at 8:30 p.m.
www.ronhornaday.com /2006/busch/news/041806khiodc.htm   (688 words)

  
 David Smith Motorsports
In the Busch Series, he has made the most out of some lower-tier equipment.
Now in the Busch Series, he has yet to really prove his worth for the team.
He is the type of racer who can tread water in the Busch Series, but break out once at the Nextel Cup level, much like a Kasey Kahne or a Denny Hamlin.
www.davidsmithmotorsports.com /busch.htm   (1097 words)

  
 NASCAR Tickets - Hard-To-Get NASCAR Race Tickets, Nextel Cup, Craftsman Truck, Busch Series
The NASCAR Busch series was formed in 1982 when NASCAR combined the previous Late Model Sportsman division into a touring series.
The Busch series uses similar guidelines to those used by the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series provides fans with heart pounding, fender-to-fender action in race trucks based on their favorite half-ton, short-bed pickup trucks from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota.
www.razorgator.com /tickets/sports/motor-sports/nascar   (282 words)

  
 CATCHFENCE.com - BUSCH SERIES
Vidovich (25) hails from San Diego, Calif. and was the Champion of the NASCAR Elite Division, Featherlite Southwest Series in 2003.
Biffle is scheduled to drive 19 Busch races for 3M in the 2007 season.
Tracy participated in six NASCAR Busch Series races in 2006 and showed signs of potentially having a successful career in stock cars.
www.catchfence.com /bgncts/nbs.html   (1053 words)

  
 Ron Hornaday Official Web Site #33 NASCAR Busch Series
His most recent Busch Series start at the track was in 2004 for RCR.
With the Busch Series celebrating its 25th season of competition this year, Texas Motor Speedway is also celebrating 10 years of Busch Series competition at the 1.5-mile speedway.
The first Busch Series event held at Texas Motor Speedway was in April of 1997.
www.ronhornaday.com /2006/busch/index.htm   (799 words)

  
 Blk3GM's Busch Series News
Matt Kenseth, Earnhardt's closest competitor in the Busch series, lost a cylinder late in the race and fell to a 22nd place finish.
With his victory last weekend, Dale Earnhardt Jr., is once again peering down on his nemeses from the top of the NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division mountain.
The Myrtle Beach sand was supposed to bring relief to injured NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division point leader Dale Earnhardt Jr.
members.tripod.com /Blk3GM/newsbgn.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: NASCAR Busch Series
The NASCAR Busch Series traveled to the Midwest this past weekend to compete at the Milwaukee Mile, the oldest racetrack on the NASCAR Busch Series circuit.
The NASCAR Busch Series not only is a proving ground for young drivers aspiring to make the jump to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, but it is fast becoming an opportunity for drivers in open-wheel racing to prove themselves in a stock car.
The NASCAR Busch Series returned to the west coast this past weekend to compete under the lights at Phoenix International Raceway where Hefty® Racing driver Eric McClure finished in the 30th position.
www.race2win.net /gn   (14562 words)

  
 Eddie MacDonald - Busch North Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Busch North teams managed to squeeze in a test day at Lee USA Speedway on Saturday, May 14th, but the race scheduled for Sunday the 15th fell victim to rain showers and had to be rescheduled for Saturday evening, May 21st.
The first Busch North Series race on SPEED will air June 25 at 12:30 PM (EST) and will feature coverage of the May 15 race from Lee, NH.
The West Series enters its 52nd season in 2005, making it the West Coast’s oldest stock car racing circuit, while the BNS enters its 19th year of racing this season.
www.eddiemacdonald.com /news.htm   (2356 words)

  
 Kurt Busch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Busch must forge new persona as Nextel Cup champ
Busch now has chance to show he's not a bad guy after all
Busch is everything fans have feared about 'Young Guns'
kurt_busch.scenedaily.com /drivers/kurt_busch   (645 words)

  
 TheHotLap.com - Overview
NASCAR Busch Series Director Joe Balash said there will be no set rookie practice session as there has been throughout the season as all drivers will have the two sessions on Thursday, prior to regular practice on Friday.
Also, two NASCAR Busch Series crew chiefs have been fined $5,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 due to violations at Indianapolis: • Chris Rice, crew chief on the No. 01 Chevrolet driven by Shelby Howard; • Chuck Meyers, crew chief on the No. 1 Chevrolet driven by J.J. Yeley.
I want to be clear that I was very excited about the second place finish and was in no hurry to leave, it just seemed unreasonable at the time to try to get to the press box as the grandstands were emptying in the opposite direction.
thehotlap.com   (1366 words)

  
 Fantasy Nascar Busch Series Challenge
Manage a team of 8 Busch Series drivers with an initial $10 million salary cap
Compete using Qualifying Points and Busch Series points; your 4 lowest race totals are dropped.
Qualifying Points are based on a driver’s qualifying start position where Position 1 receives 43 points, Position 2 receives 42 points, and so forth to Position 43 which receives 1 point.
stockcar.fantasycup.com /busch/spring   (154 words)

  
 NASCAR - NASCAR Craftman busch Series
Joe Ruttman set the fastest time on the final day of pre-season Busch Series testing at Daytona on Friday.
Kevin Harvick was a model of consistency during the 2001 season, finishing in the top five 20 times in 33 races en route to his first NASCAR Busch Series championship.
Defending champ Jeff Green made a late charge to snatch second place from Jason Keller, while rookie Greg Biffle served notice with a strong first half, ending up fourth in the points.
premium.nascar.com /SEASON/busch   (134 words)

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