KURT BUSCH’S GREAT ‘FINISHING POWER’ PUTS HIM IN POINTS CONTENTION

by | Apr 26, 2011 | NASCAR

KURT BUSCH’S GREAT ‘FINISHING POWER’ PUTS HIM IN POINTS CONTENTION
-No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Driver Knows He “Has To Bump Those Top-10s Up To Top-Fives”-

RICHMOND, Va. (April 26, 2011) — Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch is still looking for his first victory during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, but after eight races his “finishing power” has kept him in the thick of things in the point standings. Entering this weekend’s Crown Royal presents the Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400, Busch is not getting headlines for winning the points races, but he’s certainly doing some things right. After all, the 2004 series champion holds down the fifth spot in the point standings.
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Cody Hodgson Richmond International Raceway Race Preview

by | Apr 25, 2011 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series

Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Richmond International Raceway Race Preview

THE STORY

Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., will compete alongside the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series when the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East heads to the Blue Ox 100 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., on Thursday, April 28. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate sits 12th overall in the K&N Pro Series East standings as the series heads to its first standalone Richmond event in history – on the undercard of a Saturday night Cup race at the .75-mile track. Better yet, Hodgson is fifth in the standings among a field of 24 rookies who have made a start in the series already this season.
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