Chicagoland Speedway - USG Durock 300
RACE WINNER: KEVIN HARVICK
Casey Mears: 13th (started 7th)
- Casey fought a tight car all day and could never get it to handle. Though a top-10 finish would have been nice, 13th is nothing to cry over.
David Reutimann: 17th (started 23rd)
- The car was horrible from the get-go, which was unfortunate because the #99 was sporting a new XM Radio paint scheme. Although the finish could have been worse, it was disappointing to see David have an average day.
- Quotes:
“It was pathetic, and that's as nice as I can put it. We weren't even close. I can't figure out how we missed it this bad. It was totally opposite of what we did in practice. Everything it did during the race it never did in practice. I don't know if we ended up having a problem. It's hard for me to believe that we could be that far off. We really didn't change that much stuff. Now, at the end of the race, we're completely opposite of where we started in practice. It's just a huge disappointment.”
- David remains 3rd in points and 8th in owner points.
Todd Kluever: 26th (started 19th)
- A hot dog wrapper on the grill that heated the #26 Ford up at the beginning of the race set the stage for the remainder of the day. When Ryan Newman crashed on Lap 5, Todd brought his car to pit lane and lost 20 positions. After long green flag runs, he went a lap down and could never get in the position for the free pass during restarts. To make it worse, he pitted during green stops and a caution flew afterwards, relegating him 3 laps down and out of contention.
- Other Notes:
- Kyle Busch had the best car, but was screwed during late pit stops. Sometimes being the leader sucks, especially when you pit and the rest of the leaders do not. In the closing laps, Kyle climbed his way back to 5th, but his frustration was obvious with the call.
- JR Motorsports has found a new driver. Brad Keselowski, after performing well in the Truck Series, landed in the #88 NAVY car and put up a respectable 14th place finish. I hope he can keep up the good results because I’m kind of tired of watching Junior play musical chairs with that car.
Casey Mears: 13th (started 7th)
- Casey fought a tight car all day and could never get it to handle. Though a top-10 finish would have been nice, 13th is nothing to cry over.
David Reutimann: 17th (started 23rd)
- The car was horrible from the get-go, which was unfortunate because the #99 was sporting a new XM Radio paint scheme. Although the finish could have been worse, it was disappointing to see David have an average day.
- Quotes:
“It was pathetic, and that's as nice as I can put it. We weren't even close. I can't figure out how we missed it this bad. It was totally opposite of what we did in practice. Everything it did during the race it never did in practice. I don't know if we ended up having a problem. It's hard for me to believe that we could be that far off. We really didn't change that much stuff. Now, at the end of the race, we're completely opposite of where we started in practice. It's just a huge disappointment.”
- David remains 3rd in points and 8th in owner points.
Todd Kluever: 26th (started 19th)
- A hot dog wrapper on the grill that heated the #26 Ford up at the beginning of the race set the stage for the remainder of the day. When Ryan Newman crashed on Lap 5, Todd brought his car to pit lane and lost 20 positions. After long green flag runs, he went a lap down and could never get in the position for the free pass during restarts. To make it worse, he pitted during green stops and a caution flew afterwards, relegating him 3 laps down and out of contention.
- Other Notes:
- Kyle Busch had the best car, but was screwed during late pit stops. Sometimes being the leader sucks, especially when you pit and the rest of the leaders do not. In the closing laps, Kyle climbed his way back to 5th, but his frustration was obvious with the call.
- JR Motorsports has found a new driver. Brad Keselowski, after performing well in the Truck Series, landed in the #88 NAVY car and put up a respectable 14th place finish. I hope he can keep up the good results because I’m kind of tired of watching Junior play musical chairs with that car.
