Awesome pic, my favorite driver and my 2nd favorite driver racing for the win. But what was pretty gay, contact to the 12 to cause a flat.[/align][/align]-----------------------------------------------------------------------[/align][/align]Kahne passes Newman with eight to go for victory
Busch unjustly penalized for commitment line violation
By Jenna Fryer, The Associated Press
August 24, 2007
11:44 PM EDT[/align][/align]

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kasey Kahne passed Ryan Newman with eight laps to go, then held off several charges from Jason Leffler to win the Busch Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night (watch video).[/align][/align]The race was marred by a NASCAR scoring error against Kyle Busch that cost him a chance to run for the win. Busch was penalized with 77 laps to go because NASCAR said he violated the pit-road commitment line. He had to forfeit his second-place position, a penalty NASCAR later said was incorrect.[/align][/align]"I don't know that I hit the line -- I don't think I did," Busch said. "They could have waited to get it sorted out and do the right thing, but they didn't."[/align][/align]With Busch out of the way, Newman easily pulled away as the leader on the ensuing restart. He had little competition until the closing laps, when both Kahne and Leffler closed the gap.[/align][/align]Kahne went high around Newman, Leffler went low and the three cars squeezed together. The contact caused one of Newman's tires to go flat, and he fell off the pace as Kahne scooted by.[/align][/align]"I went around the outside, there wasn't enough room on the backstretch," Kahne said. "I thought I was going to hurt the car. The front is beat up. You can still win with a beat-up car."[/align][/align]Once past Newman, Kahne still had to contend with Leffler, the pole-sitter who had dominated the race by leading a race-high 82 laps. But Leffler gave up the lead on a late pit stop for tires. Leffler could have spun Kahne several times, but tried to pass him cleanly.[/align][/align]Leffler made one last attempt on the final lap, couldn't get past Kahne, and was spun by the third-place car of David Reutimann as they closed in on the finish line.[/align][/align]"It was an awesome battle with Jason Leffler and Ryan Newman," said Kahne, who will start from the pole in Saturday night's Nextel Cup event. "Jason ran me clean at the end. It's so hard to win at this place."[/align][/align]Busch wound up fourth, then went to the NASCAR hauler to discuss the scoring mistake.[/align][/align]It was a wild finish to a competitive race on Bristol's repaved surface, which has developed several racing lines because of its smooth new concrete. But television viewers missed it because ESPN2 lost its satellite feed with three laps to go in the event. They rejoined the race as Kahne was celebrating, then re-aired the final laps.[/align][/align]All the drivers said the new surface greatly improved racing that was already pretty good at one of NASCAR's most revered tracks.[/align][/align]"The track is so crazy with how many lines there are and how much racing room there is," Kahne said. "It's wide open and you go wherever you can."[/align][/align]Newman was so pleased with the conditions; he said he didn't even mind losing the race. He faded to 28th after losing his tire.[/align][/align]"I told [Kahne] in Victory Lane that was the most satisfying I have ever felt losing, because it was that good of a race," Newman said.[/align][/align]------------------------------------------------------------[/align][/align]RESULTS
2007 Unofficial Race Results : Food City 250
Food City 250 | August 24, 2007 | Race 26 of 35

FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 23 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Ragu 190/5 250 Running
2 1 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 180/10 250 Running
3 10 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 170/5 250 Running
4 20 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Spectracide Hot Shot / Lowe's 165/5 250 Running
5 25 21 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet AutoZone 155/0 250 Running
6 19 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 150/0 250 Running
7 18 88 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet U.S. Navy 146/0 250 Running
8 16 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 142/0 250 Running
9 30 126 Jamie McMurray Ford Aflac 138/0 250 Running
10 27 20 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 134/0 250 Running
11 21 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro 130/0 250 Running
12 39 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald's 127/0 250 Running
13 4 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts 124/0 250 Running
14 14 37 Greg Biffle Ford Cub Cadet 121/0 250 Running
15 9 42 David Stremme Dodge Wrigley's Winterfresh 118/0 250 Running
16 6 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 115/0 250 Running
17 2 18 Brad Coleman * Chevrolet Carino's Italian Grill 112/0 250 Running
18 36 156 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet Power Equipment Company 109/0 250 Running
19 24 24 Casey Mears Chevrolet Nat'l Guard / 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment 106/0 250 Running
20 26 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 103/0 250 Running
21 35 16 Travis Kvapil Ford 3M 100/0 250 Running
22 29 27 Johnny Sauter Ford Kleenex / Food City 97/0 250 Running
23 38 344 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS Centennial 94/0 250 Running
24 13 211 Jason Keller Chevrolet Dutch Quality Stone 91/0 250 Running
25 7 170 Mark Green Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach / Biomet 88/0 250 Running
26 33 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Lilly / Walgreens 85/0 250 Running
27 22 77 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Dollar General 82/0 247 Running
28 11 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 84/5 246 Running
29 34 47 Kelly Bires Ford Armor All 76/0 244 Off Track
30 43 72 D.J. Kennington Dodge Northern Provincial Pipelines 73/0 242 Running
31 41 36 Brent Sherman Chevrolet Big Lots 70/0 239 Running
32 5 66 Steve Wallace Dodge HomeLife Communities 67/0 238 Running
33 8 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Memorex 64/0 237 Running
34 15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby's 61/0 229 Running
35 31 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 58/0 225 Running
36 28 10 Brian Vickers Toyota Fort McDowell Resort Destination 55/0 214 Running
37 12 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford UPS 52/0 169 Out of Race
38 42 28 Robert Richardson, II * Chevrolet Checkers Midnight or Later / U.S. Border Patrol 49/0 165 Out of Race
39 17 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 46/0 127 Out of Race
40 3 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 48/5 118 Off Track
41 37 25 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 40/0 98 Out of Race
42 32 0 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 37/0 74 Out of Race
43 40 189 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 34/0 17 Out of Race [/align][/align]* Denotes Rookie[/align]

 

that was a sweet race. I cant wait to see the cup race

 

Bristol is one of NASCAR's better action tracks..........

Dusty

 

Bristol rules. It's my favorite track.

 

Well i really enjoyed the truck and busch race --till Newman got that flat but the cup race was very boring.

 

bristols my favorite track too but it kinda sucked that there wasnt too many accidents. and kahne dominated the cup race hopefully he's starting to make a comeback.

 

I think Kahne is, I also think the merger was a good idea for the team kinda take some of the pressure off of Ray. I would love to see Sadler get competitive again.