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Kasey wins the Other Double

by Steve Wronkowicz

I am co-host of the syndicated radio show: ON PIT ROW. Charlie likes to call me an "idiot". I'm not an "idiot"; I just prefer not to let the facts get in the way of my opinions.

May 26, 2008 11:52 am CDT 1 Comment

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Kasey Kahne used some late race Tony Stewart bad luck to win on back to back weekends at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

After the last batch of gas and go stops for the leaders it looked for all the world like Stewart would get his first win of the season. Kahne’s pit crew took seven more seconds on pit lane to get the last bit of fuel into the Budweiser Charger than Stewart’s crew did and it looked as if that may end up being the margin of victory.

Stewart’s luck didn’t hold up as he blew a tire with three to go; allowing Kahne to seize his second victory in as many weeks and his first points paying win in fifty-three tries. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led for much of the middle of the race but he also had tire problems on lap 297; blowing a right rear, hitting the wall and being punted by JJ Yelley, forcing him to work his way back to the front.

“I was thinking second, and then I saw Tony slow up, I thought he was out of gas, and I couldn’t believe it. He went into Turn 1 and he was high (in the corner), and when I came off Turn 2 he was low and slow.”

Kahne is only the sixth driver to win the All-Star race and the 600 in the same year, joining Jimmy Johnson, who was the last to do it in 2003.

This all leads us to this week’s BUZZ ON PIT ROW:

Will Junior’s and Tony’s luck change before the end of the season?

Please let us know what you think and we may usee your comments on this weeks ON PIT ROW. To listen live click here at 5pm ET on Tuesday 5-27-08. Scheduled to appear is Speed’s Wendy Venturini.

photo credit: Icon Sports Media

Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Evernham Motorsports, Gillette Evernham Motorsports, J J Yeley, NASCAR

Tagged with: Jimmy Johnson, JJ Yelley, Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart

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Phoenix Phantasy Phacts

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

April 11, 2008 4:38 pm CDT 4 Comments

Phoenix International Raceway has hosted two of the sixteen Car of Tomorrow races in 2007 and a couple of test sessions for the Sprint Cup new car. It is one of the tracks where the teams have some data, real race experience and an off-season to work on things.

Hendrick Motorsports pretty much owned the CoT races in 2007. You could say they owned the whole ‘07 season but for sure the CoT tracks. Jack Roush famously admitted last year to being “caught out” when it came to testing and developing the new machine. Roush’s Carl Edward’s results so far in 2008 seem to indicate that Jack has caught up with and perhaps surpassed the Hendricks . Carl has three wins in the all-new car series and could have had a fourth. That’s close to domination of the seven races so far but the good result have come on the super speedways, not the two short tracks. Phoenix, at a mile in length, isn’t a short track but it’s no cookie-cutter or two-miler either.

Trying to predict performance by analyzing statistics from past races is dicey enough anytime. This track, this time around is especially tough.

Once again, Jimmy Johnson has the top Loop Data stats based on the last six races at Phoenix. Johnson is at the top of the Loop in Ave Mid Race Position, Ave Position and Finish. He’s run 1758 laps - 93.9% in the Top Fifteen and has the best Driver Rating at 115.9

By contrast, Jeff Burton leads only the Passes Under Green category, has spent only 63.8 % of his PIR Loop laps in the Top Fifteen and has a driver rating of 86.1 - 14th best.

What have you done for me lately?

What’s the point? It’s this - Phoenix Loop Data are for the last six races there. Loop Data for the first seven races of 2008 are “what have you done lately” numbers. Jeff Burton tops the season-to-date Loop stuff. At least he has accumulated the highest total points in the Loop Box Score categories for 2008. Burton leads only one other stat and that is an Ave Finish of 7.1, which makes sense since he leads the Sprint Cup Series in points.

Johnson is rated a respectable sixth for 2008, but doesn’t lead in any single category. Does a combination of a first at the track and sixth for the season make you lean more to JJ this week?

Carl Edwards has won three races this season but is rated only seventh best in the 2008 Loop-to-date. Even with three wins in seven events, Carl’s Ave Finish is 12.7 for the year, indicating inconsistency. He has the best Ave Position for 2008 and tops the Number of Fastest Laps Run - 312 for 15.7%. He’s rated seventh best overall at PIR with no category bests.

Kyle Busch has the top Driver Rating, Ave Mid-Race Position, Quality Passes and Laps Led for 2008. Phoenix hasn’t been as kind though, with a twelfth overall and no top numbers.

Kurt Busch has been good at PIR as has Jeff Gordon. Both are in the top four with Driver Ratings of 103.7 and 107.0. But 2008 has been a totally different story as Gordon is 14th and Busch 15th overall. Too many DNF’s for both ex-champs.

Two drivers put together a perfecta of PIR and 2008 Loop Stats that challenge Jimmy Johnson’s combo.

Tony Stewart ranks fifth in PIR DR at 103.5, he is at the top of a couple of the passing categories and actually has the fourth highest Ave Points Gained per race. Match that up with fifth best 2008 Loop stats. Smoke’s Driver Rating for ‘08 is second to Kyle Busch at 104.8 and he’s led 289 laps.

But the driver I like this week is Kevin Harvick who combines the second best Driver Rating, Laps in Top Fifteen and Laps Led in the PIR Loop era with the runner-up Loop Box Score rating for the year-to-date.

Johnson, Stewart and Harvick are all win-less for 2008 and that can’t last much longer. All three have won at Phoenix though- Harvick twice. It looks to me like this week’s winner comes from these three and I’ll take Happy.

Watch JJ Yeley for a C-teamer. That Hall of Fame Racing Camry is going to come around and home cooking might put a talented driver over the top.

Photo credit: Icon Sports Media, Inc.

Filed under: Car of Tomorrow, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports, J J Yeley, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kevin Harvick, Roush Racing, Sprint Cup Series, Tony Stewart

Tagged with: blog, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Fantasy racing, fantasy racing picks, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Kasey Kahne, motorsports, NASCAR, Phoenix International Raceway, Sprint Cup Series

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Daytona finish a case of Smoke, the Shrub and a Dodge mirage

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

February 20, 2008 10:25 am CST No Comments

The Dodge’s were strong but they weren’t that strong. The 50th Daytona 500 was a good one but it was subject to the restrictor plate roulette that is always part of these long plate races. This time the ball fell on Ryan Newman and the Dodge Boys’ number.

Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch led a charge of Chargers to six of the top eight spots in the 2008 Daytona 500. The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas of Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch were supposed to be out front at the end as they had taken turns leading much of the race. Along with teammate Denny Hamlin, the JGR drivers led 134 of the 200 laps. But on the last lap, a freight train of Dodges including Reed Sorenson, Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne, Robby Gordon and Kurt pushed Newman to the win. Dale Earnhardt Jr., in ninth, was the only Chevy driver in the top twelve and Greg Biffle’s tenth place the only Ford in the top eighteen. So what does it all mean? Do you believe the Hendrick Motorsports and Childress Racing Chevrolets suddenly suck? Is the Roush-Fenway-Yates super-team an also-ran that will fill your fantasy racing group C, field-filler picks for the rest of the season? I say, no way.

You’d better have been watching closely this past week because restrictor plate tracks are the freak shows of NASCAR. That train of Chargers had a pretty clear path to the front in the high line groove at the end of that race. The high line has been the winning line most years at Daytona but Stewart had been on his radio earlier telling Kyle Busch that the #20 handled better down low. That conversation pretty well committed the two Toyotas to the lower line if they were going to help each other. That left the usually faster high line to Newman and the Dodges and they had it to themselves because of the attrition among most of the other strong contenders.

Matt Kenseth had a Ford that might have won the race. He led it for awhile and then got caught up in a spin by fellow Roushy David Ragan, who does this kind of thing a lot. Biffle had a good car. A tenth place finish with nobody in a Ford to help push him to the front was probably as good as it could get. Things at the front could have been much different if, say, Kenseth and Casey Mears had been around for the final ten laps or so. With all of the cautions and re-starts, having someone to pit with and draft with makes a huge difference. Somebody just might have been able to break up that Dodge train.Picture credit: David Graham-Associated Press

Onward to California Speedway

There won’t be any restrictor plates at Fontana, California this week and California Speedway is a fast two mile clone of Michigan International Speedway. Don’t forget that when you look at past performances in your picks. The fields tend to stretch out and cautions are rare, often of the “debris on the track” nature that artificially bunch the field. Fuel economy and tire wear strategy is always a factor. Know your crew chiefs – which means guys like Chad Knaus, Steve Letarte and Greg Zipidelli give your driver more bump at Cali than some other tracks.

This is a fast track. California and MIS always make me think Greg Biffle and Kasey Kahne and they have good Loop Data Driver Ratings of 95.4 and 96.5. Kahne’s numbers across the board are right in line with his DR – Ave. Finish 16.5, 946 Laps in Top 15 and he’s led 10% of all laps the last six races. Biffle though has led 232 Laps - #2 in category- and has an Ave. Position of 13.5 and a category best 134 fastest laps. Both drivers are past winners at Fontana and Michigan, with Biffle getting two at MIS.Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart and Mark Martin are next with DR’s of 100.6, 101.2 and 103.6. Martin’s the only one to have won here, but he’s only led 13 laps during the Loop era. His Ave. Position and Ave. Finish are both 8.8. Edwards has an Ave. Finish of 7.8 which is second best and he’s run 73.4 % of his laps in the top 15. Stewart has a the best Passing Differential at 114 and he’s led 124 laps. All three of these guys is a Michigan winner – Martin having won there four times .

Kyle Busch is a past Fontana winner, has a DR of 109.3, has led 14.2 % of all Loop Laps with 214 and has spent 83.7% of his time in the top fifteen. He looked awful good in Florida too.

Jimmy Johnson sat on the pole in Daytona, but never got it going in the race. Johnson has two wins at California Speedway. He has Loop Data leading stats with 1381 for 91.8% of Laps in Top fifteen, 320 Passes Under Green and an Ave Finish of 5.8. His DR of 111.3 puts him second to Matt Kenseth.

Kenseth too, is a two time Cali winner. He has a Loop Stat best 244 Laps Led for 16.2% of the last six races, Ave Mid Race Position of 6.0 and Ave. Position of 7.2. His DR is 113.9 and Matt Kenseth has two wins at Michigan as well. Matt might have won the Daytona 500 last Sunday had Ragan not taken him out.

Jimmy Johnson is never a bad pick but I’ll take Matt Kenseth or Greg Biffle this week. For a longshot from your C-team, look at J J Yeley or Brian Vickers, both fast drivers in fast Toyotas. Bram has more Loop Stats over at Backstretch Motorsports. Check it out. Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett-Getty Images for NASCAR

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Boyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin, Gillette Evernham Motorsports, Greg Biffle, Hendrick Motorsports, J J Yeley, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, NASCAR Fantasy Gaming, Red Bull Racing, Reed Sorenson, Robby Gordon, Roush Racing, Ryan Newman, Sprint Cup Series, The Busch Bros, Tony Stewart, Toyota

Tagged with: blog, Califonia Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona 500, Fantasy NASCAR, Fantasy racing, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, motorsports, NASCAR, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart

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Toyota’s 2007 NASCAR ripples become a Tsunami

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

September 5, 2007 1:17 pm CDT 3 Comments

That rumble you here in the background of all the NASCAR comment and rhetoric is the the inevitable wave of the Toyota juggernaut rolling towards Sprint Cup Championships in the not distant future.

Tsunami20wave_3 With the official aknowlegement of the worst kept secret in the NASCAR garage, Joe Gibbs Racing has made the kind of move dynasties are made of.

The Gibbs crews go from one of four Chevrolet teams - and unarguably not the clear #1 - to being the spearhead of Toyota’s effort to capture the Sprint Cup Championship.

Toyota not only gains a championship winning organization. They now have in their stable of drivers, three who are consistent winners and Chase to the Cup qualifiers - and importantly, guaranteed starters in next February’s Daytona 500. Add Gibbs satellite, Hall of Fame Racing and it’s new driver J J Yeley to the line up and the NASCAR landscape has changed in a big way.

I have heard many comments that this move by Joe Gibbs Racing at this time will ruin any chance that Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin have of winning the Cup in 2007. The theory being that Chevrolet will now withhold any top secret -Nextel Cup winning - technology from the traitors at JGR. Sorry, I don’t buy it. The Bow-tie boys would give Henry Ford help if Hank drove a Monte Carlo…or Impala.

And of course the backlash of NASCAR fans has begun, as this comment on the Daly Planet blog shows.

They talked about wanting to be on the cutting edge and being leaders, but going from 2nd best to being the best of the worst is a step backwards. This will turn off a lot of fans, including me. I think I’ll start rooting for Tony’s rival Jimmie Johnson now, to spite him.
Kevin in SoCal

I wonder if Kevin in SoCal knows that Tony Stewart Racing has been running Toyota powered sprints and midgets for some time now? Doubt it.

And how long can it be before Jack Roush re-declares NASCAR War on Toyota? Maybe The Cat in the Hat will be relieved to have one fewer Chevy team to deal with.

Toyota has made steady progress in 2007. The past weekend’s results by the two Red Bull Toyotas is a small indicator. Make no mistake though. That rumbling roar in the background noise surrounding the Race to the Chase finale this week is the Toyota Tsunami, relentlessly building towards Cup Series championships.

Filed under: Craftsman Truck Series, Denny Hamlin, J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, Nextel Cup Series, The Busch Bros, Tony Stewart

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Johnson and Edwards par-boil the field at Cali

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

September 3, 2007 12:14 pm CDT 4 Comments

SoCal native Jimmy Johnson hung on to beat a hard charging Carl Edwards to win at Fontana.

Once again the Nextel Cup action was dominated by one team. Johnson was never truly tested in a race that started with temperatures well over 100 degrees and track temps in the 130 degree range. Carl Edwards did make a run at Johnson beginning with about 15 laps to go but was unable to catch the 5 time winner.

In a week where the main topic was the heat and silly season speculation, the race seemed to be an after thought. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran a respectable fifth but did little to gain on the last Chase spot.

Ricky Rudd was involved in a mid race accident that resulted in his suffering a separated shoulder. Could this be the beginning of an early retirement for Rudd? If Rudd can’t continue to run the #88, the dominos could begin to fall early, with JJ Yeley or Kenny Wallace moving into the RYR ride. Both drivers have been rumored to be in contention for it. Yeley is also the top prospect for a seat at Richard Childress Racing in a 4th car.

After Richmond next week, expect to see a lot of 2008 start coming into focus.

The Buzz ON PIT ROW is:

Even with the record heat at Cali, no drivers had to be relieved from their cars during the race. Is it because today’s drivers are better athletes than those "from back in the day"?

The Fast Lap this week asks:

1) Will Joe Gibbs Racing switching to Toyotas for 2008 affect their results in the 2007 Chase?

2) If Goodyear sets a minimum tire pressure should NASCAR actively enforce its use?

3) Should there be any concern over the ownership of teams moving away from traditional racing roots?

4) Will the timing of the final Junior announcements vary whether he makes The Chase or not?

Let us know how you feel about these questions, or anything else that happened during the HOT week in SoCal. If we like your comments, whether we agree or not, we may use them on the air during Tuesday’s ON PIT ROW. Leave us a comment on the blog or call the show–toll free at 1-877-502-8255 between 5-7pm edt on Tuesdays.

Photo:BethAnne Heisler - ON PIT ROW

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Chase for the Cup, Dale Earnhardt Jr., J J Yeley, Jimmy Johnson, Nextel Cup Series, On Pit Row The Fastest Two Hours on Radio, Robert Yates Racing

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The 6 questions I hope someone asks at the Kyle Busch press conference

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

August 14, 2007 12:20 am CDT 6 Comments

Sometime today, the NASCAR world will come to a halt and Joe Gibbs Racing will officially announce the signing of Kyle Busch to a multi-year contract to drive Chevies or Toyotas and sell batteries for a living.

The Pit Crew from ON PIT ROW has not been invited. Figures. I just had a few questions.

Kyle, who’s tougher - you or Kurt? I mean, can you take him? Without, you know, using his ears?

Kyle, do you think that you and Kurt, together, could take Tony? I mean in a fight. Not a fence climbing race.

Kyle, do you ever get tired…of the driving. Sometimes…I get very tired. ( Hey it’s a line from one of my favorite scenes in the best racing movie of all time - Grand Prix - Yves Montand to James Garner - I always wanted to use it somewhere.)

J D, how is it going to feel when J J Yeley kicks your team’s tail next season while you’re sorting out the Camry?

Denny…? Hey, where’s Denny?

Tony…so what do you think of this b@## s%&$?

Maybe we’ll get to go to the Dale Junior - Mountain Dew presser.

Filed under: Denny Hamlin, J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, Nextel Cup Series, The Busch Bros, Tony Stewart

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This week in NASCAR: a tale of 3 racers

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

August 9, 2007 3:45 pm CDT 2 Comments

Three Nextel Cup Series drivers dominate the buzz this week around NASCAR land. Kyle the Younger Busch and J J Yeley - who are connected - and Robby Gordon stories abound.

All three have been variously slammed at different times in 2007.

Kyle Busch has taken shots - of both the cheap and deserved kinds - because of his petulant and brattish behavior on and off track, all year long.

Robby Gordon is only days removed from an embarrassing - and perhaps planned - meltdown and stand-off with NASCAR officials at Montreal during the Busch race there. There were plenty of "There goes Robby, again" comments.

Gordon and Busch are regularly slammed for attitude problems. Maybe they just don’t play well with others. Few observers question their driving talent, though. The Daly Planet caught this from ESPN’s Brad Doherty on NASCAR Now.

Calling Robby Gordon "the most talented driver in the garage" and saying that "we will see a future championship out of Kyle Busch." John has a great review of the whole show.

I have never seen or heard anything negative regarding J J Yeley’s attitude. It disturbs me when Yeley’s impending replacement at Joe Gibbs Racing by Kyle Busch would generate this statement from Restrictor Plate This, and my friend The Diecast Dude.

"Certainly Kyle Busch is a better driver than Yeley."

Jerry goes on to give plenty of testimony supporting Busch the Younger’s abundant driving skill. It’s all good, too. Kyle has won stock car races in ARCA, the Busch Series and Nextel Cup, all while driving for Hendrick Motorsports. But, in my feeble little mind, Busch has not done anything to rival this 2003 season, turned in by J J.

Yeley followed up his USAC Sprint Car championship with a USAC Silver Crown championship in 2002, but nothing would prepare him for one of the most impressive seasons in USAC history. In 2003, Yeley reeled off an amazing 24 USAC wins, breaking the single-season record set by racing legend A.J. Foyt who won 19 races during the 1961 season.

In addition, Yeley became only the second driver in USAC history to win the “Triple Crown” by capturing the Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown championships in a single season, joining JGR teammate Tony Stewart as the only other driver to accomplish that feat (1995).

The car control required to pull that off is phenomenal. Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne - all open wheel grads - could not duplicate the feat.

Joe Gibbs Racing should continue to make changes to the #18 Interstate Batteries team. There are more problems there than one supremely talented, young driver can fix alone. Gibbs tried that when Yeley replaced 2000 Nextel Cup Champion Bobby Labonte.

Picture credit: AP

Filed under: J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, Nextel Cup Series, Robby Gordon, The Busch Bros

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Kyle Busch has guts

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

August 7, 2007 12:17 am CDT 5 Comments

It’s good to be a blogger - to be unburdened with the obligations of verified sources and confirmed facts. We leave the hard, dirty work to J-school grads and ESPN interns.

Late Monday reports say Kyle Busch is joining Joe Gibbs Racing as the new pilot of the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet.

Wait - other stories have it as Kyle driving the Interstate Batteries Toyota.

My, admittedly limited, journalistic efforts found no evidence of J J Yeley driving a Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy, Toyota or hauler for 2008.

I will defer my firm support of these rumors until after I hear what Eric Kuselius…. Kluelippius….Kluelessass…you know, the big "A", uh "E", has to say on NASCAR Now. Tomorrow night.

If, however, these stories prove true, Kyle Busch deserves some street cred. He would be jumping from a most competitive situation, where he was, at best, third on the totem pole of Hendrick Motorsports studs. He held his own there as, at first, a supremely talented 21 year old - too immature to withstand the spotlight that the Cup series draws.

He moves from HMS to JGR, a team with brash, twice crowned champion super star Tony Stewart and heir apparent Denny Hamlin. Busch would , presumably, have the task of resurrecting the greatness of the Interstate Batteries #18 - a race winning and championship winning car. And he might have to do this driving a Toyota.

The kid is hard to like some times. But you better have him in your pools next year.

Picture credit: Beth Anne Heisler - ON PIT ROW

Filed under: Hendrick Motorsports, J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR Rumors, The Busch Bros

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Was this the battle for Joe Gibbs Racing ride?

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

July 28, 2007 3:53 pm CDT 2 Comments

How’s this for a karma siting? J J "Mr. Lucky" Yeley facing off against Kyle "the younger" Busch, head-to-head, one-on-one, mana a mano ….. you get it, on the track. No holds barred. Ten laps, winner takes all.

That’s how it was Friday at Indy. Racing equally prepared (I’m not sure that J J would believe that with his current Cup team experience as reference) radio controlled "Chevy Impalas", Kyle edged Yeley for the win.

Busch is also the leading candidate in most scenarios, to replace the one time USAC Triple Crown winner as team-mate to Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin at JGR.

Yeley doesn’t seem too stressed out about the whole deal. Fox Sports has a nice piece on it.

"I’ve talked to a lot of different teams, I have a lot of backup plans in place right now and they’re all good teams that want to build their programs around me," Yeley said. "As a driver, I can’t ask any more than that. more…

It doesn’t show in our picture, but Kyle was driving the green car. Do you suppose it was powered by an Interstate Battery?

Picture credit: Beth Anne Heisler - ON PIT ROW

Filed under: J J Yeley, Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR Rumors, The Busch Bros

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