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Saturday night's all right for racing
By Greg Engle - Cup Scene Daily
There’s something almost magical about a night race not only for the fans watching but those competing as well.
“I love coming to Phoenix for a night race,” defending series champion Tony Stewart said. “If you can't have fun with that, you're never going to enjoy a race at Phoenix. The lights make us look like we're running twice as fast, and when we bottom-out in the turns you see the sparks fly out from underneath the cars. It's a good show.”
Since 1988, the tight, flat track with the backstretch dogleg has seen 16 different winners in 19 NASCAR Nextel Cup events.
Last year though, Phoenix belonged to the Busch Brothers. And so far this week, Kyle has continued the family tradition; he’ll start on the pole tonight. Older brother Kurt will start seventh.
Matt Kenseth, who had a much publicized run in with Kurt at Bristol a few weeks ago, says the Busch boys will be the main contenders tonight.
"I think they'll be two of the guys to beat," Kenseth who starts fourth tonight said. "Both those guys run really good here, but they run pretty good everywhere. Both of those guys are really talented and they figure out how to run out front at most tracks."
Kurt Busch won last year’s inaugural spring event, and brother Kyle won the traditional November race. Kyle Busch’s 4.5 average finish in two Phoenix events is the best of all drivers while Kurt Busch’s four straight top-10 finishes is the longest current streak here.
The Busch brothers had better keep a weary eye out to the competition though.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett are among those who have visited Victory Lane here.
Earnhardt and Burton lead all active drivers with two wins each at Phoenix. Burton won in 2000 and 2001. Earnhardt won in 2003 and 2004.
“I’ve always liked it, “Earnhardt Jr. said of Phoenix. “It’s very unique with its configuration, and requires a lot of discipline as a driver. There are so many opportunities to pass there it’s real easy to lose focus and overdrive the corners.”
Phoenix has multiple grooves, so drivers have more room for passing and a choice of lines to run.
“Sometimes you start the race and you think you are going to be running on the bottom,”
Earnhardt Junior said, “then either the car gets tight or you over guesstimated on how the track was going to be when the race starts and you are either too loose or too tight.
This place has a couple different grooves, which is really good; those are the racetracks you like to run on. I like running around the bottom myself; right around the bottom if I can, but if that isn't working for me, we just move around a lot to find something that just maintains until we get a pit stop or find something that is a little faster. "
Jarrett, who won in 1997 and Martin won in 1993; in fact Martin’s13 top-10 Phoenix finishes leads all drivers here and his 471 laps led is the best mark of any active driver.
“It’s just so different than anything that we run,” said Jarrett. “Trying to get off the corners there is the biggest thing that you have to do and carrying the speed through the straight-away but that starts back in the center of the corner and trying to get your car to carry speed through the center and then be able to get in the gas hard off of it. It’s a fun race track to race on.”
Starting from the pole here may not be the way to go, since no driver has ever won from the pole at Phoenix, in fact four of the last six races here have been won by drivers who started outside the top ten.
But don’t tell that to the series most recent winner, Kasey Kahne. Kahne defied the odds at Texas winning the pole and the race, the first time that has ever been done.
“I think it’s safe to say the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger team will have a keen interest in Thursday’s Bud Pole qualifying for the Nextel Cup Series at Phoenix,” Kahne said. “All three of my wins have come from the pole. One of the big advantages is pit selection with the pole winning team getting first choice. My crew seems to perform at its best from that No. 1 spot on pit road.”
The next stop for the series will be the Talladega Superspeedway on April 30th.
Greg Engle, the Editor of the Cup Scene Daily is seeking employment within the motorsports journalism industry. If you are interested, please contact him at:greg@cupscene.com
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Saturday night's all right for racing
By Greg Engle - Cup Scene Daily
There’s something almost magical about a night race not only for the fans watching but those competing as well.
“I love coming to Phoenix for a night race,” defending series champion Tony Stewart said. “If you can't have fun with that, you're never going to enjoy a race at Phoenix. The lights make us look like we're running twice as fast, and when we bottom-out in the turns you see the sparks fly out from underneath the cars. It's a good show.”
Since 1988, the tight, flat track with the backstretch dogleg has seen 16 different winners in 19 NASCAR Nextel Cup events.
Last year though, Phoenix belonged to the Busch Brothers. And so far this week, Kyle has continued the family tradition; he’ll start on the pole tonight. Older brother Kurt will start seventh.
Matt Kenseth, who had a much publicized run in with Kurt at Bristol a few weeks ago, says the Busch boys will be the main contenders tonight.
"I think they'll be two of the guys to beat," Kenseth who starts fourth tonight said. "Both those guys run really good here, but they run pretty good everywhere. Both of those guys are really talented and they figure out how to run out front at most tracks."
Kurt Busch won last year’s inaugural spring event, and brother Kyle won the traditional November race. Kyle Busch’s 4.5 average finish in two Phoenix events is the best of all drivers while Kurt Busch’s four straight top-10 finishes is the longest current streak here.
The Busch brothers had better keep a weary eye out to the competition though.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett are among those who have visited Victory Lane here.
Earnhardt and Burton lead all active drivers with two wins each at Phoenix. Burton won in 2000 and 2001. Earnhardt won in 2003 and 2004.
“I’ve always liked it, “Earnhardt Jr. said of Phoenix. “It’s very unique with its configuration, and requires a lot of discipline as a driver. There are so many opportunities to pass there it’s real easy to lose focus and overdrive the corners.”
Phoenix has multiple grooves, so drivers have more room for passing and a choice of lines to run.
“Sometimes you start the race and you think you are going to be running on the bottom,”
Earnhardt Junior said, “then either the car gets tight or you over guesstimated on how the track was going to be when the race starts and you are either too loose or too tight.
This place has a couple different grooves, which is really good; those are the racetracks you like to run on. I like running around the bottom myself; right around the bottom if I can, but if that isn't working for me, we just move around a lot to find something that just maintains until we get a pit stop or find something that is a little faster. "
Jarrett, who won in 1997 and Martin won in 1993; in fact Martin’s13 top-10 Phoenix finishes leads all drivers here and his 471 laps led is the best mark of any active driver.
“It’s just so different than anything that we run,” said Jarrett. “Trying to get off the corners there is the biggest thing that you have to do and carrying the speed through the straight-away but that starts back in the center of the corner and trying to get your car to carry speed through the center and then be able to get in the gas hard off of it. It’s a fun race track to race on.”
Starting from the pole here may not be the way to go, since no driver has ever won from the pole at Phoenix, in fact four of the last six races here have been won by drivers who started outside the top ten.
But don’t tell that to the series most recent winner, Kasey Kahne. Kahne defied the odds at Texas winning the pole and the race, the first time that has ever been done.
“I think it’s safe to say the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger team will have a keen interest in Thursday’s Bud Pole qualifying for the Nextel Cup Series at Phoenix,” Kahne said. “All three of my wins have come from the pole. One of the big advantages is pit selection with the pole winning team getting first choice. My crew seems to perform at its best from that No. 1 spot on pit road.”
The next stop for the series will be the Talladega Superspeedway on April 30th.
Greg Engle, the Editor of the Cup Scene Daily is seeking employment within the motorsports journalism industry. If you are interested, please contact him at:greg@cupscene.com
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