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by B C,posted Jun 20 2011 9:42AM
It’s MotorCity Madness for Hamlin in Michigan: #11 Denny Hamlin won the “Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400” Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway for his 1st win of 2011 and 17th win of his career. He took the lead during the final pit stops of the race and held off #17 Matt Kenseth at the checkered flag. Matt Kenseth finished second, followed by #18 Kyle Busch, #27 Paul Menard, #99 Carl Edwards, #39 Ryan Newman, #14 Tony Stewart, #33 Clint Bowyer, #5 Mark Martin, and #83 Brian Vickers. Carl Edwards expanded his point lead to 20 and the #29 Kevin Harvick is now in second after an early spin by #48 Jimmy Johnson and a 27th place finish.
There were 21 lead changes among 12 drivers; 5 cautions for 18 yellow flag laps.
2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Michigan, race 15 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 532
2) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 512, -20
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 505, -27
4) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 503, -29
5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 503, -29
6) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 491, -41
7) #22-Kurt Busch, 491, -41
8) #39-Ryan Newman, 456, -76
9) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 455, -77
10) #33-Clint Bowyer, 455, -77 wild cards
11) #14-Tony Stewart, 454, -78 [11th in points]
12) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 438, -94 [12th in points]
Two race winners are not inside the top-20: #2 Brad Keselowski is 22nd, 12 pts out of 20th; #78 Regan Smith is 29th, 54 pts out of 20th
Edwards Flips Over at Michigan: The #60 Carl Edwards won the “Alliance Truck Parts 250” at Michigan InternationalSpeedway. It is his 4th win of the season and the 33rd of his career. Points leader #6 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished second, followed by #18 Kyle Busch, #33 Paul Menard, #16 Trevor Bayne, #20 Joey Logano, #32 Mark Martin, #2 Elliott Sadler, #22 Brad Keselowski, and #38 Jason Leffler. There were 3 cautions for 14 laps and 14 lead changes among 8 leaders.
This Sunday the Sprint Cup Series heads to wine country in Sonoma, California to Infineon Raceway for the “Toyota/Savemart 350”…race time is 3:00pm on TNT.
The Nationwide Series takes a road trip of it’s own to Wisconsin’s Road America race track for the “Bucyrus 200” live at 5:30 on ESPN.
The Camping World Truck Series returns for a huge weekend at Kentucky Speedway Thursday July 7th at 8pm, under the lights for the “UNOH 225”. This kicks off a triple bill weekend at Kentucky Speedway with the Nationwide Series Friday and the Sprint Cup Series Inaugural race Saturday night under the lights making history at Kentucky Speedway. Log onto kentuckyspeedway.com to get your tickets now or call 888-652-RACE (7223)
Listen to the WING Racing Show for your chance to win tickets to all 3 races at Kentucky Speedway with Brian, Wendy and Eric…Monday afternoon’s a 4pm on 1410 ESPN Radio.
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