Darrell Wallace, Junior Makes History, Harvick And Dillon Make Soundbites

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It was a history-making day at Martinsville this afternoon as Darrell Wallace, Junior became the first black driver in 50 years to win a top-level NASCAR-sanctioned event. Wallace won the truck series event after dueling Jeb Burton at the restart with five laps to go...

Here's the finish and the highlights...


Wendell Scott won in Jacksonville in December 1963 in what is now the Sprint Cup Series.

"We congratulate Darrell Wallace Jr. on his first national series victory, one that will be remembered as a remarkable moment in our sport's history," NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said.

"I had a chance to talk with Darrell and his father in Victory Lane today and we are just thrilled for him and his entire family on the win in Martinsville," car owner Joe Gibbs said. "We obviously think a lot about Darrell. He has tremendous talent and we really believe he can have a huge impact on our sport."

But there were more fireworks after the event as Kevin Harvick went on mic and expressed his displeasure toward Ty Dillon and RCR Racing for getting spun late in a battle for positioning...


So there...

Ryan Newman An Ogre...???

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Brothers will always stick up for brothers...

And the Busch brothers will always make a point to stick up for one another- especially when one of them gets knocked out of contention...

It was Kyle's contention that Kurt and the #78 car had a good enough to win. But when you get bumped out around the corner at Loudon and don't get to win...

This happens after the race...


Newman will be looking for work after this season as Kevin Harvick comes over from Richard Childress and will be bringing his sponsors with him...

But... an ogre...???
Silly season should be interesting...

The Big One Only Waits 42 Laps At Talladega (UPDATED: With Another Big One With 6 To Go And David Ragan Wins)

Kyle Busch gets a push from Marcus Ambrose... He goes into the back of Kasey Kahne to send him around and all hell breaks loose at Talladega... Busch admitted on his in-car communications that it was his fault...

Your victims- Kyle, Kahne, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Ambrose, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, David Stremme, Martin Truex, Junior, and Jeff Burton all either got damage of some sort or are out for the day... 14 of 43...

Not a bad percentage for the haunted speedway to take another chunk out of the sport... a full one-third of the field...

Here's a little bit of it from nascarcrashesmore...


More when we know more...

UPDATE: With 6 laps to go, it all happened again...

It looked like Ricky Stenhouse squeezed JJ Yeley as the cars went four wide and it caused another chain reaction involving Kurt Busch (who was looking to win the race). Ryan Newman ended up with the 78 on top of him. Bowyer, both Labontes, David Stremme, Danica Patrick, Jamie McMurray, and Jeff Gordon were all involved.

Stenhouse called out Yeley in his own in-car communication...
Here's the other big one...


NASCAR, much like Saturday's Nationwide race, only allowed one pass for a green-white-checkered finish. Seven hours after the official start, David Ragan got a big push from his teammate David Gilliand and beat out Johnson, Edwards, and Kenseth.
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Huzzahs to everyone at Front Row Motorsports for their finish...

Kyle Busch's New $7.5M Mega Mansion

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Not bad to have a disposable $7.5-million or so, right...???

Kyle Busch bought a 13,000-square-foot home on Lake Norman (NC) last month for a Charlotte-area record $7.5 million...

Evidence below...
Local attorney Cliff Homesley, who is identified in the records as trustee of the private trust that owns the home, represented Busch in his 128-in-a-45 speeding case last year. Homesley declined this week to say who bought the home. “It’s confidential,” he said. “I can’t verify anything.”
Of course, he can't...

The previous record for a sale price in the area was a little over $6.3-million in 2007.

NASCAR Shootout Ends Up With People On The Roof Again...

And this time it was Jeff Gordon...

When you only have 25 cars going after a big purse and there are only a few laps left in the event- you know that all bets are off, your friend is not your friend and you better drive for you and everyone else...

The remaining guys in last night's 75-lapper from Daytona didn't get the message...
Here's the short version of the whole thing...
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And here's the last "big one" from the evening...
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Kyle Busch Races Last 2 Without His M&M's

And it's because Mars, Incorporated is marketing their car to young'uns and Kyle is behaving more like a petulant child than a role model...

It even got to the point where Joe Gibbs and JGR was trying to see if Aric Almirola would drive the 18 car instead of Busch- and Busch would, in turn, sit for the final two races after his parking by NASCAR in Dallas last week...

"Kyle's recent actions are unacceptable and do not reflect the values of Mars," said Debra A. Sandler, chief consumer officer of Mars Chocolate North America told ESPN's David Newton. "While we do not condone Kyle's recent actions, we do believe that he has shown remorse and has expressed a desire to change. We believe our decision will have a positive impact on Kyle and will help him return next season ready to win."

Mike Massaro discusses with Marty Smith

Young Busch Placed On Probation For 2011

NASCAR fined Kyle Busch $50,000 and placed him on probation until the end of the calendar year for the tete-a-tete with Ron Hornaday, Junior in the truck race this past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

That adds up to the sum total of two races...

NASCAR says Busch violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing). He was parked for the weekend... somewhat unheard of- especially during the Chase.
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Monday, Busch was un-parked for the Phoenix race activities...

NASCAR did warn... that “if during the remaining NASCAR events in 2011 there is another action by the competitor that is deemed by NASCAR officials as detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event, the competitor will be suspended indefinitely from NASCAR.”

Bully for them...

Kyle Busch benched for Texas race weekend

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It's not very often that you can talk about a NASCAR driver being suspended for an entire racing weekend. Particularly if it is a well-known Sprint Cup Competitor who is a part of the vaunted "Chase for the Cup".

That is exactly what NASCAR has decided to do with the oft troubled Kyle Busch after Busch deliberately wrecked driver Ron Hornaday during Friday nights Craftsman Truck race.

Read more from NASCAR.com RIGHT HERE

Busch, who qualified 2nd in Saturday's Nationwide race and 17th in Sunday's Sprint Cup race, will serve what NASCAR calls an "Unprecedented" suspension.

Michael McDowell will drive Busch's car for the Sprint Race, Joe Gibbs Racing will pick a driver to race on Saturday.

Quite honestly, this move is somewhat overdue and will just further enhance Busch's "Bad-Boy" image. We don't necessarily think this is just a "Meanstreak" as much as it is an "Anger-Management" issue.

You might also remember Busch got in some trouble and had his drivers license suspended in North Carolina after being pulled over for driving 125 in a 45 mph zone.

Here's your video of Friday's incident: (thanks Nascar.com)--