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Sep 07
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Ford Racing NSCS Teams Post-Pep Boys Auto 500 Race Recaps

GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Finished 10th) – “I’m glad we picked the right way to go on this thing because we were in big trouble. It just worked out. I hate it. Mark Martin spun his tires on the last restart and cost us probably three finishing spots and right now those spots are critical. I don’t know what else to say. I gave up three spots and didn’t get any of them back. There just wasn’t enough time. I don’t know where we finished, but it was a good run.” DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DODGED A BULLET TONIGHT? “Yeah, ... FULL STORY »

Yacaman Scores First Pole with Firestone Freedom 100 Pole at Indy
By Press Release

Gustavo Yacaman 2012 Firestone Indy Lights Firestone Freedom 100 Pole Winner - Photo Credit: Chris Jones for IMS INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, May 24, 2012) - Gustavo Yacaman has one victory, 16 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes in four Firestone Indy Lights seasons. On May 24, the 21-year-old from Colombia filled in another column with his first pole. And it comes in the biggest race of the season. Yacaman, driving the No. 2 TMR-Tuvacol-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, posted a two-lap aggregate time of 1 minute, 35.9913 seconds (average speed of 187.517 mph) to claim the top spot for the Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Miller Lite Carb Day (May 25). "The team has done an amazing job," said Yacaman, who hasn't posted a top 10 in three previous races on the 2.5-mile oval. "Everything on that car had to be ... FULL STORY »

Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Pep Boys Auto 500 Pit Notes Sunday

THINK PINK FOR MARCY: Atlanta Motor Speedway Marketing and Promotions Director Marcy Scott couldn’t be at the race this weekend, but many AMS staff, reporters and friends wore pink Sunday in honor of her fight against breast cancer. ... FULL STORY »

Tony Stewart Post-Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying Recap

Date: Sept. 5, 2009 Event: Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying (Round 25 of ... FULL STORY »

Denny Hamlin to Roll-off 10th Tomorrow Night in the Farm Bureau Insurance Toyota

Hampton, GA – Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Farm Bureau Insurance Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified 10th for tomorrow night’s PEPBOYS Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The No. 11 Farm Bureau ... FULL STORY »

Martin Truex, Jr. Claims the Pole at Atlanta

Hampton, GA – Martin Truex, Jr., No. 1 Guitar Hero 5 Impala SS, will lead the 43-car field to the green flag in Sunday night’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Going out 33rd in the order of ... FULL STORY »

Pep Boys Auto 500 Q&A with Dodge Motorsports NSCS Driver Kurt Busch

KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE HERE AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY LAST SPRING. YOU MUST BE EXCITED TO TRY AND GET YOUR SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON HERE TOMORROW NIGHT? “Sitting down in this chair ... FULL STORY »



Martin Truex Jr., Wins Pole Position Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
HAMPTON, Ga. (Sept. 5, 2009) – Martin Truex Jr. surprised the crowd Saturday – and maybe himself – by winning the pole for Sunday’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, turning the day’s fast lap in 30.106 seconds (184.149 mph). Starting next to Truex for the inaugural NASCAR ...FULL STORY »
Toyota Motorsports NSCS Teams Post-Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying Recaps
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Pedigree Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 5th How loose were you during your qualifying lap? “It was wiggling everywhere. It’s just another day driving the COT (new NASCAR chassis). What an effort by the team. The guys on this team worked their butts off all ...FULL STORY »
Dodge Motorsports NSCS Teams Post-Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying Recaps
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) Qualified 2nd "This team is doing a great job. We had a really good practice. We made a lot of adjustments for qualifying and they really helped. That was a great lap for our Budweiser Dodge. I think it should be a top ...FULL STORY »
Scott Speed top Raybestos Rookie in Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
Where the Raybestos Rookies qualified at Atlanta: Speed 32nd Logano 34th Papis 39th RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUALIFYING QUOTES FOR THE PEP BOYS AUTO 500 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009. SCOTT SPEED, No. 82 RED BULL TOYOTA: “For sure it’s disappointing qualifying lap because we were 11th and third ...FULL STORY »
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Pep Boys Auto 500 Pit Notes Part 3
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
NEW TEST TRACK: Local businessman and racer Jim Gresham has poured millions into the old Peach State Speedway in northeast Georgia to create Gresham Motorsports Park, a ½-mile oval motorsports facility. Gresham, an AMS Thursday Thunder champion driver and ...FULL STORY »
Ford Racing NSCS Teams Post-Pep Boys Auto 500 Qualifying Recaps
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
DAVID RAGAN – No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion (Qualified 16th) – “We picked up from practice. Our UPS Ford was OK when we unloaded. We really tried a lot of different setups in a one-day show like this on Saturday you’ve got to focus a ...FULL STORY »
2009 Pep Boys Auto 500 NSCS Starting Lineup
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
Martin Truex Jr., captured his third NSCS career Coors Light Pole Award, as he ran a qualifying lap speed of 184.149 mph, for the first evening race under the lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. This is Truex Jr's second series pole of the 2009 season, and his first at ...FULL STORY »
Behind the Pep Boys Auto 500 Hauler Chat with Team Chevy NSCS Driver Jeff Gordon
no responses - Posted 09.05.09
JEFF GORDON, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed track conditions at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Chase and other topics. Full transcript: HOW SLICK IS THE RACE TRACK? DO YOU THINK IT’S THE TIRES OR IS THE TRACK JUST REALLY ...FULL STORY »


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