BUSCH Camping World 200
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Jun 30, 2007 - 10:31 AMJune 30, 2007
New Hampshire International Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Race 18 of 35 on Busch Series circuit
TV: ABC, 2:30 p.m. EDT
Laps: 200
Track length: 1.058 miles
Race length: 212 miles
Qualifying record: Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 130.716 mph, 2001
Race record: Bobby Hamilton Jr., Ford, 110.368 mph, 2002
DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Aric Almirola
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Car: No. 20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2007 Earnings: $329,702
Was credited with his first Busch series win last week in
Milwaukee despite not finishing the race; started the race in
Denny Hamlin's car, but was replaced by Hamlin during an early
pit stop; even though Hamlin took the checkered flag, NASCAR
officially credited Almirola with the victory, points and prize
money; it was Almirola's second straight top-10 finish, coming
on the heels of a sixth-place showing at Kentucky.
Marcos Ambrose
Team: Woods Brothers/JTG Racing
Car: No. 59 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $467,452
Australian rookie placed 15th last week at Milwaukee, climbing a
spot to seventh in the standings; registered a season-worst
36th-place finish at Nashville and fell three spots to 11th; one
of the circuit's top rookies recorded a career-best sixth-place
finish at Dover to end a string of nine consecutive finishes of
17th or worse; has three top-10 finishes this season, including
an eighth place at Mexico City on March 4; did not run in this
event last season.
Dave Blaney
Team: Braun Racing
Car: No. 10 Toyota Camry
2007 Earnings: $494,434
Did not race in Milwaukee to drop two spots to fourth in the
standings, a whopping 853 points behind leader Carl Edwards; ran
11th five weeks ago at Charlotte; has recorded two top-five
finishes and four top-10s in 16 starts this season; was the top
Toyota driver in the series until being surpassed by Dave
Reutimann, but is still a bright spot for the new manufacturer;
placed 15th in this event last season.
Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $703,480
Has an overwhelming 776-point cushion in the series standings
despite a season-worst 33rd-place finish two weeks ago at
Kentucky, where he was wrecked by Steve Wallace off a restart;
finished eighth last week in Milwaukee; was the only driver on
the circuit to register a top-10 finish in each of the first 10
races this season; rebounded from a 17th in Charlotte by winning
the next two races and has a series-leading four checkered
flags; has turned the series standings into a total runaway,
much the way Kevin Harvick did a year ago; was the series
runner-up a year ago to Harvick; won this event last year.
David Ragan
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $400,882
Moved up two sports to third in the standings with a 12th-place
finish in Milwaukee; prior to last week finished in the top-10
in consecutive races, with an eighth-place showing at Kentucky
and a seventh-place result at Nashville; best finish thus far
was fourth-place at Talladega; also finished fifth at Texas; has
finished 30th or worse four times, including a 43rd in the
season opener at Daytona; did not race in this event last year.
David Reutimann
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry
2007 Earnings: $530,584
Finished seventh at Milwaukee last week to move up to second in
the standings, 776 points behind runaway leader Edwards; has
five top-10s this season, including a ninth-place result at
Nashville; also recorded a second-place showing at Nashville in
April; finished sixth in Texas and has a pair of ninth-place
results, with the other coming at Richmond; did not run in this
event last season.
2006 Top 10
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1. Carl Edwards (60), Ford
2. Kevin Harvick (21), Chevrolet
3. Denny Hamlin (20), Chevrolet
4. Paul Menard (11), Chevrolet
5. Clint Bowyer (2), Chevrolet
6. Johnny Sauter (00), Chevrolet
7. Scott Riggs (9), Dodge
8. J.J. Yeley (18), Chevrolet
9. Scott Wimmer (66), Ford
10. Greg Biffle (16), Ford
Past Champions
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2006 Carl Edwards
2005 Martin Truex Jr.
2004 Matt Kenseth
2003 David Green
2002 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
2001 Jason Keller
2000 Tim Fedewa
1999 Elliott Sadler
1998 Bobby Jones
1997 Mike McLaughlin
1996 Randy LaJoie
1995 Chad Little
1994 Derrike Cope
1993 Robert Pressley
1992 Joe Nemechek
1991 Ricky Craven
1990 Rick Mast
