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Aug 11, 2007 - 10:27 AM

August 11, 2007
Watkins Glen International 
Watkins Glen, New York
Race 24 of 34 on Busch series circuit

TV: ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. EDT

Laps: 82
Track length: 2.45 miles
Race length: 200 miles
Configuration: 11-turn permanent road course

Qualifying record: Kurt Busch, Dodge, 121.526 mph, 2006
Race record: Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 91.468, 1996


DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Carl Edwards 
Team: Roush Fenway Racing 
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $902,795

Finished 30th at Montreal last week, his second-worst 
finish in 2007; has a series-best 17 top-10 finishes 
and maintains a 787-point lead in the standings; has 
led in the standings for 21 consecutive weeks, and 
has been in the top five following the last 50 Busch 
races; in 23 starts this season, he has tied for a 
series-best four wins (Kevin Harvick); has posted 
13 top-five finishes.


Kevin Harvick 
Team: Richard Childress Racing 
Car: No. 21 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2007 Earnings: $756,605

Reigning series champion vaulted to third in the 
standings after winning last week's race in Montreal; 
has tied for a series-best four wins (Carl Edwards); has 
raced in just 15 of 22 races this season; has seven 
top-five finishes and has finished in the top 10 in 
all but two starts this season with his lowest showing 
being 12th at Charlotte; has three wins over his past 
four starts; finished second at Daytona in the other 
race over that stretch.


Jason Leffler 
Team: Braun Racing 
Car: No. 38 Toyota Camry 
2007 Earnings: $775,695

Finished 26th at Montreal after earning his second career 
Busch series victory the week before at Indianapolis, 
which gave Toyota its first series victory; dropped one 
spot to fourth in the standings, 935 points behind Edwards; 
started the season with four DNFs in the first six races, 
but has none since; over recent nine-race stretch, has a 
pair of third-place finishes and a fourth-place finish; 
has been inconsistent with eight finishes of 30th or worse 
in 19 races this year.


David Ragan 
Team: Roush Fenway Racing 
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $535,597

Fell to fifth in the standings after finishing 19th at Montreal; 
finished fifth at Gateway three races ago; scored three top-five 
and five top-10 finishes in 2007; best finish this year was third 
at Talladega; won the pole and finished fifth at Texas; also has 
five finishes of 30th or worse this season; leads the Raybestos 
Rookie of the Year standings by 215 points over Marcos Ambrose, 
who finished seventh at Montreal.


David Reutimann 
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing 
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry 
2007 Earnings: $742,341

Placed ninth at Montreal last week after finishing third at both 
Indianapolis and Gateway in his two previous starts; remains 
second in the standings, 787 points behind Edwards; has nine 
top-10 finishes in 2007, including his career-best finish of 
second place at the first Nashville race; prior to a 40th at 
Daytona, had posted back-to-back top-10 finishes with an eighth 
at New Hampshire and a seventh at Milwaukee; has also finished 
30th or worse four times this season.