BUSCH Yellow Transportation 300
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Sep 29, 2007 - 10:59 AMSeptember 29, 2007
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
Race 30 of 34 of Busch Series circuit
TV: ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Laps: 200
Track length: 1 1/2 mile
Race length: 300 miles
Qualifying record: Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 178.938 mph,
2005
Race record: Jeff Green, Ford, 129.125 mph, 2001
DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $1,066,560
Finished sixth at Dover, his second top 10 in the last seven
races after running second at Richmond; finished 11th at Bristol
and 28th at Michigan following consecutive poor showings on the
road courses where he ran 32nd at Watkins Glen after a 30th at
Montreal; lead in the standings is 754 points over David
Reutimann, down from 852 after Indianapolis eight races ago; has
just two top-fives and four top-10s over last 11 races; despite
recent struggles still has a series-best 19 top-10 finishes;
has led in the standings for 27 consecutive weeks, and has been
in the top five following the last 56 Busch races; in 28 starts
this season has four wins, trailing only Kevin Harvick who has
five; has posted 14 top-five finishes; has two Busch starts at
Kansas, with one top-10 finish, a sixth place last year.
Kevin Harvick
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Car: No. 21 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2007 Earnings: $927,220
Reigning series champion did not compete at Dover, dropping him
from second to third in the standings behind Reutimann; was 24th
at Richmond, his worst finish of 2007; finished seventh at
California after a 16th at Bristol; has 17 top-10 finishes, two
behind Edwards despite eight less starts; won at Watkins Glen
for his third straight victory and fourth in the last nine
races; also finished second at Daytona over that dominant
stretch; despite racing in just 21 races, has a series-best five
wins (Daytona, New Hampshire, Chicago, Montreal, Watkins Glen);
only other finishes out of top-10 was an 11th at Texas and 12th
at Charlotte; has four previous Busch starts at Kansas with
three top-fives; is the defending winner of this race.
Jason Leffler
Team: Braun Racing
Car: No. 38 Toyota Camry
2007 Earnings: $971,934
Finished 30th at Dover, yet remains fourth in the standings; was
11th at Richmond and finished 14th at California, following a
second-place showing at Bristol after leading a race-high 81
laps; placed 12th at Michigan after running 27th at Watkins Glen
and 26th at Montreal; the two poor showings on the road courses
came after earning his second career Busch series victory at
Indianapolis, which gave Toyota its first series victory;
started the season with four DNFs in the first six races, but
has none since; over recent ten-race stretch, had 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; has three previous Busch starts at Kansas with a best
finish of 16th in 2003; was 31st here last year.
David Ragan
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2007 Earnings: $650,142
Remained fifth in the standings despite finishing 32nd at Dover
following a 39th at Richmond; ran 10th at California for his
second straight top 10 after a sixth at Bristol; struggled prior
to that with a pair of 21st showings at Michigan and Watkins
Glen; finished fifth at Gateway eight races ago; scored three
top five and seven top-10 finishes in 2007; best finish this
year was third at Talladega; won the pole and finished fifth at
Texas; also has six finishes of 30th or worse this season; leads
the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings by 24 points over
Marcos Ambrose; will be making his first start at Kansas.
David Reutimann
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry
2007 Earnings: $915,165
Finished 10th at Dover, moving from third to second in the
standings ahead of idle Harvick; ran 23rd at Richmond and
finished 15th at California; ran third at Bristol; has better
finishes than leader Edwards in six of the last nine races, yet
still trails by 754 points; had consecutive third place finishes
at both Indianapolis and Gateway; has 11 top-10 finishes in
2007 including his career best finish of second place at the
first Nashville race; has also finished 30th or worse four times
this season; has one Busch start at Kansas, finishing 13th here
last year.
2006 Top 10
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1. Kevin Harvick (21), Chevrolet
2. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford
3. Kyle Busch (5), Chevrolet
4. Tony Stewart (33), Chevrolet
5. Clint Bowyer (2), Chevrolet
6. Carl Edwards (60), Ford
7. Reed Sorenson (41), Dodge
8. Greg Biffle (16), Ford
9. Bobby Labonte (77), Chevrolet
10. Paul Menard (11), Chevrolet
Past Champions
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2006 Kevin Harvick
2005 Kasey Kahne
2004 Joe Nemechek
2003 David Green
2002 Jeff Burton
2001 Jeff Green
