NATIONWIDE Camping World RV Sales 200
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Sep 16, 2008 - 6:39 PMSeptember 20, 2008
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
Race 29 of 34 of Nationwide Series circuit
TV: ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Laps: 200
Track length: 1 mile
Race length: 200 miles
Qualifying record: David Green, Chevrolet, 157.916 mph, June 2003
Race record: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 130.152 mph, May 1998
DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Clint Bowyer
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Car: No. 2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2008 Earnings: $817,845
Remains the series leader though he has just one victory this
season - when he gambled and stayed out during a rain delay to
win at Bristol; followed with second at Nashville and third at
Texas; is 207 points ahead of Carl Edwards after finishing third
at Richmond; through first 28 races has 10 top fives and 23 top
10s; started the year with a 25th at Daytona, then rebounded
with a ninth at California; ran a full Busch series slate in
2005 and 2006, finishing second and third, respectively, in the
final standings; finished 12th overall last year after running
just 22 races, winning at Phoenix and Richmond; did not race
here last season.
Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $895,105
Followed up runner-up finish at Fontana buy winning at Richmond;
moved up to second in the standings and trails Clint Bowyer by
207 points; had a disappointing 37th-place finish at Bristol -
his worst showing of the year excluding Darlington, where a
wreck left him in 43rd; defending series champion has four wins
this year; won for the second time this season at Gateway, then
followed up with an 11th at O'Reilly; also won at Milwaukee,
then followed up with a fifth at New Hampshire and 11th at
Daytona; ran second at Dover; was fourth at Atlanta after being
wrecked by Mark Martin at Las Vegas, winding up 14th; opened
defense of his series title with a 10th at Daytona and fifth at
California; clinched last season's title at Texas, three races
before the end of the season; was the runner-up to Kevin Harvick
two seasons ago; despite late struggles still had a series-best
21 top-10 finishes and 15 top fives last season; led in the
series standings for 33 consecutive weeks prior to Daytona this
year; in 35 starts last season had four wins, trailing only
Harvick, who had six; posted a sixth-place finish here last
year.
Brad Keselowski
Team: JR Motorsports
Car: No. 88 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2008 Earnings: $963,489
Second-year driver dropped to third in the standings, 279 points
behind Clint Bowyer after running 21st at Richmond; had moved up
to second in the standings after winning at Bristol, but
followed that effort with his worst performance of the year -
placing 33rd in Fontana; followed up his first series win at
Nashville by running fourth at Kentucky and eighth at Milwaukee;
through first 28 races has 15 top 10s and nine top fives;
finished third at Lowe's and posted consecutive fourth-place
finishes at Bristol and the first Nashville race; has only five
finishes of 20th or worse this season; finished 25th in points
last season and third in Rookie of the Year standings; joined
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports team in July last season;
finished seventh here last season.
Joey Logano
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Car: No. 20 Toyota Camry
2008 Earnings: $455,961
Finished seventh at Richmond after running third in California;
young phenom finished 16th at Bristol after running seventh at
Michigan and Watkins Glen over previous two races; his car
failed post-race inspection at Michigan when a magnet was found
underneath the gas pedal in order to influence dyno test;
finished 17th at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for only his second
finish outside the top 10 this season; won his first race and
second pole at Kentucky in his third series start; captured the
pole at Nashville in just his second series start; was tapped by
Greg Biffle early in that race and wound up a disappointing
31st; finished sixth at Dover in his highly anticipated debut in
one of NASCAR's top series a week after turning 18; won the 2007
NASCAR Busch East Series championship as a rookie; signed a
development deal with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005; was dubbed the
"Real Deal" by Mark Martin when he was 15; is Tony Stewart's
Sprint Cup replacement in the No. 20 Toyota next season.
David Ragan
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $670,490
Sits fifth in the standings after fifth-place finish at
Richmond; prior to that had failed to finish higher than ninth
in nine consecutive races; is running both series this year; ran
25th at Bristol; through first 28 races has five top fives and
17 top 10s; ran ninth at Daytona and 12th at California to start
the season, then posted a 10th at Las Vegas, ran 16th at Atlanta
and was eighth at Bristol; was eighth at Texas and fifth at
Phoenix; had an impressive rookie season, finishing fifth
overall and winning the Raybestos Rookie of the Year by 27
points over Marcos Ambrose; scored four top-five and eight
top-10 finishes in 2007, but also had eight finishes of 30th or
worse; finished 32nd as a rookie here last year.
David Reutimann
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry
2008 Earnings: $718,855
Has pulled "double-duty" in 2008 after finishing second to Carl
Edwards in the standings last season; dropped to sixth in the
standings after running 34th at Richmond; had back-to-back
eighth-place finishes at Bristol and Fontana; is winless this
year with 13 top 10 finishes and seven top five performances;
ran 15th at Michigan; placed 26th at O'Reilly after finishing
13th at Kentucky; started season with a 14th at Daytona and ran
fourth at California; ran 25th at Las Vegas, 10th at Atlanta and
third in the Sharpie Mini 300; last year had better finishes
than Edwards in 10 of the last 15 races and scored the most
points in the series after the midseason point; earned his first
series win at the second Atlanta race; finished with five
top-fives and 12 top 10s; finished 10th in this race last year.
2007 Top 10
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1. Denny Hamlin (20), Chevrolet
2. Martin Truex Jr. (8), Chevrolet
3. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford
4. Mike Bliss (22), Dodge
5. Reed Sorenson (41), Dodge
6. Carl Edwards (60), Ford
7. Brad Keselowski (88), Chevrolet
8. Jason Keller (11), Chevrolet
9. Greg Biffle (16), Ford
10. David Reutimann (99), Toyota
Past Champions
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2007 Denny Hamlin
2006 Clint Bowyer
2005 Ryan Newman
2004 Martin Truex Jr.
2003 Brian Vickers
2002 Scott Wimmer
2001 Jeff Green
2000 Matt Kenseth
1999 Casey Atwood
1998 Matt Kenseth
1997 Joe Bessey
1996 Randy LaJoie
1995 Johnny Rumley
1994 Johnny Benson
1993 Todd Bodine
1992 Robert Pressley
1991 Harry Gant
1990 Harry Gant
1989 Ken Schrader
1988 Michael Waltrip
1987 Rick Mast
1986 Morgan Shepherd
