Kevin Harvick Wins The Subway 500 In Phoenix
If Kevin Harvick had any doubts about the direction his race team
was headed, they were eased with a dominating performance in the desert
that ended a 38-race winless drought.
Harvick completed a sweep
at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday night, winning the Nextel
Cup race to go along with his Busch Series victory a day before.
Harvick was off the radar most of the race, driving a car that ran in the top 10 but never challenged for the lead.
He made his move late, passing Greg Biffle with 10 laps to race away to his sixth career victory.
Once Harvick got by Biffle, it was clear sailing because the top challengers had late fuel problems.
Biffle ran out of gas, then Mark Martin’s tank went dry. It left only
Tony Stewart to chase Harvick down and he never got close.
Kasey Kahne Gets Win Number 2 In Texas
Kasey Kahne couldn’t believe his rearview mirror when he crossed the finish line Sunday in Texas.
There was nobody there.
Not Matt Kenseth, not Tony Stewart.
"I definitely thought I had my hands full with those guys,” said Kahne, as shocked as anybody about his 5-second victory.
Kahne sped away from the field — and his closest competitors — after the final restart with 17 laps to go to become the 11th different winner in as many Nextel Cup races held at Texas Motor Speedway.
"This is a great victory. It’s one of the tracks I have looked at since I started racing. This is a track you want to win at,” said Kahne, who turns 26 on Monday. "This track, Indianapolis and Daytona. If you can win at one of these tracks, you have really done something.”
Tony Stewart Holds Off Gordon At Martinsville
Tony Stewart won a paint-trading duel with Jimmie Johnson and overcame Hendrick Motorsports’ long domination at Martinsville Speedway.
Stewart and Johnson dueled nose-to-bumper and side-by-side for four laps Sunday, bringing the 65,000 fans to their feet. After being rebuffed three times, Stewart finally got around Johnson with 27 laps to go and held on to win the DirectTV 500.
"I knew we were a little quicker than him. There was no way he was going to give it away, so we were going to have to take it away. We didn’t turn him around. We didn’t spin him out. We just got the position that we were after,” Stewart said.
