Geoff Burke / Getty Images Kyle Busch celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series race in Richmond, Va., on Saturday. View related photos

Slideshow

INTERACTIVE

Kyle Busch sweeps Richmond NASCAR weekend Kyle Busch wins at Richmond, pads point lead Joey Logano top rookie finisher in Richmond Denny Hamlin WIX lap leader at Richmond Martin Truex Jr. runs fastest Richmond lap

Slideshow

updated 12:21 p.m. ET, Sun., May 3, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. – Kyle Busch raised a few eyebrows when he casually mentioned he’d like to collect 200 victories in his NASCAR career.

That’s a mighty big number, associated only with Richard Petty’s unreachable record of 200 Cup Series wins. It was once thought Jeff Gordon might challenge the mark, but he fell off the pace long ago and currently has 82.

But if Busch is flexible with the goal he revealed before this season, he’s got a shot at reaching Petty’s mark.

Story continues below ↓

With an asterisk, that is.

Busch's win Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway was the 50th of his career spanning NASCAR's top three series. It came on his 24th birthday, and Busch believes he could reach 200 NASCAR wins if he maintains his desire to race in every event possible.

"But I know the older I get I'll start slowing down some way," he said. "Hopefully I can achieve that goal. It would be sure nice to get that. I know it's not 200 Cup victories like Richard Petty has, but it will still be a phenomenal mark for me."

A mark few thought he could ever reach just two years ago. His talent level has never been questioned, but there's a reason Busch has often been called "Wild Thing."

He was ready for NASCAR when he was just 16, but an age minimum sent him back to the sidelines for a two-year wait. Once admitted to the big leagues, he came full of unbridled desire, fearlessness and a lack of maturity.

Busch pushed his cars beyond the limit, taking risks that often ended in a wad of crumpled sheet metal. He pouted when he didn't win and threw temper tantrums when things went against him. Team owner Rick Hendrick tried to tame the wild child, but finally cut him loose at the end of the 2007 season to make room for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

So Joe Gibbs Racing snapped him up, and Busch has steamrolled his way through NASCAR since. He won 21 races last season spanning the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series.

How is it that Mark Martin can win his first race since 2005, yet Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to be stuck in a tunnel that seems to have no light at the end of it?

That was pretty much the story in Saturday night’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway: Martin won from the pole, lead the most laps (157, more than half of the race’s 312 circuits around the flat one-mile oval) and broke a 97-race winless streak.

Earnhardt, meanwhile, led the second-highest number of laps (63), yet was once again victimized by misfortune: a bad set of tires, followed by being punted into the wall late in the race.

End result for the driver of the No. 88 Chevy – and Martin’s teammate: a very disappointing 31st-place finish. Earnhardt has now finished 20th or worse in half of the season’s first eight races.

And while Martin jubilantly breaks his winless streak, Earnhardt’s streak of frustration now extends to just one win in his last 106 starts.

Oh yes, one more thing: Saturday night’s win helps Martin, who earlier this season was as far back as 34th in the standings, jump up from 18th to 13th in the rankings heading into next week’s race at Talladega, just nine points behind 12th-ranked and former Roush Racing teammate and prodigy Matt Kenseth.

Earnhardt, meanwhile, falls from 16th to 19th and is starting to reach a point where his chances of making the Chase for the Sprint Cup are becoming more and more questionable.

Earnhardt is now a massive 399 points behind teammate and series leader Jeff Gordon. Even guys like David Reutimann (9th), Kasey Kahne (10th), Ryan Newman (17th) and even Juan Pablo Montoya (15th) are ranked ahead of Earnhardt in the standings after the first eight races.

It’s getting to the point where a major shake-up of Earnhardt’s team, which more and more fans have been calling for as he continues to fade further down in the standings, may be closing in on the horizon, faster than we might think. What may have seemed unthinkable at the beginning of the season may now have reached a point where it’s inevitable.

Even though he’s done a great job under some very trying circumstances, will crew chief Tony Eury Jr., ultimately become the fall guy and be relieved of his duties – even though Dale Jr.’s struggles really haven’t been of Eury’s doing?

Or, might team owner Rick Hendrick give Eury a few weeks off and try someone else at the helm to see if it might change things?

Or, will Hendrick do what he’s done several times in the past when one or more of his teams have struggled: shift several personnel from one team to the team that needs the most help (in this case, Earnhardt’s)?

But with four-time Cup champ Gordon in the points lead, three-time defending Cup champ Jimmie Johnson now in second place and Martin knocking on the door of the top-12, where would Hendrick move folks from?

Had this been earlier in the year, when Martin was in danger of falling out of the top-35, a case maybe could have been made to switch crew chief Alan Gustafson with Eury, even if for just a few races, to see if the change might make a difference for both teams.

But now, with the driver Hendrick pursued for nearly two years – to convince him to return to full-time racing for one last try at the championship that has eluded him throughout his Cup career – on the verge of becoming a bonafide Chase contender, Hendrick’s hands suddenly seem very tied.

He can let Earnhardt and Eury muster on and hope their horrendous run of bad luck and bad breaks turns around eventually.

But by the time that would come – and some are starting to have doubts that it will come any time soon – it may be far too late to salvage 2009, making two straight disappointing season finishes with an organization that was supposed to revitalize Junior’s career and make him a champion.

Junior left Dale Earnhardt Inc., after the 2007 season, convinced that Hendrick Motorsports would give him everything he needed to become a consistent winner and eventual Cup champion.

But the way things have gone in his 44-race tenure with HMS up to now, Junior’s best days may not necessarily still be ahead of him.

Rather, how long will it be before many of his diehard fans start thinking that perhaps the best days of his career may have already passed during his time at DEI.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: contrary to what many of his fans think, I don’t hate Junior. I really do want to see him succeed. In fact, I’m shaking my head from side to side as I write this, virtually incredulous at how much bad luck Earnhardt and his team have endured this year.

But even I’ve hopped on the Earnhardt bandwagon, essentially calling for ANYTHING that can help pull him out of the dive that he’s currently in.

Sure, much of that misfortune has come from within: Earnhardt’s bonehead move in the season-opening Daytona 500 that took out several race leaders, speeding onto or off pit road, and how he’s missed his pit stall at least twice this season – not to mention pitting outside of it – for starters.

There’s also been several pit crew errors, as well, including dropped lug nuts, and poor pit calls that have turned his car from a finely tuned machine into a vehicle that drove like a tank that can’t turn.

Frankly, I’m getting tired of criticizing Earnhardt and his team for its mistakes and shortcomings. I’m actually feeling very sorry for them, because they can’t catch a break.

Saturday night was just another example. He leads the second-highest number of laps in the race, looks like he might actually win at a place that he historically has done very well at (and won twice at previously), and yet ends up with another exasperating finish.

I’ve REALLY tried not to say it up to this point, but I can’t ignore it anymore:

With the way Saturday’s 50-year-old race winner has bounced back from his early season struggles, I have to wonder if even venerable, old-school Mark Martin, who has gone nearly 30 years without winning a Cup crown, may wind up winning a Cup championship before Junior does – if he ever does.

Dixon wins his first Indy 500 26 May 2008 00:30, The Denver Post Online
… lead. She finished 22nd. preview, grid, facts and more for the Indy 500 the NASCAR Stats Page for points leaders, race info, more …

Coca-Cola 600 ranks among toughest races 26 May 2008 00:10, The Review-Appeal
… CONCORD, N.C. A 500-mile NASCAR race is grueling enough for its 43 drivers. But 600 miles? “It’s going to …

Talks could bring Rolex Sports Car Series into NASCAR fold 26 May 2008 00:10, Lexington Herald-Leader
… Talks could bring Rolex Sports Car Series into NASCAR fold CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR may be on the verge of a significant expansion. …

Patrick seething after disappointing day at Indianapolis 500 25 May 2008 23:51, MyTelus News
… helped the IndyCar series in its ongoing attempts to steal fan attention back from NASCAR. But she needed speed, and her team simply couldn’t find enough of it. Patrick …

Opinion: Indy still hasn’t recovered pre-split magic 25 May 2008 23:49, MSNBC
… leagues and so damaged both that they wound up sucking on the fumes of NASCAR as it zoomed past in popularity and prize money. Instead, the 92nd running of …

‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ turns out to be one of the sloppiest 25 May 2008 23:30, Examiner
… bickering caused some of the most promising drivers of this generation to defect to NASCAR, beginning with veterans like and extending all the way to the previous two winners …

Faces to watch at the Indy 500 25 May 2008 23:30, Canada
… over at Penske this season for Sam Hornish Jr., who left the IRL for NASCAR; finished 21st in 2006 IndyCar standings while driving a limited schedule with Dreyer & …

Vondohren, Kline Win Features at Grandview on Saturday 25 May 2008 23:30, WhoWon.com
… Felty Farms No. 1c to his second win of the season in the 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All American Series Modified feature race at Grandview Speedway on Saturday night. The …

East Wins 63rd Annual Toyota Challenge Night Before the 500 25 May 2008 23:30, WhoWon.com
… Series and the Toyota Challenge Racing Classic USAC Midget series race. On Friday, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will thrill the crowd with tight racing and bumper to bumper …

Pettit Wins Round One of the Tri-Holiday Series at Altamont, Claims Second Consecutive Flashco SRL Victory 25 May 2008 23:30, WhoWon.com
… the southwestern portion of the U.S. The series utilizes cars based on the former NASCAR Elite Division Series rulebook. First 2008 event is this weekend at Rosevilles All-American Speedway. …

Hopkins, Fisher, Holmes, Mallaber Lead Holland Opening Night Win List 25 May 2008 23:30, WhoWon.com
… of West Falls, NY put his experience on the high banks of the Holland NASCAR Motorsports Complex to use on Saturday evening, as he notched the 40-lap NASCAR Sunoco …

NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins again in Nationwide Series 25 May 2008 23:14, Autoweek
… NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins again in Nationwide Series Here’s Kyle Busch in a familiar spot–leading …

Sauter to race in Dells 25 May 2008 23:13, The Capital Times
… NASCAR driver and Necedah native Johnny Sauter will race in the ASA Midwest Series Miller …

Humpy Wheeler honored before final race at LMS 25 May 2008 23:13, International Herald Tribune
… Speedway one of NASCAR’s top tracks. “I got a little touched in there today,” NASCAR chairman Brian France said of the driver’s meeting. “He’s such a pioneer in the …

Danica Patrick Seething After Disappointing Day at Indy 500 25 May 2008 23:12, MyFox Austin
… helped the IndyCar series in its ongoing attempts to steal fan attention back from NASCAR. But she needed speed, and her team simply couldn’t find enough of it. Patrick …

Rhinestone Cure Sets the Glitz to Benefit Diabetes at Hotel Indigo 25 May 2008 22:55, CBS
… until wee hours, will be putting on the glitz as stars of the music, NASCAR and fashion world all come together to attend Rhinestone Cure in honor of Morelia’s …

Danica dumped | Accident in pits ends Patrick’s race 25 May 2008 22:50, State College Centre Daily Times
… helped the IndyCar series in its ongoing attempts to steal fan attention back from NASCAR. But she needed speed, and her team simply couldn’t find enough of it. Patrick …

BATTISTINI WINS SPIRITED FIRESTONE FREEDOM 100 25 May 2008 22:49, Autochannel
… Racing League telecasts, including the Indianapolis 500, and anchored ESPN and ABC’s coverage of NASCAR telecasts from 1982-2000, which received 17 Sports Emmy Awards. BILL MARVEL (Chairman, Founders Award …

France: Kentucky Cup race can’t happen in ‘09 25 May 2008 22:30, Bradenton.com
… France: Kentucky Cup race can’t happen in ‘09 NASCAR chairman Brian France reiterated Sunday that NASCAR doesn’t plan to have a Sprint Cup …

More news >>

Monster Racing Excitement
Drive a Winston Cup Ford Taurus on the Monster Mile at Dover, Delaware. Courses offered, schedules, pricing, and online enrollment.

RacingSchools.com
A guide with links to over 200 motorsports racing schools presented and maintained by the Interactive Motorsports Entertainment Corp.

Richard Petty Driving Experience
Drive a 600 hp Winston Cup Richard Petty Enterprises Pontiac. Info on different levels of courses available, locations and pricing. You can also enroll online.

Drive Pocono
Check out the school for open wheel cars. The NASCAR school is not up and running for the time being. Check back later in the year.

Dale Earnhardt
“The Earnhardt Connection” is a great website devoted to the race fan. You’ll find news, online store, and much more. The site also offers desktop themes and fan mail.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
This is Dale Jr.’s official site. Dale Jr. fans will find lots of great stuff on this site including lots of free downloads, pictures, message boards, chat room, and much much more.

Dale Jarrett
The official site of the ‘99 Winston Cup Champion. You’ll find news, Dale’s bio, fan club info, autograph schedule, and much more.

Darrell Waltrip
The “Jaws” official homepage has all of the info a fan needs about DW, including a neat photo gallery.

Harvick Online
The official Kevin Harvick site features all you ever wanted to know about the driver, his team, and family. You’ll find a photo gallery, chat room, message boards, downloads, and much much more.

Jeff Gordon
The official Jeff Gordon site includes up to date news, online store, Rainbow Warriors, fan mail, and much more.

Jeremy Mayfield
The official site of Jeremy Mayfield contains info on Jeremy, his team, car, and fan club. You’ll also find a media center and online store.

Jerry Nadeau
This site has a neat Flash intro. If you don’t have Flash, you can hit the link to skip the intro. Lots of pictures, contests, and all available info on Jerry and his team.

Jimmy Spencer
The Internet home of “Mr. Excitement.” This unique site features the usual info for the fans, including a chat board and pit board.

John Andretti
John’s site is part of the Petty Ent. site, but has all of the usual ammenities for the fans, including chat room, message board, and John’s on-track radio messages.

Johnny Benson
The official site is part of the Johnny Benson Fan Club. There’s lots of info, and some great pictures. You’ll also find a message board, chat board, and guest book.

Kenny Wallace
“Herman the German’s” official site is another unique offering. It includes “Herman Mail” and lots of info on Kenny, including some great photos.

Kevin Harvick
The Hersey’s Racing site, one of the main sponsors of RCR Racing, set up this site for Kevin Harvick. The site features #29 and #3 racing collectables, #29 team info, and a dedication to Dale Earnhardt.

Kyle Petty
This is the official Petty Ent. main page where you can access info and pictures of Kyle, and all of the Petty Ent. drivers, including the late Adam Petty.

Mike Skinner
Another site with a long loading intro. You’ll find the site jam packed with info on Mike, with discussion board and chat room.

Ricky Rudd
Ricky’s official page is another unique site. You’ll have to wait 2 to 3 minutes for the intro to load, if you want to see it. I thought it was great. The site has the usual ammenities, and lots more, including a fan forum.

Rusty Wallace
The official Rusty Wallace site. You’ll find info on Rusty, his pit crew, car names, and Rusty’s dealerships. There’s a photo gallery, fan mail area, and Rusty’s autograph signing schedule.

Sterling Marlin
Sterling’s site is unique in design, with message boards, chat room, and all available info about Sterling Marlin.

Steve Park
Steve’s official page is kind of unique, done in the Pennziol theme. You’ll find a visitor log, appearance schedule, downloads, and a lot of info on Steve.

Tony Stewart
The official fan site is another unique design in drivers homepages. All about Tony, with a fan forum, and “letters to Tony.”

Bristol Motor Speedway
The official Bristol site is updated daily with track news and coming attractions. A very good race track site with a lot of extras for race fans.

California Speedway
The official site of California Speedway. Tickets, schedules, track facts, and photo gallery. The site is updated weekly with track news coming attractions.

Charlotte Motor Speedway
The Charlotte Motor Speedway site is another fan oriented site with lots of news and archives. Fans will find a souvenir store along with great photos. You may even find the name “Lowe’s” printed somewhere on the site………..

Chicagoland Speedway
The official site of Chicagoland Speedway. The site is offering a great ticket deal, along with track facts and corporate info. Some parts of this new site are still under construction.

Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway’s official site contains all of the usual track info, including a museum, track action photos, and maps. The site isn’t updated regularly, but there’s news of the events that are held there during the season.

Daytona International Speedway
Daytona’s official site has the usual ammenities, with a great archive section. News items include Cup testing and upcoming events. The site is updated regularly.

Dover International Speedway
The motorsports area of the site is crammed full of info about the track, and past racing history. This is a site you can spend a lot of time on, the photos are great.

Homestead-Miami Speedway
The site is entitled “racemiami.com” and contains loads of info about the track and different types of races held there. It has a great fan feedback section along with the usual racetrack site ammenities.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Brickyard 400 site is part of Indy Racing.com. The Brickyard section has all of the info available on past Brickyard 400’s including puzzles, photos, and screensavers.

Kansas Speedway
Official site of the International Speedway Corp.’s Kansas Speedway. The site includes ticket sales, track facts, souvenir sales, race schedules, and much more.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The site is updated daily, with testing news and results. One of the most comprehensive race track sites available. This site is geared toward the race fan.

Martinsville Speedway
This official site is very comprehensive and is geared toward the race fan. Lots of upcoming news and even a coloring book for the kids.

Michigan International Speedway
Another International Speedway Corp. site, they all follow the same format.

New Hampshire International Speedway
An unusual site as to the format, it’s definitely refreshing. This is another outstanding fan oriented site.

North Carolina Speedway
Another International Speedway Corp. site with the same format as the others that include news updates as available.

Phoenix International Raceway
Another International Speedway Corp track. Check out the “fan club.”

Pocono Raceway
Not a very good site………. There are three areas available, containing limited info. I’d rate it a two on a scale of one to ten.

Richmond International Raceway
Another International Speedway Corp site with all of the general track info.

Sears Point Raceway
A good site with the usual ammenities, including an excellent photo and video gallery.

Talladega Superspeedway
Another International Speedway Corp clone. The site includes lots of news of upcoming events at the largest track on the circuit.

Texas Motor Speedway
An excellent site. A truly refreshing design, and the info is geared toward the race fan. This is another site you’ll want to spend some time on.

Watkins Glen International
A different type of track web page, designed and maintained by North American Motorsports. There’s lots of info about “The Glen,” including track diagrams that show elevation and corner design of the famous road course.

CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Jarrett finally got to drive the big brown truck on a racetrack.
Now he can truly call it a career.

Although there were times during Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway when it appeared the big brown truck might have been able to go faster than the racecar Jarrett tried to drive later, it was, in many of the best ways, a perfect night under a full moon for the veteran driver.

He received a hearty standing ovation from his peers in the pre-race drivers’ meeting. He received the honor of being the final driver introduced to the fans for what he insisted was his final race, and again the cheers flowed forth — as did, apparently, a few tears. Jarrett appeared to wipe his eyes as he climbed into his No. 44 Toyota for the last time.

Others have retired and then come back, and then done so again and again. Mark Martin comes most immediately to mind. Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte, who recently signed on to drive some races later this season for Petty Enterprises, have found themselves to be hot commodities because of the past champion’s provisional starts that they carried away with them in pockets of driver’s suits that supposedly were being hung up for good.

Jarrett said he already has been approached by teams inquiring about his future availability for spot duty, per his own cache of provisional starts. He said he knows that he could procure “crazy money” for such part-time stints, but is not so inclined to pursue them.

He keeps insisting that for him, retirement actually means retirement.

“I hate to use the word never, but I have no plans whatsoever of getting back in a car,” Jarrett said. “I can’t even come up with a scenario where I would.”

Dale Jarrett

Career Statistics

Another life
Jarrett announced prior to this season that he would drive the first five points races, through the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 16, and then in Saturday’s All-Star Race before calling it quits.

Just since stepping away over the last several races, Jarrett has discovered there is more to life — his life — than racing. He continues to do announcing work for ESPN that requires him to stay in close touch with the sport, for now particularly with what’s happening in the Nationwide Series. Yet he admitted that the previous two weekends he hadn’t seen but the last portion of Cup races at Richmond and Darlington.

“It’s been nice to get away and have that time and see another side of life,” Jarrett said. “On the weekends that I’ve been home, if I’ve wanted to sleep in a little late and get up with the kids and go for a late breakfast, I was able to do that. I’ve heard about people doing that, but I hadn’t been able to do it.”

He said he can go to early church service on Sunday mornings now and be at the golf course by 10 a.m. Then he can play 18 holes and still get home in time to help get his son, Zach, to baseball practice.

“I’ve just seen another side of life that I knew was there, but haven’t been able to experience. And now I am and I’m really enjoying it,” Jarrett said.

Jarrett was nostalgic when discussing his looming final ride a day earlier in the Lowe’s Motor Speedway media center.

“It’s just difficult knowing that when I climb out of that racecar Saturday night that it’s the last time that I will ever compete at this level,” Jarrett said. “You can do a lot of fun things. I can go to the golf course and have great matches, but nothing will ever match the excitement that you get from driving a racecar and being able to compete at this level.”

DALE JARRETT

Father vs. son
Dale’s career in many ways was the polar opposite of his father Ned’s.

Ned Jarrett retired young in 1966, only one year after winning his second points championship in NASCAR’s top series. Ned was only 34 years old at the time — the same age Dale was when he finally won his first Cup race, beating Davey Allison at the wire for a win at Michigan while driving for the Wood Brothers in 1991.

There were those who thought Dale might never win at all, even though he had experienced success in what was then the Busch Series. And even after Michigan, there were those who thought perhaps he would never win again — especially when it was more than a year until he won again, this time giving the fledging Joe Gibbs Racing operation its very first Cup victory in 1993.

But that was hardly the case.

Dale Jarrett was like a fine bottle of wine, getting better with age. He didn’t hit full stride until 1996, when he won four times while driving for Robert Yates Racing. The next year, he won seven times — followed by four more victories and his only points championship a year later in 1999.

By the time he climbed out of the car Saturday night, it didn’t matter that he had quickly fallen off the pace and slogged his way to a 21st-place finish. This was his version of a career Victory Lap after amassing 32 Cup wins in 668 career starts.

He accomplished more than even he ever believed possible — and there was no bigger believer in Dale Jarrett in the late 1980s and early 1990s than Dale Jarrett himself. That’s because few others believed in him at all.

That slowly changed over the years.

“I didn’t have anything to base that on at that time, but I knew that the determination and drive that I had within me to succeed would help to carry me on. As long as I could get others to believe in me as much, then I knew I would have some success,” Jarrett said.

“I’ve exceeded the amount that I thought I could accomplish when I started in this business, but that’s because I was fortunate to surround myself with some really good people at a really good time in my life. Everything came together, even though it was in the latter stages of my career.”

It was, he added a moment later, “perfect timing.”

So was his decision to step down with class when and where he did. Well done.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer.

2009 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb. 14 Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 Auto Club Speedway
Feb. 28 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 21 Bristol Motor Speedway
April 4 Texas Motor Speedway
April 11 Nashville Superspeedway
April 17 Phoenix International Raceway
April 25 Talladega Superspeedway
May 1 Richmond International Raceway
May 8 Darlington Raceway
May 23 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
May 30 Dover International Speedway
June 6 Nashville Superspeedway
June 13 Kentucky Speedway
June 20 Milwaukee Mile
June 27 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
July 3 Daytona International Speedway
July 10 Chicagoland Speedway
July 18 Gateway International Raceway
July 25 O’Reilly Raceway Park
Aug. 1 Iowa Speedway
Aug. 8 Watkins Glen International
Aug. 15 Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 21 Bristol Motor Speedway
Aug. 30 Circuit Gilles Villenueve
Sept. 5 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 11 Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 26 Dover International Speedway
Oct. 3 Kansas Speedway
Oct. 10 Auto Club Speedway
Oct. 16 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Oct. 24 Memphis Motorsports Park
Nov. 7 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 14 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 21 Homestead-Miami Speedway

2009 NASCAR TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb. 13 Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 Auto Club Speedway
March 7 Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 28 Martinsville Speedway
April 25 Kansas Speedway
May 15 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
May 23 Mansfield Motorsports Park CANCELED
May 29 Dover International Speedway
June 5 Texas Motor Speedway
June 13 Michigan International Speedway
June 19 Milwaukee Mile
June 27 Memphis Motorsports Park
July 18 Kentucky Speedway
July 24 O’Reilly Raceway Park
Aug. 1 Nashville Superspeedway
Aug. 19 Bristol Motor Speedway
Aug. 28 Chicagoland Speedway
Sept. 5 Iowa Speedway Added Dec. 17. 2008
Sept. 12 Gateway International Raceway
Sept. 19 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sept. 26 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Oct. 24 Martinsville Speedway
Oct. 31 Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 6 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 13 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 20 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Note: All dates subject to change.