Late charge gives Keselowski victory

“It wouldn’t mean so much to me if I hadn’t won so much at all the other ones”.

Gordon’s retirement tour continues tonight with the Quaker State 400 (7:30, NBC Sports Network) on Kentucky’s 1.5-mile, tri-oval speedway.

A Kentucky visit will surely help Busch’s Chase chances. Elliott Sadler rounded out the top five in the No. 1 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. I nearly won a few races.

“I love Kentucky”, Busch said. I think it’s going to be fine. “It’s a place that lends itself to different kinds of setups because it’s so rough”.

Like other Cup drivers, Gordon is learning a new set of Kentucky-specific rules that reduces downforce and hopefully increases passing.

The new aero package will be used for the upcoming races at Indianapolis, Michigan, Darlington and Richmond as well.

He described the feeling of knowing he’ll always be the inaugural Kentucky victor as “cool”.

“Its not like if we dont win, Im going to be super disappointed.

However, the current focus of Gordon is this weekend at Kentucky Speedway.

They each gave him 24 bottles to honor his number 24.

“Jeff Gordon is a legend in the racing world, so it’s only appropriate that our living Bourbon legends are here today to congratulate him on an outstanding career”, KDA President Eric Gregory said.

The drivers who were sent home weren’t happy, though. “I have no idea what happened there”.

Larson will lead the field to the green for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 after NASCAR made the decision to cancel qualifying Friday afternoon after rain shortened the only practice session the Sprint Cup series has had this week.

Gordon will be making his final start at Kentucky Saturday night.

“I have mixed emotions about changing things in the middle of the year”, Waltrip said. “For me to get out of my vehicle under my own power after a hit like that is pretty incredible”.

If you get into a slide, it’s gonna take longer to recover and it takes more skill in those situations than it does vehicle performance – more driver skill.

Drivers have been eager to test out the new package, but weather has put a huge wrench into those plans this week.

NASCAR suffered its second catch fence-damaging crash in four days on Thursday night, when an accident involving Ben Kennedy halted the Kentucky Speedway Truck Series race. “We hope he savors these special bottlings just as fans around the globe have cherished his thrilling races”.

“It’s a bummer”, Jones said. Crew chief Greg Irwin shook him off, opting instead or a “tango and a blue moon”. Chicago, battling [Brad] Keselowski and [Kevin] Harvick and Jeff Gordon to nearly get a win, was fun.

David Turner said the rain was a little bit of a disappointment and they scheduled an extra day of vacation, just in case, but did not expect the storms to disrupt the actual races. He finished second in his last two NCWTS races, at Texas and Dover.

NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said officials determined the revised schedule “based on the interest of safety and in the interest of putting on the best possible event we can here at Kentucky Speedway”. “I’m excited about it, especially since I’m also competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race there”. But I’m just guessing.