NASCAR drivers adjusting to new rules package at Brickyard

Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon (24) climbs into his vehicle…

Does Stevens think Busch has what it takes to go all the way and win the Cup championship?

And he wants to do it all – for now, forever – with Hendrick Motorsports and trusted crew chief Chad Knaus calling the shots.

Indianapolis’s rules of what you can and cannot bring inside the gates vary from those of most NASCAR tracks. The good thing is it didn’t all stay together.

The No. 98 Ford driven by Timmy Hill had a multitude of issues Friday in Sprint Cup practice. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt share the record with seven.

Jeff has always driven with great precision.

The California kid, Jeff Gordon, won that 1994 inaugural race and was featured on cereal boxes afterward.

“It’s challenging to see”, driver Joey Logano said. Unlike Gordon, Stewart is well back in the points race (26th) and well out of step for a run at the championship with no wins and no top five finishes. He ranks 6th in the driver ratings for Indianapolis, looking for his first win at Indy.

Before Busch returned to the track NASCAR granted him a waiver for the races that he missed. God certainly put one on my table this year that I don’t know that I’ve had this big of a challenge before. Midwest audiences that had normally supported open-wheel racing only, warmed up to the idea of stock cars.

The 21 year old race comes with some pretty interesting facts and stats.

It became apparent that this is all far from a finished when despite the rousing success at the 1.5-mile Kentucky track in a lower-downforce package, France said in a SiriusXM interview that he seeks more drafting and pack racing. “My whole direction and kind of guidance from Chevrolet was to move from off road trucks, to Trans Am, to Indy Lights to IndyCar”.

Busch has been on rails for the past month of the Cup schedule, winning three of four races including the past two in a row. Foyt and Al Unser?

“The crowds are less intense than the Indy 500”. I think it’s going to be something that we look forward to every year. “It’s hard to pick one”. I’m guessing the little guy was more concerned about how many Twitter followers he might have added during his photo op in Victory Lane.

But Jamie McMurray, victor of the 2010 Brickyard, said it’s too early to judge the package.

It is a race his father won in 2002. Johnson won a race where the longest green-flag run was 12 laps. Saturday’s race is the fourth of a stretch of 16 consecutive weeks of racing for Xfinity Series drivers before the final off-weekend of the season in October. He sailed to the front and pulled away, only to have to hold off Mark Martin over a nerve-racking final five laps.

If you’re in Lot 1B, 2 or the grass area of Lot 3, you must also take down the shelter before the start of the race.

In winning for the third time in eight starts since returning from an 11-race injury absence, Busch solidified his chances of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a serendipitous victory in the 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at the Magic Mile.