‘Chicken’ Harvick wins Busch
Angry runner-up Greg Biffle called winner Kevin Harvick a “chicken” and a “punk” after Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series USG Durock 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joilet, Ill.
With both Nextel Cup regulars a lap down midway through the race, Biffle thought Harvick intentionally failed to pass leader Reed Sorenson, keeping the “free pass” spot for himself and freezing out Biffle in the event that a caution flag came out.
“I think Kevin Harvick’s a chicken,” Biffle said. “I think he’s a punk. And I wish he was sitting right here beside me.”
Harvick responded by saying he couldn’t catch Sorenson, called Biffle a “prima donna,” and said he needs to “quit whining or I’ll stop it.”
Craftsman Truck Series
Dennis Setzer raced to his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in four races, holding off Todd Bodine in a two-lap shootout after leader Terry Cook blew a tire and crashed into the wall with four laps left.
Setzer’s Chevrolet finished 0.249 seconds ahead of Bodine’s Toyota in the green-white-checker finish in the Built Ford Tough 225 on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.
Setzer, who won consecutive races last month at Michigan International Speedway and the Milwaukee Mile, has an 83-point lead over Musgrave in the season standings. Third-place Bobby Hamilton, 31st Saturday night, is 153 points back.
Champ Car
The owner of Champ Car said that talks of merging his series with the Indy Racing League are over and a reunification will not happen.
Kevin Kalkhoven, co-owner of Champ, was confident America’s top two open-wheel racing series will never come together.
“Hey guys, it’s very simple – there is no merger. There are no merger talks,” Kalkhoven said. “It is as simple as that and I am really bored about the subject.”
There had been preliminary discussions about ending the decade-long feud between the two series, and the subject heated up in May during the Indianapolis 500 when several high-profile drivers and owners stated publicly that a merger was the only way to resurrect open wheel racing in North America.
•Defending race winner Sebastien Bourdais recovered from an accident in practice to bump Paul Tracy off the pole for today’s Toronto Molson Indy and tighten the battle for the Champ Car series points lead by earning a point.
Tracy, who will start second in today’s race because he won the provisional pole, is clinging to a one-point lead over Bourdais in the series standings.
Formula One
Standings leader Fernando Alonso won the pole position for today’s British Grand Prix – his seventh career pole and fourth this season.
The Renault driver was timed in 1 minute, 19.905 seconds on the Silverstone, England course.
Kim Raikkonen, despite the second-best time, will start 10 places further back following a blown engine after practice, which forces a 10-place penalty on the starting grid.