Track Talk for 3/10
posted 11:26 pm Mon March 10, 2008 - Atlanta, GA
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Dennis Carter
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It's "Track Talk" time on ABC-13 Sports. Toyota is celebrating its first win in NASCAR (web|news) 's top division after Kyle Busch raced the 18 Camry to victory lane Sunday at Atlanta. Busch was thrilled, but a lot of drivers were not.
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Many were saying the hard tire make it nearly impossible to run side-by-side. Only 13 cars finished the race on the lead lap, Tony Stewart called it the most pathetic racing tire he's ever been on in his pro career.
Tony Stewart, Second-place Finisher - "If Goodyear thinks that was their best effort today, I'm really disappointed because these teams spent so much money to come here and the competition is so close. And you know to tell us a week before we come to Atlanta that all of a sudden we're going to have a new tire and give us the data a week before and expect everybody to figure it out in a week is pretty disappointing."
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Third-place Finisher - "Interesting today to be out there, I'll just say that. And I'm glad that's over with."
With Sunday's win, Kyle Busch increases his points lead to 73 over second-place Greg Biffle. Kevin Harvick is third, then Ryan Newman and Jeff Burton. Dale Earnhardt, Junior heads the second five, with Kahne, Stewart, Vickers and Kurt Busch rounding out the top 10.
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