Stock Car Insider June 12 issue

Stock Car Insider June 12 issue Upcoming events in the world of NASCARNext week, the NASCAR Nextel Cup teams head west or west-half to more accurately a 1 1 / 2 mile tri-oval at Michigan Inteational Speedway. First, MIS has followed the example of other large 1 1 / 2 miles Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway. But after nearly 30 years of age or race, has a personality of its own, that no pilot was able to dominate. Unlike other roads, such as the 2000 season, there has never been a single driver to win consecutive races at Michigan.Don 't to the store or sitting on the toilet for too long on the next Sunday. The race in Michigan is usually very fast! The tri-oval tracks on the Nextel Cup circuit, Michigan is the fastest race average speed of just over clock to 174 mph. Only Daytona and Talladega media faster speeds.Next weeks MIS expected, Carl Edwards on his way to his shift to qualify for the hunt for the championship. In three starts at Michigan, Carl 2-Top-5-end and 1 Top 10.Also expect the following drivers to do and next week: Other drivers of note: Matt Kenseth - Average finish 8th   Jeff Gordon - Average Finish 10th   Greg Biffle - 11 Average Finish   Mark Martin - media 12thNext Weekend Dates: Nextel Cup: @ Michigan Inteational Raceway   6/17/06 - 10:35 watch NASCAR Nextel Cup 3M Performance 400 Practice   6/16/06 - 03:10 watch NASCAR Nextel Cup 3M Performance 400 Qualifying   6/18/06 - 01:40 watch NASCAR Nextel Cup 3M Performance 400Who's Hot? Denny Hamlin sits at the head of a class for the rookie. This year is rookie class was compared with the same rookie class has shown that Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. Denny Hamlin is on the same level as Jimmie & Ryan? Only time will tell, but what we know is that this is a serious big-time competitor.Denny started its season with a bang by winning the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. Since then, Hamlin has a 4th Place at Texas Motor Speedway in the Samsung / Radio Shack 500, a 2nd Place in Richmond Inteational Raceway Crown Royal 400, and a victory last weekend at Pocono 500 at Pocono Inteational Raceway. On the road, his average at the end of the 16th was enough to catapult him into the top 10 drivers in NASCAR points.The rest of the world begins to see what Joe Gibbs & Co. to know all along, Denny Hamlin is the Real Deal! Denny is not only half hamburger, funny commercial, it can be hell of a race car! Who is not? Jeff Gordon Jeez, where have you done? I had hoped that last week's Who's Not? Jeff would motivate the rest of the Rainbow Warriors to their season around. The results of Pocono, it seems neither Jeff nor the brake technicians Hendrick Motorsports bothered to read my article.Oh well. If they are, maybe they would not have feared in the upper 11 Place of Michigan next week. Jeff is currently 25 points   10th always behind his team Kyle Busch charm. Fortunately for the 24 teams of tracks for the last race before the cut-off for the Nextel Cup Championship Race, Jeff has always finished strong (on average among the top 12). Love for Jeff, and his young crew chief? Sake (Steve Letarte), we hope that the # 24 team could be their season around.Last weeks HeadlinesThe "Tro-Val" in Pocono offers fans and drivers is an interesting variant of races are not seen anywhere else in the hippodrome. The long straight-aways and low banks strong curves combine to thrilling speed Super Speedway Racing, together with the refinement of the jouey, the road courses.The lane track, as ever, questioned both veteran and novice drivers in yesterday's Pocono 500 . Ask the winner and Rookie, Denny Hamlin, and the former Pocono winner, Jeff Gordon. Both drivers suffered setbacks in the race. Hamlin was able to rebound after a fall through the infield grass to win the Pocono 500 at Gordon's broken brake rotor to a race issue crash.It 's safe to say that the team of Joe Gibbs Racing dominated Pocono. Not only rookie Denny Hamlin won the race, but it did so with the team Tony Stewart breath to his neck. In the end, Tony, and all the broken shoulder, finished 3rd while the rest of Joe Gibbs' driver, JJ Yeley, finished 15th.Former Gibbs' driver, Bobby Labonté, sat in his search for Petty Enterprises back in relief with a 12 square finish.Probably a disappointing end of the day belonged to Carl Edwards. Edwards came to Pocono with high expectations, a new taste of victory in the mouth, and an incredibly fast machine. After the beginning of the 40th, Edwards quickly in his car in front. However, a pit stop went horribly wrong Carl tour left a hope and opportunity to retu to the front. Carl finished the race in 25, and 13 remain in position (122 points out of 10).   See full 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup race ScheduleThis article is brought to you by Everything Sports, Inc. is owned and operated by All Sport, Inc.Article Source: