Richard Petty Motorsports Results
Richard Petty Motorsports results:
- 12th - Kasey Kahne - Budweiser Dodge - Clinched a spot in the Chase for the Championship.
- 16th - Reed Sorenson - Reynolds Dodge - now 28th in points
- 23rd - AJ Allmendinger - Paralyzed Veterans of America Dodge - now 25th in points
- 34th - Elliott Sadler - Best Buy/Insignia Dodge - 26th in points.
Notes:
- Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon swept the top three spots.
- Rain delayed the race about 30 minutes.
- Next race is Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
NOTES AND QUOTES
KASEY KAHNE - No. 9 BUDWEISER DODGE CHARGER
- Kahne started fifth and finished 12th.
- Kahne ran in the front early but struggled with handling later.
- He told his crew the car was tight in the corner and loose off.
- Climbed to 11th with 75 laps remaining and held his own to clinch a Chase spot.1
KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) Finished 12th
"It feels great to make it in the Chase. We wanted to run a little better tonight, but we did enough to make it into the Chase. I'm proud of everyone on this Budweiser Dodge team. Kenny (Francis, crew chief) called a great race and put us in position to stay up front and not get caught up in someone else's mess. I'm happy for all the guys that work so hard to put our Budweiser Dodge in a position to make the Chase. It's a great feeling."
KENNY FRANCIS (Crew Chief, No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger)
"The Budweiser Dodge was a handful tonight. We were just too loose off the corner all night. We could never get it to where we liked it, but we kept chasing it and got it to the point where we were about a top-10 car. We made some gains on it, but more importantly, we did what we had to do to make the Chase. We're in the Chase. It's a real relief for everyone to make it. It's big for the whole organization at RPM and Dodge and Budweiser and all our partners. We're just looking forward to putting together some good runs the next 10 races and give them all we got."
REED SORENSON - No. 43 REYNOLDS DODGE CHARGER
- Sorenson started 10th and finished 16th.
- Sorenson spun on lap 45 when Tony Stewart lost control of his car and slammed into Sorenson causing him to fall down a lap and back to about 37th.
- Sorenson received the free pass on lap 59
- From lap 200-250 he moved from 20th to 14th.
- Sorenson now has the longest non-consecutive race streak of DNFs in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (52).
SORENSON: "We certainly finished better than the way we started off tonight. We were down a lap early but we knew our car was pretty fast. Sammy Johns and the crew did a great job all night. We were pretty good. I didn't say much on the radio, just drove as hard as I could. That was a good night for us."
AJ ALLMENDINGER - No. 44 HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA DODGE CHARGER
- Allmendinger started 17th and finished 23rd.
- Race started well for Allmendinger who moved from his 17th starting spot as high as seventh place.
- When he started to lose rear grip and turning ability his car began to fall through the field.
- Team made several attempts to improve the handling through the second half of the race and in the last 50 laps seemed to improve the problem
ALLMENDINGER: "It's pretty frustrating that we were so good for the first half of the race and then struggled so hard for the last part. We were running really well then the handling just went to the point where I couldn't turn the car and we had no rear grip. We tried to fix it, but just couldn't figure it out."
ELLIOTT SADLER - No. 19 BEST BUY/INSIGNIA DODGE CHARGER
- Sadler started 34th and finished 34th.
- Sadler went down a lap on lap 45 and again on lap 105.
- He used the wave around on lap 107 to regain a lap but a green flag pit stop ultimately put him four laps behind the leader.
SADLER: "That was a frustrating night. We tried some pit strategy but a long green flag run killed us because we had to come to pitlane. That killed our chances for a good finish."
RACE RESULTS
FIN-DRIVER
1-Denny Hamlin
2-Kurt Busch
3-Jeff Gordon
4-Mark Martin
5-Kyle Busch
6-Clint Bowyer
7-Brian Vickers
8-Sam Hornish Jr.
9-Kevin Harvick
10-Ryan Newman
11-Jimmie Johnson
12-Kasey Kahne
13-Greg Biffle
14-Joey Logano *
15-Carl Edwards
16-Reed Sorenson
17-Tony Stewart
18-Jeff Burton
19-Juan Montoya
20-David Reutimann
21-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
22-Marcos Ambrose
23-A.J. Allmendinger
24-David Gilliland
25-Matt Kenseth
26-David Stremme
27-Jamie McMurray
28-Paul Menard
29-John Andretti
30-Casey Mears
31-Bobby Labonte
32-Michael Waltrip
33-David Ragan
34-Elliott Sadler
35-Joe Nemechek
36-Scott Speed *
37-Max Papis *
38-Brad Keselowski
39-Martin Truex Jr.
40-Regan Smith
41-Michael McDowell
42-Mike Bliss
43-Dave Blaney
