Mindy's Monday Minute - NASCAR Phoenix Report
Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up – NASCAR Report
Moorpark, Calif. - (November 14, 2005) There is only one race left in the
three NASCAR top divisions, Nextel Cup, Busch Grand National and Craftsman
Truck Series.
All three divisions were in action over the weekend at the Phoenix
International Raceway. The Craftsman Truck Series kicked off the weekend with the
Chevy Silverado 150, followed by the Busch Series and the Arizona 200 presented
by Walk the Line on Saturday and the Nextel Cup Series on Sunday and the
Checker Auto Parts 500.
In the Truck Series, the Ringers team of Billy Ballew Motorsports had Kyle
Busch in the driver’s seat of the No. 15. Busch, who won the Cup race on
Sunday, brought home Ballew’s Chevy in 11th place.
The Ringers team of Orleans Racing and drivers Scott Lynch and Brendan
Gaughan finished 18th and 23rd respectively.
Busch Series action gave three drivers, protected with UnderX by Ringers,
top 15 finishes on Saturday; Jason Leffler, eighth; J.J. Yeley, 10th and Paul
Menard, 13th.
It was also announced over the weekend that Yeley would pilot the No. 18
Interstate Batteries car in the Nextel Cup Series in 2006, and Paul Menard will
race a partial scheduled in the Dale Earnhardt Inc., No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts
Chevrolet.
Ringers team Penske Racing South and rookie driver Travis Kvapil led his
teammates to the checkered flag, finishing 10th, on Sunday; the two Chasers,
Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace, finished 12th and 29th, respectively.
Both Newman and Wallace gained one position each in the Chase points.
Newman now sits sixth and Wallace, eighth, with one race to go at Homestead-Miami
Speedway this weekend.
Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers
Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line manufacturer of high-end, task specific
gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10 racing gloves, UnderX protective undergarments and
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