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Will Jeff Gordon's shove of Matt Kenseth earn him a one-race suspension? When Jimmy Spencer took a swing at Kurt Busch after a race at Michigan in 2003, Spencer was suspended for one race. NASCAR might say Gordon's shove did not constitute a punch, but at the same time the volatile nature of both postrace confrontations clearly held a similar potential for a further altercation.
  -- Charlotte Observer

NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said it's 95 percent certain the Car of Tomorrow will be equipped with a rear wing, and that the Indy car-type device would be used at all tracks. The next-generation model will be phased in during the 2007-09 seasons.
  -- USA Today

Pemberton said Kurt Busch did not break any rules when he used his front bumper to ram Kenseth's car and push it aside with a little less than five laps to go. The bump slowed Kenseth momentarily while he regained control of his wiggling racecar, allowing Busch to drive past Kenseth and into first place.
  -- New York Times

Ward Burton warned of repercussions for Kurt Busch's winning move. "Kurt needs to understand there's a payment waiting to be made for that," Burton said. "He didn't just knock (Kenseth) out of the way, 42 other drivers watched it. And what that means now is if Kurt's in front of you with a few laps to go, you have permission to knock him out of the way. You drive people the way they drive you. If he gets knocked out of the way with five to go, he can't whine about it."
  -- USA Today

Kenseth admitted on Sunday that his pit crew was the sole reason he was able to fight it out for the lead in the final laps of the Food City 500 at Bristol. Because qualifying had been rained out, Kenseth was able to secure one of the best stalls on Bristol's 500-foot-long frontstretch, and he easily moved off and on pit road all day. During several stops, Kenseth was already finished with his stop while before some of the leaders had even reached their pit. The critical stop came in Lap 409, when Kenseth beat Kevin Harvick out of the pits. He held that lead until Kurt Busch passed him with four to go.
  -- NASCAR.com

Harvick's pit crew certainly didn't cost him the race at Bristol, but since he started 14th, he didn't have the best of stalls. Because of that, Harvick lost spots off pit road all day to Kenseth, Busch and Tony Stewart. During the critical stop on Lap 409, Harvick entered with the lead and promptly lost it despite a 14-second pit stop. Busch beat him out of the pits, and it is not a stretch to say that Harvick would have won easily had he been able to secure a better pit stall.
  -- NASCAR.com

Dale Earnhardt Jr. planned to test the team's No. 8 Budweiser Chevy at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina yesterday. The team planned to test a new short-track car that will likely be the primary car for this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. finished 11th in yesterday's race on another half-mile oval.
   -- SceneDaily.com

John Andretti was the highest finishing Busch rookie at Bristol. Andretti finished ninth. It marked his first top 10 of the season.
  -- racindeals.com

During the Bristol race weekend, the state of Tennessee announced it would celebrate NASCAR Day on May 19. It is the first state to participate in the charity on a government level.
   -- racindeals.com

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