Toyota/Save Mart 350
Wow! Kasey Kahne does it again! It sure looks like Gillette/Evernham Motorsports has found something as Kahne continues to excel in qualifying and in the races. He took the pole at Infineon Raceway yesterday and has been on an incredible roll since the All-Star weekend in Charlotte. Even his teammate, Elliott Sadler is showing improvement, grabbing the 6th spot for tomorrow’s race.
On the other end of the spectrum, Dario Franchitti. Struggling to make the transition from open-wheel cars to stock cars this season, the 2007 IRL and Indy 500 champ failed to make the field for the race on Sunday. This is the same track at which he dominated, led the most laps, and won last season in an IRL car. With this year’s unification (finally) between IRL and Champ Car (CART, whatever), Dario might be wishing he had stayed put.
The Yates Racing guys qualified in the back (Gilliland 31st, Kvapil 41st). Here’s hoping that they can play the strategy game and get those cars up close to the front. How about the CHP sponsorship on the 28? Is that cool or what?
