Busch Series Notebook
Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ (1-mile tri-oval)
Qualifying: April 21 (SPEED at 6:30PM AT)
Race: April 21 (FX at 9:30PM AT)
Event #: Race #9 of 35.
Race Distance: 200 miles, 200 laps
Track Banking: Corners - 1 & 2 - 11 degrees Corners 3 & 4 - 9 degrees; Front Straight - 3 degrees Back Straight - 9 degrees
Straights: Backstretch - 1,551 ft. Frontstretch - 1,179 ft.
2005 Spring Phoenix Winner: Greg Biffle
2005 Fall Phoenix Winner: Carl Edwards
Race Results (unofficial) - click here
Point Standings (post-race, unofficial) - click here
Qualifying Results - click here
Harvick Makes it Two in a Row with Phoenix Win
PHOENIX, AZ (2006 April 21) - Kevin Harvick picked up his19th career NASCAR Busch Series victory with a win in the
Bashas' Supermarket 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. It was Harvick’s second straight victory of 2006 and his
eighth top 10 finish in nine starts for the year. This team also won the Atlanta race earlier this season with
Jeff Burton behind the wheel. Click here for the rest of the story.
Pre-Race Notes & Quotes
Scott Riggs, No. 9 Ragu/Ultimate Chargers Dodge
(4/20) Friday’s race marks Riggs’ third NASCAR Busch Series start at Phoenix International Raceway. In two races at the track
he has collected one top 10 and earned $55,910. In the past six races the No. 9 Ultimate Chargers team has posted four-straight
top-10 finishes, including one pole and one win. The No. 9 Ragu/Ultimate Chargers Dodge Charger will be pitted by the crew of
Riggs’ No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger. Riggs last drove the Ultimate Chargers Dodge Charger at Bristol Motor
Speedway where he started fifth and finished sixth.
Aaron Fike, No. 43 RFMS/Curb Agajanian Performance Group Dodge
(4/20) The 23-year-old driver out of Galesburg, Ill., has made 45 career NBS starts to date – two of those at PIR.
In his previous two starts at Phoenix, Fike had a top-20 qualifying effort in the #43 CAPG entry in 2004, and a
top-20 finish last November. Fike’s best career NBS finish came on a mile oval – eighth place at Pikes Peak International
Raceway – last July. In 2003, Johnny Sauter finished ninth in the #43 CAPG Dodge here at PIR.
Clint Bowyer, No. 2 ACDelco Chevrolet
(4/19) Bowyer has raced three times at PIR, two of which are Busch Series races. He finished 13th after starting 14th
in the spring 2005 event and glided through the field for a 2nd place finish in the fall event after qualifying 32nd.
His debut in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series was in 2005 at PIR where he came home in 22nd place. Clint Bowyer and his
Richard Childress racing teammate, Kevin Harvick are the only Busch Series drivers to complete all 1,482 laps of
NASCAR Busch Series competition for the 2006 race season.
Kyle Busch, No. 5 Lowe's/Hitachi Chevrolet
(4/19) Kyle Busch put on quite a show in his lone NASCAR Busch Series start at Phoenix International Raceway. The race
came in November 2004, at the end of his rookie year, when he started from the pole position and finished a close
runner-up to winner Jamie McMurray. Driving a No. 5 Chevrolet, Busch led 151 of 205 laps that day. Busch still holds the
Busch Series track record at PIR, which he set in November 2004 with a blistering qualifying lap of 26.902 seconds
(133.819 mph). Although he has just one start at Phoenix, Busch is second in career Busch Series laps led (151) at the one-mile
track. He trails only Greg Biffle, who has led 409 laps in six Phoenix appearances.
Todd Kluever, No. 06 3M Ford
(4/18) Kluever is currently 18th in the Busch Series point standings. The No. 06 team will be taking chassis #RK-217 to Phoenix. He
previously raced this car at California and Las Vegas earlier this season. Kluever has one prior start at Phoenix in the
Craftsman Truck Series last year.
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