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Jeff Burton cost himself a chance to win at Lowe's Motor Speedway by stalling on his final pit stop, but still managed to salvage a third-place finish. (Photo: Getty Images/Grant Halverson) ยป More Photos
BURTON STILL THE BOSS After the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, NASCAR Nextel Cup points leader Jeff Burton was kicking himself because he stalled his car during a pit stop, which cost him a shot at winning Saturday night. Still, he managed to finish third, which, combined with the woes of his competitors, gave him a nice bump in the points. Burton now leads Matt Kenseth by 45 markers, Richard Childress Racing teammate Kevin Harvick by 89 and Mark Martin by 102. Then it's Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (-106), Denny Hamlin (-137), race runner-up Jimmie Johnson (-146), race winner Kasey Kahne (-160) and Kyle Busch (-195). Still, Burton is a long way short of declaring victory halfway through the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup. "I'm pretty sure that Jimmie and Kasey and Mark Martin and all those guys aren't just going to say, 'He's got the lead so we'll give him the championship.' I'm sure they're going to race every week," said Burton. "We just gotta go to every single race and do the very best we can. It's one race at a time. Whether you finish first or 43rd, you got to put your best effort in. If you do that, all you can do is go home and go to sleep at night."
BACK ON FORM After a disastrous series of finishes early in the Chase, Jimmie Johnson finally flashed his old form Saturday night, ending the long night second in the Bank of America 500 to Kasey Kahne. The result left him pleased. "If we can go out and run up front, fight for wins and finish up front like we
FUELISH SITUATION NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Hunter said after the Bank of America 500 that NASCAR will no longer mandate the 14-gallon fuel cells used in the last two races at Lowe's Motor Speedway in place of the normal 22-gallon cells. The smaller cells are designed to force teams to pit every 35 to 40 laps, which in turn reduces the possibility of right-front tire failure. The drivers had mixed reactions to the small cells. "I'd rather pit every 35 laps and have a tire that's too hard than blow out right-fronts because I'm too old to hit any more," said points leader Jeff Burton. "I'm telling you, it hurts. I'd rather pit every 35 laps and know the tires aren't going to blow out. And I think any time we go to a new racetrack, a fast big racetrack that's repaved, they ought to put tires that are too hard and small fuel cells, just for the first couple races and just get you through, because there is a history of having catastrophic tire failures at places that have new surfaces." But race-winner Kasey Kahne will be glad to have larger fuel cells in the future. "I think a bigger fuel cell is definitely the way to go," he said.
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