Greg Biffle comes up with the win at a rain shortened “Life Lock 400. The real problem Sunday was the lack of lights at “The Kansas Speedway”. With as much money as they put into that track, I would have thought that lights would have gone up when the rest of the track was being built. Well it was like a marathon on Sunday in Kansas. The day didn’t start out like one but it ended up that way. The sky at race time was cloudy and overcast, and was threatening to rain. The “command to Start Engines” was given by Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell and the race is underway.

Lap Number 12

Then on lap number 12 the first caution comes out for the rain. The race was red flagged for 45 minutes for the rain then we got it rolling again until lap number 146 when lightening is seen behind the track. Caution is on the speedway once again. The red flag comes out again on lap 149 and fans are told to seek shelter due to the lightening in the thunderstorm. At 6 P.M. Eastern time the television coverage was switched from abc to espn due to the long rain delay. At 7:07 P.M. eastern time the engines are started again, now remember that its getting late and there are no lights at this track.

A Big Crash

A big crash on lap number 157 delays the finish of the race even more. At this point I am wondering if it will ever end? That crash collected Bobby Labonte,Chase contender Martin truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, David Gilliland, David reutimann, and Ken Schrader. Tony Stewart was also involved and got a tire rub that eventually caused a tire to go down, slowing him, allowing Kurt Busch to get into the back of the number 20 Home Depot Chevy, spinning Tony out and taking fellow chase contender Carl edwards with him.

Finally

Shortly after that Nascar announced that the race will end at lap 210 due to approaching darkness. Whew! I have to work on Monday! Can we go home now? I’m sure there were a lot of fans who were like me, Ready to see this thing end. But wait! Not so fast people! We get two more cautions and a green white checker finish! Biffle finally takes the checkered flag! Whooo Hoooo! We can go home now! Greg was heard to say in victory lane, “Is it really over?”

Here is how they finished after the long day at Kansas.

1 16 Greg Biffle Ford Aflac 190/5 210 Running 316,225
2 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 170/0 210 Running 218,525
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 170/5 210 Running 221,661
4 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 160/0 210 Running 153,050
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 160/5 210 Running 161,311
6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 155/5 210 Running 161,711
7 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target / Lysol 146/0 210 Running 134,458
8 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 142/0 210 Running 123,295
9 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 138/0 210 Running 144,941
10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 134/0 210 Running 157,883
11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 140/10 210 Running 131,483
12 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 127/0 210 Running 106,575
13 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools 124/0 210 Running 103,075
14 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 121/0 210 Running 121,283
15 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 123/5 210 Running 122,958
16 6 David Ragan * Ford AAA Insurance 115/0 210 Running 130,175
17 40 David Stremme Dodge Energizer e2 Lithium 112/0 210 Running 91,150
18 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 109/0 210 Running 99,200
19 7 Robby Gordon Ford Camping World / Winegard 106/0 210 Running 89,750
20 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Garmin / Best Buy 103/0 210 Running 114,058
21 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 105/5 210 Running 100,008
22 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 360 OTC 97/0 210 Running 84,450
23 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Trans. 94/0 210 Running 88,000
24 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 91/0 210 Running 94,825
25 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 88/0 210 Running 83,475
26 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 85/0 210 Running 82,025
27 15 Paul Menard * Chevrolet Johns Manville / Menards 82/0 210 Running 84,425
28 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco / Havoline 79/0 209 Running 118,400
29 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Freight 76/0 209 Running 99,625
30 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 73/0 209 Running 90,442
31 00 David Reutimann * Toyota Dominos.com 70/0 209 Running 82,675
32 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie 67/0 208 Running 99,489
33 49 John Andretti Dodge LifeLock 64/0 208 Running 80,725
34 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M’s 61/0 206 Running 106,789
35 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 63/5 206 Running 133,091
36 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 55/0 199 Running 119,141
37 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 52/0 181 Accident 86,925
38 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 54/5 175 Running 105,045
39 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Ryobi Lithium / Home Depot 51/5 174 Accident 127,036
40 88 Kenny Wallace Ford Snickers 43/0 171 Running 109,333
41 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg’s 40/0 164 Running 96,075
42 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 37/0 155 Accident 114,841
43 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 34/0 108 Engine 109,766

Chase Standings

And your chase points standings for this week. It looks a little different this week due to all the chase contenders that had problems at the “Kansas Speedway”.

1 +2 Jimmie Johnson 5506
2 -1 Jeff Gordon 5500
3 +2 Clint Bowyer 5492
4 -2 Tony Stewart 5389
5 +4 Kevin Harvick 5380
6 -2 Kyle Busch 5370
7 -1 Carl Edwards 5364
8 -1 Martin Truex Jr. 5348
9 +2 Kurt Busch 5329
10 -2 Jeff Burton 5320
11 -1 Matt Kenseth 5287
12 — Denny Hamlin 5258

Next Week

We go to The Talladega Super Speedway For the UAW Ford 500. This is with out a doubt my favorite track! I am a little bit biased as I live less than 2 hours from Dega. There is nothing like it on the whole circuit. It is, in My opinion, better that Daytona! You can camp at Dega! This is the largest campground in the world, twice a year. If you can get tickets for the race at Talladega, By all means don’t miss this one!

There are two truck-stops within a few exits of the track and dropping a trailer has never been a problem for me. When I was still on the road I used to bobtail into the campground and camp with a few other big rigs! Its a bit wild there at night but a really good time! I’ll check back in probably friday with your Talladega Pre race post.

Stay safe out there and “Go Junior”!

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