by
Woody Bush
The
Insight Communications 150
Cincinnati native
Jeff Fultz earned his fourth
career win at the Kentucky Speedway
on Friday, June 17 in the Insight
Communications 150. It was a
Nascar Autozone Elite Division
Southeast Series race.
After starting
in the back of the field, he
took the lead on lap 72 and held
off J.R. Norris in his number
5 Neil Bonnett Cheverolet. This
win ties Fultz with Arca Remax
driver Frank Kimmel with the
most wins at the Kentucky Speedway.
Fultz was fourth
in the morning practice session
then qualified thirteenth, but
had to start twenty-third after
breaking a spark plug causing
him to lose a cylinder.
Rounding out the
top five was Erik Darnell in
third place in the number 7 Simply
WOW Chevrolet. Kevin Prince was
fourth in the number 1 Land O'Frost/Uncle
Yammys Chevrolet, and in fifth
was Allen Karnes in his number
29 Stock Building Supply/Quality
Cabinets Chevrolet.
J.R. Norris, who
finished second in the number
5, started in the fifth spot.
Sammy Smith started on the pole
with a speed of 155.633 in qualifying,
but went on to finish twenty-first.
The Meijer 300 Presented by Oreo
Carl Edwards won
the Meijer 300 after breaking
last year's qualifying record,
set by Martin Truex, Jr., with
a new speed of 181.287 mph. This
put Edwards on the pole for the
start of the race.
Edwards and Rusty
Wallace practiced in the first
morning session, then went to
Michigan to test their Nextel
Cup Series cars, but returned
to qualify later in the evening.
Edwards number
60 Charter Communications Ford
led 150 of the 200 laps in front
of a crowd of 70,114. On lap
193 the race was restarted and
Edwards moved from fourth passing
Reed Sorenson in the number 41
Tire Discount Company Dodge in
turn two. Edwards went on to
pass number 2 Clint Bowyer in
the AC Delco Chevrolet in turn
3.
Greg Biffle hit
the wall in turn 3 bringing out
the caution flag for the tenth
time, a series track record.
This set up a restart at lap
199.
Edwards took his
third win of the season by .690
of a second. Truex, Jr. finished
second, and Bowyer came in third.
Sorenson and Paul Menard rounded
out the top five.
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