THE NORTH GEORGIA NEWS September 3, 2014 Page 13A Football season underway at Towns Images from Union’s 57-14 road victory NASCAR 2014 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter Kahne wins at Atlanta HAMPTON, Ga.— laps (195) finished 19th after was not to be crashing on lap 323. denied the win in Sunday’s returned Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Mo- to the track after an absence tor Speedway. His victory au- of three weeks. He qualified tomatically gave him a ticket 12th, but was involved in two into this year’s Chase for the separate incidents. The last Sprint Cup Championship. one came on lap 170, and he Kahne jumped ahead of did not finish the race. Kasey Kahne wins at Atlanta , on a restart on Chase Grid Outlook lap 297 after with one race remaining:1. which races will air on net- had gotten into the rear of a J. Gordon-872(3wins); 2. D. work (FOX or NBC) vs. cable slower car. Kahne continued to Earnhardt Jr.-851(3); 3. J. (FoxSports1 or NBC Sports). lead Harvick until lap 322 of Logano-791(3); 4. B. Kesel- Bristol’s spring race the 325-lap race, when another owski-782(3); 5. J. Johnson- weekend will move from caution came out. This time it 766(3); 6. C. Edwards-755(2); March to April 18-19 for the was that caused it, 7. K.Harvick-748(2); 8. K. 2015 season. by running into Martin Truex. Kahne-708(1); 9. Kyle Busch- The April 18-19 week- Most of the leaders pit- 657(1); 10. -614(1); end, an open date on the 2014 L to R: Mancuso (9) awaits the snap and (82) Sam Gilbert secures a touchdown grab. Photos/Todd Forrest ted for tires. Kahne went in 11. A. Almirola-594(1); 12. schedule, would fall between first, but came out fifth after a A. Allmendinger-590(1); races at Darlington and Rich- slow . 13. M. Kenseth-794(0); 14. mond on the existing schedule On the first green-white- R.Newman-747(0); 15. G. and is designed to provide bet- checkered restart, it was Matt Biffle-728(0); 16. C.Bowyer- ter spring weather for fans. Kenseth, , Denny 705(0). The only other major Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, and HARVICK DOMINATES changes involved switching Kahne. ATLANTA NATIONWIDE race dates at Darlington and Menard was slow in RACE Atlanta. getting started, and Harvick Sprint Cup driver Kevin The at ran into the rear of him, and Harvick dominated Saturday’s will re- bounced into ’s Nationwide Series race, lead- turn to its traditional Labor No. 22. Both Harvick and ing 159 laps of the 195-lap Day weekend date (Sunday, Logano went into the outside race. Sept 6th). wall. Joey Logano was sec- Atlanta Motor Speed- On the second and last ond, followed by , way, which has raced on Labor g-w-c restart, Kahne start- Kyle Busch, , Day weekend since 2009, will ed behind the leader, Matt , , Da- have its lone Sprint Cup race Kenseth, who had taken only vid Ragan, , and El- weekend moved earlier in the two fresh tires during his last liott Sadler. season to week No. 2, Sunday, pit stop. Kahne was able to Top-10 leaders after March 1, 2015. clear Kenseth within half a 24 of 33: 1. Elliott-874, 2. TV MONEY SPLIT TO lap, and get his first victory of Smith-859, 3. T. Dillon-839, REMAIN THE SAME the season. 4. Sadler-826, 5. Scott-820, The new television pack- “Man that was wild, 6. Bayne-803, 7. C. Buescher- age with NBC, which will go wasn’t it,” said Kahne. “I’ve 713, 8. Gaughan-694, 9. Reed- into effect in 2015, is reported- never seen so many restarts. 658, 10. J. Buescher- 646. ly worth $8.2 billion over the This win was great, because it WINS 10 year contract. That is up 46 puts us into the Chase. CANADIAN TRUCK per cent from the eight-year, “We started out the race RACE $4.5-billion deal that ends af- pretty good, but about mid- Ryan Blaney won Sun- ter this season. ways, the car quit handling, day’s truck race at the 2.5-mile Despite the big increase, Sam Brown (26) and Zach Stone bring down Towns County’s Kobe Denton. Photo/Todd Forrest and it wasn’t until near the end road course in Bowmanville, NASCAR said it won’t change that we got it back where we Ontario, Canada. the formula for how it distrib- Offensive statistics from Union County @ Towns County wanted it. I’ve got to credit The remaining top-10 utes television money from the guys in the pits. They did drivers were: German Quiro- its current split among tracks, a great job.” ga, , Gary Gaulding, teams and the sanctioning still Andrew Ranger, , body. doesn’t have a win, but by vir- Brennan Newberry, Johnny In a news release to tue of his points standing, he is Sauter, and Timo- announce the impact of the assured a spot in the Chase. thy Peters. schedule changes and the new “I knew Kasey had Top-10 leaders after 10-year television deal, the two fresher tires than we did, 14 of 22: 1. Sauter-524, 2. track’s share will remain at but I got a good restart,” said Crafton-517, 3. Blaney-511, 65 per cent, with 25 per cent Kenseth. “He just got through 4. Wallace Jr.-486, 5. Quiro- to the teams through the purse the middle, and I wasn’t able ga-476, 6. Hornaday-460, 7. and 10 per cent to NASCAR. to capitalize there at the end.” Coulter-456, 8. Peters-448, Weekend Racing: The Third-place finisher 9. Kennedy-441, 10. Burton- Cup and Nationwide teams are had a fast car, 420. at the .75-mile Richmond, Vir- but at the end wasn’t able to 2015 NASCAR ginia track. The Truck Series catch Kenseth or Kahne. SCHEDULE SET has an off weekend. “We weren’t able to ac- NASCAR has an- Fri., Sept. 5, Nationwide celerate like those guys,” said nounced the complete 2015 Series race 25 of 33; Starting Hamlin. “Our car was good NASCAR Sprint Cup sched- time: 7 PM ET; TV: ESPN2. most of the night, but at times ule. Television coverage in Sat., Sept. 6, Sprint Cup we just couldn’t make it on 2015 will be different. FOX / race 26 of 33; Starting time: 7 those restarts like the others.” FoxSports1 will cover the first pm ET; TV: ABC. was 16 points races of the season, Racing Trivia Ques- fourth, while , plus the Sprint Unlimited, tion: Who won the September , Ryan New- Duel 150’s, Sprint 2013 Cup race at Richmond? man, Kyle Larson, Aric Almi- Showdown and Sprint All-Star Last Week’s Question: rola, and rounded race. Which driver has the most Cup out the top-10 finishers. NBC and NBC Sports wins at Atlanta? Answer. Dale Chase leader Jeff Gor- will cover the final 20 points Earnhardt Sr. with nine. don had a right front tire go races of the season, including You may contact the down. He finished 17th. the Chase races. Racing Reporter at: www. Polesitter Kevin Har- There is no word yet on [email protected]. vick, who also led the most

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