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	Tune in for all the action! Race Previews & Results 2008 Schedule CHEX "Most Popular Driver '07 Winner Dale Earnhart, Jr. Cast your vote to make Kyle Petty the most popular driver in 2008. Race Results Budweiser Shootout. Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 UAW-Dodge 400 Kobalt Tools 500 Food City 500 Goody's Cool Orange 500 Samsung 500 Subway Fresh 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal 400 Dodge Avenger 500 Sprint All-Star Challenge Coca Cola 600 Autism Speaks 400 Pocono 500 LifeLock 400 Save Mart 350 Lenox Tools 300 Coke Zero 400 LifeLock.com 400 Allstate 400 Pennsylvania 500 Centurion Boats at The Glen 3M Performance 400 Sharpie 500 Pepsi 500 Rock & Roll 400 Syvania 300 Camping World RV 400 KA Camping World RV 400 AMP Energy 500 Bank of America 500 TUMS QuikPack 500 Pep Boys Auto 500 Dickies 500 Checker O'Reilly Auto 500	Track Facts: Banking/Turns: 18° Distance: 2.0 miles Shape: Tri-oval 3M Performance 400 Sunday, August 17 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI Sunday, 2:00 p.m. EST Schedule Practice 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST, Friday, August 15 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST, Saturday, August 16 1:50 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. EST, Final Practice Saturday, August 16 Qualifying 3:40 p.m., Friday August 15 (SpeedTV) Two laps all positions Race Day Sunday, August 17 2:00 p.m. EST Sunday TV: 2:00 p.m. ESPN EST Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN), XM Radio 2007 winner Kurt Busch Check the SPEED Channel schedule (speedtv.com) for various programs on the race this weekend.

		Race Preview Quotes from Terry Labonte: “One thing about being a part-time driver is that you rarely get a chance to run the same track twice in the same year. That makes it hard to get into a rhythm. So going back to Michigan with a race under my belt in this new car gives me confidence that we can have a good run this weekend. We had a good car at the end of the race in June. I know the feel that I’m looking for with this new chassis.” “If I have one goal for this particular race, it’s to get this No. 45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge into 38th place in owner points after Michigan. We’re less than 50 points out of that spot right now. A good finish will put us up there. Stewart (Cooper, crew chief) and I have worked well together this year. Our communication has been strong despite not working together every week. We need to continue that at Michigan to gain the points that we need.” “We’re calling the races that Bobby and I are teammates the ‘Texas Two Step.’ I’m not much of a dancer, but I have to admit that’s pretty original. This part-time schedule that I have been running has really been fun for me. It’s been the most fun I’ve had at the racetrack in a long time. That’s due to the fact that I get to race with my brother. Who knows how many more opportunities we’ll have to do this so I’m enjoying each one of them.”
		Race Results 1. Carl Edwards, Ford 2. Kyle Busch, Toyota 3. David Ragan, Ford 4. Greg Biffle, Ford 5. Matt Kenseth, Ford 27. Bobby Labonte, No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 32. Terry Labonte, No. 45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge Carl Edwards made it a weekend sweep as he took the checkered flag in the 3M Performance 400 presented by Bondo at the Michigan International Speedway. Edwards also picked up the victory in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at the track. His team got him out in front of Kyle Busch on the last round of pit stops and Edwards was able to hold him off at the finish. Bobby Labonte and the No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge team came home 27th on Sunday. They had a great practice on Saturday, with average lap times inside the top-15. When the green flag fell B. Labonte, like many others on pit road, had to deal with a ‘loose’ chassis. Crew chief Jeff Meendering made an early two tire stop to gain valuable track position, but B. Labonte lost a lap to the leaders early. He received a ‘Lucky Dog’ award when a caution flag fell on lap 84 that put him back on the lead lap. It was under this caution that Meendering made huge adjustments to the chassis. The changes began to work as B. Labonte was one of the fastest cars on the track at lap 115 and he had driven up inside the top-15. As the track changed the car began to lose overall grip and B. Labonte did a great job to wheel it to 27th. B. Labonte made 84 green flag passes, which placed him ninth of the 43 drivers. “We fought problems with forward bite all day long,” said B. Labonte. “We weren’t the only ones. You could tell that a lot of guys were having the same problem. Jeff swung for the fences after we got the ‘Lucky Dog’ and those adjustments helped the car. The car was really fast around the halfway point of the race. I don’t know if the track changed on us at the end, but the car just felt different and we didn’t make hardly any adjustments. It just went away.” Terry Labonte and the No. 45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge finished 32nd on Sunday. He gave the car a great ride during Friday’s qualifying session and began the race from the 17th position. Like his brother, T. Labonte was ‘loose’ at the start of the race. Crew chief Stewart Cooper ‘tightened’ the car up for T. Labonte, providing some stability and enabling him to compete at the high speeds that have come to define racing at Michigan. “The thing for us was that we never found the ‘sweet’ spot for the chassis,” stated T. Labonte. “We could make the car really ‘loose’ or really ‘tight,’ but it was tough to get it ‘neutral.’ Stewart threw a lot of adjustments at it and the guys on pit road did a great job in handling everything.” Last update Monday, August 18, 2008 Kyle Petty name and/or likeness used under license by Petty Marketing Company, L.L.C. Richard Petty name and/or likeness used under license by Petty Marketing Company, L.L.C.

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