Following his best instincts as a seasoned Nextel Cup driver Matt Kenseth driver of the #17 Dewalt Ford Fusion failed to heed his crew chiefs call and come to pit road for tires. This lead to his retaining track position and his eventual win over Jamie McMurry in Sundays race at Dover Int'l Speedway.
http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mkenseth00/cup/index.html
http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jmcmurra00/cup/index.htm
Robie Riser was quoted after the race as saying "if it had not turned out well they probably would have been in the trailer fighting". It just goes to show that there are times that the guy doing the actual driving of the car knows the best thing to do, or maybe Matt paid attention to what had taken place the day before when Carl Edwards pitted from 5th place to take on new tires with the certain belief that he would be able to over take the 4 cars ahead of him in the Busch Series Race. And to his disbelief Jeff Burton was able to hold him off with ease.
http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jburton00/cup/index.html
All in all it was a good raceing weekend for the fans of all 3 of the Nascar events.
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