Race Morning At Dover

Tires, Tires, Tires!!-Watch out for tires to be an issue today. Goodyear had problems in both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck races with tire wear and blown tires. Even though they were running two separate tires, the same tire used in the Nationwide race will be on the Cup cars today.

Dover Finally Upgrades Pit Road-Dover unveiled its new pit road this weekend and it's made a world of difference. In past races teams would have to share a pit stall with another team in order to get service. When pit stops rolled around the highest running team (of the two sharing a pit stall) would pit first then the other would come in once that team was done. It was confusing and unnecessary. Those days are a thing of the past. Not only does Dover have 43 pit stalls, they widened pit road by 4 feet and the pit stalls by 2 feet.

Richard Petty Motorsports Turning The Corner-Richard Petty Motorsports is getting better and better and it all starts with the motor department. After their struggles earlier in the season with engine failures, RPM decided enough was enough and made the jump to Dodge's R6 motor. Since then the performance and level of competition has increased. The biggest beneficiary of the move has to be Kasey Kahne. The 9 bunch was one of the fastest cars last week during the Coke 600 and if not for the rain this would have been one of the teams to beat. Look for Kahne and the rest of the RPM group to have a good day today.

Busch's Bad Luck Continues-Kyle Busch couldn't get out of Charlotte quick enough; the problem is his bad luck came with him. While leading the Nationwide race yesterday Busch was taken out of contention by fellow Gibbs teammate Joey Logano. The incident allowed Brad Keselowski to scoot by and steal the win. It didn't end there. Leading late in the Camping World Truck race Busch cut down a tire and hit the wall ruining yet another chance to win. Don't feel too bad for Kyle; he is the guy to beat today.

Truex Close To Announcing His Plans-Martin Truex Jr came out this week and said he is "real close" to announcing where he will be driving next season. Early rumors had him going over to run a third Stewart-Haas team for Tony Stewart and company; but now all signs seem to point to Michael Waltrip Racing. One factor that could weigh heavily on his decision is the fact that MWR signed his younger brother, Ryan, to a developmental deal a few months back.

Dover Is Fox's Last Race Of The '09 Season-Today's Autism Speaks 400 marks the end of the season for Fox and crew. DW will take the summer off while the rest of the crew will assist Speed and their broadcast for the remainder of the season. No more Boogity,Boogity, Boogity and no more Digger!! Can't wait to see TNT and their upgraded version of Race Buddy. Gonna be a great summer!