LONG POND, Pa. — Tony Stewart lost his pole position and will start from the back of the pack after wrecking his car during practice for the Pennsylvania 500 on Saturday.
Stewart lost control of his No. 14 Chevrolet on a turn on the second lap of Saturday’s first practice and spun into the wall. He was unhurt.
Stewart leads the points standings and was the polesitter because rain washed out Friday’s qualifying.
“I just screwed up,” Stewart said. “I got in too deep and got loose and couldn’t save it.”
Keselowksi tops in Iowa
NEWTON, Iowa — Brad Keselowski passed Kyle Busch with eight laps left and held on to win the inaugural Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.
Keselowski stayed on the track during a caution late in the race, a risk that paid off with his second win of the year. He also won at Dover on May 30.
Busch, who started at the back after spending the morning in Pennsylvania practicing for the Sprint Cup race today at Pocono, finished second after leading 84 laps. He has nine consecutive top-two finishes, tying the series record set by Jack Ingram in 1983.
No. 5 for Hornaday
GLADEVILLE, Tenn. — Ron Hornaday Jr. raced to his record fifth straight NASCAR Camping World Trucks victory, easily holding off Brian Scott in a green-and-white-checker finish at Nashville Superspeedway.
“Five! Can you believe that?” the 51-year-old Hornaday said.
Briscoe takes over points race
SPARTA, Ky. — Ryan Briscoe slipped past Ed Carpenter in the final yards to win the IndyCar Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Briscoe picked up his second victory of the year and moved into the series points lead ahead of Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti.
Footnotes.
Speedway Motorsports Inc. owner Bruton Smith expects Lowe’s to end its title sponsorship of SMI’s Charlotte-area track at the end of the season.
• Mat Mladin, 37, who is on his way to winning an unprecedented seventh superbike championship, will retire from the AMA Pro Road Racing series after this season.
The Associated Press
Today’s race
NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Pennsylvania 500
Site: Long Pond, Pa.
TV: ESPN, 11 a.m.
Track: Pocono Raceway (triangle, 2.5 miles)
Race distance: 500 miles, 200 laps
Next race: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At The Glen on Aug. 9, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
On the Net: www.nascar.com
