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NASCAR Busch Series News & Notes - Mexico City

For the first time in its short three-year history, the NASCAR Busch Series Telcel-MOTOROLA Mexico 200 can produce a repeat winner. Denny Hamlin (#20 Rockwell Automation Chevy) is poised to set that standard. Boris Said (#9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge) would like to reverse his second-place finish from one year ago and become the third different winner in three races at the 2.518-mile Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course. The race ??“ the first of three road-course events on the NASCAR Busch Series schedule this season ??“ has had its share of road-course specialists entered over the past two seasons. But the opposite of the expected outcome has been the norm as drivers with little or no road course experience ??“ Martin Truex Jr. and Hamlin ??“ have captured the previous wins. ESPN ??“ the new television home to the NASCAR Busch Series ??“ has added to the momentum of the Mexico City event with a history-making broadcast on Sunday. ESPN2 will air the race in English and it will be simulcast on ESPN Deportes in Spanish, marking the first Spanish-language telecast of a major sporting event in ESPN??™s history.

Inaugural NASCAR Mexico Series Season Debuts Sunday

The NASCAR Busch Series made history two years ago with its inaugural race in Mexico City ??“ the first points event for the series on international soil. Now another NASCAR series is preparing for its debut at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the NASCAR Mexico Series, which contests its first-ever race on Sunday as a precursor to the NASCAR Busch Series event.

The formation of the NASCAR Mexico Series is fueling a transition from the country??™s historically open-wheel racing fan base to stock car racing. As the NASCAR Busch Series race continues to establish itself as one of the premier motorsports events in Mexico, the new touring series offers opportunities for Mexico??™s top teams and drivers to showcase their talents in a NASCAR-sanctioned system.

The 2007 schedule features 14 races over a nine-month span from March through November. Races will take place on 10 ovals and four road courses in seven of Mexico??™s major cities. Each race is expected to feature an average of 30 cars. Additionally this year, three NASCAR Mexico Series drivers ??“ including 2006 NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year Ruben Pardo ??“ plan to run full-time in the Busch East Series.

Hometown Heroes, Road-Course Aces In Mexico City Mix

Sunday??™s race features another stout list of entries, arguably stronger than the first two series events held in Mexico City. Along with defending race winner Denny Hamlin and his new nemesis, Boris Said, two international superstars bring another one-two punch to the mix. Columbia??™s Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge) will return to his road-course roots and pit his talents against Mexican icon Adrian Fernandez (#5 Lowe??™s Chevy), who has come agonizingly close to capturing a checkered flag in the first two races.

Hometown favorites Michel Jourdain Jr. (#17 Dish Network Ford), Carlos Contreras (#22 Family Dollar Dodge) and Jorge Goeters (#27 Scioto Bank Ford) ??“ who claimed the inaugural Busch Pole at the track in 2005 ??“ also return. Fellow Mexicans Rogelio Lopez (#67 Telmex Dodge) and Antonio Perez (#68 Telmex Dodge) are teammates.

Canadians Ron Fellows (#33 Camping World Chevy), Montoya??™s teammate Scott Pruett (#41 Wrigley??™s Juicy Fruit Dodge) and John Fitzpatrick Jr. (#0 Hefty/RACEGIRL Chevy) are joined by Australian Marcos Ambrose (#59 Kingsford Ford) ??“ who finds himself in 10th place in series points after the first two races. Ambrose is a veteran racer but a rookie in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Venezuelan Alex Garcia (#98 Dixien-OmniSource Corp. Chevy) looks to transition from open-wheel racing to stock cars. Road warrior P.J. Jones (#21 AutoZone Chevy) is a surprise entry in the 2006 series championship car, running in place of reigning series champion Kevin Harvick and his teammate Timothy Peters.

Early-Season Results Point To Close Manufacturer Race

Ford pulled to within two points of leader Chevy in the Bill France Performance Cup standings following Matt Kenseth??™s victory at California last Saturday. Newcomer Toyota is keeping pace with those already in double-digits in points, standing third with 10. Dodge is fourth with six points. Chevy has claimed the first two wins at Mexico City but Ford (2005) and Dodge (2006) have captured Busch Poles for previous events. Discuss this and other racing matters in the Prodigys @Speed Forum

Some material may be compiled courtesy NASCAR PR, Racing West, That's Racin', NASCAR.com, Jayski, Catchfence, Journal Now, Motorsports TV, Scene Plus, FOX Sports, USA Today, Ad Week, Roanoke Times, CNews, NJ Online, Speed Magazine, Sporting News, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Orlando Sentinel, TCPalm.com, Springfield News, ESPN, Philly.com, Ford Racing, GM Racing, Goodyear, Performance PR Plus, RCR PR, Evernham Motorsports, InsideVC Network, AMS PR, LVMS PR, LMS PR, California Speedway, Martinsville PR, DIS PR, RYR PR, Homestead-Miami PR, Lowe's PR, Talladega PR, Williams PR and many others.

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