Times wires
Friday, June 3, 2011
Quote of the week
"We're not mad whatsoever. We knew things would change, so that's why contracts are always kind of weirded out anyway."
Kyle Busch on his deal with former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen to drive in the NASCAR truck series for a team Busch owns; Raikkonen was scheduled to run three to five races for Busch but ran two before trying the Nationwide series for a race, and now the Finnish driver's status for future races is unclear
Number of the week
400 NASCAR truck races including today's at Kansas Speedway; the series was founded in 1995. Chris Showalter, the truck chief for Travis Kvapil's No. 5 Toyota, is the only person to be involved in every race on the circuit since its inception.