...heat race. Frank Soares, driving the No. 29 car, won the first heat and the feature race, but came up less than a car length short of winning the second heat. Soares was running down the leader, Joey Essex, in the waning laps, and managed...

...sign for you anyway? Governor Palin? You? Your children? Is it a legal sign and is that the law? If I drive 2.5 car lengths behind you at 25 MPH can I be arrested? Well if that is the case I hope Mr. Trooper has better luck measuring the...

...being passed by the car ahead and count how long it takes you to pass the same spot. It's easier than estimating car lengths. But remember that when road conditions are poor even four or more seconds' separation still could be hazardous...

...good in traffic.'' Johnson took the lead for the final time on the 245th lap, and Martin closed to within a few car-lengths, but was never able to get alongside Johnson. ''We could get to him but we'd lose the front end,'' Martin...

...unexpected win This one was almost as close as his half car-length victory over Greg Biffle in the Busch Series event Saturday...Rudd to the finish by 0.081 seconds about 1 1/4 car-lengths. Nemechek, who did a backward victory lap on the 1...

...Despite having to negotiate heavy track over the last few laps, de Ferran beat Moreno by 2.625 seconds -- about 20 car-lengths. ''Roger called a fantastic race,'' de Ferran said. ''In the beginning of the race I had quite a bit of oversteer...