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Matt Kenseth demonstrated that its equipment, Roush Racing, continue being unbeatable at the time of conquering victories in the oval of Fertile valleys. The equipment of Kenseth secured his fourth victory in six races disputed until the moment in the oval of 1.5 miles of extension.
Kenseth, that adjudged to five triumphs the last season, received a decisive aid on the part of its equipment, who were able to only mount four new tires in 13 seconds. With this action, Kenseth jumped to the first place of the test beating to Dale Earnhardt Jr by 9,104 of difference in the line of sentence. Ever since the Winston Cup of NASCAR began to use the oval of Fertile valleys in 1998, three pilots of the equipment Roush Racing were in charge to make damage in him. Mark Martin, Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth were able to always win on board cars Ford Taurus.
Behind the Taurus de Kenseth four were encolumnaron Chevrolet Montecar it consecutive. Dale Earnhardt Jr arrived second after to have started like the favorite in the bets. His coequiper and winning of Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip, third party finished whereas the author of pole, Bobby Labonte closed imaginary podio of NASCAR.
On the other hand the defending champion of this season, Tony Stewart, reached his better position to the moment arriving fifth with his Montecar it. Eleven car hardly finished in the return of the leader, of who the five first finished the race distanced of the other. An atypical situation in an oval of only 1.5 miles.
The unique entertainment on the end of the test was the battle by sixth, seventh and eighth place. The Johnsons with a Chevrolet and Marlin with a Dodge battled side to side by the position when both were close in the last return. Johnson finished in I graze, although she could recover quickly to arrive 14º, whereas Marlin followed without problems and culminated 8º.
Although Roush Racing left victorious with Matt Kenseth, his companion Kurt Busch could not say the same. Busch confused early causing damages in the back part of its Ford. Besides the confusion, its car ended up still more being damaged when Rusty Wallace and Mike Skinner by ricochet injured and struck the car of Busch, that to date previous led the championship of pilots. Also the pilot of Roush Racing entered furious to pits so that their mechanics repaired the Taurus with the intention to follow, but the damages were sufficiently serious like so that the pilot revelation of the series it retired definitively.
Other legendary representatives of Ford, as Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett did not have fortune in Fertile valleys either. Martin, who had become the unique pilot in finishing between Top 10 in all the editions of this test, left when its motor exploded, whereas Jarrett, winner of the last date, also deserted.
On the other hand Japanese pilot Hideo Fukuyama, who leads a Ford Taurus, was able to arrive at the end of the race in the last position. Although Fukuyama lost nine returns in race, it achieved his objective to see the drawn into squares flag.
With 3 of 36 disputed races, Michael Waltrip returns to the first position of the championship followed of Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Burton and the champion Tony Stewart.

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