Guest Author - Sharon Morrow

Times are changing. In the past few years, the road courses were dominated by drivers such as Rusty Wallace, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart. Although Kyle Busch has won races in 2008, he is a new face in the road course winner's category. Kyle Busch started 30th and by lap 40 had taken over the lead.

One of the best stories of the day was the run by Marcos Ambrose. Driving in his first ever Sprint Cup race, he had the number 21 Wood Brother's car in the top ten most of the day. Mechanical problems caused him to finish 42nd. Ambrose has been given another opportunity to get behind the wheel of the 21 car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This should be interesting to watch because he's going from road course to flat oval. Best of luck to Ambrose.

The "just bad luck" award goes to Jamie McMurray. Last year at Infineon he was leading the race and ran short on fuel. This year he was running 2nd when a less than smooth move by Kevin Harvick caused McMurray to spin out and lose several positions. He was only able to come away with an 18th place finish.

Both the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series were at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. During Nationwide qualifying, a familiar name cropped up. It was that of Robert Pressley. He was at the Camping World RV Rental 250 as a backup driver for Marcos Ambrose. Ambrose of course was entered in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races that weekend. It's been quite a while since fans have seen Pressley in a Nationwide car. Although I enjoy Ambrose as a driver, I was hoping to see Pressley drive the number 59 STP Ford in the race.

Johnny Benson won the Camping World RV Sales 200 in the Craftsman Truck Series. This was his second win in a row. He's won the last three races at the Milwaukee Mile. Matt Crafton had another good run finishing second. Benson is now leading in the points with Todd Bodine and Matt Crafton not far behind.

This weekend both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series will be at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Craftsman Trucks will be running at the Memphis Motorsports Park.