HAMILTON FINISHES 20TH IN RAIN DELAYED CALIFORNIA RACE

Nearly 48 hours after the scheduled start of the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, the green flag finally dropped. Heavy rains in Southern California placed the teams and drivers into a very tough situation by sending the race from Saturday to Monday. With only one hour of practice, the teams were finally able to start the race Monday afternoon, immediately following the rain-delayed 500 mile Cup race.

To no ones surprise, the Cup drivers used the track time advantage to their favor to complete a sweep of the top nine finishing positions. Curly’s BBQ driver Bobby Hamilton finished 20th after racing as high as 12th earlier in the race. Hamilton gave his best effort throughout the 300 mile event.

“This has been a tough weekend, we had hoped to be closer to the top-ten today, but our car wasn’t strong enough down the straightaways. The power of the Toyotas on a track like this is incredible. I wanted to give the Curly’s BBQ Ford a better run today in their NASCAR debut. They will be back with us Saturday in Las Vegas, and we had a super test there three weeks ago.”

Hamilton now stands in 14th place in the season long point’s championship race.

Tony Stewart beat Kyle Busch to the checkered flag to win his second straight Nationwide Series race. After a 30 hour stay back home in North Carolina, Team Rensi Motorsports will head back out west for The Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a 300 mile event on Saturday afternoon. Check your local listings for ESPN broadcast times in your area.