From the May, 2006 issue of Stock Car Insider
Who's Hot?
This week, Evernham Motorsports dominated! At various points throughout the race, all of Evernham drivers, even Jeremy Mayfield who has been dismal in 2006, were in the top 10. Both Scott Riggs and Kasey Kahne combined to lead more laps than any other manufacturer's driver combo in the race.Scott Riggs even had a chance to win the race until a series of mistakes on pit road with 40 laps to go doomed him. Scott stalled his car while in the pits prompting everyone to jump in and start pushing. However, both the catch-can man and the jack-man forgot to drop their tools while pushing the car out of the pits. The ever watchful NASCAR officials were there to spot tools leaving the pit-box which is an unforgivable sin in NASCAR.
With the series of bad finishes that Evernham has had, this could be the spark that ignites a fire. Kasey Kahne, sitting in 6th place -219 points out of 1st place, should easily qualify for the Chase for the Championship. Scott Riggs (-719 points out of 1st place) and Jeremy Mayfield (-863 points out of 1st place) are too far out to even think of qualifying for the Chase. However, the success both drivers had this past weekend could help fuel a strong run through the middle part of the season.
