Weekend That Was: RCR (cont'd)

Quotable

Asked about brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch wrecking each other out (watch video) of Saturday's All-Star Challenge, driver Ryan Newman replied: "That's what happens in a race like this. It doesn't matter if they're brothers or sisters or whatever. It's racin.'"

Star performance

Sixteen-year-old Joey Logano beat 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge champion Kevin Harvick at Iowa Speedway to win his third Grand National Division race in four career starts.

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Pit stops

• Harvick said after his victory in the All-Star Challenge that he was concerned about going out and competing in Sunday's Grand National Busch East/West race at Iowa Speedway on so little sleep and with no previous experience at that track.

But he almost pulled off another victory, finishing second to 16-year-old Joey Logano, who drove a Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet. Despite running on seven cylinders much of the race, Harvick teamed with Logano to put on a classic duel that included them exchanging the lead 15 times before an Iowa Speedway record crowd estimated a little short of 25,000.

• A highly underrated good time at LMS is the Craftsman Truck Series race that was held Friday night. It was impressive, too, that Ron Hornaday was able to hold off a field that included Harvick, Mark Martin and other Cup regulars to win the Quaker Steak and Lube 200.

• It's interesting that merchandise sales for Earnhardt Jr. reportedly have picked up since he announced he's leaving DEI at the end of the year. Wouldn't it be more interesting -- now that Childress and Teresa Earnhardt are so keen on working together in other areas -- if Childress eventually signed Junior and talked Teresa into swapping ownership of Junior's No. 8 for the No. 3 driven by the elder Earnhardt and currently owned by RCR? Just a thought.

The opinions expressed are solely of the writer.