David Gilliland News

David Gilliland had to fight to get NASCAR approval to race at Talladega Superspeedway. That battle two months ago was worth it. Gilliland won the pole Saturday, posting a lap of 191.712 m.p.h. in his Robert Yates Racing Ford. His speed was far off the 198.689 that Jeff Gordon posted during practice, but NASCAR mandated smaller restrictor plates to slow the speeds before Sunday's race. ``They threw a curveball at us this morning with the restrictor plate, but ...

By Jeffrey McMurray SPARTA, Ky. (AP) _ Rookie David Gilliland became the first non-Nextel Cup driver to win a Busch Series race this season, passing J.J. Yeley with 10 laps to go and holding on to take the Meijer 300 on Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. Gilliland, making his seventh career start in the series, won despite a sluggish pit stop on the 50th lap that dropped him from second ...