___ Mopar Max Magazine ___ Volume V, Issue 7 - July 2010

Volume V, Issue 7 July 6, 2010
THINK THEY’LL BE GOING BACK TO THE ASSEMBLY LINE?
Fourteen Chrysler workers from Michigan have claimed half of Ohio's second Powerball jackpot.
The group that calls themselves "The Lucky Thirteen Plus One" (13 are from Michigan and one from Ohio) were at the Ohio Lottery's regional office in
Toledo Monday, June 28, to claim half of the $97 million jackpot from a June Powerball drawing. The winning ticket from the multi-state lottery game
was sold to one of the group's members at Shirley's Carryout in Curtice, Ohio.
The group, comprised of workers at a Detroit-area Chrysler paint shop, has chosen a cash option of approximately $25.1 million. After federal and state
taxes, each group member will receive a one-time payout of $1.2 million. [07/06/10]
BUSCH HANGS ON FOR 3RD AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Jimmie Johnson continued his resurgence in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by winning the June 27 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 after taking the lead
from Kurt Busch with less than two laps remaining at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Johnson, who also won last weekend's road-course race at Sonoma, CA, took the lead from Jeff Burton just after a restart with 12 laps remaining.
Burton did not pit, while the other leaders came in for the final time following an incident with Juan Pablo Montoya and Reed Sorenson.
Two laps after losing the lead, Burton, on old tires, got loose and crashed into Kyle Busch while the two were battling for position. The final caution set
up an eight-lap shootout to the finish. After the last restart, Kurt Busch chased down Johnson and made a bump and run move on the four-time
defending series champion to take the top spot for the first time in the 301-lap race.
But Johnson came storming back and took the lead with a lap and a half to go. Johnson then cruised to his fifth victory of the season and the 52nd of
his Cup career.
"Kurt knocked me out the way, and I thought, 'I don't care if I win this race or not, and I don't care if I finish this damn thing, I am running into him and
getting back in line one way or another'," said Johnson, who won at New Hampshire for the third time.
Tony Stewart passed Kurt Busch on the final lap to take second, while Busch ended up third. Jeff Gordon and points leader Kevin Harvick rounded out
the top-five.
"At the end, our car was very strong on the short run, and we knew we needed tires to be able to battle these guys," Kurt Busch said. "We didn't have a
winning car, but we almost put it in position to get a win. While battling with Jimmie, we did what we could to get the lead, and I was just counting the
laps and saying that there's not enough laps, but we battled as best we could." [07/06/10]
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