<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Cherry will drive pace car</span></strong></p><p>Don&#8217;t look for Chiefs Hall of Fame safety Deron Cherry at Arrowhead Stadium today.</p><p>Cherry will drive a Ford Mustang pace car as part of the prerace activities for the Sprint Cup Series&#8217; Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a big NASCAR fan,&#8221; said Cherry, a frequent visitor to Kansas Speedway events. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been to a lot of tracks. I&#8217;ve been to Talladega, Phoenix and Bristol. You come to Kansas, and the people are so friendly, the atmosphere is incredible. To see that many people coming in to watch a race, and just the hospitality of the Midwest, there&#8217;s nothing better than watching a race in Kansas.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Governor in the house</span></strong></p><p>Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was able to sit back and enjoy the excitement of Saturday&#8217;s Nationwide race.</p><p>Sebelius was quick to point out that initially people weren&#8217;t so sure the entire Village West area would work out.</p><p>Count billionaire Warren Buffett as one of those people.</p><p>&#8220;He was among the doubters,&#8221; Sebelius said. &#8220;When he first saw the site, he thought it wouldn&#8217;t work. He said that&#8217;s why they don&#8217;t let him pick the sites.&#8221;</p><p>Buffett&#8217;s interest, of course, came with Nebraska Furniture Mart, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, being located in the area.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Martin wrecks early</span></strong></p><p>In the early stages of Saturday&#8217;s Kansas Lottery 300, Mark Martin looked like he had a car capable of competing for the win.</p><p>However, after a restart on lap 44, Martin&#8217;s car snapped loose in turn two, slamming into the wall on the driver&#8217;s side.</p><p>&#8220;The left rear came apart or something. The car just shook around,&#8221; Martin said.</p><p>The rest of the field was able to avoid Martin, who was running second at the time. When Martin exited the car, he sat down on the track and limped to the ambulance.</p><p>However, when Martin exited the medical center, his ice bag was sitting in the front of his golf cart.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Busch&#8217;s day goes bad</span></strong></p><p>Kyle Busch clearly wasn&#8217;t happy with the way his day ended Saturday.</p><p>Mike Bliss ran into Busch on lap 155. Busch hit the wall, smashing the front of his car and taking him out of the race.</p><p>At the time, Busch was trying to get back to pit road.</p><p>&#8220;The pit crew left the lug nuts loose,&#8221; Busch said. &#8220;We were trying to get back to pit road and we got ran into by the 1 car.&#8221;</p><p>If there was any consolation for Busch on Saturday it was that he was 12th fastest in the final practice for today&#8217;s Sprint Cup race after qualifying 27th.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Good run for local driver</span></strong></p><p>Amid the excitement surrounding Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer on Saturday, local driver Jennifer Cobb finished 30th. It was Cobb&#8217;s best finish of her three career Nationwide starts. She was 43rd in her other two starts.</p><p>Cobb, a native of Kansas City, Kan., qualified 33rd and got as high as 23rd in the race.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Little help for today</span></strong></p><p>The racers competing in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races this weekend seemed to find little that could help them in the first half of their doubleheader.</p><p>And what they did learn, they weren&#8217;t divulging.</p><p>&#8220;Running different lines and running around the racetrack to learn about the tires a little bit is a plus,&#8221; said Joey Logano who finished ninth Saturday. &#8220;I think I&#8217;ll take some stuff and move it over.&#8221;</p><p>Any time on the track helps, but with the Car of Tomorrow being introduced to Kansas, there still is a bit of a learning curve.</p><p>&#8220;Just laps on the racetrack do help,&#8221; said Marcos Ambrose, who finished 11th. &#8220;Knowing what to expect when fuel burns off and tires wear out. But, the COTs handle so differently.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Special flag</span></strong></p><p>An American flag stands out among the Sprint Cup flags at Kansas Speedway.</p><p>The flag will be given to 19-year Navy veteran Darrell Malone. As military members prepare for retirement, they are given a flag, which they will then ask to have flown somewhere special.</p><p>For Malone, an avid NASCAR fan, Kansas Speedway was the place to have the flag displayed.</p><p>&#8220;We have lived all over the world, so sometimes we receive a race early in the morning &#8212; or if it wasn&#8217;t shown on a channel, then our family would tape it and send it,&#8221; said Christie Malone, Darrell&#8217;s wife.</p><p>Currently, Malone is stationed in Hawaii at Kaneohe Marine base.