Kyle Busch got so preoccupied with Jimmie Johnson’s attempted divebomb pass to the inside, a quick move on Turn 1 of the final restart they both flat out let Brad Keselowski get away.
Joey Logano was so close to victory he could smell it, and it smelled a lot like rain on a humid summer day. Unfortunately for Logano, who had grabbed his third career pole on Saturday, the rains let up, the race ran its complete distance, and the third-year driver faded to a disappointing 26th. For Logano, who is breathing a sigh of relief now that Edwards is no longer a threat for his ride, Silly Season isn’t quite over until other potential replacements like Clint Bowyer, Brian Vickers and Mark Martin have contracts somewhere else. Good finishes still have extra importance for the No. 20 right now.
Kyle Busch aced the final restart, then had time to relax and watch the mayhem behind him in the rear-view mirror while cruising to victory.
Kurt Busch started Sunday’s race in the 11th position. By lap 13, the elder Busch dove under Denny Hamlin in turn 7 and took the lead. Short of pit stops cycling through, the lead was not a position Busch relinquished for long.
Brad Keselowski milked 57 laps out of a tank of fuel to win the Kansas race on fuel mileage.
Who would have ever thought that we’d be talking about Brad Keselowski winning a fuel-mileage race on Sunday, a couple days after Richard Childress allegedly opened a can of whoop-up on one Kyle Busch? Keselowski, known for rough-and-tumble racing on the track, finessed his way to victory in the STP 400, topping Dale Earnhardt Jr. …
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*Who…gets my shoutout of the race?*
Some days, it’s better to be lucky than good, but when you’re good, sometimes you set yourself up to get lucky. That’s exactly what *David Ragan* did on Sunday night, running consistently in the top ten as day turned to night, eventually putting himself in position to score his career-best finish.
Most of the top five was completely predictable, but the driver who finished third was a bit of a surprise. David Reutimann looked like he might have something for Carl Edwards after a charge off the final restart, but could advance no further in the closing laps of what was one of the least exciting All-Star events in recent memory. Darrell Waltrip got a little carried away during the charge, calling Reutimann “Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity,” which was an advertising slogan from International House of Pancakes. Here’s hoping that one won’t stick…
Nothing about racing is easy, but Dover can really throw teams and drivers for a loop. Toss into that mix one of the most difficult pit-road entrances on the circuit and it makes for an interesting day. Both David Ragan and Andy Lally had trouble navigating the sharp turn off turn 3, spinning out right at the top of pit road. Ragan didn’t hit anything, but was lucky he wasn’t hit by Jamie McMurray as McMurray made his own approach to pit road during a round of green-flag stops. They don’t call it “The Monster Mile” for nothing.
The sport of automobile racing has always evoked deep feelings within its fans both for the sport and for individual participants within the sport. Over the years, the icons of the sport have always seen a dichotomy amongst the fans. The fans of the big names have always been intensely loyal, and the detractors of …
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