The Busch League ... Continues!

by Edmund Jenks | March 8, 2009 at 06:45 pm
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The Busch League ... Continues!

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Two weeks ago in Fontana, California, Kyle Busch won two of the three NASCAR events held that weekend.

Last week, brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch qualified P2 and Pole position respectively, then Kyle Busch, who had to start the race from the back of the field, won the Sprint Cup race at their home track in Las Vegas.

In what is becoming a Busch brothers habit, Kurt Busch ran strong all day and took the Checkered Flag at the Kobalt 500 held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway ... the Busch league continues.

This excerpted and edited from Fox Sports -

The Hot Pass: Busch simply unbeatable in Atlanta
by Lee Spencer

Kurt Busch used the high line to enjoy the high life with the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge on Sunday.

But not before he took a victory lap in reverse — a move Busch said he and his buddies concocted over too much of his sponsor's product. The former Sprint Cup champion then spun his car around at the start-finish line and drove to a well-deserved celebration in Victory Lane.
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"This car was unbelievable," Busch said. "Good thing come to those that wait. We waited over a year and a half with the (Car of Tomorrow) to find a good package and we've had that to start 2009.

"We had great calls by (crew chief) Pat Tryson and the rest of the engineering. Penske power is back and it feels awesome."

Busch dominated the Kobalt Tools 500 by leading 234 laps to score his second career win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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"We had our hands full, but we had a great race car," Busch said. "Our Dodge Charger was unbelievable. Just from the get-go of the race, I knew that we had something special; it was up to me to protect it. We started sliding around mid-part in the race and had to get back to the old-school 'race the race track' and don't race the competition."

Busch's 19th career win and his first of the season enabled him to vault over four positions to third in the point standings. Busch trails leader Gordon by 46 points.

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How They Finished:


Kobolt Tools 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway












March 8, 2009
Race 4 of 36









Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Laps Status
1 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 330 Running
2 16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Youth Challenge / DuPont 330 Running
3 29 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 330 Running
4 10 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese’s 330 Running
5 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 330 Running
6 21 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 330 Running
7 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 330 Running
8 11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 330 Running
9 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 330 Running
10 23 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 330 Running
11 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 330 Running
12 30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 330 Running
13 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 329 Running
14 15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 329 Running
15 3 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin Industrial Tools 328 Running
16 25 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet DirecTV 328 Running
17 38 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Charter Comm. 328 Running
18 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 327 Running
19 39 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 327 Running
20 14 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 327 Running
21 37 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Cub Cadet 327 Running
22 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 327 Running
23 28 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 326 Running
24 31 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet Capital Window 326 Running
25 24 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA 326 Running
26 19 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Jim Beam 326 Running
27 4 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 325 Running
28 33 98 Paul Menard Ford Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 325 Running
29 41 34 John Andretti Chevrolet WindowWorld.com 325 Running
30 42 20 Joey Logano * Toyota The Home Depot 324 Running
31 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Kellogg’s / Carquest 316 Running
32 18 0 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 305 Running
33 32 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Super 8 264 Running
34 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 262 Accident
35 26 82 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 262 Accident
36 35 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft 201 Accident
37 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 199 Accident
38 34 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Clorox / Little Debbie 179 Engine
39 8 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 110 Wheel Bearing
40 40 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com 103 Engine
41 27 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 82 Electrical
42 22 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Golden Corral 32 Engine
43 43 9 Mike Bliss Dodge Phoenix Racing 21 Overheating






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Aww.. Jeff Gordon only got the 2nd spot. Anyways, not bad. Seems he got a head-to-head battle with Kurt Busch.

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