Kenseth joins Busch and Johnson with second win

( via chronicle.augusta.com)

Kenseth acquired his second victory of the season, leading 163 of 267 laps at Kansas Motor Speedway.

Kenseth who battled all race long, took the lead on Lap 218 and had to hold off Kasey Kahne on the last lap and only beat him by .151 seconds. 

"It was kind of like musical chairs", said Kenseth. "You had to be out front when the music stopped. Our car was very fast in clean air. It was reasonable in dirty air, but it wasn't quite good enough to catch all them guys and pass' em." (via Nascar.com)

Kyle Busch sweeps at Texas

(via latimes.com)

Kyle Busch didn't just win the NRA 400 in the Sprint Cup Series, but he also won the day before in the Nationwide series, giving the him the weekend sweep.

Busch finished slightly better than the 56 machine of Martin Truex Jr, by a little more than half a second. Busch won both the Sprint Cup and the Nationwide races by grabbing the pole position in qualifying. 

The pole position in the Sprint Cup race gave Busch the first pit stall, and allowed him to beat out Martin Truex of the pits after a late caution for debris on the racetrack.

(blog.mysanantonio.com)

Johnson gets his 8th victory at Martinsvile

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Jimmie Johnson not only won his eighth grandfather clock, one of the most unique trophies in all of NASCAR, but he did so in dominant fashion. 

Johnson, who started from the pole position, led 346 out of 500 laps, and never falling lower than than the fifth position all day. Also, with the win, Johnson retook the points lead for the championship, going up 6 points on last year's champ, Brad Keselowski.

With this win, it also gave Rick Hendrick twenty victories at Martinsville, breaking the tie between him and Richard Petty who owns Petty Enterprises.

Nascar's First Weekend off

(via www.thinkingbrian.com)

The boys (and girls) were off this week for Easter, leaving them time to enjoy themselves but allowing all of us a peek, by using social media such as Twitter.

Jimmie Johnson-Johnson tweeted out several things, such as getting ready for a triathlon by riding on his bike with #Backyardtrails. He also was on the Ellen Show and took a picture of new dog carriers that she gave to him on the show.

Jeff Gordon- According to nascar.com author Farrah Kaye, Gordon and his family were going skiing. No destination was given though.

Dale Earnhardt Jr- Also according to the same author, Junior was said to not like that they had the weekend off with the fact that he was on a five race top 10 streak before the break. Earnhardt then said that he would just spend the week with family and friends.

Kasey Kahne- On March 27, Kahne tweeted out he did a commercial for Time Warner Cable with Ian Poulter and Victor Cruz. On March 30, he then tweeted out a picture of his view from his boat.

Next week, they'll be at Martinsville, Virginia, and as famous tv NASCAR announcer Darrell Waltrip would say..."Boogity, Boogity, Boogity! Let's go racing boys!"