Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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)
How did Hendrick's boys do...

Jimmie Johnson-Johnson finished sixth at Texas, keeping him atop the Cup standings, leading last
year's champ, Brad Keselowski by 9 points.

(cnn.sportsillustrated.com)
Jeff Gordon- Gordon finished a lowly 38th position after falling 28 laps back
(knowconcussion.org)
at Texas. This awful finish pushed back Gordon outside the top 12, putting him fifteenth in the points.

Dale Earnhardt Jr- Junior finished 29 out of 43 drivers, being 4 laps behind the leaders. This caused Junior to fall 3 spots in the points to sixth, being 35 points behind the leader Johnson.

Kasey Kahne- Kahne finished a respectable eleventh at Texas putting him seventh in points, and 37 points behind Johnson.

(espn.go.com)

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