Kurt Busch pulled away from the rest of the field on the second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish, and drove his Dodge to victory in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick stayed out of trouble and held off Kyle Busch to win the E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick took four tires under caution late in the race, and maintained his lead over Busch.
Dale Earnhardt Jr captured the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a lap of 28.761 seconds at 192.716 mph, the fastest lap in a COT since its inception. Kyle Busch will start on the outside front row. See the complete lineup here.
The only way to steal some headlines from Danica Patrick, who finished 31st in her first full Nationwide race, was for a few drivers to create an exciting finish. Joey Logano, Greg Biffle, Brad Keselowski, and Kyle Busch decided to do just that with Busch stealing the victory.
Timothy Peters made a last lap move around Todd Bodine thanks to a push from Jason White, and held on to win the NextEra Energy 250 At Daytona International Speedway. The win is Peters’ second in the Camping World Truck Series. Most of the earlier favorites were involved in incidents, but Peters kept his fenders clean and was in position to make a move when it counted.
Tony Stewart managed to avoid all the carnage that was the Nationwide Series’ Drive4COPD 300, winning the race by 0.309 seconds over Carl Edwards. Stewart held off challenges from Edwards, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, keeping his foot on the gas and his lead.
Kyle Busch signed a multi-year contract extension to continue driving the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series. The length of the contract was not made public, but Joe Gibbs hinted that it was for a long time.
According to SceneDaily, Kyle Busch Motorsports, which was formed last month, has crew chiefs in place. Eric Phillips, who was with Randy Moss Motorsports recently, will serve as crew cheif for the Toyota shared by Busch and Brian Ickler. Dan Stillman, of Roush Fenway Racing, will be crew chief for Tayler Malsam. KBM would like [...]
Penske Championship Racing announced that Steve Addington will serve as crew chief for the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge and driver Kurt Busch next season. Addington comes to PCR from Joe Gibbs Racing, where he served as crew chief for Kurt’s younger brother, Kyle Busch, and the No. 18 Toyota.
Kyle Busch announced that he has purchased the assets of Xpress Motorsports, and is starting his own Camping World Truck Series team, Kyle Busch Motorsports. Busch will drive for his own team, as will Brian Ickler and Tayler Malsam. Johnny Benson may also drive for KBM, pending sponsorship.