Kyle Busch dominates Nationwide race at California
Quote selected text Published August 31st, 2008 in NASCAR News
It’s Kyle Busch…again.
The 23-year-old NASCAR star was dominant on the 2-mile oval at Auto Club Speedway Saturday night, leading 144 of the 150 laps to race off with his seventh Nationwide Series victory of the season.
Busch easily held off Sprint Cup rival Carl Edwards on a pair of late-race restarts, piling up his record 18th NASCAR victory of the season, including eight in the Cup and three in the Craftsman Truck Series.
This one was one of the easiest of the season as Busch gave Joe Gibbs Racing its 15th Nationwide win of the year, including a victory in the February race here by teammate Tony Stewart, who led 136 of 150 laps. It was also the first win for the Gibbs Nationwide team since it was hit with seven suspensions, big fines and the loss of championship points for cheating on a chassis dyno engines test following the Nationwide race at Michigan.
“These guys got a bad rap a few weeks ago for what happened, but they don’t deserve it,” said Busch, who started from the pole. “This one means a lot. These guys have had a lot of adversity on them the past few weeks.”
Busch said his No. 18 Toyota was “flawless, really amazing.
“I think the biggest challenge was just being good on the restarts and getting away,” he added. “It’s just fun to run like this.”
RESULTS:
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Z-Line Designs 195/10 150 Running
2 4 60 Carl Edwards Ford Save-A-Lot 170/0 150 Running
3 11 32 Brian Vickers Toyota Seymour of Sycamore / ABF 165/0 150 Running
4 2 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express 165/5 150 Running
5 7 17 Jamie McMurray Ford CitiFinancial 155/0 150 Running
6 3 20 Joey Logano Toyota GameStop 150/0 150 Running
7 10 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 151/5 150 Running
8 13 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 142/0 150 Running
9 14 6 David Ragan Ford America’s Tire / Discount Tire 138/0 150 Running
10 17 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Kenwood 134/0 150 Running
11 9 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 135/5 150 Running
12 6 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 127/0 150 Running
13 15 47 Kelly Bires Ford ICP 129/5 150 Running
14 27 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet K&N Filters 121/0 150 Running
15 12 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford Kingsford Hickory Charcoal 118/0 147 Running
16 26 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO 115/0 147 Running
17 5 5 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Jimmie Johnson Foundation / Lowe’s 112/0 147 Running
18 22 40 Bryan Clauson * Dodge Fastenal 109/0 147 Running
19 18 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Smithfield 106/0 147 Running
20 21 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Oakley 103/0 147 Running
21 25 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink 100/0 147 Running
22 19 22 Josh Wise Dodge Supercuts 97/0 147 Running
23 8 9 Chase Miller * Dodge Ragu 94/0 146 Running
24 28 81 Kevin Hamlin Dodge Mahindra Tractors 91/0 145 Running
25 23 161 Brandon Whitt Ford Specialty Racing 88/0 145 Running
26 16 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 85/0 145 Running
27 39 01 Danny Efland Chevrolet SponsorDavis.com 82/0 144 Running
28 37 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 79/0 144 Running
29 34 283 John Borneman III Ford Twisted X Boots / Red Line Oil 76/0 145 Running
30 35 4 Derrike Cope Chevrolet JVC 73/0 143 Running
31 20 27 David Gilliland Ford Huggies / Stater Bros. 70/0 142 Running
32 38 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 67/0 140 Running
33 24 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy 69/5 127 Running
34 30 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Racing With Jesus 61/0 48 Handling
35 36 05 Burney Lamar Ford 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed 58/0 39 Electrical
36 43 0 Larry Gunselman Chevrolet SponsorDavis.com 55/0 26 Rear End
37 29 331 Kenny Hendrick Chevrolet INTERUSH.net 52/0 23 Vibration
38 41 91 Justin Hobgood Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 49/0 20 Electrical
39 40 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 46/0 17 Vibration
40 42 52 Scott Gaylord Chevrolet Blaha Construction 43/0 14 Engine
41 31 173 Kevin Lepage Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 40/0 8 Fuel Pump
42 32 178 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Derrike Cope Inc. 37/0 4 Transmission
43 33 149 Kertus Davis Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc. 34/0 2 Electrical
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LOL LOL LOL
I think the headline says it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL LOL LOL Guess they took the magnets off
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
JASON ANONYMOUS, I know you love taken my name and acting like me, after all I cant blame you. but your right the magnets are off, and they had to DUMMY down the motors for all the other teams, and he still wins so I guess that rules out, the “cheating” cause he’s still winning.
cheating or no cheating doesnt matter….nascar should seriously rename this series the “Joe Gibbs Nationwide Series”….its pointless to watch anything Nascar related anymore….they also should limit the amount of races a FULL TIME CUP SERIES driver can run…not the full schedule, and like a 10 race limit…IMO, Brad K is the 2008 champion b/c hes the FULL TIME series driver…not in a cup car…
the same driver or team winning all the time is going to upset the fans regardless who it is…even if this was Dale JR winning all the time, it woudl still get old….everyone whined about HMS “dominating” last season in the CUP…which is wrong they were just there to pick up the peices when other teams faltered at the end…they didnt dominate on the track and you all know it…this JGR thing is just rediculous…i wish cehvy and ford had millions of $$$ like toyota does to just flood the nascar teams….its amazing how in 1 season u can go from being LAST and abrely making races to leading the pts and winning every single week…tell me that dont involve alot of $$$$CASH$$$$…w/e pointless to watch Nascar nowadays
Darrell wrote:
Chevy spends just as much money on their top teams, example being Hendricks. They’ve already admitted spending at least 30 million on them alone, so don’t tell us that Toyota dollars don’t match Chevy dollars.
JGR speed is simply a combination of good engineers and good drivers.
This Toyota domination might seem to get old fast, but what has the other 3 manufacturers doing about it? It just proves how much they’re into it and how much they want to win. If there’s a power issue, sit down and regroup. It’s not that hard. Toyota engineers were given a handicap in their Nationwide engines, but only took them a week to figure it out and regain the power taken away. So why can’t Chevy, Ford, or Dodge do this?
I agree that if you are full time in cup you should not be able torun a full busch or truck series season. Brad K is the driver who deserves the championship (at this point in time anyway) but he may get robbed by a cup regular
He took the spacers out until after the race, and NO Rowdy, I am not using your name, I don’t do that kind of crap and I am not anonymous, I don’t go that way either.
I watched the race and I thought it was kind of boring.
You know Rowdy and Jason if you guys would take like the 30 seconds it takes to register you wouldn’t have to worry about other people using your name because it would say “registered user” next to each post that you make.
I agree the cup regulars shouldnt be allowed to win the championship, but think about it this way. these guys are on good teams and they are splitting there time between the cup and nationwide with the majority of there focus on the cup series. So I dont understand why someone like BRAD K isnt on top when he is obviously is on a top team and the nationwide series being his main focus, you would think he would be all over guys who do this part time. Also if you were to take the cup guys out, would you have the sponsor backing you would if they werent there. Also if there werent any cup guys would they even be able to fill a field and would the top teams even run in the series if they couldnt run a cup driver. So yeah it does get boring when all we see is the cup guys on top, but what would we have if they werent there. JUST A THOUGHT
FISHA
Your right i did that today I just have to get use to logging in everytime i get on.
speaking of gibbs drivers looks like stewart decided on a crew chief
http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/08/31/tstewart.crew.chief/index.html
kennith, is there a send us a tip page or anything along those lines? because i cant find one and think it would be a great addition to the forum (along with a user forum but thats another story)
Ganjadude wrote:
That would be cool,but the tony and grubb is old news heard that weeks ago.
SCRUB MIGHT BE A WHEELMAN IN THE LITTLE SERIES BUT HE HAD NOTHING FOR ANYONE TONIGHT>LOLLOLLOL> JIMMY IS ON HIS WAY TO 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
Jimmie johnson dominates the nation…I mean the cup race at california.
LITTLE SCRUB COULDNT GET THE JOB DONE AGAINST THE BIG BOYS TONIGHT, JIMMY IS ON HIS WAY TO 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS.
POOR ROWDY MUST BE CRYIN IN HIS M&Ms, HELL PROBADLY BLAME IT ON THE CAR. LOL
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
whoopty doo
aw men im crying
please stop winning kyle
please give someone a chance….
plllease i wouldnt cry for that s***
HEY KYLE, IF YOU CANT RACE WITH THE BIG DOGS, GET OFF THE PORCH.
HERE COMES JIMMY, LIKE ALWAYS.
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
I GUESS THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT THEM BACK ON THE CUP CAR. LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Youll are killing me, Jimmy has dominated 1 race this year, as for him winnin a third championship, as I always say it is dumb for any of us to attempt to predict what will happen in the next 11 races. For Ex. last year everyone said Gordon was on his way to his 5th and Jimmy came and took it, so you’ll trying to predict is stupid. As for him dominating yes he did but guess what Kyle finished 7th. I guess you’ll are right it would be much better like it was last weekend when KB dominated and Jimmy finished 33rd. Jimmy has one good run and everyone flips out like hes back, everytime we hear this he follows it up with a run like he had lat weekend.
I love it youll thnk KB is doing bad when he had a 7th place finish, lol lol lol lol lol, got news for you’ll the 18 and the 99 are steadily clicking off top 10 finishes,
ANONYMOUS
race with the big dogs lol lol lol lol, just in case you were confused Jimmy is third in point 369 pts behind the leader, now you can call whoever you want the big dog but normally its the person whos on top.
I love it how KB finishes 7th and youll act like he did horrible. your right top 10’s are bad. kb must be so disapponted with a 7th place finish.
Once again the cry babies are the ones on here talking trash about KB, when he has nothing to with the race at hand. By the way KB is a wheel man if anyone saw the last turn when he came off the turn 4 sideways saved it from hitting kasey who was passing him and kb stays in the gas and gets the spot back, that is a wheelman, yeah he finished 7th lol lol lol go dthats horrible
NO HES 30 POINTS OVER CARL AND 50 POINTS OVER JIMMY
Of Johnson’s 10 victories last year, four of them came in the 10-race Chase. He won just one race during his 2006 Chase, but that came in a five-race stretch when Johnson finished second the other four times. Both seasons ended in championships. Since the Chase was instituted in 2004, Johnson has won 11 of the 40 Chase races.
First of all you forgot to add in the 10 point bonus point for races won so kb would be 130 points over jimmy depending on if either one of the next week then it could change.
NO THAT IS NOT HOW THEY FIGURE POINTS IF THE CHASE STARTED TOMORROW KYLE WOULD ONLY BE 50 POINTS OVER JIMMY BECAUSE YOU SUBTRACT 80 FROM 30 AND THAT IS 50 POINTS
ROWDY BUSH wrote:
? where do you get 130 from,the points are reset to 5000 with 10 points for each win,at the moment kyle has 8 jj has 3 thats 50 points not 130.
stop trying to act like ur mr. know it all shrowdy bush
rowdy
if kyle does not win the championship, then’ll ull be another hater of this chase format. cuase it robbed ur driver of a title just like this chase has robbed jeff of 2 championships. he would be a 6th time champ under old system
First of all you can hate all u want of the chase but you know what hating it wont change anything, and youll can talk all the trash you want. Like I have said from day 1 KB might not win the championship but then again he might nobody here can predict what will happen, who knows david ragan might make the chase come in and almost win like boyer last year, so for youll to say what will happen is dumb.
SAL AND LEE
I know how the points work, unless you see reistered user by my name its not me someone is copying my name gettin on here saying stuff dumber then what I would normally say.
Sal>>#24-4-Life wrote:
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Shrowdy Bush, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, Hee, Hee, Hee…
Lee88-20 wrote:
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KB= 5080 if no wins next week
JJ= 5030 if no wins next week
Litttle E= 5010 if no wins next week
I thought this thread was about winning the NW race?????
Sal>>#24-4-Life wrote:
if you ask me if the 18 car doesnt win the title he was screwed just like jeff gordon should have 6 titles instead of 4 this chase system is a joke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWtQwjerwL4