Kyle Busch wins 4th Cup race of season at Dover
Quote selected text Published June 1st, 2008 in NASCAR News
Kyle Busch was simply sensational again, dominating the second half of the 400-mile race at Dover International Speedway and racing to his Sprint Cup series-best fourth win of the season.
Busch made it 10 victories total this season, including two in the Craftsman Truck Series and four in the Nationwide Series. He won for the third time in the last five Cup races.
Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle were second and third in the Best Buy 400. Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five.
“It was definitely a great race for us there,” Busch said. “We didn’t have the car to beat today.”
“I believe we missed out on two of those (checkered flags) this weekend and that’s a fact. I believe, if we didn’t have our troubles in the truck race we could have won the thing and if we didn’t have our troubles yesterday we could have won the Nationwide race, too.”
“I want to thank all the fans even if they’re not Kyle Busch fans,” he said.
Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle were second and third in the Best Buy 400. Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five.
“No good,” said Edwards, who won the race here in September. “Not what we came here to do.
A 10-car pileup less than 17 laps into the race sent numerous contenders to the garage. Six of the top 12 drivers in points were involved after Elliott Sadler spun into the wall and was rammed by Stewart, then Hamlin. Other drivers including Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick went careening into the chaos which also affected Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne.
The trouble started when Sadler drifted down the track into the nose of David Gilliland. Stewart, however, quickly assumed blame — with a dig at Sadler — for the chain reaction.
“I take 100% responsibility,” Stewart said. “It’s my fault for being anywhere close to Elliott — If I’m within a half lap of him I expect that to happen”.
Six cars were still in the garage when the race resumed after a 16-minute red-flag delay. Only Sadler and Hamlin failed to get back on the track.
“I didn’t even see what happened to start it,” said Hamlin, who won Saturday’s Nationwide Series event at Dover. “All I knew was I came off Turn 2 and I was in the brakes. The spotter was telling me to slow way down and even stop, but I can’t stop any harder than what these brakes will let me. I had (Bobby Labonte) on my (rear) bumper.
Interview with Busch, Addington, Joe Gibbs
Dover Toyota teams/drivers race quotes, notes
Dover Ford teams/drivers race quotes
Dover Dodge teams/drivers race quotes
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Combos 190/5 400 Running
2 3 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 175/5 400 Running
3 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 175/10 400 Running
4 8 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT NANO Technology 165/5 400 Running
5 9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 160/5 400 Running
6 12 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 150/0 400 Running
7 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 151/5 398 Running
8 15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 142/0 398 Running
9 11 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 138/0 398 Running
10 10 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 139/5 398 Running
11 13 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing 130/0 398 Running
12 20 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 127/0 398 Running
13 7 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 124/0 397 Running
14 5 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / ALLTEL 126/5 397 Running
15 16 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 118/0 397 Running
16 18 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 115/0 396 Running
17 24 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg’s / CARQUEST 112/0 396 Running
18 13 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Penske Truck Rental 109/0 396 Running
19 26 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 106/0 396 Running
20 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 103/0 396 Running
21 25 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 100/0 396 Running
22 29 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 97/0 395 Running
23 19 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 94/0 394 Running
24 31 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 91/0 393 Running
25 21 40 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Target 88/0 393 Running
26 27 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 85/0 393 Running
27 32 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 82/0 393 Running
28 22 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 79/0 392 Running
29 34 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper 76/0 392 Running
30 33 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Microsoft Small Business 78/5 392 Running
31 30 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 70/0 391 Running
32 37 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 67/0 390 Running
33 36 21 Bill Elliott Ford U.S. Air Force 64/0 389 Running
34 23 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row/ DenverMattress.com 61/0 387 Running
35 38 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 58/0 386 Running
36 28 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet DIRECTV 55/0 380 Running
37 17 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 52/0 364 Running
38 41 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 49/0 325 Running
39 40 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 46/0 307 Running
40 35 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet doorstopnation.com / Continental Fire & Safety 43/0 297 In Pit
41 39 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 40/0 199 In Pit
42 42 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy / Garmin / Autism Speaks 37/0 16 Running
43 43 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Kinko’s 34/0 16 In Pit
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well…if David Gilliland wasnt a complete idiot on the track…i have a feeling we would have seen a hamlin or a smoke win this race….congrats to Kyle…but 18 laps in to the race…there should have been some giving and taking going on…espec with an under experienced driver like David…just plain stupid if u ask me…
David was holding his line it was Sadler who was trying to pass the 77 car (which was no where near him BTW) that came down on Gilliland, and then Denny came plowing in way after the wreck happened and then Riggs came plowing in even later at the wreck happened…. l0l
That wreck was a complete clusterf___. Don’t think Smoke could have done much with Sadler turned right in front of him, but Hamlin did come in there REAL hot. Not totally sure what was going through his mind there! After all that happened, I gave up and went back to tending the BBQ smoker, checking on the race occasionally, but every time I did, Kyle was near the front. Glad Biffle had a good finish! He’s had good stuff lately and has had just slightly better luck than Stewart, which ain’t saying a whole lot!
now i know how u guys feel about the same driver winning every week lol sure is boring
I feel bad for Tony.. I think he just said what he did today because he’s fed up with getting taken out of a race he could win because of something stupid..so he wanted to avoid all the media crap and just say ‘ok, it was my fault. I take the blame,’ when it wasn’t ANYWHERE near his fault. He had nowhere to go when Sadler crashed.
Yes, Sal24, I know is’t boring when the same
driver, wins every week,————but would
sure like to have that feeling one more time.
Sal24 wrote:
Actually, it sucks, but as long as it’s not the #48 winning week in and week out, I’m kinda okay with it!
Actually,Kasey and Kyle, have dominated the last few weeks, even Hamlin>I think the Young Guns have it for now! So let’s stay tuned Huh!!!
LOL, Agreed, Jeff!
Yeah I don’t think there was anyway the 20 could have
avoided that wreck. As soon as he braked his car went sideways
and forget about it. Sucks for Junior considering he got stopped
and then everyone else, way more braking time than him, just
rammed into Sadler like 4 times. lol