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Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Lowe’s, and takes down Gibbs

Quote selected text Published May 24th, 2008 in NASCAR News

Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs Racing’s hold on the Nationwide Series finally has been snapped. By one of its drivers.

JGR superstar Kyle Busch drove a Toyota fielded by Braun Racing to victory Friday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, snapping a six-race winning streak Gibbs’ cars have had in the Nationwide Series.

But in stretching a tank of gas the final 68 laps, Busch still ensured a JGR driver celebrated in Victory Lane for a seventh consecutive race.

It was Busch’s fourth Nationwide victory this season and eighth overall spanning NASCAR’s top three series. It was also Toyota’s ninth win in 13 Nationwide events this season.

As Busch celebrated his win on the frontstretch with his trademark sarcastic bow to the crowd, the crews for Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski scuffled on pit road over contact the drivers had on track. NASCAR officials needed several minutes to control the scene, and Hamlin and Keselowski watched confused from inside their cars.

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS

1 6 32 Kyle Busch Toyota Dollar General 195/10 202 Running
2 9 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota Z-Line Designs 170/0 202 Running
3 12 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy “Salute the Troops” / Adm. Chester Nimitz 170/5 202 Running
4 10 183 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet U.S. Navy Dale Jr. Division 165/5 202 Running
5 1 10 Brian Vickers Toyota ABF U-Pack Moving 160/5 202 Running
6 15 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 150/0 202 Running
7 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford CitiFinancial 146/0 202 Running
8 11 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express 142/0 202 Running
9 2 6 David Ragan Ford Discount Tire 143/5 202 Running
10 22 5 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 139/5 202 Running
11 24 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 130/0 202 Running
12 14 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 127/0 202 Running
13 7 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Water Smart 124/0 202 Running
14 19 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford Kingsford / Rite-Aid 121/0 202 Running
15 8 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 118/0 202 Running
16 4 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Klondike 120/5 202 Running
17 25 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet America’s Incredible Pizza Company 112/0 202 Running
18 31 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford John Morrell 109/0 202 Running
19 41 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 106/0 202 Running
20 42 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 103/0 202 Running
21 21 27 Brad Coleman Ford Cottonelle / Bi-Lo 100/0 202 Running
22 23 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO 97/0 201 Running
23 40 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 99/5 201 Running
24 35 22 Josh Wise Dodge Supercuts 91/0 201 Running
25 37 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl 88/0 199 Running
26 34 161 Kevin Lepage Ford Specialty Racing 85/0 199 Running
27 33 81 Brad Baker Dodge Vector Security 82/0 199 Running
28 43 52 Brad Teague Chevrolet Forest City Owls / Truck Service 79/0 196 Running
29 39 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 76/0 196 Running
30 16 77 Cale Gale * Chevrolet VFW “Salute the Troops” 73/0 179 In Pit
31 20 40 Bryan Clauson * Dodge Fastenal 70/0 178 Running
32 5 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 72/5 175 In Pit
33 30 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox 64/0 158 In Pit
34 36 4 Derrike Cope Chevrolet JVC Everio 66/5 139 Out of Race
35 17 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet GrandStay / Donatos 58/0 133 Out of Race
36 18 19 Chase Miller * Dodge Motorola / Verizon 55/0 128 Out of Race
37 27 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 52/0 99 In Pit
38 28 223 Robert Richardson, II Chevrolet Renegade Wheels 49/0 79 Accident
39 13 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Truck Rental 51/5 66 In Pit
40 38 102 Andy Ponstein Chevrolet Stott Classic Racing 43/0 20 In Pit
41 29 91 Kenny Hendrick Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 40/0 16 In Pit
42 32 84 Carl Long Chevrolet RaceFumes.com 37/0 10 In Pit
43 26 0 Danny Efland Chevrolet Shred 360 / Lori Morgan 34/0 3 Running

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  1. 1 Howie Motorsports Photography May 24th, 2008 at 8:37 pm Quote

    3 words for the last 100 laps of tonights race.AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME. Denny and Brads crew, they made it exciting and thats what Saturday night in the pits are suppose to be like. Denny and Brad, well thats the difference between a cup driver and a nationwide driver. Dale wasnt to happy with Denny but hell get over it as a team owner. Kyle is a heck of a wheelman and that wasnt even a Gibbs car. what can you say for Toyota.

  2. 2 ganjadude Registered User May 24th, 2008 at 9:37 pm Quote

    Denny should NOT have done that on a effen caution lap, I mean he even admitted it was retaliation. Im all for that but do it under green, not the yellow. Brad should have put him in the wall for that

    I agree that the last 100 laps were intense, One of the best races in a while for the busch series, I hope it carries over to tommorow

  3. 3 Michelle L May 25th, 2008 at 6:22 am Quote

    I personally would rather see someone retaliate under caution, less chance of injury and damaging the car even more. And Brad shouldn’t have put him in the wall for that, Brad was the one who bumped Denny first under caution and then drove up next to him.

  4. 4 George Thompson Registered User May 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am Quote

    Michelle L wrote:

    I personally would rather see someone retaliate under caution, less chance of injury and damaging the car even more. And Brad shouldn’t have put him in the wall for that, Brad was the one who bumped Denny first under caution and then drove up next to him.

    From Dennies own statements he was blocking Brad because Brad raced him hard earlier. If Denny had done that to Harvick or Stewart he would have been behind the wall. Denny just needs to grow up and act his age.

  5. 5 Michelle L May 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am Quote

    Go to nascar.com and watch Dennys interview. Brad was the one who shot up the racetrack to block Denny and almost took Dennys nose off. Denny was even fine with all of that until Brad picked his back tires off the ground during the caution. And since we’re on the subject, Junior didn’t really have any right going up and bumping Denny either, as a driver or as an owner. He wasn’t part of it, let them 2 sort things out. Same with the crews, it’s the drivers, let them straighten it out. But then again, that’s what makes great tv :) It was an awesome race, both sides of the interview were understandable, it was just hard racing at the end. No one has to ‘grow up and act their age’ on either side, they both conducted themselves pretty well after.

  6. 6 JAG Registered User May 25th, 2008 at 8:56 pm Quote

    ganjadude wrote:

    Denny should NOT have done that on a effen caution lap, I mean he even admitted it was retaliation. Im all for that but do it under green, not the yellow. Brad should have put him in the wall for that

    I agree that the last 100 laps were intense, One of the best races in a while for the busch series, I hope it carries over to tommorow

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    Watch out, if Dale Jr would have done that he would have been fined and penalized……

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