Perhaps, at long last, after 554 Cup races and 28 victories, it’s time to give Kurt Busch credit for being smart.
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“Well, 41 was up there trying to save some fuel”, said Earnhardt Jr., who swept both 2015 races at Pocono.
Kasey Kahne was hit with a penalty from NASCAR early in the Axalta We Paint Winners 400 at Pocono, but rebounded to finish sixth at Pocono Raceway after starting among the top 12 in 11th.
A crash took Jimmie Johnson (48) out of Busch’s (41) way. But he was pulled back into the pace after a tight sequence with Earnhardt on Turn 2 during the final restart and Busch was able to take advantage. Ahead was the deep, blue sea.
But despite that experience, Klausmeier couldn’t help but sweat out the final few laps as Busch crept closer to “E” on the fuel gauge. “Just had really, really poor restarts, and if I did have a good restart, then there was somebody getting checked up in front of me and I’d lose more spots”. In that win, Busch was able to use a bit of strategy and good luck to get the lead from Kyle Larson and hold on as the rain fell.
Earnhardt said a six-week suspension for a crew chief “would be a little worrisome, but one race is not a big deal”.
Tony Gibson (left) was watching from afar. An engineer, name of Johnny Klausmeier, roughly the same temperament as a cucumber. Hopefully you stuck with me on my top midvalue pick (Kyle Larson) and top low-priced pick (AJ Allmendinger), since they both produced as one of the top two in their salary classes. Rookie Chase Elliot and veteran Joey Logano finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Elliott is also wont to blame himself as his moral victories seem less and less moral.
Gordon said on the air that NASCAR penalized Keselowski for it, but that wasn’t the case as the 2012 champion was actually caught speeding on pit road before rebounding to Victory Lane.
Not only did Stewart, who missed the season’s first eight races, lose ground on his bid to finish 30th or better in the points to qualify for the Chase. “The team guys can probably give you a better answer, but we fought back really well”. “The auto wasn’t that bad. Although we had some bad luck at Kansas and Charlotte I’d say that we are really stepping our game up overall as we head into the summer months of the season”.
Gordon: “It just caves in those doors, and what it does is it creates a flare in the fender right in front of the right-rear tire. A tenth out on that racetrack is impossible to find”. Brad Keselowski is on the pole and Truex starts 17th in Poconos first Monday race since 2009. But there’s nobody in sports quite like a NASCAR crew chief.
What best sums up your view of Kurt Busch at age 37? But you (need) a great team and all the things around you it takes to be competitive at this level against these drivers against these teams.
“I’m like, ‘Great, let’s see what we can get, ‘” Busch said afterward.
“It was nerve-racking”, Klausmeier said.
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I know it’s hard to believe, but that was Chevrolet’s first win in nearly three months. “I kept checking the mirror, kept checking my lap time on the dash”.
