He led the final 109 laps and 149 of the 170 overall.
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Driving a Toyota in a livery nearly identical to the one he won the 2015 Brickyard in, Busch won by 2.1 seconds over runner-up Matt Kenseth as he had to persevere through three late-race restarts after showing dominant form through the course of the majority of the race.
Domination. That is the only word that can describe both Kyle Busch’s wins and poles this past weekend at the Brickyard. He has no experience in an open-wheel auto. “I’m not sure [when]”.
“I care about him as a friend and someone who means a lot to me”, Hendrick said. I’ll be doing my own footsteps.
Two of the most important figures in NASCAR history spent what was most likely their final moments at automobile racing’s most important track on Sunday and they did it together.
“Almost impossible to describe how good this Dude is”, Andretti tweeted.
“The restart was just not good”, Logano explained, “I had a decent restart the first time and the second one I probably had just as good of a restart but the 20 (Kenseth) got under me and I was kind of stuck from that point and fell into the clutches of the new tires behind me”. Of course he would fill in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was going to be out of the auto after experiencing concussion-like symptoms.
And Busch has other things on his mind than the Indianapolis 500.
Johnson’s efforts for a fifth Brickyard win were hindered when he received a penalty for speeding on pit road on the 86th lap.
“I just can’t say enough about the whole group of guys and people that are around us, around me and Adam and Joe with our opportunities that we’ve got with having fast race cars and Toyota’s support, M&M’s support, NOS Energy Drink’s support and it’s just been fun”. There were only four lead changes. So there will be no cooling off Joe Gibbs Racing down the stretch.
“Our guys are getting after it”.
Whatever the problem is, NASCAR needs to fix it or the Brickyard 400 will soon become a race in the past.
Busch only surrendered the lead once – when he pitted after 27 laps – and retook the lead when Brendan Gaughan made his pit stop. And who knows how many Xfinity Series events Busch will have won by then should he keep choosing to pad his portfolio in preliminary events, a process known as the Kyle Busch School of Charm.
“The conditions were what caused the biggest problem for all of us….”
The race itself wasn’t what either driver hoped.
His crew chief, Adam Stevens, the one man who knows Busch’s racing style best tried to put his supremacy into perspective.
Busch actually proposed four heat races.
“I know that you don’t want to be recognized”, he said.
Throughout 2016 we may have way too many quick thoughts for our post-race posts.
As the Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway continues to be successful, the idea of more truck races on dirt is enticing.
Stewart finished 11th in his final race at Indianapolis, and Gordon was 13th.
The improbable comeback takes place just a short drive away from his childhood home of Pittsboro, Ind., and eight months after his official retirement. “This is not a year about saying goodbye, it’s a year about celebrating what you’ve done – on the track, off the track”, he continued. Kyle Larson and Kasey Kahne were the primary beneficiaries.
“There are other great dirt facilities out there that would be really cool for the Truck series to go to”.
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“I certainly didn’t want one, let alone five (overtimes) or however many there were”, Busch said. His vehicle slid up the track, hitting Keselowski, as well as Ryan Blaney, Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick.
