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Kyle Busch Tackling Unique Tripleheader
Racing three races on one weekend is nothing new for Kyle Busch, but this coming weekend’s tripleheader at Daytona represents a most unique challenge.

First up, he’ll race Friday night in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, where he is the points leader. Then he’ll co-drive with Scott Speed in Saturday afternoon’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series event. After a brief “cooling-off” period, he’ll jump back into a stock car for the Coke Zero 400 Saturday night.

Big-Time Shootout at The Top of The Standings

The top four spots in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series standings this week are occupied by former series champions:

• Tony Stewart, the 2002 and ’05 champion
• Jeff Gordon, titlist in 1995, ’97-98 and ‘01
• Jimmie Johnson, champion the last three seasons
• Kurt Busch, champion in 2004 – the first year of the Chase format

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NEVER have the top four in NASCAR Sprint Cup points been former champions this late in the season.

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The Final Lap CHAT Show #70 – Triple-File Restarts – Tue, 30 Jun 2009
We discuss Joey Logano’s win at New Hampshire, Kyle Busch admits mistake, Hornaday wins second in a row, Daytona should have triple-file restarts, and more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey & Paul Northrop

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NSCS Recap: Fountain of Youth as Logano Wins Rain-Shortened Race to Become Youngest Cup Victory

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota and a New England native from Middletown, Conn., celebrates with a local delicacy, a lobster, on Sunday after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. (Photo Credit: CIA Stock Photo)
LOUDON, N. H. — Sometimes, the sun shines even though it’s raining.

Ask young Joey Logano. A late-race rainstorm stopped the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 after 273 of the scheduled 301 laps, giving Logano his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.

The 19-year-old rookie, who turned 19 on May 24, was probably the only happy driver when NASCAR announced the race official, but veterans of the sport would quickly tell the youngster to enjoy his win because “there’s no telling how long it might be before he wins another one.”

Crew chief Greg Zipadelli, Logano’s mentor and crew chief on the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota, a veteran of this sport’s tremendous emotional peaks and valleys, probably told his rosy-cheeked driver, “You take em any way you can get ‘em, kid.”

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