1 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 119.112 136.006
2 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevrolet 119.821 135.202
3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 120.168 134.811
4 16 Greg Biffle 3M / American Red Cross Ford 120.420 134.529
5 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser / Rheem Chevrolet 120.622 134.304
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet 121.076 133.800
7 27 Paul Menard Menards / CertainTeed Chevrolet 121.147 133.722
8 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 121.297 133.556
9 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 121.482 133.353
10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 121.721 133.091
11 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Good Sam / Camping World Ford 121.861 132.938
12 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 122.292 132.470
13 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 122.420 132.331
14 34 David Ragan US Shredder Ford 124.183 130.453
15 17 Matt Kenseth Fifth Third Bank Ford 125.351 134.606
16 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 126.624 133.197
17 51 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 128.074 131.628
18 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 128.784 130.873
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19 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 130.436 134.511
20 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
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1 5 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota
2 10 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
3 22 14 Tony Stewart MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet
4 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota
5 9 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
6 27 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
7 23 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
8 1 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
9 16 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
10 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Eco-Boost Ford
11 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford
12 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
13 31 27 Paul Menard Menards / NIBCO Chevrolet
14 37 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet
15 12 39 Ryan Newman Army Reserve Chevrolet
16 4 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge
17 19 47 Bobby Labonte Bush’s Beans Toyota
18 28 16 Greg Biffle 3M / GKAS Ford
19 3 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet
20 21 83 Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota
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RACE RECAP – RICHMOND
10 Carl Edwards led the most laps, jumped a restart
9 Brad Keselowski
8 Mark Martin was the pole sitter
7 Clint Bowyer
6 Jimmie Johnson
5 Kasey Kahne
4 Denny Hamlin
3 Tony Stewart gave it away on pit road, and spun the tires on the restart
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. battled hard, lost brakes in the closing laps
VICTORY LANE
1 Kyle Busch, ends a 20 race winless streak grabbing his 24th career victory, and 4th consecutive spring Richmond win
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Celebrating Monster Energy’s 10th anniversary in style, Kurt Busch drifted his No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota to his first victory under the newly formed Kyle Busch Motorsports, owned by his brother, Kyle. Kurt Busch robbed Denny Hamlin of the checkered flag by 0.062 seconds, sliding sideways through the finish in one of the most exciting final laps in NASCAR history at Richmond International Raceway. An emotional win for the Busch brother, as well at the Monster Energy family, Kurt beat a stacked field of veteran cup racers and newcomers.
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Vegas Race Boasts Hometown Flavor
Plenty of local angles will pepper the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series field this weekend. There are the two usual suspects: The brothers Busch, Kurt and Kyle. Kyle won at Las Vegas in 2009. Kurt’s best finish at his home track was third in 2005.
Brendan Gaughan, a third Las Vegas native, will make a spot start this weekend. A NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular, Gaughan will drive the No. 33 Chevrolet this weekend for Richard Childress Racing. Gaughan ran fulltime in the series in 2004 and has one top five and four top 10s in 38 career starts.
Hot Start For JGR Stable
Through two races, Joe Gibbs Racing has placed all three of its drivers in the top 10 in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points. It’s been awhile since they’ve accomplished the feat. Not since after Homestead in 2008 – Tony Stewart’s last race with the organization – has all three JGR members ranked in the top 10.
At the top spot sits Denny Hamlin, winner of Sunday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway. Hamlin, who scored just one win all of last season, earned a little retribution from a Phoenix stumble that cost him the championship in 2010. It was also crew chief Darian Grubb’s first win with JGR after winning the championship with Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing last season. Grubb has now won six of the last 12 races. Another nugget: With the win, the No. 11 tied the No. 43 for most wins all time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 198.
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Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 26
Team: No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Owner: Joe Gibbs Crew Chief: Dave Rogers
- Kyle Busch won the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, his first victory in six starts in the annual non-points preseason event.
- Busch’s previous best finish in the Shootout was fourth in 2010.
- Busch led three laps in the victory, the fifth time he has led the Shootout.
- This is the first Budweiser Shootout victory for Toyota.
- The margin of victory of .013 seconds is the closest in Budweiser Shootout history.
- Tony Stewart finished second, his eighth top-10 finish in the last nine Shootouts.
- Marcos Ambrose finished third in his Budweiser Shootout debut.
