SPARTA, Ky. — Starting from the rear after missing the drivers’ meeting and driver introductions didn’t deter Kyle Busch, who held off charging Parker Kligerman to win Thursday night’s UNOH 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway.

Busch won his fifth race of the season and the 29th of his career in a green-white checkered-flag finish set up by a late caution. The win was his 98th national series victory in NASCAR racing, third most all-time.

Kligerman ran second, followed by Brendan Gaughan, Todd Bodine and Jason White.

“On the (last) restart, when Jason White was on my inside, I figured if I could just get another good restart where I didn’t spin my tires, I’d be all right,” Busch said. “Those guys spun their tires every time, and it kind of worked for us.

“It’s hard to not be the leader in those positions and not spin your tires. I know how they feel.”

Busch won the first leg of a potential weekend triple. He will race in Friday’s Feed the Children 300 Nationwide Series event and Saturday’s Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup race before traveling to Wisconsin for a Super Late Model event at Slinger Speedway on Sunday.

Moments after a restart on Lap 76, four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr. felt his No. 33 Chevrolet break loose as he raced on the inside of the No. 60 Chevrolet of Cole Whitt. Both trucks slammed into the outside wall, and Jack Smith’s Ford plowed into Hornaday’s Chevy, knocking Hornaday back across the track, collecting the trucks of Josh Richards and John King in the process.

Busch led the field to a restart on Lap 83 with Johnny Sauter beside him. After that, things got crazy. Sauter passed Busch for the lead on Lap 103 but fell out of the race when he broke his rear axle during a pit stop on Lap 124.

Nelson Piquet Jr. overshot his pit stall on Lap 120 during that same round of green-flag stops and fell five seconds off the lead. When the cycle was completed, Busch had a two-truck-length lead over Austin Dillon, but as Dillon was closing in, the hood of his No. 3 Chevrolet came unpinned and covered the windshield, obstructing his vision.

Busch led until caution flew on Lap 142 for Charles Vest’s spin. On the subsequent restart on Lap 146, Busch began to pull away, but a multicar wreck involving Piquet, Miguel Paludo, Steve Arpin, Tim Peters and Ryan Sieg slowed the race for the seventh time and sent the event to overtime.

Greg and Nicole Biffle Welcome Baby Girl

Mooresville, N.C. (July 6, 2011) – Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, and his wife Nicole welcomed their first child, a baby girl, late this afternoon. Emma Elizabeth weighed in at seven pounds and six ounces and arrived just before 5:00 p.m. EST. Both mother and daughter are doing well.

SHOW #164 – We chat with first time NASCAR Cup Series Winner David Ragan, recap the Daytona weekend, preview the first ever race at Kentucky, and discuss Dale Jr. Vs. Jimmie Johnson. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop
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Nationwide Series, GRAND-AM joining Brickyard 400 for four-race weekend lineup

INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, July 6, 2012 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the epicenter of American stock car racing and North American sports car racing July 26-29, 2012, as the NASCAR Nationwide Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing will join the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for four exciting races during the inaugural Super Weekend at the Brickyard.

It will be the first time in IMS history that races will take place on the 2.5-mile oval and 2.534-mile Grand Prix road course during the same weekend, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing will make their IMS debuts.

The 19th annual Brickyard 400 for the Sprint Cup Series will race on the oval Sunday, July 29, with the Nationwide Series also racing on the oval Saturday, July 28. GRAND-AM will conduct separate races for its Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge on the 13-turn IMS road course Friday, July 27.

“The Super Weekend at the Brickyard will offer non-stop excitement for every auto racing fan with the addition of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing,” said Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and chief executive officer. “There will be competitive, fender-rubbing action from many different types of machinery for four days, featuring established stars and rising talents, on both the IMS oval and road course.

“This will be an unforgettable event and the start of a great new racing tradition at the Speedway.”

All four days of Super Weekend at the Brickyard will be packed with on-track action, providing great value for fans:

•Thursday, July 26: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice

•Friday, July 27: GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge practice, qualifying and races

•Saturday, July 28: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice, qualifying and race; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice and qualifying

•Sunday, July 29: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 race

Brickfest, a music festival featuring a headlining national act, also will return during the Super Weekend at the Brickyard after its debut during this year’s Brickyard 400.

Ticket orders for the 2012 Super Weekend at the Brickyard will be accepted starting Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Orders can be made at http://www.imstix.com and through the IMS Ticket Office at (317) 492-6700, or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area, or by visiting the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.

Details on ticket pricing, race distances for the Nationwide Series and two GRAND-AM events and the complete event schedule will be released at a later date.

The best way for fans to secure their reserved seat tickets for the historic inaugural Super Weekend at the Brickyard is to purchase reserved seats for the 2011 Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 31 and reorder those tickets during the two-week renewal period starting Aug. 1.

“Today’s announcement is exciting for NASCAR and its fans,” said NASCAR President Mike Helton. “By bringing the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the GRAND-AM Series to the Brickyard as companion events for the Sprint Cup race in 2012, fans will now have the opportunity to see NASCAR’s top two series combined with GRAND-AM’s outstanding sports car racing compete at one of the world’s most iconic racetracks all in one exciting weekend.”

“This is a great day for GRAND-AM and for sports car racing in North America,” said GRAND-AM President Tom Bledsoe. “GRAND-AM has the finest sports car racing in North America, and we’re proud that we’ll be able to showcase our racing – with the Rolex Series and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – at Indy. GRAND-AM is an organization on the move, and this announcement personifies that fact.”

The NASCAR Nationwide Series represents the middle rung in NASCAR’s national series, situated between the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The NASCAR Nationwide Series has proven to be an outstanding series for up-and-coming competitors who aspire to become NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, with a number of today’s premier series stars having developed their skills in the series over the years.

Many still race in the series, pulling “double-duty.” However, many drivers also have chosen to spend their entire careers on the circuit due to its competitive nature and popularity.

In 2011, the Nationwide Series features Chevrolet Impala, Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang and Toyota Camry models with V8 engines generating about 650 horsepower. The cars reach an estimated top speed of 195 mph.

The Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 is the top series sanctioned by GRAND-AM. Its two classes – the exotic Daytona Prototypes and production-based GT cars – run simultaneously at road racing venues across the U.S. and Canada.

One of the Daytona Prototype’s top features is the ability to run any combination of engine and chassis – an extremely raceable and relatively affordable format that has revolutionized sports car racing with plentiful battles at the front of the field and close finishes in virtually every race. DPs are exotic, mid-engine machines that are purpose-built for competition, capable of speeds in excess of 185 mph.

The Grand Touring (GT) class is home to production-based race cars that are similar in appearance to the latest high-performance sports cars. GT is a mixture of U.S.-produced muscle cars going against the international flavor, mainly German, Japanese and Italian models.

The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is GRAND-AM’s showcase for the latest in international and American-made high performance sports cars, coupes and sedans straight from the dealer showroom floor. The CTSCC has two classes – Grand Sport and Street Tuner.

NASCAR® driver Tony Stewart will sport a colorful “Back-To-School” paint scheme on his No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala during Saturday night’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ Quaker State 400 race at Kentucky Speedway (Saturday, July 9, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT).

The paint scheme features a fun variety of school supplies and technology, including a notebook, calculator, laptop, thumb drive, white board, ruler, crayons, pencils, glue and much more. Gateway, Brother, Mead, Sandisk, PaperPro and Elmers are Office Depot partners with products featured on the car.

“We always get excited about sporting a new back-to-school paint scheme on our No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy,” Stewart said. “As parents begin thinking about the start of a new school year, this paint scheme is a fun way to remind them that Office Depot provides one-stop, back-to-school shopping for their children’s school supplies.”

Stewart’s No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala To Feature Special ‘Back-To-School’ Paint Scheme At Kentucky Speedway

Tony will join the Office Depot Foundation on July 6 to donate 2,000 backpacks to schools and non-profit organizations that work with kids in need in the Florence, Kentucky area.

CHECK OUT THIS TIME-LAPSE VIDEO OF TONY’S CAR GETTING WRAPPED FOR KENTUCKY