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Austin Dillon, Interim Driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS at Michigan International Speedway for Stewart-Haas Racing. Dillon, the current NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader, has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Michigan, including last June when he finished a career-best 11th.
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Aug. 11, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.–The third time may have been the charm for Kyle Busch, but it was a jinx for pole winner Marcos Ambrose.
Having surrendered the lead late in the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International, Busch reversed the trend Sunday in winning the Cheez-It 355 at the 2.45-mile road course by .486 seconds over runner-up Brad Keselowski.
Ambrose had the race in hand, having led 51 of the first 61 laps, until an inopportune caution in the middle of a pit stop cycle dropped him back to 12th for a restart on Lap 64 of 90. Busch grabbed the lead when Ambrose came to pit road under yellow on Lap 62 and held it the rest of the way.
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Keselowski picks up fourth straight NNS win with victory at the Glen
Aug. 10, 2013 (EDITORS: Updates with quotes and results)
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.–Four-for-four is a great day on the baseball diamond.
It’s an even better day on the race track. Just ask Brad Keselowski, who won his fourth straight NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Watkins Glen International.
Keselowski’s 1.418-second victory over Penske Racing teammate Sam Hornish Jr. in the Zippo 200 was his fourth in his last four NNS starts this season (though not in consecutive events) and the 24th of his career.
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Drivers from single-car teams have been under-represented in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ – in fact, never represented at all. Kurt Busch, who drives the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, can eliminate that statistic; especially if he wins this Sunday’s event at The Glen. The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion is winless at the New York track but has a road-racing victory at Sonoma in 2011. Busch, who finished third at Pocono, is in the thick of the Chase’s top 10/Wild Card fray ranking 13th in the standings just 11 points behind 10th-place Greg Biffle.
NASCAR Sprint Cup’s all-time road-race winner Jeff Gordon, with nine victories, continues his mid-season climb into championship contention. Gordon has won four times at The Glen, most recently in 2001. His second-place finish at Pocono Raceway advanced the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion to ninth in the standings – one spot behind Pocono winner and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne. All four of the Hendrick drivers – Johnson, Kahne, Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. – occupy a top-10 spot and provisional Chase berths.
