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Pastrana Waltrip Racing today issued the following statements from No. 99 crew chief Jerry Baxter and owner Michael Waltrip following a pit lane encounter between Baxter and Steve Wallace after Saturday’s Montreal Nationwide race.

JERRY BAXTER – “I’m sorry for what happened after the race on Saturday and I take responsibility for my own actions. I called Steve (Wallace) today and apologized. I was just very frustrated and let my emotions get to me. That was Patrick’s (Carpentier) last race and we wanted to make it special. We really thought he had a shot for the win and everything boiled over when that chance went away in the wreck. Everyone was just racing hard and there was no intent to wreck anyone. There’s no excuse for what I did after the race and I apologize to everyone.”

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(August 21, 2011)

BROOKLYN, Mich.—Michigan finally unrolled the welcome mat for Kyle Busch, the first official member of the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Busch got his first Sprint Cup Series victory at Michigan International Speedway in his 14th start at the 2.0-mile track, holding off Jimmie Johnson in a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400.

Busch beat Johnson to the finish line by .568 seconds to claim his series-best fourth victory of the season and the 23rd of his career. Busch kept Johnson winless at Michigan, one of five active tracks on the Cup circuit where the five-time champion hasn’t been to victory lane.

Brad Keselowski continued his recent surge with a third-place run, followed by Mark Martin and Ryan Newman. Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth completed the top 10.

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RACE RECAP | MICHIGAN
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Tony Stewart
8 Clint Bowyer
7 Kasey Kahne
6 Jeff Gordon 22,000 career laps led
5 Ryan Newman
4 Mark Martin
3 Brad Keselowski continues to run strong, 3rd straight top 3 finish
2 Jimmie Johnson moves to second in points

VICTORY LANE

1 Kyle Busch wins his 4th race this season and first ever Cup Series victory at Michigan. Kyle also clinches his spot in the Chase

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Marcos Ambrose wins his second NASCAR race in less than a week. Coming off his first Cup Series win at Watkins Glen on Monday, he turns around and put his #9 Nationwide Series car in Victory Lane at Montreal.

1 Marcos Ambrose
2 Alex Tagliani
3 Michael McDowell
4 Steve Wallace
5 J.R. Fitzpatrick
6 Scott Speed
7 Carl Edwards
8 Justin Allgaier
9 Jason Leffler
10 Elliott Sadler