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July 6, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With a strong push from defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kurt Busch won a wild Subway Jalapeno 250 Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, as Austin Dillon was turned sideways and wrecked in the tri-oval as Busch crossed the finish line.

Stenhouse came home second, followed by Michael Annett, who was pushing Dillon during a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race one lap beyond its scheduled distance of 100 laps.

Dillon slid sideways across the stripe in fourth place, with Joey Logano and series leader Elliott Sadler taking fifth and sixth, respectively.

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Cool-Down Lap: Kurt Busch could find redemption in Sonoma performance

June 25, 2012: Commentary

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SONOMA, Calif. — After doing all the right things on a sunny Sunday at Sonoma, Kurt Busch can take an object lesson from the driver who finished right behind him in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.

That driver is Brian Vickers, who six months ago was radioactive, unemployable, a laughingstock to a prospective sponsor.

Within an extremely small window of opportunity, Vickers has achieved a remarkable transformation. The driver who sullied his own reputation by waging war on championship contender Matt Kenseth last fall at Martinsville now has an opportunity to regain a firm foothold in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.

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The team issued a statement via their Twitter account on Tuesday.

@PhoenixRacing51

We have met with Kurt. At the end of the day, we are racers so we’re going racing with Kurt and the #51 Phoenix Chevrolet.

We know adjustments have to be made but how we fix that is between Kurt and myself.

We’re going to go to the track, work hard, race hard and work on trying to attract a sponsor – and we’re going to do that together.

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SHOW #205 – Guest: Bob Pockrass – We discuss at length the Kurt Busch saga, recap the Dover weekend, talk about our Fantasy Racing success this season, preview Pocono – Did we mention the Kurt Busch thing? Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie
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