Kyle Busch outduels Joey Logano to win at Kentucky

“It’s just one race but we’ve all driven right behind cars”, said Hamlin.

The new aero package will also be used for the upcoming races at Indianapolis, Michigan, Darlington and Richmond. The aim of the package was to decrease downforce with the goal of improving the on-track product.

“The success of the Responsibility Has Its Rewards campaign is a direct result of the commitment from our members and all the designated-driver program partners, including the tracks, beer companies and state offices of highway safety”, said Jill Pepper, executive director of TEAM Coalition. “Just to score as many points as we possibly can and score those wins, that’s what’s going to get us where we need to be”.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for next Sunday’s New Hampshire 301.

Erik Jones: He continues to show why he is on the fast track to the Sprint Cup Series.

Teams began a lengthy final practice session late in the afternoon on Friday.

Pole-sitter Kyle Larson suffered damage to his rear bumper during a mid-race restart, forcing the No. 42 to pit with 51 laps left.

Despite the changes, the race was pretty much a two-horse affair upfront through the first 201 laps as Busch and Brad Keselowski dominated the field with stronger cars.

2011 Quaker State 400 champ Kyle Busch starts ninth.

Problems with a four-tire change and contact with Hamlin exiting pit road on lap 36 cost him eight spots. Those caution flags certainly helped keep cars on the lead lap.

Another weird incident involved crowd favorites Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Earnhardt explained over his radio that he had no brakes and could not stop in time before hitting Patrick, who finished 34th. Keselowski had issues on pit road as his crew could not control his right front tire.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Busch 4 times for 163 laps; B. “I think there are just so many unknowns that youve just got to expect the unexpected at this point.”. Keselowski started next to him on the front row.

With NASCAR being a sport that has been plagued negative attention over rain delays, its southern heritage and its validity as sport, the worst thing NBC could have done was pawn Saturday nights race off on its secondary network, especially with all the action that took place in Sparta, Kentucky on Saturday evening. “Getting the lead on the restart, we had a shot at it at that point”. Busch also lost second to Logano. It was great racing with about ten laps to go. By the time the teammates got back to the stripe, they were three-wide barreling toward Turn 1.

(15) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, $137640. Kurt Busch finished behind Johnson in 10th. His average finish at Kentucky is 11.5 in four races and his driver rating is 89.4. It also included a radiator pan reduction from 38 inches to 25 inches.

Despite Jones’ heroic efforts during the final lap, Keselowski was able to hold on to the lead and win the race at the Kentucky Speedway.

“It’s always been our thing”, said Shepherdsville’s Heather Mann-Hobbs, who has made a weekend of the Quaker State 400 since the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway in 2011. Heading into the 2015 season, Kentucky Speedway remained the only track on the current Sprint Cup Series schedule at which Jeff Gordon was still winless….