Busch Dominates in Richmond

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Kurt Busch picked up his first victory of the season in Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 from Richmond International Raceway.  
 

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Busch dominated the race, leading 291 of 400 laps.  Busch said this win was what his team was working towards all season.

“It’s a total team effort, and the way that everything came together, it just seemed like we were building…towards a great finish like this,” Busch said.  

Busch clinched a spot in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup with his victory.  Busch missed the first three races of the season while serving a suspension for a domestic violence incident.  He said it was an incredible feeling to be in victory lane after a rough start to the season.

“I have this opportunity because of [co-owner] Gene Haas,” Busch said.  “Everyone that’s a part of our family at Stewart-Haas, it’s an unbelievable feeling when you pull deep from within and to go through troubles.”

“Your personal life doesn’t need to affect your business life, and I’m here in victory lane and it feels great to do it in Richmond.”

Busch’s teammate Kevin Harvick finished second, and said he might have been able to win the race if it wasn’t for a bad set of tires.

“What we really needed was all the tires to be the same,” Harvick said.  “We put that one set of tires on and…it just got us way behind.”

“Just really happy for everyone at Stewart-Haas and Kurt and everybody on the 41.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kurt Busch

2. Kevin Harvick

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Jamie McMurray

5. Joey Logano

6. Kasey Kahne

7. Matt Kenseth

8. Jeff Gordon

9. Clint Bowyer

10. Martin Truex Jr.

11. Ryan Newman

12. Kyle Larson

13. AJ Allmendinger

14. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

15. Paul Menard

16. Chase Elliott

17. Brad Keselowski

18. Justin Allgaier

19. Carl Edwards

20. Aric Almirola

21. Greg Biffle

22. Denny Hamlin

23. David Ragan

24. Trevor Bayne

25. Danica Patrick

26. Landon Cassill

27. Austin Dillon

28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

29. Brett Moffitt

30. Casey Mears

31. David Gilliland

32. Alex Bowman

33. Michael Annett

34. Reed Sorenson

35. Sam Hornish Jr.

36. Cole Whitt

37. Matt DiBenedetto

38. Jeb Burton

39. Alex Kennedy

40. Jeff Green

41. Tony Stewart

42. Josh Wise

43. Joey Gase

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