Sunday, September 24, 2017

Busch Dominates in New Hampshire

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the ISM Connect 300 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Busch had a dominant car throughout the race, and led 187 of 300 laps on Sunday. 

Busch raced with Martin Truex Jr. throughout the first two stages, but it almost ended with a wreck on the final lap of Stage 2.  Truex was leading when an accident blocked most of the track.  Truex was involved in the accident, but Busch was able to squeeze by on the outside.

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Busch drove through a thick wall of smoke to avoid the wreck, and he said it was like a scene out of the movie Days of Thunder.

“You couldn’t see anything, it was just a wall of smoke over there off Turn 2,” Busch said.  “That was some Days of Thunder stuff right there.  Just checked up…trying not to get run into from behind.”

Busch said his dominance was a testament to how hard his team worked all week to help them advance to the next round of the Playoffs.

“It was just a great day for our team; we were able to execute all day long,” Busch said.  “We did everything right and everything we were supposed to do.”

“It’s a testament to this team and everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing…they’ve been fast and it’s a great opportunity for us to put them in victory lane when we can.”

Kyle Larson challenged Busch on the final restart of the race, but he ended up with a second-place finish.  Larson said his car just didn’t have the speed to compete with Busch on the short run.

“I felt like on fairly long runs I was pretty equal to those guys, but on the short run I…couldn’t get the throttle down and we’d get loose,” Larson said.  “He was just really good.”

“Solid effort for us.  We got a fifth last week and a second today; that was pretty much the day that we needed.  Obviously a win would have been great, but second is just as good.”

Unofficial results:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kyle Larson
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Martin Truex Jr.
6. Erik Jones
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Daniel Suarez
9. Ryan Blaney
10. Joey Logano
11. Chase Elliott
12. Denny Hamlin
13. Ryan Newman
14. Jimmie Johnson
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
16. Jamie McMurray
17. AJ Allmendinger
18. Danica Patrick
19. Austin Dillon
20. Paul Menard
21. Chris Buescher
22. Ty Dillon
23. Michael McDowell
24. Trevor Bayne
25. Landon Cassill
26. Aric Almirola
27. Corey LaJoie
28. Reed Sorenson
29. David Ragan
30. Cole Whitt
31. Matt DiBenedetto
32. Brett Moffitt
33. Gray Gaulding
34. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
35. Kasey Kahne
36. Kevin Harvick
37. Kurt Busch
38. Jeffrey Earnhardt
39. Cody Ware

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