Logano Returns to Victory Lane with Talladega Win

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Joey Logano won the Geico 500 from Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon.

Logano led a race-high 70 laps, and led a group of Ford drivers who dominated most of the race.  Fords made up six of the top seven spots, and Logano said his victory was due to the Ford drivers working together.

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“Ford teamwork is what did it today,” Logano said.  “Not only with the Team Penske Fords, but all the Fords out there.”

Logano won on Sunday for the first time in a year.  Following his victory last year in Richmond, Logano’s car was found to be illegal by NASCAR and the win could not be used to get into the playoffs.  A string of bad luck followed and Logano missed the playoffs.  With his win on Sunday, Logano punched his ticket to this year’s playoffs. 

Logano said it was a weight off his shoulder to return to victory lane.

“Man, it feels so good to be back in victory lane,” Logano said.  “It feels so good, we don’t have to worry about the playoffs thing; we’re in.”

Kurt Busch was running second in the closing laps, but after getting separated from his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick, his plan to challenge for the victory fell apart.

Busch said he should have done something different in the closing laps to try and pick up the victory.

“I didn’t quite make the right move and it’s a shame,” Busch said.  “It was one of the best Fords I’ve ever had.”

“My plan was to roll with Kevin until the last lap and then slingshot by him on the outside.  Everyone’s just running side-by-side trying to get everything they can…and it didn’t quite materialize.”

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Kurt Busch

3. Chase Elliott

4. Kevin Harvick

5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

6. David Ragan

7. Aric Almirola

8. Alex Bowman

9. Ryan Newman

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Chris Buescher

12. Jimmie Johnson

13. Kyle Busch

14. Denny Hamlin

15. Ty Dillon

16. Darrell Wallace Jr.

17. Kasey Kahne

18. Ryan Blaney

19. Matt DiBenedetto

20. DJ Kennington

21. Cole Whitt

22. Brendan Gaughan

23. Timothy Peters

24. Gray Gaulding

25. Ross Chastain

26. Martin Truex Jr.

27. Joey Gase

28. Jamie McMurray

29. William Byron

30. Paul Menard

31. Clint Bowyer

32. Michael McDowell

33. Brad Keselowski

34. AJ Allmendinger

35. Austin Dillon

36. Timmy Hill

37. Reed Sorenson

38. Trevor Bayne

39. Erik Jones

40. Kyle Larson

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Weekly Pull List: 4/25/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers 2018 Annual #1

Marvel
Despicable Deadpool #299
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #303
Spider-Gwen #31
Star Wars Darth Vader #15
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #19
Thanos Annual #1
Venom #165
Venomized #4

Kyle Busch Continues to Win in Richmond

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the Toyota Owners 400 from Richmond Raceway on Saturday night for his third-straight victory.

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Busch started 32nd on Saturday, but he quickly worked his way into the Top 10 within the first 50 laps.  After becoming the first driver to win at Richmond from so far back in the field, Busch said he owed the win to his team.

“The pit crew tonight, they won this race for us,” Busch said.  “Those last two times we came down for tires...they got us where we needed to be.”

Busch took the lead late, and he had to hold off the field on two late restarts after cautions forced the race into overtime.  On the final restart, Busch pulled ahead of Chase Elliott to win for the third-straight time.

Busch said he was excited to win his third race, but that it would be hard to go for four-straight with Talladega looming next weekend.

“It’s hard to go to Talladega with that much of a winning streak and think you can win,” Busch said.  “I don’t know if you can shoot for four-in-a-row, but we’re going to go there and give it a shot.”

Elliott finished second for the eighth time in his career after he couldn’t catch Busch in the closing laps.

Elliott said his cars still don’t have the speed to win, but that he was happy to get a good finish.

“We still have a lot of work to do…to have the speed that we need to drive it like we want it to,” Elliott said.  “Our restarts fell into our hands there at the end; having short runs kind of fell into our favor and I was able to move forward.”

“Circumstances were on our side tonight, which is not normal, so I’m happy about that.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Chase Elliott

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Joey Logano

5. Kevin Harvick

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Kyle Larson

8. Brad Keselowski

9. Clint Bowyer

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Kurt Busch

12. William Byron

13. Erik Jones

14. Martin Truex Jr.

15. Austin Dillon

16. Matt DiBenedetto

17. Aric Almirola

18. Alex Bowman

19. Jamie McMurray

20. Ty Dillon

21. Trevor Bayne

22. Ryan Blaney

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

24. Paul Menard

25. Darrell Wallace Jr.

26. Chris Buescher

27. AJ Allmendinger

28. Ross Chastain

29. Kasey Kahne

30. Cole Whitt

31. Michael McDowell

32. Daniel Hemric

33. David Ragan

34. Landon Cassill

35. Gray Gaulding

36. Harrison Rhodes

37. Ryan Newman

38. Reed Sorenson

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Weekly Pull List: 4/18/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #26

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #799
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #18
Infinity Countdown #2
Star Wars Poe Dameron #26
Venomized #3

Kyle Busch Wins Rain-Delayed Race at Bristol

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the rain-delayed Food City 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway on Monday afternoon for his second-straight victory.

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The race, originally scheduled for Sunday, was postponed after 204 laps due to rain.  The race was restarted on Monday afternoon, and Busch led 117 laps on his way to victory lane.

Busch said he knew his team had a strong enough car to win no matter when the race was run.

“I knew we had a really good car,” Busch said.  “Once we got into the long runs…we were running them down.”

Busch had to run Kyle Larson down in the closing laps, and Busch used his bumper to move Larson with six laps to go.  Busch said he and Larson’s cars were equal in the closing laps.

“With as good as we were, Larson was just as good,” Busch said.  “But our car was fast enough that Larson never had a shot to get back to us to repay the favor.”

Larson led over the final run, but he said his car got loose in the closing laps.

“I just didn’t expect to get that loose that run there,” Larson said. “I knew it would be hard to get back to [Busch].  I knew I would need a lapper to kind of hold him up on exit and kill his momentum to allow me to…get to his back bumper.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Kyle Larson

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

5. Alex Bowman

6. Aric Almirola

7. Kevin Harvick

8. Clint Bowyer

9. Joey Logano

10. Ryan Newman

11. Daniel Suarez

12. David Ragan

13. Paul Menard

14. Denny Hamlin

15. Austin Dillon

16. Darrell Wallace Jr.

17. AJ Allmendinger

18. William Byron

19. Jamie McMurray

20. Landon Cassill

21. Matt DiBenedetto

22. Kurt Busch

23. Brad Keselowski

24. Trevor Bayne

25. Corey LaJoie

26. Erik Jones

27. DJ Kennington

28. Ty Dillon

29. Chase Elliott

30. Martin Truex Jr.

31. Gray Gaulding

32. Reed Sorenson

33. Chad Finchum

34. Kasey Kahne

35. Ryan Blaney

36. Chris Buescher

37. Harrison Rhodes

38. Michael McDowell

39. Ross Chastain

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Weekly Pull List: 4/11/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

IDW
Back to the Future Tales From the Time Train #4

Marvel
Ben Reilly the Scarlet Spider #17
Despicable Deadpool #298
Spider-Man Deadpool #31
Star Wars Darth Vader #14
Thanos #18
Venomized #2

Busch Claims Victory in Texas

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 from Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his first win of the season.

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Busch led a race-high 116 laps on his way to victory lane, but he still had to hold off a hard-charging Kevin Harvick over the final 25-lap run.  Busch has three runner-up finishes this season, and he was finally able to pick up one more position to get to victory lane.

Busch said he was excited to finally get his car to victory lane.

“So cool to be in victory lane…finally this year,” Busch said.  “After Daytona we’ve just been on a roll of finishing really good, and we were really pumped and excited about that, but frustrated at the same time.”

Harvick was catching Busch in the closing laps, but he couldn’t overcome multiple pit road issues that plagued his team throughout the weekend.

Busch said he knew he had to be perfect in the closing laps to hold off Harvick.

“They were probably a tick faster overall, so I just had to do everything I could to hit all my marks,” Busch said. 

Harvick said his car didn’t handle well in traffic once he got back in the pack.

“Kyle’s car was just fast enough that I had to go a whole run to make up that ground that I needed to win,” Harvick said.  “We just didn’t turn as well in traffic.”

“We were just fortunate our Busch Light Ford was as fast as it was to cover up what was just an absolutely pathetic two days on pit road.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Kevin Harvick

3. Jamie McMurray

4. Erik Jones

5. Ryan Blaney

6. Joey Logano

7. Kurt Busch

8. Darrell Wallace Jr.

9. Clint Bowyer

10. William Byron

11. Chase Elliott

12. Trevor Bayne

13. Ty Dillon

14. Michael McDowell

15. Chris Buescher

16. Matt DiBenedetto

17. Kasey Kahne

18. Ross Chastain

19. Cole Whitt

20. Gray Gaulding

21. Landon Cassill

22. Harrrison Rhodes

23. David Ragan

24. AJ Allmendinger

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

26. Austin Dillon

27. Ryan Newman

28. Alex Bowman

29. Daniel Suarez

30. Paul Menard

31. Reed Sorenson

32. Aric Almirola

33. Brad Keselowski

34. Denny Hamlin

35. Jimmie Johnson

36. Kyle Larson

37. Martin Truex Jr.

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Weekly Pull List: 4/4/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #798
Spider-Man #239
Star Wars #46
Venom #164
Venomized #1