Kyle Busch comes up just short
Some are blaming the track. Others blame the tires. Either way, after 12 cautions at Saturday’s Busch race in Vegas, Lee Spencer says the carnage could be catastrophic in Sunday’s Cup race. And the drivers aren’t happy.
NASCARAlthough Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been giving his peers a run for their money in the Most Popular Driver Award, Bill Elliott holds the record for capturing the vote 16 times. And it appears that Awesome Bill’s popularity will be spiking soon again.
NASCARJeff Burton won a frantic last-lap battle with Kyle Busch on Saturday to win the Busch Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, preventing Busch from scoring his first victory on his home track.
Contact between the two cars as they approached the checkered flag sent Busch into a spin, and he crossed the finish line backward before shooting up the track and into the wall. He still finished second.
NASCARJuan Pablo Montoya’s win in Mexico City is still a hot topic in NASCAR, where many drivers weighed in on his performance in the Busch Series race.
Montoya dominated the race, fell back to 19th after a team error, and rallied his way back to the front with a furious drive through the field. But the win last Sunday came at teammate Scott Pruett’s expense - Montoya spun him in the closing laps as he attempted to pass him.
It was a controversial ending that seemed to raise a few eyebrows.
NASCARA major renovation at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has turned the monstrous track in the desert into a glistening palace that shames almost every other NASCAR facility.
The facelift sure made Las Vegas pretty, but the verdict is out on what it did for the racing. Track owner Bruton Smith is confident the Nextel Cup event will be a thriller, but the drivers aren’t so sure what they’ll get on Sunday.
NASCARAnd the more they do, the more some things stay the same. Like Tony Stewart driving the wheels off whatever car he’s in at whatever track he’s at. That’s why Steve Byrnes likes No. 20’s chances at a wildly revamped Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCARKyle Busch dominated the Las Vegas Busch race, but Jeff Burton bumped him right before the finish line for his third career Busch win in Sin City.
NASCARKevin Harvick didn’t race last week at Mexico City and gave up the Busch points lead to Carl Edwards. He’s back on the pole at Las Vegas. Get LIVE results here shortly.
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