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Pure Victory in the "Pure Michigan" race for Kyle!!!
by B C,posted Aug 22 2011 10:20AM
Kyle Busch wins the Sprint Cup Race at Michigan: #18 Kyle Busch won the “Pure Michigan 400” Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway for his 23rd career win and 4th win of 2011. The 23 wins ties him with his brother Kurt and Ricky Rudd for 20th all time ranking of all time wins. Kyle Busch clinches a place in the chase, at least via a wild card spot. The race had one green-white-checkered run, increasing the race to 203 laps.
#48 Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd followed by #2 Brad Keselowski [last three races, #5 Mark Martin, #39 Ryan Newman, #24 Jeff Gordon, #4 Kasey Kahne, #33 Clint Bowyer, #14 Toney Stewart and #17 Matt Kenseth.
Points leader going in to the race, #18 Kyle Busch, won the race and increased his points lead to 10 over #48 Jimmie Johnson.
There were 20 lead changes among 10 drivers and 5 cautions for 21 yellow flag laps.
2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Michigan, race 23 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #18-Kyle Busch [4 wins], 799
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 789, -10 3) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 760, -39
4) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 760, -39 5) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 759, -40
6) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 739, -60 7) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 725, -74
8) #22-Kurt Busch [1 win], 722, -77 9) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 700, -99
10) #14-Tony Stewart, 694, -105 out of top 10, no wins, less then a race out of 10th
11) #33-Clint Bowyer, 670, -129 current wild cards
WC1) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins], 642, -157 [12th in points, 2 wins]
WC2) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 635, -164 [14th in points, 1 win] others in the top 20 with wins, possible for the wild card
18) #27-Paul Menard [1 win], 617, -182 [18th in points, 1 win]
20) #6-David Ragan [1 win], 604, -195 [20th in points, 1 win]
Two race winners are not inside the top-20: #9-Ambrose is 23rd, 11 points out of 20th; #78-Smith is 25th, 78 pts out of 20th
Marcos Ambrose wins Nationwide Series race at Montreal: #9 Marcos Ambrose, running his only Nationwide race of the season, won the “NAPA Auto Parts 200” at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It is the 4th Nationwide Series win of his career and his first at Montreal. #12 Alex Tagliani finished second, followed by #18 Michael McDowell, #66 Steve Wallace, #67 J.R. Fitzpatrick, #33 Scott Speed, #60 Carl Edwards, #31 Justin Allgaier, #38 Jason Leffler, and #2 Elliott Sadler. There were 6 cautions for 17 laps and 10 lead changes among 7 leaders.
Kevin Harvick wins the Camping World Truck Series at Michigan: A late-race dive to the bottom saw #2 Kevin Harvick take the lead, hold on through two more restarts, to win the “VFW 200” at Michigan International Speedway. This is his second victory this season; his eleventh overall. Kevin Harvick became the first driver to win in all three major NASCAR series events at MIS with victories in the Truck, Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series. With just 15 to go, #13 Johnny Sauter got loose and hit the inside wall. Bad day for many teams -- the top three trucks on a lap 12 restart were all involved in a multi-car wreck when #29 Parker Kligerman got loose, turning Mark Martin; and collecting #3 Austin Dillon in the mess. Both Kligerman and Dillon sustained significant damage. #18 Kyle Busch had a DNF after picking up debris on the track and punching a hole in the radiator. He finished 25th. On the final lap #8 Nelson Piquet Jr. while running fourth, got loose and ended up hitting the inside wall. He finished 16th. Rounding out the top ten were; #17-Timothy Peters, #7 Miguel Paludo, #31 James Buescher, #81 David Starr, #23 Jason White, #33 Ron Hornaday, #62 Brendan Gaughan, #51 Colin Braun, #60 Cole Whitt. There were 13 lead changes among 10 drivers with 7 caution flags for 22 laps.
Next up for the Sprint Cup Series is the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway for the “Irwin Tools Night Race” on ABC at 7:30 Saturday night under the lights for the wildest race on the schedule…Don’t miss it!!!
The Nationwide Series rolls into Bristol Motor Speedway Friday night under the lights for the “FoodCity 250”, race time is 7:30pm on ESPN.
Starting the triple bill weekend is the Camping World Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway Thursday night for the “O’Reilly Auto Parts 200”, race starts at 8pm on SPEED.
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Kyle Busch wins the Sprint Cup Race at 
Bowyer, #14 Toney Stewart and #17 Matt Kenseth.
Marcos Ambrose wins Nationwide Series race at 
Edwards, #31 Justin Allgaier, #38 Jason Leffler, and #2 Elliott Sadler. There were 6 cautions for 17 laps and 10 lead changes among 7 leaders. 
Kevin Harvick wins the Camping World Truck Series at 
Kligerman and Dillon sustained significant damage. #18 Kyle Busch had a DNF after picking up debris on the track and punching a hole in the radiator. He finished 25th. On the final lap #8 Nelson Piquet Jr. while running fourth, got loose and ended up hitting the inside wall. He finished 16th. Rounding out the top ten were; #17-Timothy Peters, #7 Miguel Paludo, #31 James Buescher, #81 David Starr, #23 Jason White, #33 Ron Hornaday, #62 Brendan Gaughan, #51 Colin Braun, #60 Cole Whitt. There were 13 lead changes among 10 drivers with 7 caution flags for 22 laps. 
Next up for the Sprint Cup Series is the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway for the “Irwin Tools Night Race” on 
The Nationwide Series
Starting the triple bill weekend is the Camping World Truck Series at