Another Win Goes to Busch in Crazy Finish

The Busch that everyone expects to win took the checkered flag in the Sprint Cup Series for the sixth time Saturday night at Daytona.

Kyle Busch, instead of his brother Kurt who won last week thanks to rain at New Hampshire, won a crazy finish in the Coke Zero 400 by holding off Carl Edwards in turn one on the white flag lap of a green-white-checkered finish. The race ended in turn one thanks to a big wreck behind the leaders involving Michael Waltrip and a host of others, with Busch edging Edwards by a nose on video replays.

Jeff Gordon had showed the way for the final 20 or so laps before getting spun out after a slow restart by Kyle Busch that left the No. 24 with a 30th-place finish and his second-straight Daytona result that didn't mirror the performance of his strong Chevrolet.

Much of the first half of the race was caution-free, but the last half of the event turned into a wreckfest that brought the total to 11 cautions for 32 laps of the 160 lap event.

Tony Stewart started the event in the No. 20 car intending on going to victory lane for the first time this season, but the driver started the race feeling quite ill and by lap 72 he was out of the No. 20 in favor of former Joe Gibbs Racing driver J.J. Yeley who was standing by. Stewart, thanks to Yeley, was credited with an unofficial 22nd-place finish thanks to being caught up in the final wreck.

Stay with the FanHouse for more coverage of a great night of racing at Daytona.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-06-2008 @ 1:50AM

anzajoe said...

Wow did you guys see that save from the wall after the hamlin hit?
ANOTHER WIN, another bad swallow for the popups bush haters.Funny how the more they boohoo, the more they badmouth him, the more he wins.
SPLASH THE CHAMPAGNE BERNIE, WORKS FOR ME.
P.S another ugly day for jeff/tony and evewn dale.
Dale deserved a top3 at the least. Oh well, it's NAZCAR. ANNA SEITTER,

7-06-2008 @ 2:19AM

Chris said...

kyle bush is the man! dont know if they have enough for championship.

7-10-2008 @ 2:10AM

anna seitter said...

As i said before no many drivers like carl hatewards. I won't put him in the same boat of JPM but the yuk is close.
Could that explain why KENSETH helped KYLE and not carl ??
And no wonder why kurt bush was pushing carl and not kyle?
He is in the same YUK boat as CARL and JPM. The YUK group
is beginning to cover for each other. No surprise there.

MIKE, you did not miss much in the after race. As for why nazcar did not throw the flag when JG WRECKED? Well this one is going to beat and replace EMERSON in to the KING of conspiracy list (like ya all like to call him):NAZCAR was making sure that KYLE was little ahead of CARL HATEWARDS before dumping the race end yellow flag. You probably did not hear about the japanese taking over nascar and JGR and paying nascar to favor JGR against HMS/ROUSH. The conspiracy is there and evident. Poster hart has been pritching it all along
and nobody listens to him. His latest: TONY is been driving for the JAPS and not USA. I guess tony is responsible for what make of cars JGR or other teams field on racing day.
what a fool?.

7-06-2008 @ 2:25AM

Poor dale

7-06-2008 @ 2:27AM

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7-06-2008 @ 10:44AM

Bernie said...

Hey,

Anna it's great to be able to watch Kyle race at such a frantic pace. He's on fire this year and enjoy it we should. I was at the Houston airport on Friday trying to get a few words in but I had the same problem you were having could not post anything. Didn't get a chance to watch but heard the end of the race on Sirrius satilite radio. My mother in law is a Junior fan as well as my wife and my inlaw told me Kyle got lucky to win under green, white checkered flag but I asked her what did he do under green, white flag? What did he do? He won!!! Won is the key word isn't it. Ha ha ha, I always tease my inlaw about Kyle when he wins.

Like I have said before Anna, Kyle Busch is and remains the man to beat! Oh, how sweet it is... Stick that in your diary JPM. BRING'EM TO THE CHECKERED KYLE YEAH!

7-06-2008 @ 11:06AM

99fan said...

maybe matt kennseth should go drive for gibbs because he sure didnt help his team mate carl at the end.

7-06-2008 @ 11:40AM

rsdangel15 said...

If kyle can only win at a Black and white checkerd!I'm often to wonder anymore is it worth to watch a race or even go to a race anymore because,Nascar is always finishing races under a checkered green flag.

7-07-2008 @ 5:24AM

DEEFRANK5 said...

The presentation on TV was the worst yet.The pop up adds drove me to shuting it off..Does someone thik that was cool??stupid

7-06-2008 @ 12:23PM

SRF said...

WOW...three (3) Roush/Fenway Fords in top 5!!!

Looks like the Fords are finally getting a hang of the plate races!!!

Congrats to Kyle...but Carl would have had him had the race gone to the checkered.

7-06-2008 @ 12:59PM

MJ said...

Go Kyle. I am cheering for you to win the championship this year and show Hendrick's what they should have kept--a race car driver not a person who just sells T shirts. Keep up the great work you are doing and it will pay off at the end.

7-06-2008 @ 1:04PM

Way to go Kyle. Show Hendrick's what kind of driver you are with a supportive team behind you. You are a talented race car driver--winning races by RACING--not on fuel mileage. You are showing fans that you are a winner, not just someone who sells merchandise.

7-06-2008 @ 3:00PM

Dale Dodge Jr said...

On my way...Dale Dodge Jr http://www.freewebs.com/dadracing

7-07-2008 @ 12:16PM

Casey~13 year old Junior fan... said...

I'm in no way a Kyle fan, infact, I'm a Junior fan. But I give credit where credits due so... Kyle made an amazing save and comeback after getting nudged by Denny. I definately thoughgt he was gonna hit the wall and gather a bunch of others in the wreck, but he did an amazing job. Kinda odd seeing the 17 push the 18, while the 2 pushed the 99. Apparentley brothers mean nothing on track and neither does being teammates! WTG Kyle, I only wish Junior could have stayed up there to give you a run for your money. AND TO THOSE WHO ARE SAYING"Show HMS what kinda driver you are, not just a t-shirt seller/race winner by fuel mileage." SHUT THE FU^K UP! Why can't you admit that BOTH Junior and Kyle are running better than last year. They both got great deals! So what if Junior sells a lot of t-shirts? Thats called having a large fan base. And who gives a rats ass that he won by fuel fumes? He had to race hard to get to that position, no? If your gonna play the "he can only win on fuel mileage" crap, then think about this... Kyle very well have lost the lead to Carl Edwards on the final lap if the crash at the end had not ended the race in turn 1. WHOAH! WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT WERE YA?

7-07-2008 @ 2:57PM

drgrcr601 said...

Hey Casey, I like your spunk and you have a pretty good handle on this stuff for your age. I would like to see you on here more so others can see what a sensible 13 year old has to say. Some of these conspiracy theorists could learn a thing or two.LOL JMO

Ron

7-07-2008 @ 7:09PM

Tommy said...

Im not a Busch or Toyota fan by any means. But he can flat out drive. I do believe Toyota has some advantage in Nationwide but by no means is it a conspiracy. Nascar tries to keep it fair for everyone but it is just impossible. I would be more concerned about the North American Union conspiracy than Nascar. Go Ward Burton.

7-07-2008 @ 8:42PM

Mike said...

Well the ending sucked for me but it as nice to see JG having what was probably the best race of the year. He just did not have the ponies at the end and got punted on that last restart.
I agree with the person that wrote about the green, white, checker finishes all ending in massive crashes lately. It is a recipe for disaster. You bunch up all the cars and tell them to go balls to the wall because as soon as their is a crash the race is over. The question I have is why was the race not ended when JG was wrecked? In every race, the caution is thrown as soon as someone spins out no matter where it occurs on the track.
Oh well, Jeffy was probably not going to get that lead back from Kyle any ways. Congrats to KB for another win. I did not get to see the post race interviews. What did I miss?
mbl