NASCAR: Kyle Busch Listed As Favorite To Win All-Star Race
May 15, 2008
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Twenty-one of the 24 starters at Lowe’s Motor Speedway are either winners from 2007 and 2008, past Cup champions or past winners of the All-Star Race.
NASCAR allows for the underprivileged to earn spots in the All-Star Race. The top two finishers in the Sprint Showdown, which includes Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Brian Vickers, Travis Kvapil, Sam Hornish Jr. and Dario Franchitti, will advance to the All-Star Race.
Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and even Jeff Gordon, winless in 2008, are the favorites.
Busch and Edwards share the Cup Series lead for wins. Each has three, but Busch might have the edge here. He also has five wins in the Nationwide Series and Truck Series and leads the Sprint Cup Series standings.
Busch might have some extra incentive here. He can become the youngest driver to win a NASCAR All-Star Race. He is already the youngest driver to win a Cup pole, was the youngest driver to win a Cup race and the first driver to win a Cup race in NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow.
Gordon is the youngest winner of the NASCAR All-Star Race at 23 years, 9 months, 18 days. Busch will be 23 years, 15 days old on the day of the All-Star Race.
While Gordon has yet to win a race this year, and sits outside the top 12 and the all-important Chase positions, he has some incentive to win the All-Star Race.
Other drivers to keep an eye on: Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin and Truex.
