Kyle Busch continues to master the Richmond International Raceway during the spring time.
Busch conserved enough fuel and easily held off teammate Denny Hamlin in the closing laps of Saturday’s Crown Royal 400 to win the spring race at Richmond for the third straight year.
He put on a dominating performance by leading 235 of 400 laps. MiamiHerald.com
“We love coming to Richmond for some reason,” Busch said. “It seems to run well for us. We like coming to this place. The fans are great. We always tend to have good race cars here.”
“It was important to save fuel there under the cautions,” Busch said. “Fortunately we had that long caution flag. That probably saved us. If we didn’t have that, most likely we would have went to the end but probably come up a little bit short. Just thankfully it played out the way that it played out and I saved just enough.”
Kasey Kahne was third, giving Toyota the 1-2-3 finish, followed by David Ragan and Carl Edwards. Kahne was pleased with his result. Fox Sports
After running without a yellow the first 107 laps, the second half of the 400-lap race featured plenty of action. Juan Pablo Montoya intentionally spun Ryan Newman in Turn 3 for a Lap 238 caution that triggered a flurry of six yellows in 76 laps
A nine-car crash collected contenders Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer. Gordon had the wind knocked out of him after the driver’s side of his No. 24 Chevrolet slammed into the inside wall. It was reminiscent of a hard crash in 2008 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the four-time champion also hit a patch of concrete not protected by a SAFER barrier.
“I seem to find the worst angles for hitting walls,” the four-time champion said. “I wish there was a SAFER barrier there. I seem to be able to find the ones without the SAFER barrier.” USA Today
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 4 6 David Ragan Ford 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford 6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 7 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 10 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 11 20 Joey Logano Toyota 12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 13 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 17 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 20 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 21 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 22 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 23 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 24 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 25 34 David Gilliland Ford 26 71 Andy Lally * Ford 27 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 28 13 Casey Mears Toyota 29 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 30 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 31 0 David Reutimann Toyota 32 32 Ken Schrader Ford 33 37 Tony Raines Ford 34 30 David Stremme Chevrolet 35 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 36 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 37 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 38 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 39 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 40 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 41 60 Mike Skinner Toyota 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 43 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
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