NASCAR’s dress rehearsal for the Daytona 500 was an interesting display of dancing in the dark.
Kurt Busch won the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway compliments of his “teammate for the day” Jamie McMurray on Saturday night.
“All the credit goes to him,” Busch said of McMurray.
McMurray, the defending Daytona 500 winner, knew the race would come down to picking a dancing partner. With his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya eliminated from the race in an eight-car pile-up on Lap 28, McMurray opted to pair up with Busch — a friend off the track and someone he felt he could trust. FOXSports.com
The final pass, though, was ruled illegal as Denny Hamlin was disqualified for going below the out-of-bounds line.
It made Busch, who actually crossed the finish line in second place, the first Dodge driver to win the non-points race that has opened Speedweeks for the last 33 years.
“What an unbelievable experience, this two-car draft. I had no idea what to expect going in,” Busch said. “I was just going to take it one lap at a time and see how it played out.” MiamiHerald.com
McMurray came home second, narrowly edging Ryan Newman, who led the race off the final corner, only to have Hamlin slingshot past him in the dogleg. Newman was third, followed by Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 3 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 9 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 10 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 14 64 Derrike Cope Toyota 15 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota 16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 17 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 18 20 Joey Logano Toyota 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 20 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 21 99 Carl Edwards Ford 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 23 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 24 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota
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