

He was well ahead of the rest of the field by the backstretch with just over a lap left and was never seriously challenged by Hamlin after he took the white flag, giving Richard Childress Racing another victory after triumphs at Talladega and Auto Club Speedway. NASCAR and its growling Next Gen car take over Le Mans, looking to make statement on a global stageīusch, who had held off Kyle Larson on each previous restart, had one last phenomenal jump in him. This one is pretty cool.”īubba Wallace brought out the 11th and final yellow when he was fighting for a top-10 finish and his brake rotor let go with five laps remaining, the last in a series of broken rotors that ended the race for at least three other drivers. “We’re going to have a great time with this one. It was pretty phenomenal for us,” Busch said. “That was pretty awesome, man, to sit on the pole, lead a lot of laps and have my guys do such a great job today. Busch got a big push from Denny Hamlin on the last restart and then held him off in a green-white-checkered finish for his third victory of the year. It finally did in the twilight, though, some six hours after the green flag initially dropped. Must have seemed like Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Race at World Wide Technology Raceway would never end. He had kept his poise through 11 cautions, including five down the stretch as he tried to protect his lead. He had idled on the track through two red flags. (AP) - Kyle Busch had been in and out of his car through a lengthy weather delay.
