The weekend belonged to the Busch brothers. Kyle won the Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday. Kurt dominated the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday.Kurt led 234 of the 330 laps. He led more laps Sunday afternoon than he led all of last season combined (164). It was his race to lose. Kurt survived a couple of hard scrapes in the wall and a late race caution. Kurt restarted 3rd and had to pass Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards to take back the lead.
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There were 11 cautions for 54 laps and 13 lead changes among 8 drivers:
M. Martin 1-5; Kurt Busch 6-12; J. Nemechek 13; R. Newman 14-16; Kurt Busch 17-68; J. Johnson 69-79; C. Edwards 80-102; Kurt Busch 103-188; M. Truex Jr. 189; Kurt Busch 190-203; J. Gordon 204-250; Kurt Busch 251-323; C. Edwards 324-328; Kurt Busch 329-330.
It wasn't Kyle's day. He finished 18th, 3 laps down.
It wasn't the polesitter's day either. Mark Martin crashed on lap 217. He finished 31st.
It was career win #19 for Kurt Busch. His 2nd victory and 6th top 10 finish in 17 races @ AMS.
It's also the 3rd time that Kurt & Kyle have posted back-to-back victories. They won Fontana -Richmond in 2005 and at Infineon - New Hampshire last year. Kurt's last win was the New Hampshire race last year.
Jeff Gordon finished 2nd, his second runner up finish this season - followed by Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr rounding out the top 10.
Martin Truex Jr spent some time at the hospital on Saturday night. He passed a kidney stone, but was able and wanted to race on Sunday.
Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 43 points over 2nd place, Clint Bowyer.
