Get your brooms ready! Kyle Busch is aiming at another three series sweep in Phoenix.
After winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck on Friday night he led every lap to take the checkered flag in the Nationwide race on Saturday afternoon.
It was his 44th win in the Nationwide series.This was the first time since 2003 that a Nationwide race was led from flag to flag.
“I have before but sometimes you don’t get to lead every single lap. There’s guys that stay out on pit road or something like that. I think I missed three laps at ORP (Indianapolis) a couple years ago or something. All in all, this was such a phenomenal day with this Camry ,” Busch added.
Carl Edwards made a brief challenge, with about 20 laps to go, but failed and finished second, trailed by Kevin Harvick in third. Five out of the top six finishers came from the Sprint Cup series.
“I did everything but move him out of the way and I thought about that, but he did a great job,” Edwards said. “Those guys did well. He drove that car. It was loose and he did a good job hanging on to it,” he added.
Edwards also noted he had an opportunity to bump Busch but thought better of it: “This is a new year. Got to do the best we can to go out and race everyone all the time with the most respect you can.”
“He raced me hard, but, he raced me clean,” said Busch of Edwards in Victory Lane.
Harvick, who finished a distant third, said: “We needed a do-over. We got our butt whipped today to be honest with you.''
Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne did not repeat his magical finish due to a blown tire causing him to crash.
“We just had some misfortune with the tire. We were in the top-10 all day long and I don’t know if we ever fell out of the top-10. We were right there in seventh behind Logano trying to work on him and going into three the tire went.
“I don’t know if the bead melted from the brake heat or if I ran something over, but it kind of stinks that it happened,” Bayne said.
After winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck on Friday night he led every lap to take the checkered flag in the Nationwide race on Saturday afternoon.
It was his 44th win in the Nationwide series.This was the first time since 2003 that a Nationwide race was led from flag to flag.
“I have before but sometimes you don’t get to lead every single lap. There’s guys that stay out on pit road or something like that. I think I missed three laps at ORP (Indianapolis) a couple years ago or something. All in all, this was such a phenomenal day with this Camry ,” Busch added.
Carl Edwards made a brief challenge, with about 20 laps to go, but failed and finished second, trailed by Kevin Harvick in third. Five out of the top six finishers came from the Sprint Cup series.
“I did everything but move him out of the way and I thought about that, but he did a great job,” Edwards said. “Those guys did well. He drove that car. It was loose and he did a good job hanging on to it,” he added.
Edwards also noted he had an opportunity to bump Busch but thought better of it: “This is a new year. Got to do the best we can to go out and race everyone all the time with the most respect you can.”
“He raced me hard, but, he raced me clean,” said Busch of Edwards in Victory Lane.
Harvick, who finished a distant third, said: “We needed a do-over. We got our butt whipped today to be honest with you.''
Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne did not repeat his magical finish due to a blown tire causing him to crash.
“We just had some misfortune with the tire. We were in the top-10 all day long and I don’t know if we ever fell out of the top-10. We were right there in seventh behind Logano trying to work on him and going into three the tire went.
“I don’t know if the bead melted from the brake heat or if I ran something over, but it kind of stinks that it happened,” Bayne said.