When Marcos Ambrose and Kyle Busch came to the chicane, or "bus stop," on lap 64 of Saturday's Zippo 200 Nationwide race at The Glen, Busch stopped -- out of necessity -- and Ambrose didn't.
Ambrose's bold move into the chicane proved to be the winning pass, as the driver of the No. 47 Toyota held the lead the for the final 19 laps at Watkins Glen International to win the event for the second consecutive year.
Busch wasn't happy with the aggressive pass, which forced him to miss the chicane and stop on the track for a three-second penalty, but he rallied to finish second, the record 10th consecutive time he has posted a first or second-place result in a Nationwide race.
Carl Edwards ran third, after Busch passed him to the outside through Turn 1 in the closing laps. Pole-sitter Kevin Harvick came home fourth, followed by road-course specialist Ron Fellows. Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Brad Keselowski and Scott Speed completed the top 10, respectively.
“The car wasn’t the best today,” said Kyle Busch after the race.
“I feel we had a better car last year. The guys were good on pit road. But the restarts were fiascos. It’s been a hard race and second place is okay.”
“The pit stops were great. The changes to the set-up were great. We’re proud of our 3rd place finish, but we need to improve the car. Marcos (Ambrose) did a great job today. Kyle Busch said that I held him off? Well, my job is to stay ahead of him!”
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com
Ambrose's bold move into the chicane proved to be the winning pass, as the driver of the No. 47 Toyota held the lead the for the final 19 laps at Watkins Glen International to win the event for the second consecutive year.
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Busch wasn't happy with the aggressive pass, which forced him to miss the chicane and stop on the track for a three-second penalty, but he rallied to finish second, the record 10th consecutive time he has posted a first or second-place result in a Nationwide race.
Carl Edwards ran third, after Busch passed him to the outside through Turn 1 in the closing laps. Pole-sitter Kevin Harvick came home fourth, followed by road-course specialist Ron Fellows. Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Brad Keselowski and Scott Speed completed the top 10, respectively.
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“The car wasn’t the best today,” said Kyle Busch after the race.
“I feel we had a better car last year. The guys were good on pit road. But the restarts were fiascos. It’s been a hard race and second place is okay.”
“The pit stops were great. The changes to the set-up were great. We’re proud of our 3rd place finish, but we need to improve the car. Marcos (Ambrose) did a great job today. Kyle Busch said that I held him off? Well, my job is to stay ahead of him!”
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com
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