It seemed like Kyle Busch finally turned the tables on teammate Joey Logano in the Nationwide Race at Auto Club Speedway.
Last year Busch seemed to dominate often, only to lose out in the closing laps. Busch recognized, after his 31rst Nationwide victory: “I feel for Joey… I’ve been there.”
On Saturday, Logano led five times for 130 laps, but a late race caution brought out a yellow and green-white-checker finish. The race went three wide as Brad Keselowski, who finished third, put the nose of his Dodge into the mix.
Busch, who drove a Toyota, commented: “I thought we were going to wreck.” He added that Biffle’s Ford got loose and he dove to the inside for the victory.
Greg Biffle, who finished second a mere .051 seconds behind the winner said that Logano made a rookie mistake on the restart, spinning his wheels and forcing contact which sent him to fifth place finish.
“He tried to come down and block the bottom and I ready had a run in there and wasn’t going to give up,” Biffle explained.
Logano saw it differently: “I don’t know what the deal is with me, but, for some reason in California, he feels like putting me in the fence. I know we were racing hard there at the end, but I think he could have done it cleaner than that.”
IndyCar driver, Danica Patrick, struggled to a disappointing 31st place finish, three laps behind the winner, Kyle Busch.
Patrick calmly answered questionsat the back of her hauler after the race. “I’ve gotten used to running up front (in the IRL Series) so it’s an adjustment. I’m a competitor and I want to run up front. It’s like starting from zero again.”
Patrick started 36th but soon fell towards the back of the 43-car field. She was penalized for speeding off pit row on two separate occasions.
Referring to her inexperience in stock cars and working with a crew chief to adapt a car to race conditions she added: “I don’t know what to do to ask Tony to fix the car. That’s going to take experience.”
Last year Busch seemed to dominate often, only to lose out in the closing laps. Busch recognized, after his 31rst Nationwide victory: “I feel for Joey… I’ve been there.”
On Saturday, Logano led five times for 130 laps, but a late race caution brought out a yellow and green-white-checker finish. The race went three wide as Brad Keselowski, who finished third, put the nose of his Dodge into the mix.
Busch, who drove a Toyota, commented: “I thought we were going to wreck.” He added that Biffle’s Ford got loose and he dove to the inside for the victory.
Greg Biffle, who finished second a mere .051 seconds behind the winner said that Logano made a rookie mistake on the restart, spinning his wheels and forcing contact which sent him to fifth place finish.
“He tried to come down and block the bottom and I ready had a run in there and wasn’t going to give up,” Biffle explained.
Logano saw it differently: “I don’t know what the deal is with me, but, for some reason in California, he feels like putting me in the fence. I know we were racing hard there at the end, but I think he could have done it cleaner than that.”
IndyCar driver, Danica Patrick, struggled to a disappointing 31st place finish, three laps behind the winner, Kyle Busch.
Patrick calmly answered questionsat the back of her hauler after the race. “I’ve gotten used to running up front (in the IRL Series) so it’s an adjustment. I’m a competitor and I want to run up front. It’s like starting from zero again.”
Patrick started 36th but soon fell towards the back of the 43-car field. She was penalized for speeding off pit row on two separate occasions.
Referring to her inexperience in stock cars and working with a crew chief to adapt a car to race conditions she added: “I don’t know what to do to ask Tony to fix the car. That’s going to take experience.”