September 6, 2005
Kyle Busch Scores First NASCAR Nextel Cup Win
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20-year-old rookie Kyle Busch dominated at California, leading the most laps on the way to his first ever Nextel Cup victory, making him the youngest winner in history. If only by four days; Donald Thomas was the previous youngest winner with his win at Atlanta in November 1951. He was four days older than Busch.
Most of the real excitement happened behind Busch as drivers jostled to score the most points and make it into the Chase. Matt Kenseth finished 7th, and is in 9th place for the Championship, 10 points ahead of Jamie McMurray in 10th place, who finished in 8th place. Ryan Newman finished 18th and Jeff Gordon 21st, finishes that lost both of them two places in the Championship run. Newman is in 11th, one point behind 10th, and Gordon is in 12th, 30 points behind 10th. Next week at Richmond is the final race before the Chase, the last chance teams have to get into the top 10 to vie for the championship.
Posted by kevin at September 6, 2005 7:44 AM
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