Kyle Busch picked up his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the season on Sunday, holding off Jimmie Johnson on a green-white-checkered finish to win at Michigan International Speedway.
NASCAR Michigan Results: Kyle Busch Holds Off Jimmie Johnson To Win Fourth Race Of 2011
Busch’s victory resulted in a clinched spot for this season’s Chase, where he has a good chance of being the top seed when the playoff field is set in three more weeks.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had passed Johnson with 12 laps to go and was set to cruise to the finish line, but his older brother, Kurt, suddenly blew a tire with five laps remaining and got into the wall.
The caution for the elder Busch set up a green-white-checkered finish, and the top seven cars stayed out to keep their track position.
That set up the final duel between Busch and Johnson, who started side-by-side on the two-lap shootout. Busch, known as the best driver on restarts, quickly pulled away and was never challenged again.
Other than the drama at the end, the race was relatively uneventful. Chase contenders Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards both had trouble, but there was apparently no contact between drivers on the track all day.
Here are the NASCAR Michigan results from today:
- Kyle Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Mark Martin
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Gordon
- Kasey Kahne
- Clint Bowyer
- Tony Stewart
- Matt Kenseth
- AJ Allmendinger
- David Ragan
- Regan Smith
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Brian Vickers
- Bobby Labonte
- Jeff Burton
- Martin Truex Jr.
- David Reutimann
- Greg Biffle
- Joey Logano
- Kevin Harvick
- Jamie McMurray
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Paul Menard
- Marcos Amborse
- Travis Kvapil
- Andy Lally
- Ken Schrader
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Kurt Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Casey Mears
- Tony Raines
- Todd Bodine
- David Stremme
- Joe Nemechek
- Mike Skinner
- JJ Yeley
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