Kyle Busch held off Jimmie Johnson in a green-white-checkered finish at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.
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[/media-credit]With 12 laps to go, Busch took the lead from Johnson and pulled away by .568 seconds in the final laps for his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season and the 23rd of his career.
Busch also became the first driver to clinch a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Busch is also qualified to be a finalist for a chance to earn a $3 million payout in the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO™ 3D. If Busch can also win the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he will claim the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3D title and win $1 million for himself, $1 million for his designated charity, Kyle Busch Foundation, and $1 million dollars for a lucky race fan. Paul Menard, Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose are the drivers currently eligible.
“I can’t say enough about Sprint. Being in the Sprint Summer Showdown, I hope we get a chance at Atlanta to run up front and win the thing, and bring home some extra money for charity, for a fan and for all of us here at Joe Gibbs Racing.” Busch said.
Last weeks winner at Watkins Glen International, Marcos Ambrose finished 27th.
“That was frustrating. We had a good car and we were top-10 a lot of the day. We just kept getting tighter and tighter. We had a hole in the grill. That really hurt us and we ended up turned around in the pit there at the end, so that hurt us too. It was just a very frustrating day.” Ambrose said.
Brad Keselowski finished third, Mark Martin fourth and Ryan Newman finished fifth.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Pure Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/race.php?race=23 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 17 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 47 |
| 2 | 19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 41 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | 41 |
| 5 | 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 39 |
| 6 | 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 39 |
| 7 | 14 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 38 |
| 8 | 35 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 36 |
| 9 | 18 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 10 | 2 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 35 |
| 11 | 29 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 33 |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 32 |
| 13 | 30 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 8 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 15 | 26 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 29 |
| 16 | 28 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 28 |
| 17 | 32 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 27 |
| 18 | 15 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 26 |
| 19 | 12 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 25 |
| 20 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 26 |
| 21 | 23 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 23 |
| 22 | 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 22 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 21 |
| 24 | 20 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 19 |
| 26 | 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 27 | 16 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 17 |
| 28 | 27 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 0 |
| 29 | 38 | 71 | Andy Lally * | Ford | 16 |
| 30 | 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 14 |
| 31 | 33 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 32 | 39 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 12 |
| 33 | 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 13 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 10 |
| 35 | 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 9 |
| 36 | 22 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 8 |
| 37 | 21 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 8 |
| 38 | 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | 6 |
| 39 | 40 | 66 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 0 |
| 40 | 36 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 41 | 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 0 |
| 42 | 43 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 0 |
| 43 | 31 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 1 |
