CONCORD, N.C. -- In case you missed it, Kevin Harvick is staying put with Tony Stewart. Thursday, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that the driver of the No. 4 SHR Chevrolet was signed to a long-term extension. This put an end to rumors that Harvick might leave the team at the end of the season when his contract expired.
Busch held off Kevin Harvick down the stretch to win the GoBowling,com 400 at Kansas. Busch is second in the Sprint Cup points standings, four behind Harvick.
“I think everybody got a glimpse of just how important and how impactful the air is to the race cars," Keselowski said speaking on the wreck. "We just all went down in the corner and the air spun us all out just with the positioning we had. It’s unfortunate, but it is what it is.”
While the yellow brick road didn't lead to the Emerald City tonight, it did lead Kyle Busch to victory lane in America's heartland. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 69 laps and was up front when it counted to take the checkered flag in the GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway. It's his 37th career victory in the Sprint Cup Series, his third of the season and his first at Kansas.
Busch finished second in a wild and crash-filled Geico 500 at Talladega as Brad Keselowski captured the win. Busch is second in the Sprint Cup points standings, nine behind Kevin Harvick.
"The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading..." and I need to make it clear that restrictor plate racing isn't going away. As usual, yesterday's GEICO 500 was quite the show of excitement and carnage. We saw cars upside down and a whole gaggle of cars caught up in one wreck, 37 lead changes among 17 different drivers and mayhem coming to the finish line.
While Tony Stewart was the driver of record for starting the race, relief driver Ty Dillon drove the car to a top-10 finish at Talladega. After switching out with Stewart under the first caution of the race, the relief driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing survived carnage to finish sixth in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
As the field wrecked behind, Brad Keselowski was up front when it mattered and scored the victory at the Alabama roulette wheel. The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford led 46 laps, the most of anyone, and survived a host of wrecks on his way to winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.