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Minor damage not enough to deny Kurt Busch fifth-place finish at Daytona
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Penske Racing's Kurt Busch finished fifth in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kurt Busch’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race went from good to bad to surprising. And it ended with a fifth-place finish.
Busch’s No. 2 Dodge was decent for most of the race, but on lap 123, Roush Fenway Racing driver David Ragan swerved in front of Busch and slammed the wall for the race’s fifth caution.
Busch’s car was slightly damaged, and the goals for the race then changed.
“We definitely had a strong car,” Busch said. “Our Dodge was steady, and we bounced back from those mid-race troubles. We were not in contention for the lead. We were about a fifth- or sixth-place car. We had some damage, so we were just looking for a top-10.
“We definitely needed a solid run tonight just to give us that confidence we’re going to be OK, but we still have some work to do heading down this stretch run."
Busch remained fourth in the Sprint Cup standings, but he fell 111 points behind third-place Jimmie Johnson.
After the wreck with Ragan, Busch said his car went from “OK to bad right there.”
“We came in and made some changes to make the car looser,” Busch said. "You just have to let it hang out and let ‘er rip. I was just hoping to hang on for a top-10. We got fifth tonight and that was more than we expected.”
Mentioned Drivers: Kurt Busch
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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dale-jr-is-the-greatest-driver-alive said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 1:38 PMthis guy right here is good
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Jul 5, 2009 at 2:18 PMKurt, I am so glad you are doing better than your cry baby brother. You probably hate to admit he is your brother. It's hard to think you have the same parents.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 3:00 PMthat was one wicked car he had...surprised he made it to the end...#2...you must have forgotten or weren't around for the early Kurt years...
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Jul 5, 2009 at 9:14 PMKurt & crew did a fantastic job!! Kurt was AWESOME wheelin that car around, back 2 front..... and 5th was much better than it could have been!!
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