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Billy Ballew Motorsports' Kyle Busch takes stunning Talladega win
By SceneDaily Staff
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Billy Ballew Motorsports' Kyle Busch (51) and Aric Almirola (15) move past Germain Racing's Todd Bodine on the final lap of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Billy Ballew Motorsports’ Kyle Busch finally figured out how to make the late move that proved to be a winner at the superspeedway Saturday - have a teammate help you out. Coming out of the final turn at Talladega Superspeedway, Aric Almirola stayed glued to the rear of Busch’s truck, pushing him past Germain Racing’s Todd Bodine in the closing yards of the final lap to take the victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250.
“Unbelievable,” Busch said. “I owe everything to Aric Almirola today.”
Busch had led when the caution came out with four laps remaining to set up a green-white-checkered finish, but Bodine, who had won the last four races at high-banked superspeedways, took the white flag with the lead.
“I was very surprised – I didn’t think we had it,” Busch said. “When Todd went through [turns] 3 and 4 with the 6 truck [of Colin Braun] pushing him, Aric was right on my back bumper a couple of inches off and we were going as fast as we could go and Todd just pulls out and gets away from the 6 and drives by both of us.
“I thought, ‘That truck was unbelievable, that’s just stupid.’ I tried to figure out the whole time around, the whole next lap, how are we going to beat this thing? It was going to come down to coming off of Turn 4 and Aric and myself getting together and going to the line.”
For team owner Billy Ballew, it was both his 300th series start and his first time to finish first and second in a Truck race.
“I wanted to finish 1-2 for Billy Ballew,” Almirola said. “With about five to go, I pushed Kyle to the lead – just the two of us by ourselves. I thought from that point forward, I could just ride in second and when it came down to one [lap] to go, I felt like I could try to make a move on Kyle to try to win the race.
“When that [late] caution came out, it kind of changed everybody’s strategy a little bit and it changed our thought process a little bit, so it didn’t work out the way I had intended. We still got a 1-2 finish for Billy, but I finished second and I so badly wanted to win my first race today. I feel like I let my team down.”
Bodine settled for third while HT Motorsports’ Terry Cook and teammate David Starr rounded out the top five. Toyota, which swept the top five, won its fourth consecutive manufacturer crown in the Truck series.
“I think we did everything about the way we had to do it,” Bodine said. “I didn’t want to be leading on the last lap. You almost would rather be on the offense than defense. I went from offense down the back straightaway to defense on the front straightaway.
“With Aric pushing him, there was just no way I was going to hold him. I wasn’t going to try to block him and wreck everybody. I think I did the right things and still ended up third. That’s plate racing. It was a great show. If it was anybody other than Aric, they wouldn’t have been smart enough to stay in line behind their teammate. He didn’t have a shot to win, so he had to do the next best thing and that was help his teammate win.”
There was one “big one” – the one that created the green-white-checkered finish. The chain-reaction accident began when ThorSport Racing’s Johnny Sauter, Germain's Max Papis and Randy Moss Motorsports’ Mike Skinner all made contact. Circle Bar Racing’s Rick Crawford took the hardest hit in the accident, and series points leader Ron Hornaday was involved as well.
Hornaday’s Kevin Harvick Inc. team made repairs to the right front of the truck and he finished 17th while the guy chasing him in the points – ThorSport’s Matt Crafton – rallied from a lap down because of a flat tire to finish 10th.
Hornaday leads Crafton by 202 points with three races left in the 2009 season. With the win, the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports team closed within 100 points of the Hornaday No. 33 KHI team in the owners standings.
“I wanted to win this thing,” Hornaday said. “It’s so tough. My truck would run good with Todd and one other truck. The rest of them, it wouldn’t suck up to them. … We came down here to try to finish this race and get some points and it didn’t work out.
“We’ve got to go out and race hard now. I’m not worried about the 88 [of Crafton gaining points]. I’ve got to worry about the owners, too. We’ll race the next three races as hard as we can.”
Crafton said he didn’t know Hornaday was involved in the accident.
“It was a good day for being a lap down and coming back and doing what we did,” Crafton said. “It was a real good day. I’m not worried about the points. I’m here to win races.”
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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Rainier said:
Oct 31, 2009 at 7:19 PMCongrats to Bodine for having the brains to not throw a block and cause a crash on the last lap home stretch. He allowed an exciting finish to occur without an accident, unlike his Cup counterparts Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch were able to do at Talladega and Daytona last time they raced there. Its much more exciting when the cars drag race it out cleanly.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJGRFan4Life said:
Oct 31, 2009 at 7:23 PMOnce Braun gave the big push to Crafton and he got alongside Bodine along with Cook, it was perfect for Busch and Almirola because the 88 and 25 broke some of Todd's momentum allowing for what I believe were the two fastest trucks in the draft to blow by for the 1-2 in Ballew's 300th start.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRowdy4life said:
Oct 31, 2009 at 7:35 PMAWESOME FINISH FOR KYLE AND ARIC. JUST PLAIN AWESOME. CONGRATS TO BILLY BALLEW MOTORSPORTS.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportalisoeddie said:
Oct 31, 2009 at 7:51 PMI know that Aric wanted to win the race and purposely running second so that Kyle could take the win has to be like kissing your sister,but he probably just went a long ways towards getting himself a fulltime ride with Billy Ballew motorsports.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRVD420 said:
Oct 31, 2009 at 10:38 PMAric did what a good teammate does. Aric couldn't win. It was either push his teammate to the win and take 2nd, or hang KB out and both of them would have only managed a top 10.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportwdstump said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 8:34 AMGreat Job Kyle and Aric. No Surprise that Kyle won, but Aric probably gained the increased stature as a driver and hopefully it will help land him a glance from some well sponsored team in search of a talented driver. Kyle praised him as he should have but also Aric showed a lot of good sense to follow and learn from him.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjtoothman said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 11:44 AMAnother awesome job by Kyle Busch, one of the most talented drivers in Nascar today. Great to hear Kyle thank Aric Almirola in his interview as they had great teamwork. Good job Aric and Kyle.
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Nov 1, 2009 at 12:26 PMCongrats to both Kyle and Aric,Good racing!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportyojoromo said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 12:59 PMThere were 8 very good comments and I agree with them all. Would have been nice to see Aric win, but he was not in a position to do so. Kyle did a fantastic job early in the race pushing other truck into lead and in turn eventually getting himself into lead.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbdc1ac said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 1:18 PMThis is how it's done!!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 6:28 PMcheck that NOS energy drink bottle to see if there's any nitrous in it...looks like he got shot out of a cannon passing the "onion"...LOL
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjohnson023 said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 7:50 PMThat was agreat finish Congrats to Kyle,Aric and Billy Billew.Great racing
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbonjg24 said:
Nov 1, 2009 at 10:21 PMBeautiful!!! Wonderful!!! Fantastic racing
Report as Abusefrom Kyle (who is the very best racer in Nascar
today! Congratulations to Kyle, Aric, and Billy
Billew Racing. Wish that I had recorded that
race so I could see it again and again. This
is what racing is all about! How ANYONE could
not agree that Kyle is the best at what he does
amazes me. Keep up the great stuff, Kyle. Without you Nascar racing is ho hum.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCount_Culo said:
Nov 2, 2009 at 12:49 AMI don't believe it... an article about Kyle Busch winning a race and not ONE single Kyle Hater post!!... maybe the tide is shifting... or maybe the 88 fans got so drunk Sat nite they aren't awake yet!!..GO KYLE GO!!!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjohnson023 said:
Nov 2, 2009 at 6:15 AM#13 I agree.No matter what he races the guy has talent!!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsibbi173 said:
Nov 2, 2009 at 10:35 AMI can't help wondering if their positions were reversed...would Kyle push Aric to the win..or would he "try to win at all costs"... nevertheless a great win for Billy....congratulations.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbhstoneman said:
Nov 2, 2009 at 10:52 AMNo. 16, you have it right; no way would he have let Aric win were the positions reversed. Good thing Bodine was points racing!
Report as AbuseHe's one that doesn't mind throwing a block out there.
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