Archive for May, 2008

Talladega Gets A Taste Of NOS In NASCAR Victory Lane

Talladega Gets A Taste Of NOS In NASCAR Victory LaneTeam NOS Member Kyle Busch notched another win on his racing resume on Sunday April 27th, at Talladega, AL. After battling through adversity in the middle part of the race, Busch drove his No. 18 M&M’S Toyota Camry to the front of the pack at the end of the race and pulled out his first superspeedway victory in the Aaron’s 499 race.

Kyle began the day from the fifth spot on the inside of row three. As soon as the green flag dropped, he was able to jump up a few spots and link up with his teammate, Tony Stewart. The two Joe Gibbs Racing drivers raced together for several laps at the front of the pack before being joined by their third teammate, Denny Hamlin. From there, Busch’s day lost some of its luster, as he ran into a few problems

First, he got hung out on the outside of a three-wide pack coming onto pit road during a green-flag stop, which forced him to miss his pit stall and come back down pit road again the following lap. From there, he lost the lead draft and eventually fell off the lead lap. But through patience and perseverance, he earned his way back onto the lead lap, after the halfway point in the race, and got back in contention. Read the rest of this entry »