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NASCAR driver Kyle Busch wins 2011 Jeff Byrd 500
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March 21, 2011
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/NASCAR_driver_Kyle_Busch_wins_2011_Jeff_Byrd_500



 driver  (who qualified 12th) won the   that was held yesterday at  in ,
Tennessee, United States.  This was his first Sprint Cup win of the .
Throughout the course of the race there were 10  and 19 lead changes
among eight drivers.

Before the final s,  was first, but after the stops concluded he fell to
third as Kyle Busch became the leader. Kyle Busch maintained the lead to
win the race ahead of , while Johnson finished in the third position. 
took fouth, ahead of  in fifth.  managed the sixth position, after
starting 15th on the grid. , from the  team, clinched the seventh
position.  followed Kurt Busch in eighth, while  could only manage
ninth.  rounded out the top ten finishers in the race. Johnson led the
most laps during the race with 164.

After doing his , Kyle Busch, who won the  race on Saturday, commented,
"You go down the straightaway and you slam it into the corners and you
mash the gas and you kind of sling right back out of the corners. It’s a
lot of fun to do that. It’s kind of an art. Some guys are really good at
it, and some find a knack that makes them really good at it and make it
seem easy." 

Edwards described his frustration by finishing second, "I thought we'd
be better matched with him, but he took off, and I just couldn't get
back to him to race. My gut told me there was going to be another
caution. If I had known that was the only shot I had, I might have raced
a little harder." 

Following the race, Kurt Busch became  leader with 150 points. Next,
Edwards was second with 149, 11 points ahead of  and Newman. Menard and
Kyle Busch was placed fifth and sixth with 136 and 133 points. Johnson,
, , and  rounded out the top-ten point positions.

The 2011 season will continue on March 27, 2011 at  for the 2011 . The
race will be televised in the U.S. on the FOX Network at 3:00 p.m. EDT. 

==Sources==

* http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-kyle-busch-sweeps-at-bristol-motor-speedway
* http://www.newser.com/article/d9m36i7o0/kyle-busch-wins-cup-race-at-bristol-to-make-it-five-straight-at-the-bullring.html
* http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110320/lblbristol/index.html
* http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/raceTrax?gameId=20110320031&state=RACE
* http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/data/standings_unofficial.html
* http://espn.go.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011



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