Busch Wins Back-to-Back at Phoenix
Kyle Busch liked the taste of victory so much that he came back for a second helping. After picking up his first win of the season in NASCAR's Nationwide Series last Saturday at Texas, Busch staved off a determined challenge from Carl Edwards to win Friday night's Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. In a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race two laps beyond its scheduled 200 laps, Busch crossed the finish line .241 seconds ahead of Edwards.
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Kyle Busch Takes 13th Career Nationwide Pole
Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for tonight's Bashas’ Supermarket 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Busch qualified in 27.153 seconds, at an average speed of 132.582 mph, to capture his 13th pole in 116 career NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is Busch’s second pole in eight NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2008 and his third pole in six races at Phoenix International Raceway.
Brad Keselowski will start from the outside pole after posting a lap of 27.323 seconds, at an average speed of 131.757 mph. This is his first start better than 21st in three Phoenix races and his third top-10
start in eight races this season – all in the past three races.
Carl Edwards will start third, posting his eighth top-10 start in as many NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season
and his fifth top-10 start in seven races at Phoenix.
Chase Miller (28th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
