{"id":55037,"date":"2018-09-11T07:25:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=55037"},"modified":"2018-09-11T07:25:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:25:33","slug":"kyle-busch-wins-regular-season-title-after-brickyard-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/kyle-busch-wins-regular-season-title-after-brickyard-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch Wins \u201cRegular Season Title\u201d after Brickyard Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kyle
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Mother Nature stepped in and left her mark on last weekend\u2019s Brickyard races, causing both races to be postponed until Monday. Justin Allgaier had the dominant car all race for the XFINITY Series Lilly Diabetes 250. Nobody was dominant later in the afternoon during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine 400 at the Brickyard, a race won by Brad Keselowski. Kyle Busch\u2019s eighth place finish was enough to secure the regular season title.<\/p>\n

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Allgaier Dominates One of the Year\u2019s Most Exciting Races<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

If you only look at the box scores of yesterday\u2019s NASCAR XFINITY Series Lilly Diabetes 250 at the Brickyard, you\u2019ll see a story that is completely different from the one you\u2019d get watching the race. The box scores for the race tell you that John Hunter Nemechek drove his Chip Gannasi Racing number 42 to the win for the first stage, while Daniel Hemric<\/a> took his Richard Childress Racing<\/a> number 21 to the second stage win and Justin Allgaier drove his JR Motorsports<\/a> number 7 to his fifth win of the season. Tyler Reddick<\/a> took second and pole sitter Ryan Blaney took third.<\/p>\n

The problem with that is it doesn\u2019t tell you that Allgaier<\/a> was leading with less than 100 yards to go in the first stage and Nemechek, C. Bell and Cole Custer took him four wide at the stripe, dropping him back fourth in the stage. It also doesn\u2019t tell you that yesterday\u2019s race was the most exciting race this season. Nor does it mention that throughout the race drivers were going two, three, four and sometimes even five wide to make positions. Anyone who missed it should head to YouTube and hope someone posted it.<\/p>\n

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Keselowski Wins the Race; Rowdy Wins the \u201cRegular Season\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Monday afternoon saw two firsts. Brad Keselowski<\/a> gave \u201cThe Captain\u201d Roger Penske<\/a> his first NASCAR Cup Series win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/a> (and the 499th<\/sup> of The Captain\u2019s career). NASCAR gave Kyle Busch<\/a> a trophy signifying the league\u2019s first \u201cregular season points title.\u201d Between the dropping of the green flag and the kissing of the bricks, NASCAR\u2019s big boys put on a pretty good race.<\/p>\n

Clint Bowyer<\/a> drove his Stewart Haas Racing<\/a> number 14 to the first stage win. Matt Kenseth crossed the Yard of Bricks first in his Roush-Fenway<\/a> number 6 when the green checkered flag dropped at the end of the second stage. Although he didn\u2019t win either stage, Denny Hamlin<\/a>\u2019s number 11 was the car to beat for most of the race and was able to hold on for a third place finish behind Kes and second place Erik Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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