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INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson celebrated his second victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a burnout.
Appropriately, one of his tires exploded.
Johnson survived horrendous tire troubles that made Sunday’s race a caution-filled debacle because the Goodyear product was not durable enough to withstand the lack of downforce on NASCAR’s new car and the speeds and surface of Indy.
“We came with the best tire we had for the conditions and we fell short. We’ll try to get it right,” said Greg Stucker, director of race tire sales for Goodyear.

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In the final 55-lap green-flag run, Edwards’ No. 60 Ford streaked away from the No. 20 Toyota of Joey Logano, taking the checkered flag 6.877 seconds ahead of the 18-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing phenom.
“That was unbelievable,” said Edwards, who picked up his second win of the season and the 15th of his career to the delight of a strong contingent of supporters in the grandstands. “It’s unreal. There won’t be a guy tomorrow who has a better day than me. Thank you everybody up in the grandstands. Thanks a lot.
“The 20 car has been great this year. Racing with them has been a challenge, but a fun one.”
The No. 20 Camry has nine victories this season with four drivers behind the wheel. Logano accounted for one of the wins, at Kentucky.
Jason Keller was third Saturday, posting his best finish since running second at Chicagoland in 2004. Jason Leffler was fourth, followed by Brad Keselowski, who recovered from a late-race accident to finish fifth. Rookie Landon Cassill ran sixth, a career best in the series.
Edwards was third for a restart on Lap 146 of the 200-lap race, chasing Leffler and seventh-place finisher James Buescher, both of whom had taken two tires under a caution caused by a wreck involving Keselowski and David Reutimann , who entered the race second and third, respectively, in the series standings.

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Results for Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400 race for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series at Chicagoland Speedway, listing starting position in parentheses, driver, car, laps completed with reason out if not running at the finish, points earned, driver rating and money won:
1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267 laps, 146.3 rating, 195 points, $331,175.

2. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 115.6, 175, $251,086.

3. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 115.5, 165, $219,436.

4. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 106.9, 165, $153,550.

5. (12) Tony Stewart, Toyota, 267, 120.6, 160, $164,011.

6. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 267, 107, 155, $119,875.

7. (9) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 267, 103.1, 151, $152,291.

8. (14) David Ragan, Ford, 267, 97.6, 142, $114,300.

9. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 94.1, 143, $135,583.

10. (17) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 267, 82.6, 134, $143,400.

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"It’s definitely been a phenomenal year," Busch said. "It’s the kind of thing that doesn’t come along very often."

"It’s definitely an awesome feeling to be here [Friday night]," Busch said in Victory Lane. "We weren’t that good early in the race, but we made some adjustments, and this car just came to life."

Kyle Busch drove his No. 18 Toyota to a victory over Sprint Cup teammate Denny Hamlin in Friday night’s Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Busch’s fifth 2008 victory and 16th of his career, gave Jor Gibbs Racing a series record tying 13 victories in a single season.  Hamlin was driving Todd Braun’s No. 32 Toyota on Friday.

In NASCAR’s top three series combined, Busch has 13 victories, six in Cup and two in the Craftsman Truck Series to go with his five Nationwide wins.

Brad Keselowski, second in the series championship standings, ran third and trimmed Clint Bowyer’s points lead to 183. Brian Vickers was fourth, followed by pole-sitter David Reutimann, Greg Biffle, Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Stewart and rookie Landon Cassill.

Eight of the top 12 drivers from the Cup Series were entered Friday night, hoping to get a feel for the track under different circumstances. Busch is on the pole for Saturday’s Lifelock 400 race in the Sprint Cup Series.

"It means plenty for [Saturday], that’s for sure," Busch said. "The biggest thing I learned [Friday night], the track didn’t change much. It got cooler, it gained grip and the balance didn’t change a whole lot. That was pretty cool to see."

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LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway - July 12, 2008

Allstate 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - July 27, 2008

Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono - August 3, 2008

Centurion Boats at The Glen - August 10, 2008

3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway - August 17, 2008

Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway - August 23, 2008

Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway - August 31, 2008

Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway - September 6, 2008

Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Speedway - September 14, 2008

Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway - September 21, 2008

Kansas 400 at Kansas Speedway - September 28, 2008

Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway - October 5, 2008

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Kyle Busch edged Carl Edwards to win Nascar’s Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona International Speedway yesterday in a photo finish after a last-lap crash. Busch and Edwards were running side by side on the last lap when a wreck in the back of the field brought out the yellow flag. Nascar officials reviewed videotape and determined Busch’s Toyota Camry was ahead of Edwards’ Ford Fusion at the time of the caution.

“I can’t believe we’re here,” Busch, 23, said in a televised interview after the race. “We didn’t have the best car here tonight.” The win extends Busch’s lead in the Sprint Cup Series to 182 points over second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished eighth in the race. It was the Las Vegas driver’s sixth win of the year and the 10th of his Sprint Cup Series career. Busch finished second in the last two July races at Daytona.

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The cast of characters in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Toyota is such a successful game of musical chairs that even Dale Earnhardt Jr. got confused. Tony Stewart took the No. 20 Camry to Victory Lane to open the Nationwide Series season at Daytona International Speedway in February. The car, sans Stewart, returned to there in Friday night’s Winn-Dixie 250 with Denny Hamlin behind the wheel.

The seventh of the season in the series — to win his second Nationwide race in the No. 20 car and his third of the season overall. In his final appearance this season in the car, which has won nine races with four different drivers, Hamlin notched the eighth Nationwide victory of his career. Busch stayed in line behind his teammate over the final two laps and came home second, followed by Earnhardt, Bowyer and Brad Keselowski. Kasey Kahne, Scott Wimmer, David Stremme, David Ragan and Mike Bliss completed the top 10.

“I thought Tony was in the 20 all night,” Earnhardt said. “I didn’t know Denny was in it — so congratulations, Denny.” The confusion carried over into Earnhardt’s post-race interview. “It was hard to beat those guys,” Earnhardt said. “Kyle and Tony were both really fast.” “I think the reason for the confusion was that the colors [on the car] are the ones [Tony] usually runs,” Hamlin said of the candy-apple-red No. 20 machine. “But my head’s a lot smaller than his.”

Earnhardt was third, closing on Hamlin and Busch when Colin Braun’s spin off Turn 2 caused the third caution of the race on Lap 99, setting up the two-lap sprint to the finish and turning a three-car race for the win into a free-for-all. Even though Earnhardt hung back on the restart on Lap 104, the top three positions didn’t change during the final two laps of a race that went five laps beyond its scheduled distance. Hamlin was grateful for his teammate’s help in getting to the finish line without a challenge.

“It feels good to do this in my final ride in the 20 car,” Hamlin said. “I’ve got to thank Kyle for sticking with me there at the end. The only way we don’t win this is if Kyle goes for the win. I knew Kyle could go for the win and maybe not succeed, but I knew, as long as he stuck on my bumper, we’d have a 1-2 finish.”

Unofficial Results
Winn-Dixie 250
1. Denny Hamlin Toyota
2. Kyle Busch Toyota
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
4. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
5. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet
6. Kasey Kahne Dodge
7. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet
8. David Stremme Chevrolet
9. David Ragan Ford
10. Mike Bliss Chevrolet

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