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Daring pass gives Kyle Busch another win
By Reid Spencer,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 13

JOLIET, Ill. -- Kyle Busch needs to take a lesson from Yogi Berra.

Kyle Busch (18) races Jimmie Johnson for the lead during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Life Lock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, July 12, 2008.
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Crew members cheer as NASCAR driver Kyle Busch smokes his tires for the fans after winning the LifeLock.com 400 auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, July 12, 2008.
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Lifelock 400 Post Race

LifeLock 400 Results

As Busch's crew chief Steve Addington and spotter Jeff Dickerson told their driver on the radio at the end of Saturday night's Lifelock.com 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, a race, like a baseball game, truly isn't over till it's over -- even if the driver thinks it is.

On a restart with two laps remaining in the 267-lap event at the 1.5 mile speedway, Busch roared to the outside of leader Jimmie Johnson and cleared the No. 48 Chevrolet through Turns 3 and 4. On the final lap, Johnson made a run up to the bumper of Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs racing Toyota but could get no closer, as Busch held off the Lowe's Chevy by .159 seconds at the finish.

For Busch, who had radioed, "Race over," after Johnson passed him for the lead under green on Lap 251, the victory was the seventh of the season and the 11th of Busch's Cup career. It also marked the first time since Tim and Fonty Flock strung together four wins in 1955 that brothers have accounted for four straight victories.

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What:ALLSTATE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
GREEN FLAG: 2:00 p.m. ET July 27
TV: ESPN,1:00PM . ET
Radio: IMS/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:160 Laps 400 Miles
Track layout:2.5 paved track
2007 Winner:Tony Stewart

Todays Headlines:

--Infraction for Yeley No Big deal; No Lead Found

-- Gibbs: Stewart Not Taking No. 20 With Him

--Newman Acknowledges Stewart-Haas An Option

--Time To Quiet The Thunder: Silly Season Is Becoming Stupid Season

--Boring? Not a Good Word Choice for Me

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Post Race Chicagoland

Infraction for Yeley No Big deal; No Lead Found
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 13

JOLIET, Ill. -- After Saturday night's Lifelock.com 400, NASCAR characterized an infraction by J.J. Yeley's No. 96 Toyota team as an "unauthorized adjustment to the car without an official present.

Gibbs: Stewart Not Taking No. 20 With Him
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 13

When Stewart leaves Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season, he won't be taking the No. 20 with him, team president J.D. Gibbs said Saturday, emphatically ending that speculation. Neither Gibbs nor his father, team owner Joe Gibbs, would rule out 18-year-old Joey Logano as a possible replacement for Stewart.

Newman Acknowledges Stewart-Haas An Option
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 13

JOLIET, Ill. --Ryan Newman hasn't wavered from his position that performance will determine the team he drives for next year.

Time To Quiet The Thunder: Silly Season Is Becoming Stupid Season
By Greg Engle,Editor,Cup Scene Daily, July 14

I’ve been working the area of ‘real news’ for nearly a year now. Prior to that I covered the NASCAR beat full time.

The View From Fanville
Boring? Not a Good Word Choice for Me
By Amy Hair,Senior Columnist,Cup Scene Daily, July 14

While the silly season of NASCAR is in full swing, the races continue on.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 14

30.4: Kyle Busch's winning percentage in the 46 races he has run in NASCAR's top three series this year. Busch has won seven of 19 Sprint Cup races, five of 19 Nationwide races and two of eight Craftsman Truck races. Busch has finished in the top five in more than half of those races -- 26 times for 56.5 percent.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 14

1984: Geoffrey Bodine wins the 42nd and final Cup race at Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway, beating Darrell Waltrip by a car length in the Pepsi 420. Bodine leads 327 of 420 laps. Dale Earnhardt is third.

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