Kurt Busch Wins At Pocono!
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Kurt Busch not only won at Pocono, but he now sits 12th in the points standings. This means, if he can stay there, he will qualify for the Chase, and there are only five more races to go before the Chase begins.
Kurt Busch's winless drought is over. His absence from the Chase may not last much longer, either, not with the way crew chief Pat Tryson is calling all the right shots.
Busch dominated Pocono Raceway from the opening lap on Sunday and raced his way back into championship contention, giving himself a perfect belated birthday gift: a trip to Victory Lane.
A day after he turned 29, Busch snapped a 51-race losing skid that lifted him into the 12th and final spot of the Chase for the Nextel Cup standings with five races left until the championship races start.
"It's been 50-something races and that was a tough burden," Busch said.
Busch, who missed the Chase last season after qualifying in 2004 and 2005, hadn't been in the top 12 in points since a 100-point penalty for reckless driving in June knocked him six spots down to 17th.
Now he's back and on his biggest roll of the season. He turned a 13-point deficit behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. into a 29-point edge.
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