Kurt Busch (Ford Taurus) dominated at the outset, it was delayed in the middle of race, and it recovered solidly in the end to obtain his second triumph of the season Sunday in Pennsylvania 500, disputed in the Pocono Raceway.
The present champion of series NASCAR Nextel, led 110 of the 150 first turns on the trioval of 2,5 miles, to hold his fifth position in the table of pilots when they only reduce six races to know that pilots will dispute championship 2005 of the most popular series of EE.UU.
“For Chase the Cup '', or “the conquest of the Glass”, will begin the 18 of September in the New Hampshire International Speedway, and will include the ten last races of the calendar.
Kurt Busch surpassed just to the Dodge de Rusty Wallace by the leadership when they reduced 17 returns, before a precaution flag, that forced in three additional turns the definition of the race.
Mark Martin, in which it was probably his last race in Pocono, arrived third party, followed of its teammate Carl Edwards, to whom exactly removed from track the past competition.
“We could not run it to Kurt with the last game of tires that touched to me”, it sentenced Martin. “But our car was really competitive, and if we maintain this level we can think about the victory in Indy the next week.”
Meanwhile the fourth position of Edwards was simply wonderful, since it started from the last position to not to have presented/displayed in the qualification of Saturday, since then it was disputing the race of the Busch series.
On the other hand Jimmie Johnson concluded the race 12º, position that still allows him to continue commanding the championship of pilots.
Without Busch doubts he was the man to beat this weekend. Of entrance it surpassed to Jamie McMurray, author of pole the day Saturday. It led the rest 110 returns until in his second shutdown of pits their mechanics delayed 17,5 seconds. Sufficient time so that a pair of advanced it to pilots.
Among them Rusty Wallace, winner in four opportunities at Pocono, and pilot whom season announced its retirement in order. Wallace led the race when still they reduced 33 returns, but it pressed it to Busch to the maximum until exceeding it.
“It is a good result for us”, said the experienced Rusty. “Definitively Busch was much more fast and it did not have sense to block it, because of one or another way was going to me to escape.”
Jeff Gordon finished 13º, whereas Dale Earnhardt Jr arrived 32º at two returns of Busch. The situation of Junior in the championship is enough it jeopardize, and possibly it cannot enter in “the conquest of the Glass”, since is 14º to 537 points of the leader Johnson. A distance difficult to trim to this height.
Series NASCAR now is prepared to travel to the sanctuary of the speed, Motor Indianapolis Speedway, to dispute to the famous race “Allstate 400 AT the Brickyard”, the one of more prestige next to Daytona 500, already celebrated in past February.

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