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C6 2ND THEINDIANAPOLISSTAR INDYSTAR.COM auto racing AssociatedPress KyleBusch stayedcalmeven whennothing was going right. Heeven toldhis crew they coulddo something never from twolaps down to win. Busch said. Thenhedid. Buschover- came someearly troubles to win theNationwide raceat CharlotteMotor Speedway in second straight victory in second-tier series.

Busch, thedefending series his fifth winof the season. Hehas wonfour of thepasteight events. BradKeselowskifinished Joey Loga- manandKevinHarvick. Busch went alapdownafter an unscheduledpit stopearly anddroppedanother lap when hegot penalizedfor speeding onpit road. Showingplenty of backon the to thefront witha speedy pit stoplateand thenheldonover thefinal58 laps.

BuschandKeselowski stayedout whenothers pitted withabout 15laps togo. But noneof thosecars hadany- thingfor theleader. was allabout the restart, andhejust beat saidKese- lowski, who stillleads the series points raceby apoint over Busch. Webber takes F-1pole RedBullmaintainedits perfect qualifying record when MarkWebber edgedLewis HamiltonofMcLaren to start FormulaOneTurkish GrandPrix from thepoleposi- tion. Webberset a qualifying record withalapof1minute, 26.295 seconds around the IstanbulParkCircuit.

It third straight poleas theoverallF-1 leader goes for a thirdcon- secutive race victory. RedBull has taken thepoleinall seven races this season. AUTORACING GERRYBROOME THERETOSTAY: KyleBusch leads BradKeselowskidown the frontstretchon thefinallap. KyleBusch ralliesfrom 2lapsback for victory AssociatedPress toa later starting timeat not possiblefor adriver to raceinboth theIndy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the sameday. Yet car owner Roger Penskeis poised tofinally pulloffhis own IndyCar-NASCARdouble.

Withdefendingchampion HelioCastroneves on thepole andhis drivers in threeof the top four starting the favorite to winan unprecedented 16thIndy 500 title. stunning success at Indy is contrasted withhis 0-for- forever drought at Charlotte Motor Speedway, wherehehas never hada winningcar ina points race. That couldchange withKurt Busch starting second today after winninglast raceat the track. funny how many wins he has onMemorialDay weekend upinIndy versus what Busch said. comes this weekend.

It wouldbepretty specialfor us todo Buschpulledaway from the fieldin the10-lapfinalelastSat- urday for prize. Hefollowedhis All-Star win witha solid qualifying runin theNo. 2 DodgeonThursday. Busch will try tobecome the sev- enthdriver to win theAll-Star raceand the 600 in the same year. Penske teammates SamHorn- ishJr.

will start 14thandBradKe- selowski 37th. thebestopportunity Busch saidof the questfor two wins today. thebest odds todoit this weekend with threecars up thereand threecars Hamlin andKyleBusch, winners offive of thepast sevenSprint Cup Series points races, think they cancontinueJoeGibbs recent dominanceand win today. Doing so will requirebeating four-timedefending series cham- pionJimmieJohnson, whois pretty darngoodat Charlotte. Johnsonhas longconsidered this suburbanCharlotte track, locatedjust minutes fromHen- homebase, his personalplayground.

Hehas six career victories of race of the season. Basedonhow he raninlast race, theentire field shouldbefrightenedby the No. 48. Johnsoneasily led56 of the100 laps andprobably would have wonifnot for a quirky format that requiredafour-tire pit stopbefore thefinal sprint to thefinish. Lucky for that sameChevrolet backfor today.

adifferent car, so sittinghere thinking we wish we had theother Johnson said after twopractice sessions. car seemed to respondalittlebetter tochanges, while this one seems alittle numb tochange right now. see. enough togiveaglim- mer ofhope toeverybody else, particularly HamlinandBusch, whohavehit a stride since NASCARinMarchditched the despised rear wing to return to themore traditional spoiler. Johnson won thefinal race with the Motorsports driver has been to victory lane since.

NASCARSPRINTCUP Is this the double? TOMSTRATTMAN ALLORNOTHING: Roger teams have won15Indianapolis 500s, but hedoes not haveaNASCARpoints victory at Charlotte. Veteran teamownerhas 3 of top4inIndy field, 2ndpositionand 3infieldinraceat Charlotte COCA-COLA 600 6 p.m. today WXIN-59 never tobe threatened. The racefeatured threeearlier scary moment onlap three, whenDaniel jumped theback- stretch wall. Despite the second-placefin- tookover theMidget Series points lead, 21aheadof BradSweet.

Wease sixthandNew Hines eighth. DefendingNight Before the 500 winner ChuckGurney Jr. took 22nd. the timeORP veteranandMidget points leader (entering thenight) advanceinto thefeature from theheat races. In theStar MazdaChampion- name took Noblesville resident, 2010 Heri- tageChristianHighSchoolgradu- ateand 500 driver-turned-broadcaster DerekDaly.

Daly started secondbehind Grenier but won the raceinto turn oneandnever was headedduring the 120 laps.Theonly times the race drew close were duringits twocau- thelastone, under whichDaly was declared the winner. Noother driver ledalap. was the 18-year-oldDaly said. so Not that it was just adrivein thepark. was really tough; tonot makea mistakeonanoval takes alot of Daly said.

Daly got a winlongbefore the greenflagflew.That’s becausehe receivedahugecheer schooland rac- ingclubfans introductions. really saidDaly, who has won three straight Star Mazda races and was mak- inghis hometown debut. reception)made the race meanalot more to me. It was pretty With the win, Daly maintained his leadin the points standings. Earlier in PatrickMcKenna won the USF2000 Autosport driver SageKaramby 7.377 seconds in the50-lap race.

McKennaled thelast 21laps after Karamheld the top spot in the first 29. CallStar reporter PatrickDorsey at (317)444-2806. GREGGRIFFO OUTFRONT: Tanner Swanson wins theNight Before the500 USACmidget raceafter gettingamorningbriefingon the trackfromhis older brother. HOMETOWNEDGE: Conor abigovationbeforehis raceSaturday night fromlocalfans, then ledmost of the way in winning theStar MazdaChampionship race. Swanson wins Star Mazda Championship race.

FromC1 THEPRIZE: Tanner Swan- soncelebrates in victory lane after winning theUSAC midget race Saturday. was really tough; Imean, it lookedeasy, but tonot make amistakeon anoval takes alot of Conor Daly.