Kurt Busch Wins the Kobalt Tools 500!

Kurt Busch has won again at Atlanta Motor Speedway, pulling away on a second restart after a couple of wild wrecks to capture the Kobalt Tools 500. This is the second year in a row Busch has won the spring race, beating Matt Kenseth to the line. Juan Pablo Montoya was third, followed by Kasey Kahne and Paul Menard.

There were two huge crashes which sent the race 16 laps past its scheduled 325. The first came when Carl Edwards was running 156 laps behind, clipped Brad Keselowski and sent him flying toward the grandstands upside down. It turns out that Keselowski was fine, but NASCAR sent Edwards to his trailer to give him what I call “down in the country” or a “come to Jesus” talk.

If you like to read more about the race, crashes, average speeds, visit the official website of NASCAR.com

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