Race winner Kurt Busch and wife Eva (AP Photo/Tim Boyd)
Kurt Busch won a rain-shortened race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, leading an unlikely top-finishing five:
2. Michael Waltrip
3. J.J. Yeley
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Elliott Sadler
Just announced Hendrick Motorsports lame duck driver Casey Mears led more laps in the LENOX Industrial 301 than he has all season and enjoyed his third 7th place finish. Kyle Busch is still the series points leader; the top six positions in the standings remain unchanged.
Where's Your Head Spotter At?
The accident that sent all the leaders to the pits happened on lap 271 when Dale Earnhardt Jr., dropped down out of the groove to pit. Jamie McMurray didn't see Earnhardt and smashed the rear end of Junior's car, which spun down pit road. McMurray's car careened across the race track and collected the side of David Ragan's car, spinning him around.
What up, spotters?
Quoting Jamie McMurray on this...
"Typically when guys pit like that the spotters all get together and wave their hands or what not and the spotter never said anything and I was looking at the 10 car [of Patrick Carpentier] on the outside. I was on the apron because that's where I'd been running all day. I didn't see Junior until I hit him."
Intentional Foul
Juan Pablo Montoya turned Kyle Busch around under caution and received a two lap penalty for "aggressive driving."
