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in Introduce Yourself As A Pony! Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:22 amby corse178 • 1.660 Posts
SPARTA, Ky. -- William Byron didnt know which record-setting achievement to appreciate more.He took the lead on lap 82 and withstood several challengers to win Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway, making Kyle Busch Motorsports the winningest Camping World Truck Series team in NASCAR history.Byrons victory also claimed a spot in the series inaugural Chase for the championship this fall, giving the 18-year-old additional reasons to celebrate in a breakout season.Its great to get that Chase spot and make sure we got that, he said. Its exciting and I cant wait for the Chase.Daniel Hemric and?John Hunter Nemechek?battled side-by-side at time down the stretch in hopes of catching Byron but neither could chase down the series points leader, who passed Timothy Peters and didnt look back en route to KBMs 51st career victory.Byron led twice for 70 laps in the 225-mile race in the No. 9 Toyota for his fourth win this season and second in three starts. Nemechek finished second in a Chevy, followed by Hemric (Ford), rookie and KBM driver Christopher Bell (Toyota) and Johnny Sauter (Chevy).Byrons win provided consolation and satisfaction for the team owner and Sprint Cup Series champion, who finished 30th after hitting the wall following contact with Spencer Gallagher on lap 58.Its been a lot of fun, said Busch, whose team passed Roush Fenway Racing for the record.Its been a lot trying times, its been a lot of blood, sweat and tears by both my wife and myself and all these guys that are on this team now and all the people that have been a part of Kyle Busch Motorsports in the years past. We wouldnt be here without all them. This is a special moment.For a while it seemed like the race would belong to KBM teammate Daniel Suarez after he led three times for 59 laps from the pole. He ended up finishing 11th as Byron went on to dominate another Trucks race.Thats usually the domain of Busch, who entered the night seeking his third Kentucky win in hopes of jump-starting a weekend of triple duty. His quest took an early hit as he was penalized for having too many crew members over the wall on pit road before the spin that ended his night.It still ended well team-wise as his three other drivers navigated the resurfaced and reconfigured 1.5 mile tri-oval to claim three of the top 11 spots.Byron leads Matt Crafton by 13 points.Race notesSprint Cup rookie of the year Brett Moffitt drove the No. 11 Toyota in place of Matt Tifft as he recovers from brain surgery but made an early exit when his truck blew an engine on lap 27. Keith Tkachuk Jets Jersey . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. 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Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Melbourne are adamant their AFL demons are being exorcised, regardless of some ongoing horrors.Coach Paul Roos says his team is growing in stature, but are not quite good enough to match it with the best.Melbourne will take a five-game losing streak at TIO Stadium and a seven-game losing streak against Fremantle into Saturday nights Top End match.It is typical of the Demons lot - they have lost their last 13 matches against Hawthorn and St Kilda, while North Melbourne have a 15-game winning run against them.Last years win over GWS was Melbournes first at Etihad Stadium since 2007.But Roos said the numbers do not tell the full story.Weve broken them in the sense that the players seem more confident when were playing now, Roos said.We dont really reflect on it, but part of your evolution as a young footy team is to win in different venues, to win against teams on different rungs on the ladder.Weve made some really significant (advances) this year, but what weve seen is that top level is still a little bit away.Roos added that the trick for Melbourne is playing better for longer.Thats going to be the focus ffor us going into the game, he said of Saturdays clash.dddddddddddd(Against) Adelaide, we felt we did really well in patches, but their ability to do it for longer was the four-goal difference in the end.Fremantle had a bad streak of their own, starting a season of great expectations with 10 consecutive losses.But Roos said they were mindful that the Dockers had come into this year as premiership fancies.Well treat Freo as the team theyve been in the last four years - so we know we need to play extremely well to beat them, he said.Roos is also unfazed about Melbournes poor record in Darwin, saying the time away was a valuable chance to further develop the young team.We havent had a great record at Etihad, which is about 15 minutes away from here, Roos noted ruefully.Having coached an interstate team, there were a lot of benefits about going away every second week.We know, even in the last two-and-a-half, three years, were still being a developing team.Playing anywhere is hard. 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