Chevrolet added another notch in the win column at Martinsville Speedway, bringing the all-time victory total to 53 wins in 104 races at the 0.526-mile track. Kurt Busch brought home the victory for the bowtie brand in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS. The win in the sixth race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) schedule, breaks an 83 race winless streak for Busch and is his second career victory at Martinsville. Stewart-Haas Racing now has two drivers with victories this season. Busch joins his teammate Kevin Harvick as the sixth race winner in the NSCS this season.
An early hit, a mid-race pit-road speeding penalty and a late-race spin thwarted Martin Truex Jr.’s charge in Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
“Well last week Kurt told me this was his worst race track, he never wins here. So obviously he didn’t get that right. It’s great. I think it’s great. I think he goes to a track he can’t win at, he doesn’t practice on Saturday and he wins. We have a new formula here.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – GARAGE INTERVIEW AFTER INCIDENT ON PIT ROAD. “I started to check up and I just barely got in the back of him and Kurt (Busch) just accelerated and drove through us, absolutely drove through us. I tell you what, I’m about tired of his recklessness. Kurt tore the whole suspension off the car, so it won’t turn, it won’t do anything.”
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS – WINNER - ON HIS RACE: "I didn't know if we'd be able to do it. The No. 48 car is king here - him or the 24. The old theory is if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. We have a Hendrick chassis prepared by Stewart-Haas Racing. Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet… thanks to those guys."
Matt Kenseth (sixth) was the highest-finishing Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Martinsville Speedway that was won by Kurt Busch.
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS – WINNER - ON HIS RACE: "I didn't know if we'd be able to do it. The No. 48 car is king here - him or the 24. The old theory is if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. We have a Hendrick chassis prepared by Stewart-Haas Racing. Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet… thanks to those guys. "
After suffering a blown tire in Fontana last weekend, Carl Edwards fought back to round out the top ten and took the lead in the Sprint Cup Series standings by one point over Dale Earnhardt Jr. The Roush Fenway Racing driver has had a solid start to the 2014 season with two top-five finishes and four top-10s in the first five races of the 36 race schedule.
Three-steward system comprised of race director, driver steward and official or independent steward to adjudicate competitor on-track sporting infractions when warranted.
Chevrolet congratulates long-time partner Hendrick Motorsports on 30 years of winning. Hendrick Motorsports has fielded only Chevrolets in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
