Yep. Theyre coming at him from all sides. Kyle busch, 1. 6 seconds ahead of logano. Dale jr. , two back. Chase elliott, 3 1 2. Jimmie johnson, 4 and a ha1 2. Even if the caution came out right now and came down pit road, the chances of beating, what, five cars in front of you is pretty tough pass. Yerngs i agree. Let me show you one reason why kyle busch is your sprint cup champion. In the races since his injury at daytona a little more than a year ago, since he came back 31 races, 6 wins. 21 top fives. Thats two out of three and he led over 1200 laps in that time. He came back with a vengeance. He missed those 11 races and got back in and raced like he was ready to race. Didnt come back too soon. Came back just right. Healed up. Good shape. Putting them down. You hate for anybody to go out for those reasons but interesting perspective that you have on the sport when youre watching it from home. I think that, you know, he has a greater appreciation for being a race car driver and he realized you know what, i need to be more patient and i need to, you know, be kinder and be, you know, more involved as a team and the whole job and he has come back a much better race car driver he was always really talented but now smart being smooth, making really good decisions. The thing about this last week he ran 750 laps at martinsville. This weekend hes going to run 800 miles this weekend here at texas. Hey, guy, its a package deal, though, with this 18 car. I go back to martinsville last week. Adam stevens, theyve done the same thing with this car tonight,look right there. Almost every stop theyve added tape and threw our eagle out through pit road have been making adjustments on that every time hes been to pit road. Theres the man. Makes some great calls and theyre having some great success. The guy that kyle wanted to be his chris buescher. The best suggestion you can make is aerodynamics. Wasnt he complaining about that car . He didnt like that car at all. But, again, that goes back to how amazing, you know, this transformation has been for him over the years and how hes improved and become a better l allaround race car driving knowing even if hes making those kind of complaints hes still constant lly getting bett and giving 100 . Great driver, great team, great equipment. 316 laps tonight, the joe gibbs owned cars led wow. Joey logano, now 1. 9 seconds back started on the outside pole. Started up front at martinsville but everything went the wrong way for them there. Good to see logano having a great night for roger penske tonight. For Rick Hendrick third, the leading chevrolet, his teammate, Chase Elliott, fourth, the rookie. And another hendrick chevrolet, Jimmie Johnson rounding out the top five. Five seconds back. Martin truex, sixth place now after leading 141 laps. Dominant car until that last bunch of cautions. Carl was the polesitter, led 14 laps. Kurt busch, eighth. Kasey kahne, ninth. Denny hamlin rounds out the top ten. There are 16 cars on the lead lap. Jamie mcmurray behind hamlin battling carl edwarde ining kev this is the one that surprised me. If you looked at practice speeds and the way that Kevin Harvick is running the mile and a half and at this racetrack in the past i thought he would be the car to beat. He just hasnt quite had it. Nope. Debris on that nose there. Junior challenging for second. They have worked on that thing all night long and he has really given them some pretty good feedback to help get where they are at this point. Great guys for them. Bunch of Hendrick Motorsports has kept him in the game with pit stops and good adjustments. Yep. See as he tries to search for clean air and uses the middle lane to get above the corner. Got about a 2. 3second lead over logano right now. There is the gap first to second. The green car of busch and the yellow one of logano. Thats 2. 4 seconds looks like with 13 to go. Junior will go for the middle lane and use that lap car and try to get a straight run offer the bottom if he cant get a run on logano. Thats austin dillon. A lap down after crashing. Having a great night, audi was, until that spin on the back straightaway over there. Unfortunately for that bunch but they ought to be happy with the way their car ran. It ran good. Well, were winding it down, boys. Coming to 11 to go. Last lap, earnhardt was about. 0. 12 seconds quicker than logano and dead even on this. If logano allows him to have that middle lane its just a matter of time i believe that junior will make it work. You see that car, that 88 car, that thing is moving around quite a bit. Its not driving perfect by any means. Doesnt seem like he has this option to run the higher lane. Whoa. He got loose right there. Still gains on him. But hes staying this it and fighting that car. He know he has to but driving the wheels off that thing right now. Watch this shot. Got off there really good. Kept it on the bottom. Real patient getting back to the throttle. I think now he might be able to make this middle lane work. Ten to go. Here he comes. Hes working that thing. Hes trying. Hes trying. Inside might be able to make the move into one. Not quite. There he goes. Oh logano overdrove it. Oh, a little bit. There he was he knew he was in his mirror. Had to drive in there. Bump ever and clear. All clear. Clear by two. Clear by three. Now, theyre a second and a half ahead of Chase Elliott but they are losing ground to kyle busch. Yeah, kyle is running some really consistent lap times right now. He just ran a 0. 15 quicker than earnhardt. So dale jr. Moves to second and puts all of the Hendrick Chevys in the top eight. All of the Gibbs Toyotas in the top 12. Joey logano, the first ford in the race in third. You know, nascar has three National Touring series. Sprint cup, xfinity and the camping world truck series. Do you know its been 21 days since anybody but kyle busch has gone to victory lane in any one of those threy. Yeah, we had an off weekend. My goodness. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. From that organization and by that driver. Hes rewriting the record book every week, it seems like. Coach gibbs there on the left. Hes got to be feeling pretty good about his organization, things that are going on. And hoping caution doesnt come out. Coach pretty happy right now, i tell you. I would be. If combination right now between kyle busch and his crew chief adam stevens, boy, they have connected well, communicating well, the creme industry is there. 98 bottom. And the difference between tonight and kyles three previous wins in cup, xfinity and truck is he did not dominate this race. Et cetera only led 29 laps tonight. I know and i keep you know, talking about this, it isnt just the maturity. This is kyle busch taking it to the next level. I just i just am amazed. The kid has run 800 miles yesterday and today. Were only talking about how fit Jimmie Johnson is and kyle is not the guy that we think of who is out doing marathons and triathlons and things that carl edwards is doing but hes in great race shape because he never seems to be winded. I races himself. Thats his fitness regimen, winning and now hes going to have hes got clocks to wipe and may have six shooters to load after tonight. Oh, yeah, and video. Leaving the racetrack. Tell samantha to put a light on the camera. If they have lights that light up wait a minute. Going to be a good night for rick hepp. The last time hendrick motors had all four finish in the top was one year ago. Has johnson led tonight . I think he has. No, he didnt lead last week at martinsville. Chase elliott, he did that on a green flag pit stop cycle. Between teammates before this thing is over between jimmy and chase. Jimmy was going for four in a row. White flag in the air, one to go sponsored by credit one bank. Call in the dogs. Turn out the lights. Kyle busch going to come around to lead his 34th lap. Well. And score his 36th career win. Kyle busch wins the Duck Commander 500. Why you dont want to win, my man, kyle, youre the best. He joins Jimmie Johnson as a double winner. 2016. Good job. Good job, guys. Hes finished in the top five in six of this years seven races. For the ninth time get the broom out career weekend sweep, won the xfinity race yesterday, thoroughly dominated that one and were going to bristol where hes as good as anybody when we get to bristol. I mean, this team is a on a roll. Are the trucks and xfinity cars running next week . He might be able to do all three in bristol. He has won the last four nascar National Touring series races. The checkered flag is todays sunoco fueling victory. You get really good at doing burnouts. You do it all the time. 131st sprint cup win for joe gibbs racing. Their third of the season and their fifth year. He has won 22 of his races since coming back from last seasons injury. He won in a truck. He won in a cup. He won in an xfinity. A cup. Now he gets to take a bow once again in texas. Easy. The cheers. Those are cheers. Hes earned them. The hard way. Absolutely, he has. Going to collect the checkered flag. Theres somebody handing him a broom. A guy with a broom trying to hand it to him. He came prepared. Fast pit stops, the right strategy, quick when it counted. Kyle busch is tonights winner. Dale earnhardt jr. Second, 3. 9 seconds back. Joey logano, third. Jimmie johnson, fourth. Chase elliott, fifth. Kyle busch a winner in texas. Well be right back. Sir, this alien life form is growing at an alarming rate. Growing fast, you say . We cant contain it any long. Oh you know, that reminds me of how geicos been the fastestgrowing auto insurer for over 10 years straight. Over ten years . Mhm, geicos the company your friends and neighbors trust. And deservedly so. Indeed. Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Live it texas, a celebration in the central and east time zone as kyle busch after a twohour delay starting the race pulls into victory lane, second victory of this season already. Nascars reigning champ and jamie little is will for the celebration. What a celebration it is after midnight. Kyles got a down the interstate battery win. A kiss for the longtime sponsor. And, of course, there we have a broom, eddie gossage, of course, came prepared, kyle. Early on this one looks recycled. Its been waiting for you. Early in the race you had damage from Jimmie Johnsons car. Your car wasnt to your liking in the middle of the race. What did it take to get it right when it counted most. Communication, just talking about it and keep making changes to try to make it better. About this interstate battery camry was fast and had really good speed especially entry and center. We had to work on the exit but made great adjustments and i think the racetrack kept coming to us as the night progressed as well too but, man, cant say enough about norm miller and scott miller and the whole interstate battery group. What better way than to celebrate 25 years of a partnership than in victory lane in their hometown of texas. Pretty special. Cant be remiss without m m and Monster Energy drink and toyota. The engine ran strong all night long. Really fast and these guys, they just continue to impress me. Lets get real. Youve won four races across three different series in eight series. Things drivers only dream of. Whats it like to be kyle busch right now. Got a great wife, great son and having a blast, living the dream with adam stevens and joe and thinking about you, back at home and, of course, coy is with us so jgr and theyre building great race cars and the crew chiefs there are jelling together and putting everything together. Its just fun. You know, right now its all going together and maybe a little bit of a struggle for kenseth right now but ive been in that position and maybe i can give the old man a little advice and talk to him but things are great for our team so cant say enough. Cool to be in victory lane in texas. Thanks to you guys at fox and eddie and everyone at texas. Looking forward to those six shooters. Two sweeps by kyle busch. Sweet to be him, chris. Happy birthday to jamie little and samantha. We saw samantha cam after it went viral with the fan and she goes in with the hug and so his eighth victory. Sorry, didnt mean to interrupt. Were eavesdropping. You got to talk to some people. In the last 32 races eight wins for kyle busch. Heard who he thanked and fast cars and made the adjustments with his crew chief through the course to come out on top. Next to bristol. You have to appreciate what that team did. Had a little damage backing up setting up the balance of your car and consistently worked on it. Changed that car. Heard kyle say how bad it was during the course but made improvements all night long and before that last pit stop they were gaining on martin truex and closed the ground on truex so had the car that could have taken him down had they been on even tires but when adam stevens made that call that gave him the advantage he needed . Heartbreak for carl edwards who led 124 laps and martin truex jr. , 141 laps. Seventh time for truex. Hes recently led over 100 laps, only won one and standing by with our matt yocum. Dominating night. Cops home in sixth position but, martin, go bark to the decision to pit or not pit. Was it yours or a call from the pit box . It was coles call and called me in at the last second. Our plan was to stay out. I didnt want to hit the cone so, you know, i mean its just the way it goes. Had we went green that next restart we did okay. And we got the lied and drove away. And we just kept getting yellows and caution laps and tires kept getting more air and more air in them and by the time we got rolling didnt have the grip everybody else had and just sliding around, you know. So its frustrating but thats racing. Thats how it goes sometimes. Im proud of my guys for the race they brought. Thing is so fast all night. And we did everything we were supposed to do except for that one deal there so i dont know. Its it hurts. Its tough but we got a lot to look forward to. Great race cars and a lot to look forward to so go back home and get back to work and come out smarter and stronger. Second time hes finished second at texas. Second time hes led 140 or more laps. Hard fought second place finish for Dale Earnhardt jr. Had the loose wheel early, kept digging and, you know, its not the spot you wanted but next best thing, second place. How did you see it . . Yeah, we got a little behind and caught on pit road and that one caution. We had a fast car. Probably good enough to win, martin probably had the best car. But the best car doesnt always written and, kyle did a great job on the outside on that one restart and truexs tires were worse than i thought. So we finished up where we should have. And we got man, we would love to get a win. I know our fans want a win real bad and trust me were working hard and running greatestry week. Hopefully its fun to watch. I had a blast inside the car. A lot of slowi of sliding aroun sideways. That win is coming for junior. Second tonight. Carl edwards had the speed to put the 19 car on the pole but the issue on pit road, the loose wheel. The deciding factor for you . Yeah, i mean that was the issue but my guys on pit road, they live on the edge. That as he what they do, the fastest on pit road. I dont know, it was so loose. Whether something got stuck behind it. They never make mistakes but it was actually pretty fun trying to come back through there and made a few mistakes. I should have come earlier to get the tire changed and i couldnt catch kasey. First half i wanted to be shorter. Last half i wanted to be longer but great day for jgr. We have an awesome team. Solid top ten finish for carl. After seven races carl edwards so far this year remains winless along with martin truex jr. And Dale Earnhardt jr. And the driver of the interstate battery toyota, kyle busch, with his second investigatory. Well have more from texas. More drivers in just a moment. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette whats up . Oh, my god. Oh my god. I love you. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. I, my god. Thank you. Awesome. Yeah. That was kyle busch last week leading martinsville in traffic after the win and the fan recognized wait till you see him this week what people say this week as he celebrates with a reward and shooting for another championship trying to go backtoback with the early stages of this season, Michael Waltrip and chris myers and seeing with Jimmie Johnson you win and get in and look at the back end. A. J. Allmendinger, rookie, Chase Elliott at the moment in the hunt. You could just see it in dale jr. s eyes. How bad he wants to win. Thats what the drivers are b you got to get to victory lane and focus on winning a championship. Kyle busch, 36th career sprint cup win. He started 15th and worked his way up to a long night to victory lane and happy sunday morning to you. Thank you. Thank you. I like him wearing the white hat in deceglie. I wore the black hat long enough. Big win for several reason, the two races at texas are the second and third highest paying races all season. I dont know where to begin. Certainly another impressive performance by kyle. Weve become very used to this but they this one didnt come easy. They had to really work for this. I think some others sort of helped him out. And, boy, dont you just feel for martin truex jr. . Oh, yeah. You just dont get race cars like this very often at this level and you can tell hes just deject the because he know what is a special opportunity he had. And, mike, i dont think ive ever seen dominance like this across all three series. Ive never seen it before but a guy im happy for is norm miller. If it hadnt been for norm miller standing by joe gibbs in the beginning interstate gatries, their first sponsor and stuck with joe and thats why they love each other so much. If not for norm im not sure theyd be here. Quite a big night for them a young rookie. Lets hear from Chase Elliott. All four of the Hendrick Motorsports cars in the top eight including Chase Elliott. Fifth place. How do you sum up the night you had . I think a strong car would be the best way to put it. All the guys, alan and all worked hard. Fast car. We had a good pit selection and that played a role