Full Throttle

There’s one way to beat Kyle Busch.

The recipe includes carrying over a hot streak from last week, toss in a fortuitous pit stop that contenders Jeff Burton and Jimmie Johnson didn’t utilize, and finally, beat Busch into submission with a little dash of Tasmanian Devil. (with a side of Vegemite!)

The end result is Marcos Ambrose’s first career NNS win and follows his third place finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last week. The win also propelled Ambrose into tenth place in the NNS standings.

The #59 Ford driver crossed the finish line 4.335 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Dario Franchitti completed the top-five.

When was the last time a Petty Blue and STP Orange car rolled into victory lane?

Hmmm… let me think!

And the thinkin’ cap says…. the 1999 Goody’s Body Pain 500 (Martinsville) won by John Andretti. Not unsurprisingly, it was not only the last time the STP/Petty Blue colors entered victory lane but the last time ANY Petty Enterprises car did.

Then rookie Tony Stewart won his first pole for the event in record time.