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Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski and Ron Hornaday made the weekend red, white and blue.

Chaser, first-timer, veteran win tripleheader weekend

Weekend Warrior Kyle Busch struggles in trifecta bid

By NASCAR.COM
June 9, 2008
04:55 PM EDT

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A recap of three different races in three different cities on three different days:

Figuratively speaking

5,776 -- Miles traveled by Kyle Busch over the weekend: 1,058 miles of racing in three different series, and 4,718 miles of traveling back and forth between Pocono Raceway, Nashville Superspeedway and Texas Motor Speedway.

Cup Series

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Race
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• Pole-sitter Kasey Kahne recovered from missing lug nuts that dropped him to the back of the field -- and weathered myriad strategic ploys from his rivals -- to win Sunday's Pocono 500 Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. The victory was Kahne's second of the season and the ninth of his career, but it wasn't as easy as Kahne's 3.702-second margin of victory over Brian Vickers suggests.
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Qualifying
• The transition to NASCAR's new racecar didn't hurt Kasey Kahne at Pocono Raceway. The driver of the No. 9 Gillett Evernham Dodge flew around the 2.5-mile speedway in 52.873 seconds to win the pole for the Pocono 500. At 170.219 mph, Kahne was the only driver to top 170 mph.
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• Ky. Busch makes history, but loses points
• Pocono full of 'could have' contenders
• Red Bull hitting its stride at the right time
• Ku. Busch not impressed with comeback

Nationwide Series

Race
Lineup | Results | Standings | Central

• After narrowly missing victories on multiple occasions this season, Brad Keselowski claimed his first career Nationwide Series win on Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway, taking the lead from points leader Clint Bowyer with five laps remaining in the Federated Auto Parts 300.
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Qualifying
• In just his second career Nationwide Series start, 18-year-old Joey Logano put his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the top starting spot for the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Brad Keselowski qualified second in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

Truck Series

Race
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• Ron Hornaday held off Kyle Busch for the final two laps after a green-white-checkered finish for his 35th career victory, his first at the 1.5-mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway. Busch finished second Friday night in the race, the first of a planned cross-country trifecta to become the first driver to race in all three of NASCAR's national series at three different tracks on the same weekend.
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Qualifying
• Rookie Justin Marks started on the pole in the Sam's Town 400 after a qualifying lap of 176.961 mph in his Toyota. He became the first rookie pole-sitter in the series since 2006. Marks started only his 13th Truck Series race, but did race at Texas last November. He finished 23rd.
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Survey says ...

Following Kyle Busch's weekend in which he ran all three national series races in three different cities, NASCAR.COM asked: Should Kyle Busch have tried to run all three races this weekend?

Answer	Votes	Pct.

Yes, it was fun to follow	8,329	19%
Yes, I wanted him to fail	15,474	36%
No, it hurt his Cup race	6,578	15%
No, enough already	13,070	30%

Off the Marx

Bill Marx of Sporting News Wire Service weighs in with his top 10:

Pos.	Driver	Need to know ...

1.	Kyle Busch	Don't let Sunday's hiccup fool you. Busch is still the hunted.
2.	Carl Edwards	That rally at Pocono was vintage Edwards.
3.	Kasey Kahne	Joins Busch and Edwards as only multiple winners.
4.	Jeff Burton	The Machine is now 21 points behind Busch, but Busch is leading Burton 4-1 in wins, and that's more important right now.
5.	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Speaking of machines ... Sunday's top-five was Junior's sixth. He had seven all of last year.
6.	Jimmie Johnson	Johnson's second consecutive top-10. Is he heating up with the weather, too?
7.	Denny Hamlin	Third-place finish vaults Hamlin to fifth in point standings.
8.	Matt Kenseth	You-know-who is now 34 points out of 12th after his fourth consecutive top-10.
9.	Jeff Gordon	Top-five streak ends at three with 14th-place finish.
10.	Greg Biffle	Biffle was shooting for a top-10 heading into Michigan, one of his favorite tracks, but finished 15th. That's not bad.