Chicagoland produces one commonality: Kyle Busch

A recap of the weekend in Chicagoland that was swept by Kyle Busch:

11 -- Career cup victories for 23-year-old Kyle Busch in 133 starts. At age 23, Richard Petty had just five victories in 101 starts. Saturday marked the 50th anniversary if Petty's first start, and Busch won the race.

Pit Crew of the Week

No 48. Chevrolet: Who else? Crew chief Chad Knaus called for a two-tire stop and air-pressure adjustment on Lap 200 and the 48 car was first out of the pits, marking a 12-spot improvement. Jimmie Johnson led his first laps of the race and from there coasted to the title.

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• On a restart with two laps remaining in the 267-lap event at the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway, Kyle Busch roared to the outside of leader Jimmie Johnson and cleared the No. 48 Chevrolet through Turns 3 and 4. On the final lap, Johnson made a run up to the bumper of Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs racing Toyota but could get no closer, as Busch held off the Chevy by .159 seconds at the finish to win the LifeLock.com 400.
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Qualifying
• Afternoon thundershowers soaked Chicagoland Speedway, forcing cancellation of qualifying for the LifeLock.com 400 Sprint Cup race. Accordingly, the field was set according to the NASCAR rule book, with the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Kyle Busch starting from the pole and the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in second. Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott used champions provisionals, while Tony Raines and Johnny Sauter failed to qualify.
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• With a 10-second lead after a round of green-flag pit stops cycled through on Lap 155, Kyle Busch drove his No. 18 Toyota to a comfortable victory over Denny Hamlin in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Busch's fifth 2008 victory gave JGR a series-record-tying 13 victories in a single season, matching in 20 races the 13 wins Richard Childress Racing recorded in all of 2007.
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Qualifying
• A pair of Toyotas took the front row at Chicagoland Speedway as David Reutimann earned his first pole of the season and third of his Nationwide Series career with a lap of 176.436 mph. Tony Stewart qualified second at 176.091. Cup drivers David Ragan and Kevin Harvick followed on the grid before teenager Landon Cassill locked in as the fifth-fastest.

With Tony Stewart announcing he will leave Joe Gibbs Racing at season's end and become driver and part owner of newly named Stewart-Haas Racing, NASCAR.COM asked: How will Tony Stewart fare next season with his new team?

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

Cup Series: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• 1 p.m. ET July 27 on ESPN | Tickets | Travel

Nationwide Series: Gateway International Raceway
• 9 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN2 | Tickets | Travel

Truck Series: Kentucky Speedway
• 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday on SPEED | Tickets | Travel