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Kurt Busch earned his first Coca-Cola 600 victory on Sunday.

Busch pulls off big double of his own at Charlotte

Penske driver follows All-Star win with Coca-Cola 600

By Sporting News Wire Service
June 2, 2010
04:24 PM EDT
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CONCORD, N.C. -- Call it Roger's revenge.

Kurt Busch won Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 for team owner Roger Penske, spoiling a dream day for rival owner Chip Ganassi, who started Sunday off with Dario Franchitti's victory in the Indianapolis 500.

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I knew that whoever came out ahead on that last pit stop between Kurt and I -- if somebody didn't screw up -- that would be the race winner.

-- JAMIE MCMURRAY

Busch crossed the finish line .737 seconds ahead of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Jamie McMurray to complete a sweep of both NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Charlotte -- last Saturday's Sprint All-Star Race and Sunday's 600.

The victory was Busch's second of the season and the 22nd of his career. He is the seventh driver to win both Charlotte races during May Speedweeks, and his victory prevented Ganassi from winning the IndyCar Series' most prestigious race and NASCAR's longest on the same day.

Kyle Busch finished third, followed by Mark Martin and David Reutimann. Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard, pole-sitter Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth completed the top 10.

In Victory Lane, Kurt Busch dedicated the win to Penske.

"I thought about that Ganassi car behind us," Busch said. "He wasn't going to get by us."

Because the race started in sunlight and ended under the lights, Busch was worried about changing track conditions.

"This was a race for the ages," Busch said. "To have a car as good as it was in the daytime, I was afraid of it at night. I didn't know if it was going to be able to give me the handling like it had early on in the race. And it played out in our favor.

"I'm speechless with the fact that we swept both races. ... McMurray kept us honest. He was right there at the end. It wasn't like we faded back into the pack. He just separated himself from the pack and came and got us. He taught me a couple things about my line. I needed to adjust it, and it helped us stay out in front of him at the end."

McMurray, who gave Ganassi the first leg of the unprecedented Daytona 500/Indy 500 double, finished second for the third time in the past five races.

The difference was the final pit stop. McMurray had a lead of more than two seconds when Marcos Ambrose crashed off Turn 2 on Lap 377 of 400. Kurt Busch and Kenseth beat McMurray out of the pits after two-tire stops for all three drivers. (Continued)

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Coca-Cola 600

Results
Pos. Driver Make
1. Kurt Busch Dodge
2. Jamie McMurray Chevrolet
3. Kyle Busch Toyota
4. Mark Martin Chevrolet
5. David Reutimann Toyota

Sprint Cup Series

Standings
Pos. +/- Driver Points Behind
1. -- Kevin Harvick 1,898 Leader
2. -- Kyle Busch 1,869 -29
3. -- Matt Kenseth 1,781 -117
4. +2 Jeff Gordon 1,760 -138
5. -- Denny Hamlin 1,732 -166

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