KYLE BUSCH 2011 50TH NATIONWIDE SERIES WIN ( BRISTOL RACED VERSION ) 1/24 ACTION GOLD SERIES
Limited to 700 made. Kyle Busch edged teammate Joey Logano in the Food City 250 at the Bristol Motor Speedway finish line Friday night to become the all-time winningest driver in Nationwide Series. The win was the 50th of Busch's career in NASCAR's second-tier series and broke a tie the 26-year-old had with Mark Martin. "It's awesome," Busch said in victory lane. "Just phenomenal to come at one of my favorite places and one of the team's favorite places."It was fitting for Busch to break the mark at Bristol, where he's practically unbeatable of late. Friday's win was his 12th at Bristol spanning all three NASCAR national series, and he became the first driver to win three consecutive Nationwide races on the Tennessee bullring.
Busch, who has 102 total wins in NASCAR's top three divisions, will try to win his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol on Saturday night. Busch is the current Cup points leader and his victory Sunday at Michigan International Speedway was his series-best fourth of the season.
"Well, we all hate him by now," joked third-place finisher Clint Bowyer, "but he's really good. To win that many races at this young of age is really remarkable. He's one of the best drivers this sport has ever seen, and he's going to win a lot of races, unfortunately."
To get the Nationwide record, though, he had to hold off a strong challenge from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Busch and Logano drove door-to-door over the final two laps, and Logano briefly surged ahead before Busch beat him by a nose to the checkered flag. The .019-second margin of victory was the closest in series history at Bristol and left Logano frustrated with the outcome.
"I did everything besides wrecking him. I wish I was in victory lane now instead of sitting here in second by like three inches," Logano said. "I knew I was really going to have one shot at it. I got underneath him, door-to-door, I ran him up the race track, we bounced the doors a couple of times, and looking at the replays, I needed to bounce the door just one more time."
Bowyer finished third and said he'd been sitting back waiting for Busch and Logano to make a mistake. "It was a good race," Bowyer said. "Joey just didn't do his job. I was going to try to go by both of them, it just didn't work out." "Shut up," Logano replied with a laugh.
Note: This Lionel NASCAR Collectables / Action Racing Collectables Raced Win Version diecast collectible captures the look of Kyle Busch's winning race car as it rolled into the winner's circle, complete with all the post-race wear and tear and an exclusive limited edition collectors card featuring a photo of the driver holding his winning diecast in Victory Lane, along with statistics and information on the back.
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This diecast NASCAR collectible features an all Diecast body and chasis; opening hood ; detailed engine ; and more!
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