While Kurt Busch’s bid to complete “The Double” may have failed with an engine failure on lap 271 of the 400-lap race, it won’t stop the former Sprint Cup champion from making another run at history.
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Kurt Busch’s attempt at completing “The Double” is over after his car blew an engine late in the Coca-Cola 600.
There’s a scene in the iconic stock-car movie “Days of Thunder” that takes place the night before the big race — the Daytona 500, if memory serves — in which Robert Duvall talks to Tom Cruise’s car. Duvall was cast as crusty crew chief Harry Hogge; Cruise as brash young driver Cole Trickle.
Kurt Busch craned his neck toward a monitor and studied the Indianapolis 500 practice results. He didn’t seem happy with his final practice speed, roughly 3 mph off the pace and not good enough in the Andretti Autosport backup he was forced into after wrecking his own, faster car this week.
Jay Beasley knew he had a lot to take in this season, and he was right. But now he comes off his best finish, a fourth-place showing Saturday in the Casey’s General Stores 150 at Newton, Iowa. So maybe the Las Vegan is beginning to show real promise in his rookie season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East circuit.
