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By Jerry Bonkowski Now that’s more like it. NASCAR promised us when it introduced its low downforce package (LDF) that it would make smaller teams and normally less successful drivers more competitive with the sport’s big boys. That’s exactly what we saw Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, and it only serves to reinforce my excitement and belief in the LDF going forward. Six of the top 10 finishers were drivers who, to put it diplomatically, haven’t exactly enjoyed a great deal of success in recent years, if not their overall Cup careers. Consider: Runner-up A.J. Allmendinger had his best finish since his one…
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April 3, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kyle Busch came to Martinsville Speedway this weekend with no grandfather clock trophies from the shortest and tightest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series short tracks. He left with two clocks after completing an unprecedented Martinsville sweep in Sunday’s STP 500, and, appropriately, the first question he radioed to his crew after his celebratory burnouts dealt with telling time. “What time is it?” crowed the reigning series champion, who a day earlier had won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville in his own equipment. Then Busch answered…
April 2, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kyle Busch, come get your clock. Leading a race-high 123 of 255 laps, Kyle Busch pulled off an overtime victory in Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and filled a major hole in his resume by securing the coveted grandfather clock that goes to the victor. “I’ve got a couple owners’ ones, but never one of my own,” said Busch, who got an excellent launch on the final restart and won the two-lap dash to the finish by .425 seconds over John…