Aric Almirola Scores First Busch Win
What a great couple of race at Milwaukee. Racing at the Milwaukee Mile is always exciting but this weekend it seemed to even be better.
Friday night Johnny Benson picked up the checkers for the second year in a row. Way to go Johnny!
Tonights Busch race was great. Cousin Carl dominated the first half but it was Denny Hamlin coming from a lap down to take the win.
The record books will say that Aric Almirola was the winner since he started the race in the 20 car. While Denny was in Sonoma preparing for the Cup race, Aric practiced and qualified the car. When Denny wasn’t there on time, Aric started the race and ran very well.
The decision was made to put Denny in around lap 60 and the team lost a lap during the driver change.
Denny fought his way through the field, finally getting his lap back. From there he fought his way through the field again. A flat tire caused race dominator Carl Edwards to go a lap down, effectively ending his evening but making for some great racing as he fought his way back to the lead lap.
There was plenty of exciting racing by both Hamlin and Edwards as they overcame adversity. A great race and another great weekend of racing from the Milwaukee Mile.
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June 24th, 2007 at 5:56 am
it was a good competition for sure