Kyle Busch wins wreck-filled Prelude to the Dream
ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 6) – Kyle Busch stayed out of trouble to win fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Tony Stewart’s dirt-track charity race Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway.
Kasey Kahne was leading until he hit Bobby Labonte in Turn 3 after Labonte spun out. Busch was running second at the time, and he took advantage for his first Prelude victory after four top-five finishes. Stewart, the defending Sprint Cup champion, finished second.
Austin Dillon, Donny Schatz and Ryan Newman completed the top five.
Aric Almirola was sixth, followed by Cruz Pedregon, Dave Blaney, Ty Dillon and Justin Allgaier.
Five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson finished 11th, and Danica Patrick was15th in her dirt-track debut. Kurt Busch was scored last (26th) after he couldn’t start the feature following damage to his No. 51 in a heat race.
Twenty-six drivers, including 14 from the Sprint Cup Series, competed in late-model stock cars in the 40-lap event that benefited Feed The Children with the net proceeds from the HBO pay-per-view telecast. Feed The Children also will send a food truck to the hometown or a city of choice of the top-10 finishers. The event has raised more than $3.5 million for various charities since its inception in 2005.
FEED THE CHILDREN PRELUDE TO THE DREAM Date: June 6, 2012
Prelude Late Models
HEAT 1 – 1. 3-Austin Dillon [3]; 2. 41-Ty Dillon [1]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart [4]; 4. 11-Tony Kanaan [7]; 5. 11K-Steve Kinser [5]; 6. 38-David Gilliland [2]; 7. 10-Danika Patrick [6];
HEAT 2 – 1. 15B-Clint Bowyer [1]; 2. 39-Ryan Newman [2]; 3. 43-Aric Almirola [3]; 4. 48-Jimmy Johnston [4]; 5. 75-Cruz Pedregon [6]; 6. 31-Justin Allgaier [5];
HEAT 3 – 1. 18-Kyle Busch [1]; 2. 44-Bobby Labonte [2]; 3. 9-Kenny Schrader [3]; 4. 36-Kenny Wallace [5]; 5. 9E-Bill Elliott [4]; 6. 28-Ron Capps [6];
HEAT 4 – 1. 5-Casey Kahne [3]; 2. 15-Donnie Schatz [4]; 3. 71-Jason Leffler [2]; 4. 19-Ray Evernham [6]; 5. 22-Dave Blaney [7]; 6. 1G-Jj Yeley [5]; 7. 51-Kurt Busch [1];
FEATURE – 1. 18-Kyle Busch [2]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart [9]; 3. 3-Austin Dillon [4]; 4. 15-Donnie Schatz [8]; 5. 39-Ryan Newman [6]; 6. 43-Aric Almirola [10]; 7. 75-Cruz Pedregon [18]; 8. 22-Dave Blaney [20]; 9. 41-Ty Dillon [5]; 10. 31-Justin Allgaier [22]; 11. 48-Jimmy Johnston [14]; 12. 36-Kenny Wallace [15]; 13. 19-Ray Evernham [16]; 14. 9E-Bill Elliott [19]; 15. 10-Danika Patrick [25]; 16. 5-Casey Kahne [1]; 17. 44-Bobby Labonte [7]; 18. 71-Jason Leffler [12]; 19. 15B-Clint Bowyer [3]; 20. 38-David Gilliland [21]; 21. 28-Ron Capps [23]; 22. 11-Tony Kanaan [13]; 23. 1G-Jj Yeley [24]; 24. 9-Kenny Schrader [11]; 25. 11K-Steve Kinser [17]; 26. 51-Kurt Busch [DNS];
UMP DIRTcar MODIFIED FEATURE – 1. 225-Jesse Bitterling [2]; 2. 77-Joey Kramer [6]; 3. 88-Scott Orr [9]; 4. 0-Brent Hole [3]; 5. 20W-Matt Westfall [5]; 6. 7-Evan Taylor [8]; 7. 05-David Smith [14]; 8. 11-Rob Williams [4]; 9. 45P-Brian Post [7]; 10. 1-Scott Williams [13]; 11. 36-Brandon Vaughan [18]; 12. 26-Mike Dirksen [12]; 13. 5-Jonathan Taylor [10]; 14. 1S-Steve Billenstein [20]; 15. 4-Mike Chrisman [16]; 16. 4J-David Treon, Jr [21]; 17. 5X-Tim Richardson [22]; 18. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [1]; 19. 21T-Tom Treon [19]; 20. 15-Nick Katterhenry [15]; 21. 10-Scott Bowersock [11]; 22. 21M-Donnie Miller [DNS];
STOCK CAR FEATURE – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [6]; 2. 410-Paul Pardo [16]; 3. 20-Shawn Phillipi [4]; 4. M1-Jeremy Creech [17]; 5. 1W-Mark Wooten [7]; 6. 7W-Dan Wooten [15]; 7. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [8]; 8. 23-Casey Barr [9]; 9. 00-Dean Pitts [3]; 10. 36-Adam Schaeff [1]; 11. 115-Benjamin Myers [12]; 12. 19-Wayne Williams [10]; 13. 5-Ricky Rae Dillon [11]; 14. 17-Corey Wooten [14]; 15. 01-Earnie Woodard [2]; 16. 49-Eric Sandlin [13]; 17. 3-Rob Trent [DNS];
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