Kyle Busch finally broke thru, sort of, and had the kind of race the #18 JGR Camry is capable of, coming home second in the rain shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup race behind defending series champ Tony Stewart.“We had a great race car with our Interstate Batteries Camry right from the beginning of the race,” said Busch, who has 10 top-10 finishes in 15 career Sprint Cup starts at Fontana. “I got the lead from Denny (Hamlin) after the first lap, led a lot of laps. I just wish we led 30 more, and we'd be in a different position right now. The Interstate Batteries Camry was fast."The #18 pit crew in action, en route to Kyle Bsuch's second place finishRowdy added “I can’t say enough about those guys, Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and everybody, for putting together a really good car this weekend. Wish we would have been able to race the whole thing on one hand, but on the other hand I'm kind of glad we're not because we kind of have a little bit of damage that slowed us down...
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