NASCAR driver Kyle Busch wins 2011 spring race in Richmond, Virginia

May 1, 2011

driver won his third consecutive NASCAR  spring race at  on Saturday during the   in Virginia. Throughout the course of the race there were eight and the lead changed among ten drivers.

Busch, who led 235 laps, was over one second ahead of his teammate at the conclusion of the race. finished third, ahead of and. ,, , and followed in the next four positions. could only manage a tenth place finish.

During the race, collided into, prompting Montoya to crash into the. Following the accident, Newman told his crew, "I can't believe they [NASCAR] aren't going to black flag that 42 car. ... I'm going to take care of it after the race." On lap 236, Montoya collided back into Newman.

64 laps later, a nine car accident, involving, , and six other drivers occurred. Following the accident, Gordon commented, "I seem to find the worst angles for hitting walls. I wish there was a SAFER barrier there. I seem to be able to find the ones without the SAFER barrier."

After the race, Busch said, "I learned from Denny last fall, and I'm not going to say what I learned. He might know, but we did a good job at doing what we needed to do." Next, Hamlin told his crew chief that he "didn't have anything" for Busch.

Following the race, Edwards remains leader with 335 points. Nine points behind, Johnson is second with 326. In third, Busch is 30 points behind, but four ahead of  and  are fifth and sixth respectively with 300 and 289 points. Bowyer, Newman, Kenseth, and Stewart round out the top-ten positions for the Drivers' Championship.

The 2011 season continues on May 7 at for the 2011. The race will be televised in the U.S. on the at 7:30 p.m. EDT.