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Article: NASCAR Sprint Cup: ; Joe Gibbs might have another franchise player
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 29, 2008
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Maybe Joe Gibbs can afford to let Tony Stewart
go.
The ol' coach already seems to have NASCAR's next star on his
roster.
Kyle Busch did it again Sunday, this time conquering a track that
had always given him fits. As he pulled into Victory Lane at
Talladega Superspeedway, there appeared to be nothing this 22-year-
old phenom can't do - even it means filling the shoes of his
teammate Stewart, a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
Busch has already won twice in nine races on the Cup circuit,
trailing leader Jeff Burton by just 22 points. He's third on the
second-tier Nationwide Series, right on the tail of Clint Bowyer and
Carl Edwards, and was leading the Craftsman Truck ...