After a dominant Busch win on Saturday, Matt Kenseth continued to show that he knows his way around the Fontana Speedway with a victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race. A smart and fast pit stop put him in the lead and for a while it looked like that advantage would be short lived as Kevin Harvick was fast appproaching. However the Daytona 500 winner’s luck deserted him this time as he was slowed by a puncture.

Like last week’s Daytona race this one was red-flaged with just 7 laps left to run. This time due to the after effects of Greg Biffle turning David Reutimann into the wall. The result was a massive impact that left the car torn apart and on fire. Also for the second week in sucession we were witness to a driver sitting in a burning car for what seemed a long time. In this case made all the more worrying by the in-car camera shot that showed that Reutimann was clearly stunned by the impact and unable to extricate himself. Although the safety team did arrive in time to douse the flames and help the driver out, the delay between the car stopping spinning and the arrival of any help was too long (despite the positive spin put on by the TV commentary team) and would be unacceptable in open wheel racing.

Once the race restarted Kennseth cruised to a relaxed victory ahead of team-mates Jeff Gordon and Jimmy Johnson.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Jeff Burton
5. Mark Martin
6. Clint Bowyer
7. Kurt Busch
8. Tony Stewart
9. Kyle Busch
10. Brian Vickers.

Our “Speed Blog Racer To Watch,” Juan Pablo Motoya finished 26th after another steady race,

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