Busch dominates again, wins Xfinity Series race at Pacono

Elliott grabs runner-up finish

LONG POND, Pa, June 3, (AP): Kyle Busch had a flicker of concern when a speeding penalty dumped him to the rear of the field.

“You’re always worried about something crazy or unpredictable situations taking place,” he said.

There’s very little unpredictable about an Xfinity Series race with Busch in the field.

He romped again, overcoming an early penalty that dropped him to the back to win the Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Pocono dominant driver across all three national NASCAR series in history. He dominated early on Saturday and won the first stage until he was busted on the 27th lap for speeding on pit road.

“I didn’t think I sped,” he said. “I never saw any of our top indicating lights that would have said we were speeding.”

It didn’t matter. He had the No. 18 Toyota up to sixth by the end of the second stage and

Study of Man (left), ridden by French jockey Stephane Pasquier crosses the finish line and wins ahead of second-placed Patascoy (second left), ridden by French jockey Mickael Barzalona and third-placed Louis d’Or ridden by French jockey Antoine Hamelin (third left), at the end of the Prix du Jockey Club horse race at the

Chantilly racecourse, north of Paris, on June 3. (AFP)

controlled the race in the final stage, easily holding off runner-up Chase Elliott.

“I think if you run on Saturday, it’s more just for fun,” Elliott said.

Xfinity regulars completed the top five: Daniel Hemric was third, followed by Austin Cindric and pole winner Cole Custer.

Busch won the Cup race last week at Charlotte Motor Speedway to become the only driver in NASCAR’s modern era to win a points race on every track on the schedule.

His first win at Pocono in Xfinity gives him wins on 26 tracks in the series. “It’s been one I wanted to get,” he said. Elliott Sadler finished sixth and has a 62-point lead over Custer for first place in the points standings.

Busch’s Toyota failed a post-race inspection and his team will face penalties this week.

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Comcast Salute to Service/Juniper Toyota, poses for a photo with the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pocono Green 250 Recycled by J.P. Mascaro & Sons at Pocono Raceway on June 2, inLong Pond, Pennsylvania. (AFP) DEHRADUN, India, June 3, (AFP): Teen sensation Rashid Khan led an inspired spin attack to help Afghanistan trounce Bangladesh by 45 runs in the first Twenty20 international on Sunday.Khan claimed three wickets with his wily leg-spin to help bowl out Bangladesh for 122 as hosts Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series in the northern Indian city of Dehradun.Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman struck with the first ball of the innings to trap Tamim Iqbal lbw for nought.Fellow spinner Mohammad Nabi soon joined in to claim the two crucial wickets of Liton Das, for 30, and Shakib Al Hasan, for 15, as Bangladesh were reduced to 3-64.The 19-year-old Khan then broke Bangladesh’s back with two successive strikes in his very first over to derail the chase.He returned impressive bowling figures of 3-13 in his three overs. Paceman Shapoor Zadran also took three wickets including Mahmudullah’s prized scalp for 29.Earlier opening batsman Mohammad Shahzad top-scored with 40 to help Afghanistan post 167-8 after being put into bat first.Samiullah Shenwari, who hit an 18-ball 36, and Shafiqullah Shafiq, who made 24 off 8 balls, provided a late blitz to take the attack to the opposition bowlers.Paceman Abul Hasan and off-spinner Mahmudullah took two wickets each.The Asghar Stanikzai-led Afghanistan, who are tuning up for their debut Test against India starting June 14, next take on the visitors on Tuesday at the same venue.