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Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway, Kyle Busch handled the coveted guitar trophy in a manner that about 99.931 percent of the world would never think to do.

Yet, when we're thinking about the most dominant driver in the sport in terms of race wins over the past year and a half, a little more thought could have almost anticipated seeing Busch doing exactly what he did in smashing that custom-painted Gibson Les Paul into the victory lane concrete.

Whether or not you found the "celebration" to be a complete slap in the face to numerous people or just another much-heralded "Kyle being Kyle" moment, there remains a stirring question: Is this 24-year-old polarizer making NASCAR into a sport that is better or worse?

Consider the Pocono edition of 'Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes' to be a friend of custom-painted Gibson guitars.

Artist "stunned" about smash

As you could have guessed would happen, motorsports artist Sam Bass backtracked on his post-Kyle Busch trophy guitar smash comments at Nashville Superspeedway in an interview with Scene Daily.

Bass designed the paint job on the Gibson Les Paul guitar, only to see Busch whack it against the concrete numerous times in what amounts to a poor way to honor his team members.

One of the bigger stories of the weekend's Nationwide Series activities at Nashville Superspeedway, thanks to the fine folks over at Scene Daily, involved a potential move of Rusty Wallace Inc.'s two teams to Sprint Cup in 2010.

According to the story, team owner Rusty Wallace said that he'd like to make the move in 2010, but that a lot of things would have to line up for it to happen -- like equipment, sponsorship and other necessities.

But doesn't it seem a little perplexing that the former Sprint Cup champ would want to move an organization that has one total win in Nationwide Series competition to NASCAR's top level?

On the Nationwide Series' first venture of 2009 away from the shadow of the Sprint Cup Series, Joey Logano spoiled the show.

Logano, a full-time driver in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series, won Saturday's Nashville 300 at Gladeville, Tenn.'s 1.5-mile Nashville Superspeedway after passing teammate Kyle Busch with just 8 laps to go.

While the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates dominated much of the day, the biggest story might be a restoration of Logano's confidence in a race car.

Well, I napped through most of today's Busch Series race in Nashville, but don't seem to have missed much.

I remember the pre-show--I was awake long enough to be annoyed by Nashville recording artist Julie Roberts' oversing of the National Anthem.

I vaguely remember Rusty Wallace talking about his son Steven being on the pole ... then things start to get fuzzy.

I woke up to Carl Edwards getting out of his car in victory lane.

Without a single practice lap on the track this weekend, the series points leader won the race--his third consecutive at the track, fourth on the season.

The always gracious driver dedicated his win to the France family, thanked his team, sponsors, etc.

Then he gave his Gibson guitar trophy away to Roush Fenway teammate David Ragan's brother. That was nice. It just might be awhile before Ragan brings one home.

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This weekend, the most popular motorsport division racing will be in Nashville, Tenn. NASCAR's Busch Series will call the city home for the weekend and take the limelight because the Cup Series has the weekend off. However, Nashville's reputation wasn't always as a home for NASCAR's second series.

The date was July 14, 1984 in central Tennessee. Around 24,000 had just watched Geoff Bodine lead 327 of the 420 laps that made up the 250-mile Pepsi 420 at Nashville Speedway USA en route to his 2nd career victory. Bodine beat Darrell Waltrip, winner of the the last 3 races at the track and last 4 of 6, and some guy named Earnhardt in a race that many would have never thought would change the landscape of NASCAR racing in Nashville forever.

It wasn't necessarily the competition on the track, but rather the financial wrangling behind it. Track owner Gary Baker made a deal with a California realtor to keep the track afloat, but the deal went sour after the California connection went bankrupt. As a result, NASCAR gave up on visiting a track with its premier series that was facing such financial hardship -- and a lack of political support -- and the two dates that speedway within the Tennessee state fairgounds had that season were gone the next despite hosting over 40 Cup events in the past 36 years.