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CUP: More All-Star Frustration For JGR

document.write($AllStarArticleAdContent);For the most part, Joe Gibbs Racing has been the dominant team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year, winning five of the first 11 points races.But the one glaring blank spot in the team's resume continues to be the Sprint All-Star Race, which the team has never won. Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it was close but no cigar for JGR once again as Kyle Busch finished third, Denny Hamlin sixth and Matt Kenseth ninth.JGR has four runner-up finishes in NASCAR's annual non-points extravaganza, but somehow the team just can't quite seal the deal.Kenseth, who has blazed to the three victories on the season, was doomed by the unique all-star rules. Although he was third fastest in practice at Charlotte, Kenseth qualified 16th of 19 cars in the unique time trials, which included three green-flag laps with a mandatory pit stop and four-tire change.During the all-star race, the first caution flew on Lap 8, with Kenseth immediately pitting fo...

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