NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Kyle Busch Makes History At Bristol Motor Speedway

It was a history making weekend for Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing.
 
Busch entered Saturday night seeking to become the first driver ever to sweep all the races in NASCAR’s top three series in a single weekend. He would open the weekend at Bristol with a victory in his Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra on Wednesday night in the truck series and follow that with an impressive victory in the No. 18 Z-Line Designs Camry Friday night in the Nationwide Series. Saturday night he would start his No. 18 Doublemint Toyota in the 19th position, but would not disappoint as he battled his way into the top ten over the course of the first 60 laps, entered the top five shortly after lap 100, and assumed the lead for the first time on lap 175. From there Busch would go on to lead a race-high 282 laps and set NASCAR history by taking the checkered flag in the Irwin Tools Night Race.
 
Busch’s dominance at Bristol extends well beyond this weekend however. It was his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory and ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at the famed short track.
 
Busch earned the victory, while David Reutimann was second, Jamie McMurray third, Clint Bowyer fourth and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five.  There were seven cautions for a total of 39 laps and 15 lead changes among nine different drivers.
 
The victory vaulted Busch back up to third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings, while Hamlin now sits in the fifth position with just two more races before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship begins.

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