Kyle Busch Wins Sprint Cup Championship

The field headed to pit road, Busch asked for an adjustment, and was second on the restart with seven laps remaining.

Congratulations to the guy they used to call ‘Shrub, ‘ as he’s the younger brother of another former Cup champioin driver Kurt Busch.

Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin, a two-time victor at HMS, began leaking rear-end grease from a faulty clamp on Lap 13, forcing him to the garage. Winning his first career title?

At this point, it really doesn’t matter as 10 years from now there won’t be an asterisk beside Busch’s name. “I was kind of optimistic about the race”.

Perhaps signifying Kyle Busch’s rise in popularity, an unusual reception – at least by his standards – greeted NASCAR’s newest champion Sunday night.

“You hate to end this way”, Bowyer said.

And when a debris caution suddenly showed up with 10 laps to go? He almost pulled off a fourth straight win at Pocono Raceway but ran out of gas on the final lap. He ended up being the first to the garage.

But when the festivities were over, the hard truth was that Gordon did not have the handling or speed in his Chevrolet to keep pace with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch. “We had a lot of trouble getting up off the corner and putting the power down”.

Jeff Gordon’s farewell included every memorable moment he could have dreamed of with the exception of his elusive fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

NBC said the broadcast delivered an average of 7.64 million total viewers with a 4.42 household rating – gains of 46% and 41%, respectively, from the race a year ago, carried on ESPN. Once the green flag dropped, Busch was ready.

Now that he’s accomplished his goal of becoming a Sprint Cup Champion, the door now opens for a potential attempt at open-wheel racing.

Kenseth was suspended two races for an action that ultimately knocked Logano out of the Chase.

“Adam Stevens (crew chief) prepared such a great race auto”, Busch said. “No one needs to interfere with the natural unfolding of this event”. After suffering an unfortunate incident at the Chase race in Loudon, Busch went to Dover and ran second, advancing into the Round of 12. However, Busch easily cruised to victory lane, ending a historic season for Busch and NASCAR. “24Ever” during driver introductions.

“This wasn’t a vacation for us”, wife Samantha told USA TODAY Sports. “Other than that, we will move the race over”.

“I will say that what he went through this year, I see a changed Kyle. I just wanted him to be here and be a part of it because he’s a huge fan, and I appreciate him and all of our fans so much, especially what I saw this weekend”.

“But we showed what we’re made of and what got us here”, he said. Picking up enough points was to be much harder. Delaying the start of the race could be the next step. Busch is in a great ride at Joe Gibbs Racing. Patrick’s is old-school “rainbow warriors” colors. Logano kept the lead and Busch restarted third, Harvick fifth, Truex 11th, Gordon 12th. “I don’t know why Brad (Keselowski) chose to the bottom, but he gave me the top and I thought, ‘This is interesting.’ It did put (Kevin) Harvick behind me so I knew I just had to protect whatever Harvick tried to do if he was going to shoot the middle or shoot the gap or whatever it was going to be”.

It was only after being congratulated on his career achievement that Busch unleashed his emotions.

Hello there! Would you like to share your details with us for better personalization? “… As bad as it was, I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re looking to achieve a championship this way”. Many prognosticators and fans turned to Gordon as the leader in the garage where Earnhardt once played that role. Gordon responded by high-fiving hundreds of them. Gordon made sure his colleagues will remember the day, too.

“Drivers are so competitive”, Gordon said. Gordon recalled Richard Petty doing something similar in the 1992 season finale in Atlanta. Petty gave each driver in that race, including Gordon, a “Petty blue” money clip.

“Something I’ve always cherished”, Gordon tweeted along with a picture of the clip. We came here and really tried everything we knew to put out our best performance. He won 93 races in 23 full seasons.

Count No. 42 among those pulling for No. 24 in NASCAR’s season finale.