NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 28, 2010)
47.8: Percentage of laps Kyle Busch has run in the Camping World Truck Series this year in which he has been in the lead. Busch has started nine of the 17 races and led 649 of the 1,359 laps he has run. Despite missing eight races, Busch is [...]
Kyle Busch completes Bristol triple with Sprint Cup win
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 21, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—Check off a major accomplishment from Kyle Busch’s bucket list.
Busch fended off strong challenges from David Reutimann and Jamie McMurray to win Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and complete his unprecedented sweep of three [...]
NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 21, 2010)
20.73: Kyle Busch’s winning percentage in the Nationwide Series, which is second best to Mark Martin’s 20.78 percent. Busch won Friday night’s race at Bristol for his 40th victory in 193 starts. Martin has a series-high 48 wins in 231 starts.
Vickers reveals heart surgery in July, promises 2011 return
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 21, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—Brian Vickers’ story took an unexpected turn Saturday when the Red Bull Racing driver revealed he had surgery July 12 to repair a small hole between the upper chambers of his heart.
Vickers, 26, who was sidelined from racing [...]
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 20, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—After spinning his strongest challenger on Lap 219, Kyle Busch held off Jason Leffler and polesitter Elliott Sadler through a spate of cautions in the closing laps to win Friday night’s Food City 250 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Busch won his 10th Nationwide race [...]
By Jared Turner
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 18, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—In a race where the typical Bristol gremlins came out early and often, Kyle Busch managed to get his out of the way before the green flag waved.
The result was a commanding victory for Busch in Wednesday night’s O’Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor [...]
Notebook: Hamlin, Busch trade places in morning practice
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 14, 2010)
BROOKLYN, Mich.—Joe Gibbs Racing performed its own version of “Trading Places” Saturday morning at Michigan International Speedway, during practice for Sunday’s Carfax 400.
Denny Hamlin, who won at Michigan in June, and teammate Kyle Busch had been struggling to find speed [...]
On this week’s podcast:
— Hear from Tony Stewart, the all-time wins leader at Watkins Glen
— Jimmie Johnson talks about his road-course confidence boost after his Infineon win
— Find out what milestones Kyle Busch and Marcos Ambrose are shooting for this weekend in the Nationwide Series
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By Lee Montgomery
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 31, 2010)
NEWTON , Iowa —Even when he doesn’t get any practice, Kyle Busch still wins in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Busch won his ninth Nationwide race of 2010, his sixth in his last seven starts and 39th of his career by dominating the U.S. Cellular 250 in [...]
Notebook: Hamlin, Newman confirm they were fined
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 30, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —NASCAR drivers Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman admitted Friday at Pocono Raceway that they had been hit with fines for making disparaging remarks about NASCAR racing.
Though neither driver revealed the amount of his fine, Hamlin did nothing to [...]
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