Kyle Busch grabbed a souvenir for the victory lap he'd
perfected 99 times before: a white "100" flag that
rippled out the window of the No. 18 Toyota, one special
number and a giant slice of NASCAR history.
Kyle Busch won the inaugural Sprint Cup race at Kentucky
Speedway on Saturday night, pulling away from Jimmie Johnson
on a restart with three laps to go to collect his 99th NASCAR
series victory.
Kyle Busch denied teammate Denny Hamlin a Nascar weekend
sweep at his home track by stretching his final tank of fuel
107 laps to win at Richmond International Raceway at the
weekend.
Kyle Busch made NASCAR history on Saturday with an
unprecedented sweep of three national races in one week,
completing the trifecta with a victory in the Sprint Cup race
at Bristol Motor Speedway.
It's not that common for siblings to reach the highest level
of a professional sport, and when it happens, one of them
typically toils in the shadow of the superstar.
