Teamwork helps Kyle Busch race to victory in Atlanta

HAMPTON, GA - SEPTEMBER 01: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 1, 2013 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images)
HAMPTON, GA - SEPTEMBER 01:  Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 1, 2013 in Hampton, Georgia.  (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images)
HAMPTON, GA – SEPTEMBER 01: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 1, 2013 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images)

Kyle Busch struggled with the handling of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for much of the 500 miles in Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series Advocare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But when it counted his team was able to make the right adjustments and after taking the lead off pit road on lap 288 never surrendered the point and won his fourth race of the 2013 season.

For most the night it looked like Joey Logano would steal the show.  He made a late race charge but pit road issues, like those that had plagued him all race long, left him in third on the final round of stops and time ran out for him to catch Busch.

Juan Pablo Montoya shot to the lead on the first lap while Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards battled behind him. Polesitter Stenhouse began falling back and was soon outside of the top ten. MORE>>>

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Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community. Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.