Kyle Busch scored his ninth weekend sweep early Sunday morning. Busch led the final 34 laps to score his 36th career victory and his fourth NASCAR race in the last eight days. Here’s how it all went down at Texas Motor Speedway.
After the first rain delay of the season, Carl Edwards led the field to the green just over two hours past the original start time; Joey Logano started on the front row for the third time this season. The field went under a green-yellow condition after three pace laps as the track continued to dry.
The field was cut loose on lap 6 with Edwards on the inside and Logano on the outside. The two remained side by side for most of the lap but Logano went too high entering turn 1 on lap 7 and had to back off. Martin Truex Jr. took over second as Logano fell into third; Denny Hamlin was fourth, Ricky Stenhouse R. fifth.
By lap 14 Edwards’ lead was just over a second.
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.
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