Kyle Busch scored an emotional win to cap his season long comeback Sunday. Busch led the final laps at Sonoma Raceway to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 wresting the lead from Jimmie Johnson with five laps to go. It was Busch’s 30th career win and his first since returning after missing the first 11 races of the season after being injured in the season opening Xfinity Series race at Daytona. It was a day filled with pit stop strategy that haunted some, and in the end gave Busch his win. Here’s how it all went down Sunday at Sonoma:
Polesitter AJ Allmendinger had to yield to second place starter Kurt Busch by turn 2 on the 11 turn course after the green flew. Busch led the first lap followed by Allmendinger, Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon. Gordon was able to slide past Kenseth for fourth at turn 10 on lap 4; he went to third on lap 9.
By lap 11, Kurt Busch had a 2.1 second lead. MORE>>>
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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