One down, two to go. That’s the track record of Kyle Busch as of Saturday night, literally. There are now two tracks on the NASCAR circuit that Kyle Busch has yet to win at. Prior to Saturday the number stood at three, but Busch took advantage of the misfortune of one Marin Truex Jr. who was no doubt counting his winnings after staging a dominating performance leading nearly all the laps (172 of the 267 run).
It was Truex’s race to lose, and that he did with yet another pit road miscue. Busch took advantage and led most of the final 69 laps, scoring the 37th win of his career. It was his first at Kansas, a speedway that has been far from his amigo in his 17 starts there.
Busch now has just two tracks left to win at, Charlotte and Pocono; something that many think will happen sooner rather than later. Many think it’s not a matter of if, but when Busch will win at those two tracks, and that would make him the first driver in NASCAR history to do just that.
And the season is just getting started.
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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