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Kurt Busch holds off brother Kyle at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kurt Busch asked for a final favor from Atlanta Motor Speedway s old, battered track. Busch s wish came true on the track s farewell race. Busch passed brother Kyle with 24 laps left and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday to complete a sibling weekend Atlanta sweep.
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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) Kurt Busch asked for a final favor from Atlanta Motor Speedway s old, battered track.
Busch s wish came true on the track s farewell race.
Busch passed brother Kyle with 24 laps left and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday to complete a sibling weekend Atlanta sweep.
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Kurt Busch passed brother Kyle with 24 laps left and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday to complete a sibling weekend sweep at Atlanta Motor Speedway. (AP)
Kurt Busch raced to his first victory of the season, 33rd overall and the fourth of his career at Atlanta. He locked up a spot in the playoffs and possibly improved his chances of securing a new ride next season. Hell yeah, we beat Kyle! Kurt Busch said.
Kyle Busch reclaimed the lead with 47 laps remaining, but couldn t hold off his older brother on Lap 236. Kurt Busch took advantage of lapped traffic to pass his brother.
Kurt wins ahead of Kyle in the dominance of the Busch Brothers
July 12, 2021 by archyde
In the course of an exciting duel between brothers, Kurt Busch (Ganassi-Chevrolet) won the last NASCAR race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday the upcoming renovationwhich was confirmed this week.
In the Quaker State 400, Kurt and his younger brother Kyle Busch (Gibbs-Toyota) clearly put their stamp on the course of the race. The only question was which of the two would win. In the end, it was Kurt Busch who took his first win of the season with it.
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Kyle Busch s Xfinity Series sweep wasn t as sweet as he hoped.
Busch completed a 5-for-5 sweep of what he says will be his final season in the Xfinity Series with a late recovery at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. (AP)
Busch knocked teammate Daniel Hemric from the lead with a late push. That cast a pall on what otherwise would have been an ideal way for Busch to say goodbye to NASCAR s second-tier series. It’s not quite the win we were hoping for, Busch said. A little bit of a somber win I guess, not just for it being the last one but for the way it kind of happened.