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Kyle Busch fittingly wins Buschy McBusch 400 on his birthday
Busch takes control after a late restart and holds off Kevin Harvick for his first Cup Series victory of the season.
By DAVE SKRETTAAssociated Press
Colin E. Braley/Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Kyle Busch thought he had a third-place car Sunday. His crew chief, Ben Beshore, though it was good enough for second.
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Both of them turned out to be wrong.
Instead, Busch was perfect on a pair of late restarts and won a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of a topsy-turvy NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Kyle Busch thought he had a third-place car Sunday. His crew chief, Ben Beshore, thought it was good enough for second. Both of them turned out to be wrong. Kyle Busch celebrated in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway. (AP)
Instead, Busch was perfect on a pair of late restarts and won a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of a topsy-turvy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Kyle Busch celebrates 36th birthday with NASCAR Cup win at Kansas Speedway; first of 2021
Both of them turned out to be wrong.
Instead, Busch was perfect on a pair of late restarts and won a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of a topsy-turvy NASCAR Cup Series season.
On his 36th birthday, no less.
Kyle Busch won for the first time on the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021 and became the 10th different winner in 11 races this season.
James Gilbert/Getty Images We ran up front all day, Busch said. Just trying to make adjustments all day long to get it where we wanted. The final adjustments were a positive for us. Didn t necessarily take us from a third-place car to a winning car, but the restarts did.
Busch earns victory at Kansas Speedway
Kyle Busch celebrated his 36th birthday Sunday by winning a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of the NASCAR Cup Series season.
The Canadian Press Kyle Busch , The Canadian Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Kyle Busch thought he had a third-place car Sunday. His crew chief, Ben Beshore, though it was good enough for second.
Both of them turned out to be wrong.
Instead, Busch was perfect on a pair of late restarts and won a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of a topsy-turvy NASCAR Cup Series season.