Kyle Busch Night at Kentucky Speedway
It may have been the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway but Las Vegas native Kyle Busch drove like he grew up there. He started on the pole and hovered around the top all night long. He led 125 of the 267 laps and became the first driver of the season to win from the pole.
Unfortunately the most exciting part of this race was Kyle's post race burnout. Other than the restart on lap 265 making it a two lap sprint to the finish, this race was about as titillating as a root canal. I've had more fun doing my taxes.
But that last minute or two was almost a nail-biter. Not so much as who was going to win. That was a given. The real drama played out behind Busch once he pulled away from second place Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch in third. David Reutiman poured on the steam and passed both Johnson and Kurt Busch to take second.
Kyle's win was the second of the three Kentucky Speedway events over the weekend. He won the Camping World Truck Series race Thursday night. The strong finish in Saturday night's race let the Joe Gibbs' driver leap-frog over
Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards onto the top of the series leaderboard.
When asked about what it meant to get that first Kentucky win, Busch replied, "That I won on the way to Slinger. I've got to go to Slinger [Wisconson]. I'm going to stay here tonight, chill out and get a good night's sleep, get out of here in the morning and head up there and, hopefully, win a Late Model race."
Third place finisher Jimmie Johnson said his inability to stay beside Busch on the restart cost him a chance for victory.
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