Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, 2015 Photo – Daniel Shirey/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, affixes the winner?s decal to his car in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.
Busch won for the 31st time in his career and the second time at the 1.5-mile track. Race runner-up Joey Logano was the only interloper in a top-five that also included all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers—Busch, Denny Hamlin in third, Carl Edwards in fourth and Matt Kenseth in fifth. Continue reading →
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski held of Erik Jones and a charging Kyle Busch after a restart with 31 laps left and collected his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory of the season in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
A late two-tire call put Keselowski in front for a restart on lap 170, and though the No. 22 Team Penske Ford ceded the lead to Jones for 22 circuits, Keselowski regained the top spot with a daring move to the inside through traffic entering the tri-oval on lap 92 and held on to win by less than a quarter-second. Continue reading →
