This is the kind of car Kyle Busch drove Sunday in the NASCAR Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: One that was loose all afternoon, needed major adjustments, wasn’t the fastest, started from the back and was average enough for Busch’s crew chief to say the team needed to scratch and claw and kick and spit and fight just to have an opportunity at winning.
Matt Kenseth’s chance to make NASCAR history ended only seven laps into the Shelby 427 when his Roush Fenway Racing Ford engine failed.
Kyle Busch had the car to beat in the Daytona 500 two weeks ago, but was sidelined by the race’s biggest crash.
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch drove from the back of the field today to win the NASCAR Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was Busch’s first win at Las Vegas in six career Cup starts.
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Kyle Busch will lead a backward parade of Toyotas during the start of the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Matt Kenseth could leave Las Vegas today with a milestone never accomplished in 61 years of NASCAR racing.
INDIANAPOLIS – Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., won his first Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race of the 2009 season at the inaugural race inside Lucas Oil Stadium before 61,538 fans, tying the AMA Supercross class points race. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Stroupe, of Lincolnton, N.C., won the first Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class race of his 2009 season.
The road back from his 2004 championship season hasn’t been smooth for Kurt Busch, so the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver doesn’t want to make too much of his promising start this year.
Because of the sagging economy, the chances of a sellout for Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race seemed highly unlikely a few weeks ago.
Kyle Busch won the pole Friday for the Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, and his older brother, Kurt Busch, was second fastest in qualifying.
Greg Biffle was caught speeding on pit road, had another bad stop, and ran out of gas while leading — twice.
He overcame all of the miscues today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to snap his 76-race winless streak, partly because almost every other driver had similar issues while leading.
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart was among a handful of drivers who devoted part of Thursday to meeting fans, helping others and promoting this weekend’s racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Many of the day’s public appearances were charitable events.
