Kyle Busch overcomes speeding penalty to snag 200th NASCAR victory

March 17, 2019 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Let the debate begin. Recovering from a pit road speeding penalty with the help of a timely caution, Kyle Busch collected his 200th NASCAR national series victory with a dominating win in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. At the same venue that gave Busch his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in 2005, the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota beat runner-up Joey Logano to the finish line by a comfortable 2.354 seconds to earn his 53rd win in the series and his…

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Cole Custer wins at Fontana, hits pause on Kyle Busch’s run to 200

March 16, 2019 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Thanks to Cole Custer, Kyle Busch will have to wait at least one more day. With a determined run to the finish in Saturday’s Production Alliance Group 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway, Custer kept Busch at bay after a restart with 20 laps left and thwarted Busch’s march toward 200 victories across NASCAR’s top three national series. In winning for the third time in his career and the first time at his home track, the Ladera Ranch, Calif., native grabbed the lead from Christopher Bell on…

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Kyle Busch approaches 200th NASCAR national series win milestone

March 11, 2019 By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Having swept the two NASCAR races at Phoenix’s ISM Raceway over the weekend and now standing one victory away from one of the most remarkable statistical achievements in his sport – 200 NASCAR national series victories - Kyle Busch smiled and conceded Sunday afternoon, that he looks forward to a time when he won’t be asked so many questions about reaching the 200-win milestone. And when he scores that next national series victory – possibly this weekend at California’s Auto Club Speedway - it will likely be a marker…

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Kyle Busch is one NASCAR win away from 200 after Phoenix Cup victory

March 10, 2019 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – There was an air of inevitability to Kyle Busch’s closing run in Sunday’s TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway. Busch was tracking down race leader Ryan Blaney after restarting fourth on Lap 239 of the fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of the season. Running in Blaney's wake for 37 laps, Busch finally made the winning pass on Lap 296 of 312 and nursed his car to the finish line. Busch’s third victory at the one-mile track and his 52nd in the series left him one win short of his…

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