Now that the NASCAR Nationwide Series mark for most wins in a season is his, Kyle Busch can aim at another NASCAR history target: becoming the first driver to be a part of three national series titles in the same year.
His 11th win of the season last Saturday at Dover not only was the record-breaker, moving him past two-time series champion Sam Ard. The victory also propelled his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team to a 134-point owner standings lead over the No. 22 Penske Racing team of Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge). Keselowski leads the driver rankings by 320 points over second-place Carl Edwards (No. 60 Fastenal Ford).
Busch is third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.” There, his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team is third, 45 points out of first place in the owner standings.
In the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, his Kyle Busch Motorsports team is second in the owner standings, 39 points behind the leader, Germain Racing.
In addition to his fulltime ride in NASCAR Sprint Cup, Busch is scheduled to run in six of the seven remaining NASCAR Nationwide Series races and the final five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events.
It‘s a record well within his grasp.
“The Truck Series races, we’re pretty confident where we’re at, being able to run well,” said Busch. ―With (crew chief) Eric Phillips and (general manager) Rick (Renn) doing the job they do for me, it’s been fun to go out there and race as hard as we can, come out on top. It feels really good, especially in your own equipment.
“Racing in the Nationwide Series, we’ve got some stiff competition this year. I mean, Brad Keselowski is right on us. It’s hard to lay low and think, ‗Okay, we got this deal.‘ He’s good everywhere we’ve been. It‘s going to be a challenge. It’s not going to be easy there,‖ he said.
“Then of course the Cup Series, racing against the 11 best of the sport, being able to race for a championship there, fight it out till Homestead, it’s going to be tough.
“I just go out and race every week the best I can,” he said.
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