For nearly two years, Kurt has toiled rather unsuccessfully in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series while Kyle has racked up wins, stirred controversy and bulldozed his way into the series’ top echelon of drivers.
Kurt, 30, finished fifth in the Auto Club 500 in his Penske Racing Dodge a week after opening the season with a 10th-place finish in the Daytona 500. That lifted the older Busch brother to third place in the Cup standings behind points leader Matt Kenseth, who won both races, and Jeff Gordon, who finished second to Kenseth in race at Auto Club Speedway.
“We’re happy, a top-five finish is good . . . It’s only one race, a long way to go,” he said, but added that his team had “an excellent turnaround over the off-season.”
Kyle, meanwhile, finished third to Kenseth and Gordon on Sunday, but he’s 18th in points after finishing 41st at Daytona when he was collected in a multicar crash.
Now, both are looking forward to the next Cup race at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway this Sunday because they’re Las Vegas natives, although they haven’t won at their home track.
| 
|