I can guarantee you that this week you’ll see a preponderance of “Kyle Busch can be the 2011 Sprint Cup Champ” articles following his sweep in Thunder Valley.
5 – consecutive victories for Kyle Busch at Bristol in NASCAR competition, spanning all three major series.
With the failure to qualify by the No. 32 FAS Lane Racing team, the NASCAR Cup Series owner points got shuffled a bit Sunday at Bristol.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – After this Sunday, there is no mistake to be made. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back to contention in the Cup Series this season.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kyle Busch earned his second straight Bristol sweep and has stood in victory lane in the last five NASCAR national series races at the track.
Paul Menard sits a career-best sixth in points and is the highest running driver for the Richard Childress Racing team.
Did You Notice? How many NASCAR pundits declared Trevor Bayne to be the next rising star in NASCAR following his surprise Daytona win?
Consider the fast start Stewart-Haas Racing has made. We’ll start with the standings. Tony Stewart sits in second place. Ryan Newman isn’t far behind in fifth.
Much has already been made about how the Busch brothers are the first family members to sit atop the standings since the Daytona 500 in 1988.
Phoenix will begin a repaving process this week, which includes changes to the banking and the dogleg on the backstretch. But are these changes necessary?