‘¢ Kyle Busch won the Irwin Tools Race Night at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was his 19th Cup series victory in his 210th start. Busch became the first driver in NASCAR history to win a Nationwide, Truck and Cup series race in the same weekend.
‘¢ Busch led 515 of the 956 laps raced in the three series (54 percent). He led four times for 283 of 500 laps Saturday night, including the final 72. He led the most laps for the 20th time in his Cup career.
‘¢ Busch has won three of the past four Cup races at Bristol. He has posted top-10 finishes in the past five Bristol races, the longest current streak.
‘¢ Joe Gibbs Racing posted its 85th Cup win and eighth in 2010.
‘¢ Toyota posted its ninth win in 2010.
‘¢ David Reutimann (second) scored his best finish in six races at Bristol.
‘¢ Jamie McMurray (third) climbed from 15th to 13th in points.
‘¢ Twelfth-place Clint Bowyer (fourth) increased his points lead from 35 to 100 over 13th place.
‘¢ Ryan Newman (sixth) has scored top-10 finishes in four of the past five Bristol races.
‘¢ Greg Biffle (eighth) has posted top-10 finishes in the past three Bristol races.
‘¢ Kurt Busch (ninth) scored his 150th career top-10 finish.
‘¢ Denny Hamlin finished 34th in his 175th Cup start (all consecutive).
‘¢ Jimmie Johnson (35th) has finished outside the top 10 in six of the past seven races. Johnson dropped from third to ninth in those seven races.(ESPN)(8-23-2010)
