Kyle Busch grabs elusive Indy victory as comeback continues; 3rd straight win, 4th in 5 races
INDIANAPOLIS - Kyle Busch's incredible comeback rolled through Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Busch won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday to sweep the weekend at the historic track.
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Busch missed the first 11 races of the season with a broken right leg and broken left foot. He returned in late May and has won four of the last five Sprint Cup Series races and three straight.
Busch joins Jimmie Johnson & Jeff Gordon as the only active drivers to win 3 or more in a row. Johnson was the last to do it in '07. #NASCAR
— NASCAR Stats (@NASCARStats) July 26, 2015
Now he has a prestigious Brickyard victory to give him one of NASCAR's elusive crown jewels. Busch also won the second-tier Xfinity Series race Saturday at Indianapolis.
His Indy victory moved him within 23 points of cracking the top 30 in the standings - where he needs to be to make NASCAR's championship race. It also gave Toyota its first Cup win at Indianapolis.
Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon had a final Brickyard 400 to forget:
Jeff Gordon: 42nd in final #Brickyard400 as full-time NSCS driver (worst finish in 22 career Brickyard 400 starts)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 26, 2015
- With files from theScore.