Busch finishes sweep at Bristol
It’s Bristol Motor Speedway and Kyle Busch practically owns the place.
Busch swept the weekend for the second time in his career by winning the Monster Energy Cup Series race Saturday night. He also won in the Truck Series on Wednesday night and the Xfinity Series on Friday night. He’s the only driver to pull off the sweep; he also did it in 2010.
Busch toyed with the crowd, which had equal cheers and boos, by cupping his ear to the fans who disapproved of the win.
“So proud of Rowdy Nation. This one’s for you,” he shouted. And the haters? “I don’t care. All noise is good noise,” he said.
He then collected a broom from an onlooker to commemorate the sweep.
Busch admitted this win was the most difficult of the week because of the race he had with rookie Erik
Jones, his protege, future teammate and fellow Toyota driver. Jones led the most laps and the rookie believes he needs a victory to lock up his spot in the playoffs.
Jones settled for second, one spot short of his first career victory. Denny
Hamlin and Matt Kenseth were third and fourth as Joe Gibbs Racing took the win and two other spots inside the top four, while all four drivers were in Toyotas.
Leah Pritchett’s NHRA-record pass held up at Brainerd International Speedway in Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals qualifying in Michigan.
Pritchett took the No. 1 spot in top fuel with her Friday night run of 3.640 seconds at 330.63 mph, the quickest pass in NHRA history. She broke her own top fuel record of 3.658 set in Arizona in February.
Robert Hight broke the funny car time record Friday with a 3.793 at 338.00 in a Chevrolet Camaro SS, and that also stood as the top mark Saturday. He set the speed record of 339.87 last month at Sonoma.
Tanner Gray topped the pro stock field, and Hector Arana Jr. was the fastest in pro stock motorcycle, also both with their Friday runs. Gray had a 6.607 at 208.617 in a Chevrolet Camaro, and Arana had a 6.879 at 194.24 on a Buell. four afternoon four-ball matches after splitting the morning foursomes at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa. The biennial event concludes Sunday with 12 singles matches.
Cristie Kerr set a record for career points by an American with 20, teaming with Lexi Thompson to win both of her matches. U.S. captain Juli Inkster held the previous mark with 181⁄2. Kerr and Thompson beat Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Caroline Masson 5 and 3 in the morning, and topped Georgia Hall and Catriona Matthew 4 and 2 in the afternoon.
Henrik Stenson shot a four-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship.
The 2013 FedEx Cup champion and 2016 British Open winner was at 16-under 194 at Sedgefield with a round left in the PGA Tour’s last regular-season event of the season.
Webb Simpson, Kevin Na and Ollie Schniederjans were tied for second. Na shot a 65, Schniederjans had a 66 and Simpson had a 68.
Scott McCarron had two eagles in an 11-under 61 to join Kevin Sutherland atop the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open leaderboard.
Sutherland, the first-round leader, had a 67 to match McCarron at 12-under 132 at En-Joie in Endicott, N.Y.