San Francisco Chronicle

Busch gets 1st win of 2017 at Pocono

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Kyle Busch used a bump-and-run on Kevin Harvick to take the lead and held on to snap a 36-race losing streak and win the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., on Sunday.

Busch won for the first time this season in the No. 18 Toyota and won for the first time ever at Pocono.

Busch, who had led more than 1,000 laps this season entering the race, was racing for the lead last weekend in the Brickyard 400 when he wrecked with Martin Truex Jr., which led to a pit road altercatio­n between members of both teams.

“This is something I’ve been waiting for for a long, long time,” Busch said. “It’s been a frustratin­g year but an awesome day today.”

IndyCar Series: Josef Newgarden dominated at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on the way to his second straight IndyCar victory at the Honda Indy 200 in Lexington.

Newgarden was not challenged most of the day on the 90-lap, 2.2mile course and finished 5.156 seconds ahead of Team Penske teammate Will Power, the polesitter. Newgarden won at Toronto on July 16 and has six career wins, including three this season. Formula One: Sebastian Vettel’s luck changed for the better at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, where the German driver won to extend his championsh­ip lead over Lewis Hamilton by 14 points heading into the summer break.

Vettel’s fourth win of the season and 46th of his career came from the pole position. Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen (second place) drove brilliantl­y behind him to fend off fast-closing Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas (third) and Hamilton (fourth).

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