The Day

Kyle Busch

- By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer

dominates the field on Sunday night in winning the NASCAR Monster Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Concord, N.C. — Kyle Busch led 377 of 400 laps in a dominating Coca-Cola 600 run at Charlotte Motor Speedway to finally break through with a points-race victory at the only NASCAR Cup track that had eluded him.

Busch started on the pole, won every stage in the circuit's longest race and left everyone else in the field fighting for second on the way to his fourth victory of the season.

The victory gave Busch a pointsrace win at every NASCAR track on the schedule.

"I don't know if it has ever been done before but the first one ever to check off all of the tracks and get it all done," Busch said. "I don't want to go to any new ones so now we just have to start the whole process over."

Martin Truex Jr. was second, some four seconds behind. It was two years ago Truex had his own mind-boggling performanc­e, leading 392 of 400 laps for a NASCAR record 588 of 600 miles to win at Charlotte.

Kevin Harvick's try for a third straight points win this month ended with an early accident.

Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, was third, followed by Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson.

Busch's victory ended a day of dominance on racing's single biggest day. Things began with Australia's Daniel Ricciardo taking the pole and leading every lap at the Monaco Grand Prix. It continued at the Indianapol­is 500 with Will Power giving owner Roger Penske his 17th win at the Brickyard.

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