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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (April 24, 2012) ??? Every year in late April across the United States, signs of spring begins to appear all around. Flowers and trees start to come into bloom, the grass begins to grow, the weather becomes warmer ??? and, of course, Kyle Busch is winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
The driver of the No. 18 M&M???s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is returning to Richmond for Saturday night???s Sprint Cup Series Richmond 400 as the winner of the last three spring events at the .75-mile oval, having won in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in dominating fashion. Last April, the Las Vegas native brought home his third career Sprint Cup victory at Richmond to go with four runner-up finishes and an amazing 11 top-fives in just 14 career Sprint Cup starts in Virginia???s capital city.
The talented 26-year-old has an average finishing position of 5.0 at Richmond, tops among all active drivers, including JGR teammate Denny Hamlin, whose average finish there is 7.6. Busch has completed all 5,610 laps available to him in his 14 career Richmond starts. Of those laps completed, Busch has run in the top-15 for 4,892 (87.2 percent) of them ??? second-most among active drivers at the track.
While he has always had strong runs at Richmond since joining the Sprint Cup ranks in 2005, Busch???s first Sprint Cup victory there came in May 2009, where he became only the second driver in Sprint Cup history to celebrate a victory on his birthday, a feat first accomplished by Cale Yarborough, who did it twice. Yarborough won on his March 27 birthday at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in 1977 and at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1983. Since then, Busch has finished no worse than sixth at Richmond during the 2009-2011 seasons, recording wins in the last three spring races and fifth, second and sixth, respectively, in the fall races the past three seasons.
While his birthday isn???t until next Wednesday, the soon-to-be 27-year-old would like nothing more than to add another Richmond win to his resume and celebrate his birthday a few days early in victory lane on Saturday night at Richmond.
And if anyone needs confirmation that spring is in the air, they may not need to look any further than victory lane Saturday night in the ???Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.???
Petty is running the Petty Blue and Day-Glo STP Red on his car this Sunday. Almirola will feel good driving that car. Petty and STP have been partnered up for 40 years.
Posted April 24, 2012
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (April 24, 2012) ??? Every year in late April across the United States, signs of spring begins to appear all around. Flowers and trees start to come into bloom, the grass begins to grow, the weather becomes warmer ??? and, of course, Kyle Busch is winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
The driver of the No. 18 M&M???s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is returning to Richmond for Saturday night???s Sprint Cup Series Richmond 400 as the winner of the last three spring events at the .75-mile oval, having won in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in dominating fashion. Last April, the Las Vegas native brought home his third career Sprint Cup victory at Richmond to go with four runner-up finishes and an amazing 11 top-fives in just 14 career Sprint Cup starts in Virginia???s capital city.
The talented 26-year-old has an average finishing position of 5.0 at Richmond, tops among all active drivers, including JGR teammate Denny Hamlin, whose average finish there is 7.6. Busch has completed all 5,610 laps available to him in his 14 career Richmond starts. Of those laps completed, Busch has run in the top-15 for 4,892 (87.2 percent) of them ??? second-most among active drivers at the track.
While he has always had strong runs at Richmond since joining the Sprint Cup ranks in 2005, Busch???s first Sprint Cup victory there came in May 2009, where he became only the second driver in Sprint Cup history to celebrate a victory on his birthday, a feat first accomplished by Cale Yarborough, who did it twice. Yarborough won on his March 27 birthday at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in 1977 and at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1983. Since then, Busch has finished no worse than sixth at Richmond during the 2009-2011 seasons, recording wins in the last three spring races and fifth, second and sixth, respectively, in the fall races the past three seasons.
While his birthday isn???t until next Wednesday, the soon-to-be 27-year-old would like nothing more than to add another Richmond win to his resume and celebrate his birthday a few days early in victory lane on Saturday night at Richmond.
And if anyone needs confirmation that spring is in the air, they may not need to look any further than victory lane Saturday night in the ???Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.???