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Kyle Bush ament often got in his own the title in 2004, the inau- Jeff Gordon, right, congratulates Kyle Busch after Busch won the
way. But he has mellowed gural season of NASCAR’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and the season title, Sun-
Continued from page 17 with marriage, gained Chase format. day, Nov. 22, 2015, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Home-
perspective after the Day- stead, Fla.
“We felt like we had to take tona wreck, and was de- The system has been
a really big swing at it.” termined to be on his feet tweaked several times and Associated Press
That made the champion- in the delivery room when is in the second year of
ship race a two-car battle wife Samantha delivered an elimination format that
between Busch and Har- their first baby, a boy born sends four drivers to Home-
vick, and the outgoing in May — right after Busch stead to race for the title.
champion simply didn’t returned to the race car The first driver to the finish
have enough for Busch. and celebrated his 30th line hoists the Cup, and
birthday. Busch won it by winning
Busch was headed to- the race, the same way
ward the title via a second “I just can’t believe it, with Harvick did a year ago.
or third-place finish in the everything that happened
race when NASCAR called this year, all the turmoil, ev- The title is the fourth NAS-
a caution for debris with erything I went through, my CAR crown for Joe Gibbs,
11 laps remaining. Team wife went through,” Busch a three-time Super Bowl
owner Joe Gibbs pumped said. “I said back then, I’ll winning coach, but first
his fists in frustration, but say it again, the rehab and Cup title since 2005.q
Busch remained calm in then getting back and get-
the car. The field headed ting focused was the hard-
to pit road, Busch asked est part, the hardest thing
for an adjustment, and was I’ve ever gone through.
second on the restart with “To put it all together here
seven laps remaining. tonight, this night wasn’t all
that hard.”
He worked his way past
leader Brad Keselowski to His title is the first for Toyo-
claim the lead, then Busch ta, which joined the Sprint
pulled away and handily Cup Series in 2007 and had
beat Harvick to the finish shots at championships but
line by 1.553 seconds. came up empty again and
“This is pretty unbelievable. again. It was also fitting be-
The dream of a lifetime, a cause Joe Gibbs Racing
dream come true,” Busch dominated a huge portion
said. of this season and was the
overwhelming favorite to
The title is a sweet reward win the title with one of its
for Busch, who has made four drivers.
huge personal and profes-
sional gains over the last Busch also joins older
several years. Known as brother, Kurt, as a NASCAR
one of most talented driv- champion. Kurt Busch won
ers in the sport, his temper-
