Double Wins at Dover Put Kyle Busch Closer to Another Triple-Race Sweep

Kyle Busch takes home his second win in a three-race weekend, May 31, 2014
Credit: Beth Bence Reinke for Skirts and Scuffs  

Kyle Busch hoisted a Miles the Monster trophy for the second time in 24 hours as he celebrated his 66th Nationwide Series victory in 280 starts. Busch joked that he has two big Monster trophies, which he called the mom and dad, and a bunch of “kid” ones, meaning the truck and NNS trophies, which are smaller.

“I guess I need some aunts and uncles now. We’ll work on that tomorrow and see if we can roll out of here with another one.”

The historic win makes Busch the first driver to win both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series at Dover in one weekend. He’s also the only driver to sweep all three NASCAR national series in a single weekend -- Bristol in 2010.

When asked if concrete tracks seem to work for him, Busch said he’s good at places like Bristol, Dover and Nashville.

“I think it’s more of the high bank. I think it’s more the speed that you get to carry here. You’ve got a lot of work to do in the corners and not a lot of time to rest down straightaways here.”

Busch said he probably considers the sweep at Bristol at the top of his list of racing accomplishments, and compared it to a possible sweep at Dover.

“The Bristol sweep ranks right up there, so I’d say this one (Dover) would rank right up there, too.”

The day didn't go as well for polesitter Joey Logano. His streak of four consecutive Nationwide wins at Dover ended when he finished third.

“I guess all good things must come to an end,” Logano said. “I feel like I had the winning car but we were too loose there. We were loose that last run and couldn’t pass anyone. As soon as I got close enough to a car I would lose all the air on it and get free and really couldn’t get there.”

Trevor Bayne came close to catching Busch but could not quite get to him in time. His second-place finish was Bayne's second top-five of the season.

And although Regan Smith came home 10th, he retained the Nationwide Insurance series points lead by four over ninth-place finisher Elliott Sadler and 22 over rookie Chase Elliott, who ended up fifth.

Unofficial results:

Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Sponsor
1	54	Kyle Busch	Monster Energy
2	6	Trevor Bayne	AdvoCare
3	22	Joey Logano	Hertz
4	20	Matt Kenseth	Resers
5	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts
6	42	Kyle Larson	Target Ticket
7	2	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge
8	3	Ty Dillon	Bulwark / Airgas
9	11	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial
10	7	Regan Smith	Breyers
11	60	Chris Buescher	Ford EcoBoost
12	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino
13	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing
14	1	Landon Cassill	Meding's Seafood
15	99	James Buescher	Rheem
16	43	Dakoda Armstrong	WinField
17	87	Joe Nemechek	Herbal Mist Teas
18	14	Jeff Green	Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap
19	44	Paulie Harraka	Buckle Up/Click It Or Ticket
20	51	Jeremy Clements	RepairableVehicles.com
21	23	Timmy Hill	Lilly Trucking
22	19	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports
23	52	Joey Gase	Jimmy Means Racing
24	70	Derrike Cope	Youtheory
25	93	Josh Reaume	JGL Racing
26	31	Dylan Kwasniewski	Rockstar
27	16	Ryan Reed	ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes
28	28	J.J. Yeley	JGL Racing
29	17	Tanner Berryhill	National Cash Lenders
30	4	Jeffrey Earnhardt	FastWax / Austin Hatcher Foundation
31	33	Cale Conley	IAVA
32	74	Mike Harmon	The 30 Days Foundation
33	40	Josh Wise	The Motorsports Group
34	13	Carl Long	Headrush
35	76	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports
36	55	Todd Bodine	SS-Green Light Racing
37	89	Morgan Shepherd	King's Tire
38	15	Ryan Ellis	RWR
39	46	Matt DiBenedetto	The Motorsports Group
40	10	Blake Koch	Heroes Behind the Camo / SupportMilitary.org