Kurt Busch Wins at Kansas for First Victory with Michael Jordan

Kurt Busch won the AdventHealth 400 from Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his first win with 23XI Racing.

Busch led a race-high 116 laps and won the second stage of the race. Busch has struggled early in the season, but was finally able to put a strong race together in his Jumpman-sponsored Toyota Camry.

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Busch said his team has been working to improve from the early-season struggles.

“It’s all about teamwork,” Busch said.  “This is 23XI, this is our first win for the 45 car and with Jordan brand on the hood. I felt like I had to play like the goat, race like the goat, and I had to beat the Kyles.”

Busch was part of a trio that fought for the lead over the final run, with Kyle Larson and brother Kyle Busch fighting for the lead.

Busch said once he got past his brother, he knew he’d be able to chase down Larson.

“If I could get one Kyle, I could get both. It’s like the Kyle and Kyle Show.”

“I’ve been with a lot of teams and a lot of manufacturers. It’s the most gratifying to work from the ground up with a new car number.”

Larson had a strong car throughout the day, but said he knew he’d be able to hold off anyone other than Kurt Busch.

“It was hard to hold off Kyle, and I knew when Kurt got by him it was going to be hard to hold him off. I did my best, but came up one spot short. That was fun racing.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kurt Busch

2. Kyle Larson

3. Kyle Busch

4. Denny Hamlin

5. Christopher Bell

6. Martin Truex Jr.

7. Ross Chastain

8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

9. Alex Bowman

10. Bubba Wallace

11. Austin Cindric

12. Ryan Blaney

13. Austin Dillon

14. Brad Keselowski

15. Kevin Harvick

16. William Byron

17. Joey Logano

18. Noah Gragson

19. Corey LaJoie

20. Ty Dillon

21. Harrison Burton

22. Cole Custer

23. Michael McDowell

24. Chase Briscoe

25. Todd Gilliland

26. Aric Almirola

27. Chris Buescher

28. Josh Bilicki

29. Chase Elliott

30. Tyler Reddick

31. JJ Yeley

32. Erik Jones

33. Daniel Suarez

34. Cody Ware

35. Justin Haley

36. BJ McLeod

 

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Logano Moves Byron to Win at Darlington

 Joey Logano won the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his first win of the season.

Logano started on pole for Sunday’s race and ran up front for most of the day. In the closing laps, Logano started to reel in William Byron for the lead after giving up the top spot on the final restart.

Coming to the white flag, Logano made contact with Byron, moving Byron from the lead with a move reminiscent of Dale Earnhardt on NASCAR’s throwback weekend.

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Logano said the bump-and-run was payback for earlier contact from Byron.

“You’re not going to put me in the wall and not get anything back,” Logano said.  “That’s how that works.”

Logano said his team kept him up front throughout the race and helped him snap a 40-race winless streak.

“Super proud of this Shell-Pennzoil team,” Logano said.  “Great execution all day long. I never won here in a Cup race before.”

Byron fell from third to 13th on the final lap after his right-front tire went flat following the contact with Logano.

Byron said he didn’t do anything to Logano that warranted payback coming to the white flag.

“We were really close off of two and I think I spooked him and got him tight,” Byron said. “He was right against the wall and I got the lead. It was close racing at the restart, but we were faster than him. Obviously at the end the right-rear started to go away and he didn’t even make it a contest.”

“He’s just an idiot. He does this stuff all the time, I’ve seen it with other guys. He’s just a moron. He can’t win a race so he does it that way.”

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Tyler Reddick

3. Justin Haley

4. Kevin Harvick

5. Chase Elliott

6. Christopher Bell

7. Michael McDowell

8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

9. Austin Dillon

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Aric Almirola

12. Ty Dillon

13. William Byron

14. Harrison Burton

15. Todd Gilliland

16. Chris Buescher

17. Ryan Blaney

18. Austin Cindric

19. Cody Ware

20. Chase Briscoe

21. Denny Hamlin

22. Landon Cassill

23. JJ Yeley

24. Martin Truex Jr.

25. Erik Jones

26. Cole Custer

27. Bubba Wallace

28. Kurt Busch

29. Alex Bowman

30. Ross Chastain

31. Daniel Hemric

32. BJ McLeod

33. Kyle Busch

34. Brad Keselowski

35. Corey LaJoie

36. Kyle Larson

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