Kyle Busch made NASCAR history Saturday with an unprecedented sweep of three national races in one week, completing the trifecta with a victory in the Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch also won the second-tier Nationwide race Friday, and the Trucks race Wednesday to become the first driver to complete the sweep in the 14 years since NASCAR has had three national series. The Cup victory, his third of the season and third in the past four at Bristol, was drama-free after another round in his ongoing feud with Brad Keselowski. Busch admitted to intentionally crashing Keselowski late in the Nationwide race, and he celebrated that win by mockingly rubbing his eyes like a crying baby as the crowd showered him with boos. Keselowski vowed revenge over the public address system, to the delight of the Bristol crowd. The barbs continued all the way up to the start of the Cup race. As Busch was booed in pre-race introductions, he sarcastically told the crowd, “Aw, you're so loving.” Keselowski was introduced moments later, taking the microphone and earning a thunderous cheer by saying, “I'm Brad Keselowski ... Kyle Busch is (a jerk).” There was almost no chance of an on-track altercation, though, as the two hardly raced near each other for most of the night. Keselowski did make it hard for Busch to pass him late in the race, when Keselowski was fighting hard not to go a lap down, but Busch made a clean move around him in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after several attempts. David Reutimann recovered from a bout with food poisoning to finish second in a Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing, and Jamie McMurray was third in a Chevrolet for Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing. Clint Bowyer rallied from an early pit-road speeding penalty to finish fourth in a Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. Mark Martin finished 23rd. Kasey Kahne was fifth in a Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports, and Ryan Newman was sixth in a Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing. Juan Pablo Montoya, McMurray's teammate, finished seventh despite damage to his car from contact that crashed four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson. The pole-sitter, Johnson finished 35th. Greg Biffle was eighth in a Ford for Roush-Fenway Racing, Penske Racing's Kurt Busch was the highest finishing Dodge, and RFR's Matt Kenseth rounded out the top 10.
