MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Back in April, Kurt Busch made his first attempt in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (RIR), posting a win in only his second start with his brother’s Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) No. 54 Monster Energy team. Busch has attempted victory with KBM eight times since then and hopes this week’s return to the Virginia short track will produce another successful finish for the first-year team.
At the spring event on the .75-mile oval, KBM recorded its first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in just its seventh series start. Kurt Busch gave the crowd a thrill, winning a hard-fought, side-by-side battle with Denny Hamlin. Hamlin, who erased a two-second margin over the final 20 laps of the spring event, was unable to complete a last-lap pass on his Sprint Cup Series teammate’s older brother before the two drivers reached the start-finish line.
The 0.062 margin of victory was the smallest winning margin in RIR history. Not only did Bu...
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