Kyle Busch races to 5th straight NASCAR Trucks win
Fort Worth, Texas (AP)

5 in a row for Kyle: Busch wins NASCAR Trucks race to start Texas tripleheader
Fort Worth, TEXAS — Kyle Busch started his Texas tripleheader with another NASCAR Trucks Series victory. Busch has won each of his last five truck races, extending the streak that began at Bristol in August on Friday night when he beat Matt Crafton by 0.725 seconds at the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked Texas track. "That's cool, man. That's a pretty proud accomplishment," Busch said. "I've wanted to win a truck race here for a long time." Busch has won seven times in 13 starts this season in the...

Even More WWE News: WWE vs. TNA In December, WWE And NASCAR, Mickey Rourke Wants To Wrestle, More
- On December 20th, WWE will be taping Smackdown in Orlando, Florida, this is a Sunday and they are taping early for the holidays. This is also the same day as the TNA Final Resolution PPV. The shows will take place roughly 15-minutes apart. [Credit: Pwinsider.com ] - Former Raw hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano will be racing in their WWE cars this weekend. On Friday, SPEED is airing the practice runs at 10AM, and then the qualifying at 6:30PM. On Saturday, the race airs on ESPN 2 at noon. Jerry...

Carl Edwards Holds Off Kyle Busch To Win Kroger 200
Carl Edwards came from the back of the pack and passed Kyle Busch in the closing laps Saturday to win the Nationwide Kroger 200. Edwards had to start from the back after Colin Braun qualified his car while Edwards participated in final Sprint Cup Series practice. Rain delayed qualifying earlier in the day and forced Edwards, Busch, Matt Kenseth and David Reutimann to start the 200-lap race from the rear. Despite leading a race-high 72 laps, Edwards gave up the top position to Busch after Busch...

Kyle Busch Wins Mountain Dew 250: PHOTO
If you wait long enough anything can happen! This statement became truth after 300 starts in the Camping World Truck Series for team owner Billy Ballew as his trucks finished the Mountain Dew 250 one-two after a long and hard fought race on the pavement of Talledega raceway. Billy can finally scratch this wish off his list as Kyle Busch was able to pass Todd Bodine in a quarter-mile ending race and his team mate Aric Almirola added insult to injury by also passing Todd in the same stretch of...

Keselowski holds off points leader Kyle Busch to win Nationwide race at Memphis
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Brad Keselowski held off points leader Kyle Busch on the final lap to win the Kroger On Track For the Cure 250 in a green-white-checker finish in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park. Keselowski was leading when a caution came out with two laps to go because Stephen Wallace spun after tangling with Matt Kenseth. Wallace banged into Kenseth's car after the race and the two had words on pit road. Keselowski held onto the lead through the overtime...

NASCAR trifecta in reach for Kyle Bush at Texas: PHOTO
Fort Worth — Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first.

Kyle Busch Talks About Improving
Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch said Friday he needs to be a better team player during Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Indianapolis. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver enters Sunday's race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 10th place with 2,298 points in the latest Sprint Cup standings. "I need to become a better person in being able to pull our team together and lead these guys and, ultimately, lead them back into the Chase," Busch said at a news conference. "Hopefully we can get back to...

Logano Quiets the Critics: PHOTO
Joey Logano's short and selective memory has paid off just six days after one of the most spectacular crashes NASCAR has witnessed in awhile as this 19-year old NASCAR competitor put his memories behind him and the pedal to the metal in the Kansas Lottery 300 to take the win. Joey stayed in contention until with about three laps remaining in the race and then he drove his Toyota past his Joe Gibbs racing team mate Kyle Busch on the outside and raced towards the finish line to cross just .574...

Hamlin Wins and the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is Set
Going into the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 race Saturday night at Richmond, three guys were just points away from each other for the final spot for the chase. Matt Kenseth held the 12th position going into the race by just 20 points over Vickers and 37 points over Kyle Busch. Kenseth did not have the race he was hoping for. He struggled the whole race and finished 25th in the race. This opened the door for Vickers and Busch. Busch has won four races so far this year and finished 5th in the...

NASCAR's bad boy comes up short in bid for Chase
RICHMOND, VA. — NASCAR's bad boy won't have a chance to race for the championship, and Kyle Busch figures he only has himself to blame. "It's just a conglomerate of things that put us in this predicament," Busch said after finishing fifth in his pressurized bid to climb from 14th to 12th in points in the event that set the field for its playoff Saturday night. He came up eight points shy of Brian Vickers. Busch said he could pinpoint mistakes he's made throughout the season as reasons...

Busch wins O'Reilly in Texas
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Kyle Busch led 179 of 200 laps of the O'Reilly Challenge in Texas Saturday and cruised to his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series victory. Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, started sixth, but blew by pole-sitter Matt Kenseth to grab the lead after 10 laps into the race. It was his series-high eighth victory of the season and the 29th of his career. "We out-wrestled all these guys today," Busch said. "This track is fun. It's fun when you have good cars, of...

Kyle Busch Wins Final Sharpie 500 Race at Bristol
Kyle Busch took the lead from Ryan Newman and Michael Waltrip by going three-wide on lap 433. He held off all challenges on several restarts including the last one that was 15 minutes long for rain. Martin who started his 1,000 NASCAR race was not able to get around Busch on a four lap sprint to the checker flag. The win ties Busch and Martin for the most wins this season in the Sprint Cup Series with four each. It also moved Busch closer to getting into the Chase. He is now in 13th position...

Hornaday Comes Up Short in NASCAR Race
Hornaday still holds the record for the series with five straight wins and he holds that honor with both Bobby Allison and Richard Petty for all NASCAR series. Only Petty has more with ten wins in the 1967 season. Starting the race in the third position, Hornaday had a great first part of the race until the first caution came out. A pit mishap caused Hornaday to loose track position, but he battled through traffic to get back to third place. Sprint Cup driver, Kyle Busch went on to win his...

Hamlin wins on home track in Richmond
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Denny Hamlin won at his home track, Richmond International, for the first time in his Sprint Cup Series career Saturday in the Chevy Rock & Roll 400. Hamlin led 297 of 400 laps and held off Kurt Busch after a late-race restart for his second victory of the season and the sixth of his Cup career. Jeff Gordon finished third, while Mark Martin and Kyle Busch completed the top five. Brian Vickers finished seventh and clinched the final spot in the "Chase for the...

Edwards' thinking can't hide frustration; 9 Cup wins over 2 years includes 0 in '09: PHOTO
Fort Worth, TEXAS — Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season. "I've kind of tried to think of it differently," Edwards said. "It's not that we haven't had no wins this season, it's just that we've had nine wins over the last two. That sounds a lot better." That still doesn't erase that very noticeable zero in 2009. After winning a series-high nine races last season — "That was an amazing year," Edwards said, almost smiling...

NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers at Texas race: PHOTO
Fort Worth — NASCAR will honor the fallen Soldiers at Fort Hood during a race weekend that is just 170 miles from the site of the massacre that left 13 people dead.

NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers during Texas race not far from massacre that left 13 dead: PHOTO
Fort Worth, TEXAS — NASCAR will honor the fallen Soldiers at Fort Hood during a race weekend that is just 170 miles from the site of the massacre that left 13 people dead. Texas Motor Speedway officials were planning to paint a logo on the infield grass to honor the victims. Sprint Cup driver Ryan Newman is sponsored by The Army. He switched gears in the middle of his first question Friday to mention Thursday's shooting at the sprawling Army post in central Texas. Newman said he didn't...

Dale Jr.: Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but says nothing new on her joining his team
Fort Worth, TEXAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team. Earnhardt told The Associated Press on Friday that other teams were still in the mix for Patrick's services. He said the talks were still in their early stages. His comments came after ESPN reported that a deal could be in place soon between Patrick and Earnhardt's Nationwide Series team, JR Motorsports. Patrick would run a partial...

Earnhardt Jr.: Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR; nothing new on her joining his team
Fort Worth, TEXAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team. Earnhardt told The Associated Press on Friday that other teams were still in the mix for Patrick's services. He said the talks were still in their early stages. His comments came after ESPN reported that a deal could be in place soon between Patrick and Earnhardt's Nationwide Series team, JR Motorsports. Patrick would run a partial...

Before They Were Famous Guess Who?: PHOTO
Actor, director, country musician, minor league baseball team owner, NASCAR spokesman, and casino owner, this two-time Oscar winner seems to have his finger in a plethora of pies. He made his film debut at age 19, in 1974, however, the film was not released until 1986. He has six children with three different baby mommas. He is a regular player in celebrity golf tournaments. He has financially supported a variety of Democratic Party politicians, and campaigned for Barack Obama. Who is he?...

Adams: Hardesty hard not to pull for
The 2008 football season began with Arian Foster closing in on Tennessee's career-rushing record. But the team struggled, and so did Foster. He finished his career with 2,964 yards -- 114 yards short of Travis Henry's school record. Adamson: NASCAR plate racing no fun anymore By SCOTT ADAMSON, Scripps Howard News Service NASCAR's Chase for the Cup was designed to give the sport a playoff feel. So what did Talladega's "playoff" last Sunday feel like? College football caps including Alabama-LSU,...

Adamson: NASCAR plate racing no fun anymore
NASCAR's Chase for the Cup was designed to give the sport a playoff feel. So what did Talladega's "playoff" last Sunday feel like? College football caps including Alabama-LSU, Notre Dame-Navy By JOHN LINDSAY, Scripps Howard News Service Capsule previews for Saturday's college football games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press. NORTHWESTERN (5-4) at No. 8 IOWA (9-0), Noon, ESPN. FAVORITE: Iowa by 16. COACHES: Pat Fitzgerald (24-22 in fourth year at Northwestern) and Kirk Ferentz...

TMS Honors Fort Hood Victims: PHOTO
Fort Worth, Texas - The victims of the Fort Hood massacre are being honored at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. NASCAR and race organizers are pausing to remember the men and women of the post before each race. FOX 4'S Lynn Kawano has the details.

Talladega: Amp Energy 500 in Talladega Finishes in Amazing Upset
Talladega is the location of the Amp Energy 500.