Kyle Busch Basking In Spotlight, after Historical Weekend

His tripleheader sweep is barely in the rear-view mirror, but it’s now time for Kyle Busch to look ahead. Winning all three national series races this past week at Bristol only underscored what we already knew – Busch is a legitimate contender for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.

When racing resumes next weekend at Atlanta, Busch will come in third in the series standings. Obviously a cinch to make the Chase, Busch also has 30 bonus points locked away to start the Chase.

Busch On A Roll; Next Up The Windy City
Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win last week at Bristol kicked off his weekend sweep – becoming the only driver in history to score a victory in all three national series in the same weekend. While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series takes its last open weekend of the season Busch will attempt to win his fourth national series race in a row at Chicagoland Speedway.

Busch won last year’s inaugural EnjoyIllinois.com 225 and led the most laps. Four drivers (Todd Bodine, Timothy Peters, Johnny Sauter and Aric Almirola) currently in the top-10 in the series standings finished in the top-10 last year at Chicago.