| Last May, Kyle Busch celebrated his 24th birthday in | | | | Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Kurt |
| style by winning the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series | | | | Busch, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, |
| races at Richmond International Raceway, making a | | | | Dale Earnhardt Jr., Paul Menard and Brian Vickers. Kyle |
| late surge in the Crown Royal 400 and coming away | | | | Busch is currently sitting down the stretch at No. 16, |
| with his third win of the 2009 Sprint Cup season. | | | | but perhaps all Busch needs is someone or something |
| Busch battled to the wire with Tony Stewart at last | | | | to light a fire underneath him to gain back footing on |
| year's Crown Royal 400 and ultimately brought home | | | | the Sprint Cup circuit. |
| the victory, but can he do it again this year? | | | | For now, Kyle Busch will continue to keep his focus |
| Busch has had a relatively quiet 2010 so far, finishing | | | | locked in on the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond on |
| in the middle of the pack for most of this year's Cup | | | | May 1, and the young driver will attempt a comeback |
| Series races. The Joe Gibbs Racing extraordinaire has | | | | to jet into the front of the pack after a tumultuous |
| had only a lukewarm year so far in his No. 18 stock | | | | start to the 2010 season. Busch has been a main |
| car, placing 14th at Daytona, 6th at Fontana, 15th at | | | | seller of <a rel="nofollow" |
| Las Vegas, 25th at Atlanta, 9th at Bristol and 22nd at | | | | onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' |
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| perhaps been discouraging for the explosive driver, | | | | tickets</a> since 2005, when he began racing |
| but he'll be out to reclaim the throne on May 1, when | | | | Sprint Cup courses on a regular basis, and he'll |
| this year's Crown Royal 400 comes plowing through | | | | continue to draw NASCAR fans to the racetrack in |
| Richmond. | | | | Richmond this May when he starts his engine at the |
| So far this year, nationwide NASCAR news has | | | | upcoming Crown Royal 400. |
| focused on one specific driver more than any others: | | | | As the reigning champion of the 2009 Crown Royal |
| Jimmie Johnson. The reigning Sprint Cup Series | | | | 400, Kyle Busch has to step up his game if he wants |
| champion is out to seek his fifth consecutive series | | | | to make an impact on this year's Richmond race. No. |
| championship, and he's already ahead on the | | | | 18 has yet to place in the Top Five at any race this |
| standings chart after dominating the month of March | | | | season, but with the Crown Royal 400 coming into |
| with early wins at Fontana, Las Vegas and Bristol (as | | | | focus, this could all change and momentum could |
| of March 29). | | | | swing in Busch's favor for the next part of the |
| While Johnson is currently in first place in Cup Series | | | | NASCAR schedule, which will see races in Phoenix, |
| standings, he's still in a close race with the other Top | | | | Texas and Talladega before cruising into Richmond. |
| 12 drivers, which include (in descending order) Greg | | | | |