Kyle Busch

FONTANA, Calif. - Kyle Busch earned his first victory of the season at Fontana on Sunday after rivals Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano wrecked on the final lap in a thrilling NASCAR finish. Hamlin and Logano made contact while they raced side-by-side in the final lap of their first race since the drivers confronted each other last week at Bristol. Logano hit the outside wall and Hamlin hit the inside wall, with Hamlin getting attention in an ambulance and eventually getting airlifted to a hospital due to traffic around the track.

BROOKLYN, MICH. - Michigan finally unrolled the welcome mat for Kyle Busch, the first official member of the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Busch got his first Sprint Cup Series victory at Michigan International Speedway in his 14th start at the 2.0-mile track, holding off Jimmie Johnson in a green/white/checkered-flag finish to win yesterday's Pure Michigan 400. Busch beat Johnson to the finish line by .568 seconds to claim...

BRISTOL, Tenn. - The situation was perfect for Carl Edwards to issue some payback on Kyle Busch. Instead, Edwards passed on a chance to knock Busch out of the lead over the closing laps at Bristol Motor Speedway. As Busch pulled away for yesterday's win - his fifth-straight dating back to last August at the Tennessee track - Edwards regretted not racing harder to potentially steal the victory. The two have a history at Bristol, and Edwards is still smarting from contact last month at Phoenix that he believed wrecked a car capable of winning the race.

Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson were staging a high-speed duel for the lead late in yesterday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway. Within five laps they swapped the lead four times, averaging about 150 mph. Then, on the final pit stop, on Lap 364 of the 400-lap race, Johnson was penalized for speeding on pit road. Race over. Busch led the final 35 laps of the Autism Speaks 400, outdistancing runner-up Jeff Burton by 7.5 seconds, to sweep the weekend's races at Dover.

BROOKLYN, Mich. - Kyle Busch won his fourth Sprint Cup race of the year, outlasting Jimmie Johnson in a green-white-checkered finish at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. Busch, the series points leader coming into the race, passed Johnson with about a dozen laps remaining and was opening up a comfortable margin when brother Kurt Busch scraped a wall, forcing a caution from laps 198 to 201. The yellow flag erased much of Kyle Busch's lead, but he was able to fight off a quick move from Johnson after the restart and pull away.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The pack is back. And so is the Big One. Kyle Busch edged Tony Stewart in a thrilling finish to the first race of 2012, using a sling-shot pass Saturday night on the last lap of the exhibition Budweiser Shootout to beat the defending NASCAR champion to the checkered flag. It gave Busch a victory in a wild race that included two incredible saves by the eventual winner to stay in contention in the 75-lap sprint around Daytona International Speedway. "I don't know how many times I spun out, but I didn't spin out, you know?"

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick were fined $25,000 apiece and put on probation yesterday by NASCAR for their actions on pit road at Darlington Raceway. The probation for all NASCAR-sanctioned events runs through June 15, a span that includes four Sprint Cup Series championship races and the non-points $1 million All-Star event. Busch and Harvick's on-and-off feuding resumed Saturday night after contact Busch had with Harvick led to Harvick's wreck with Clint Bowyer.

Rookie Kyle Busch outdrove NASCAR's top contenders to win yesterday. All but one, that is. "I just want to say I'm behind my brother 100 percent," Kyle said of defending Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch, who was suspended earlier in the day by Roush Racing for the final two races after police cited him for reckless driving Friday night. Standing on top of his car and waving to the crowd at Phoenix International Raceway, Busch called his older brother, "a true champion. " He later said, "Usually, things in the media are false and that's just what it comes down to sometimes.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Qualifying last, Kyle Busch did what he had never done before: He won a pole on a road course, shattering the track record at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. "This feels very good," Busch said after posting a lap of 126.421 m.p.h. around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile circuit. Busch, who qualified last after posting the best time in practice Friday, was nearly 2 m.p.h. faster than the mark Jeff Gordon set eight years ago. That knocked A.J. Allmendinger off the pole and deprived Richard Petty Motorsports of a front-row sweep for Sunday's Sprint Cup race.

THIS WEEK'S RACE Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. When: Sunday, 6 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox 29/WNPV (1440-AM) Course: 1.5-mile oval Distance: 400 laps/600 miles Forecast: partly cloudy, mid-70s Last year's winner: Kasey Kahne Last year's pole winner: Aric Almirola, 192.94 mph Track qualifying record: Greg Biffle, 193.708 mph (October 2012) Track facts: The latest NASCAR Hall of Fame class was announced yesterday: drivers Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Dale Jarrett and Fireball Roberts, and engine builder Maurice Petty.

DARLINGTON, S.C. - Matt Kenseth has rarely been more pleased in victory than he was this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Maybe that's because of what he overcame to achieve the win. Kenseth has long been one of NASCAR's stars, a past champion with two Daytona 500 titles. But the 41-year-old racer has found a new gear in his first season at Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth passed JGR teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps left Saturday night to win for the first time at Darlington and third time this season.

Rafael Nadal rallied past David Ferrer , 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open. Serena Williams struggled before defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues , 6-3, 0-6, 7-5, and second-ranked Maria Sharapova joined her in the semifinals after easing by Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-2, 6-4. NASCAR: Kurt Busch sped around Darlington with a fast lap of 181.918 m.p.h. for his third career pole there. Defending Southern 500 champion Jimmie Johnson will start alongside Busch, followed by Busch's younger brother Kyle.

Fox-hunting steeplechase champion McDynamo , owned by Michael Moran of Applestone Farm in Unionville, Chester County, can add the Hall of Fame to his five Breeders' Cup championships and three Eclipse awards. On Friday, he was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, joining three-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel and horses Housebuster , Invasor , Lure and Tuscalee . GOLF: Temple senior Devin Bibeau carded a 2-under 70 to lead the Owls to third place after the first round of the Atlantic Ten Championship in Coral Springs, Fla. Lucas Glover birdied his final hole to take a 1-stroke lead over Boo Weekley after the second round of the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La. Caroline Masson bogeyed three of her last four holes for a par 71, leaving her with a 1-stroke lead after the second round of the North Texas LPGA Shootout in Irving.

THIS WEEK'S RACE STP 400 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. When: Sunday, 1 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox/WNPV (1440-AM) Course: 1.5-mile oval Distance: 267 laps/400 miles Forecast: cloudy, low 60s Last year's winner: Denny Hamlin Last year's pole: A.J. Allmendinger, 175.993 mph Track qualifying record: Kasey Kahne, 191.360 mph (October 2012) Track facts: Denny Hamlin led the final 31 laps to win last year's race. He paced only one other lap. Martin Truex Jr. was runner-up.

A MEDICAL EXAMINER says a man who died in the infield during NASCAR's NRA 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway shot himself in the head. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office on Sunday said the death of Kirk Franklin , 42, of Saginaw, was a suicide. Fort Worth police have said a man who was camping in the infield died of a "self-inflicted injury" after getting into an argument with other campers. The incident happened late in the Sprint Cup race. Police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight has said alcohol may have been a factor.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Kyle Busch was just trying to maintain the pace behind Martin Truex Jr. while waiting for his chance. His team pounced when the yellow flag came out with 21 laps to go in the National Rifle Association 500 on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch finally regained the lead on pit road during that caution, then held on for the final 16 laps after the last restart in the Sprint Cup race, completing a NASCAR weekend sweep. "As soon as that caution came, my boys stepped up the plate and hit a grand slam," said Busch, who got his 26th career cup win in his 300th start.