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Kyle Busch won the Buschy McBusch Race. On his birthday.
Busch, who turned 36 on Sunday, got his first win of 2021 by taking the lead on a two-lap restart from Ryan Blaney and driving away from the rest of the field in the Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas.
Blaney almost spun out on the penultimate lap. He was getting a push from Kyle Larson after the restart and his car almost spun around. That almost-spin put Larson in the wall and lost Blaney a ton of momentum. And it allowed Busch to race away with the win unchallenged.
The win is the second for Busch on his birthday. He won in 2009 at Richmond on his birthday when he turned 24.
Busch has won 43 Cup Series races and two Cup championships since his 24th birthday as he’s established himself as one of the best — and maybe the best — drivers in NASCAR. It’s his second win at Kansas and also makes him the 10th winner in the first 11 races of the 2021 Cup Series season.
The win comes amid a tumultuous week for the Busch family. Busch’s wife Samantha announced earlier in the week that their recent attempts at having a second child were unsuccessful. The Busch family has been very open about their infertility struggles and started a foundation to help other couples experiencing the same issues.
“You talk about ups and downs of racing, there’s been a lot of downs of life for us,” Busch said of the couple’s efforts to have a second child after he got out of the car.
Busch said after winning Saturday’s Truck Series race that he hadn’t considered not racing over the weekend. Their son Brexton turns 6 later this year.
“Just being able to have Brexton and the miracle that he is,” Busch said Saturday night. “For all the struggles that we’ve had so far, the biggest thing that we don’t take for granted for sure is Brexton and the miracle of him.”