NASCAR
So far in 2018, Kyle Busch has been having a career year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Everyone has always known that Kyle is a high caliber driver and one of the sports all-time great talents. However, there has always been something missing with him-that would be consistency. Busch has begun to have better consistency since his 2015 championship winning season. He never seemed like the guy who could win a Championship in the pre-playoff era. He has always felt like the driver who can win on any given weekend. However, for one reason or another, he either wins or has issues.
Kyle Busch’s 2018 Stats
In 2018, however, this hasn’t been the case for Kyle Busch. This has undoubtedly been his best overall start in his 14th season in the series. Through 15 races, Busch has posted 4 wins, 10 top-5s, and 12 top-10s and an average finish of 7.3. Busch also became the first driver in series history to win a race on every track he has made a start. So far his only finishes coming outside the top-10 being at Daytona, Talladega, and Dover. Dover was a race in which he was running inside the top-10 but wound up losing a driveshaft with around 130 laps to go. Out of his 10 top-5s, Busch has finished in the top-3 nine times and placed 2nd three times. This incredible consistency places Kyle atop the Cup Series points by a whopping 75 points, which is over a full race.
This weekend, Busch will be heading to a track that has been feast or famine for him. That track is Sonoma Raceway. Kyle Busch has won here twice in his thirteen starts, however, he has only finished in the top-10 a total of five times. In fact, Busch has finished outside the top-20 a total of five times as well. Which means that in his career he is just as likely to finish outside the top-10 as he is to finish in the back half. Now with that being said, a lot of these finishes have been outside of the control of Busch. So entering this weekend I would expect Busch to continue his hot streak this weekend.
