Kyle Busch wins at Homestead and the 2015 Championship

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

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 #18-Kyle Busch won the Ford EcoBoost 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway for his 5th win of the season, 1st win at Homestead, 2nd Chase race win (first since 2005) and 34th career win. Busch led 41 of the 267 laps.
With the win, Busch won the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, his first, beating out #4-Kevin Harvick, who finished 2nd.
It is the 4th Sprint Cup Series Championship for Joe Gibbs Racing, the first for sponsor M&M's Mars, first for rookie crew chief Adam Stevens and first driver championship for Toyota.

 Kyle (2015) and Kurt Busch ( 2004) are the second set of brothers to win the Sprint Cup Series Championship, the first were Terry( 1984 + 1996) and Bobby Labonte. (2000)

 With Busch's win at Homestead, there are only four tracks the Sprint Cup Series runs out that Busch has not won a Sprint Cup Series race at: Kansas, Martinsville, Charlotte and Pocono.
The race was rain delayed for about one and a half hours, with the green flag waving at 4:50pm/et.
#4-Harvick finished 2nd (for the 13th time in 2015 and 44th runner-up finish in his career) followed by #2-Keselowski (led the most laps, 86), #22-Logano, #42-Larson, #24-Gordon, #20-Kenseth, #41-Busch, #48-Johnson and #11-Hamlin (pole winner).
The four drivers in the CHAMPIONSHIP RACE of The Chase finished:
#18-Kyle Busch, won the race
#4-Kevin Harvick, 2nd
#24-Jeff Gordon, 6th ( Final Race)
#78-Martin Truex Jr., 12th
There were 18 lead changes among 9 drivers and 7 cautions for 30 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 131.755mph.
Race Fast Facts - Homestead: #18-Kyle Busch won the 17th Annual Ford EcoBoost 400, his 34th victory in 390 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
#4-Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 15 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 28th top-10 finish in 2015.
#2-Brad Keselowski (third) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
#34-Brett Moffitt (31st) was the highest finishing rookie.
#18-Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 1 points over #78-Kevin Harvick.
Source: Media Press Release (NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(11-23-2015)