BROOKLYN, Mich.—Colin Braun took advantage of an unintentional block by a lapped truck to pass Kyle Busch and race to his first NASCAR truck win yesterday at Michigan International Speedway. The 20-year-old Braun gave team owner Jack Roush his 50th truck victory and third in a row at the track closest to his headquarters in Livonia.

Smashing is a good way to describe Kyle Busch’s celebration after winning the Nationwide race in Nashville. Appalling is a better way to describe Busch’s celebration. Childish is the best way to describe what Busch did. He received a beautiful trophy, a hand-painted Gibson guitar, for his victory. Busch should have held it high, admired it and said the work of art, lovingly painted by Sam Bass, always would occupy a special place in his home.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Kyle Busch has always bucked the system, embracing the notoriety that comes with being NASCAR’s newest bad boy. He doesn’t care if race fans dislike him - and boy, do they ever - and he makes no apologies for knocking people out of his way en route to victory lane. His rejection of conformity is genuine, and Busch does everything he can to avoid being grouped as just another politically correct NASCAR driver shilling for a sponsor.

Consistency has become too important to NASCAR. The holy grail in NASCAR is the Sprint Cup points championship. In order to compete for the grail, drivers must rank among the top 12 after 26 races. They then spend 10 races running for the Cup while the others get in the way. Too much emphasis is placed on top 10 finishes in Races 1 through 26, and not enough is placed on winning.

Matt Kenseth found one of the few ways to beat Kyle Busch these days. Kenseth took advantage when Busch’s dominant car had a flat tire with two laps to go last night, lifting him to his first Nationwide Series win this year and capping a record-setting day at Darlington Raceway. “That’s a lot that went down those last five laps,“ Kenseth said with a grin.

Again, Denny Hamlin was the rabbit in a distance race. Hamlin, as he did last year at Richmond International Raceway, showed the way last night in the Crown Royal Presents Russ Friedman 400. In the end, Kyle Busch proved again he’s fast becoming the premier Sprint Cup closer. Busch survived a record-tying 15 cautions to capture the Richmond trifecta—Nationwide, Sprint Cup and the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at Southside Speedway.

Kyle Busch held off Carl Edwards to win the Nationwide Series Lipton Tea 250 tonight at Richmond International Raceway.

Kyle Busch made it a Texas trio in the Nationwide Series. Busch won his third consecutive Nationwide race in Texas with another dominating performance yesterday, leading a race-record 178 of 200 laps to win the O’Reilly 300. Busch finished 1.447 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart, who made a late charge from seventh with four new tires after a caution on Lap 188. Brad Keselowski, forced to start 42nd in a backup car, finished third.

MARTINSVILLE—With just over nine laps to go, Kevin Harvick passed Kyle Busch and went on to win this afternoon’s 250-lap NASCAR truck race at Martinsville Speedway. Harvick, who had been behind Busch for 67 laps, dropped to the inside and prevailed in the ensuing side-by-side duel. He stayed in front the rest of the way. The race—delayed from Saturday because of rain—was run before a very sparse crowd of a few thousand at the half-mile track.

A photo of Kyle Busch celebrating his victory at Bristol Motor Speedway appeared in Monday’s Sports section. Unlike most NASCAR celebration photos, this one was not taken in Victory Lane. It was taken on the track as Busch faced the crowd and raised his arms in triumph.

In the 41 Sprint Cup races since the start of the 2008 season, Kyle Busch (top)has racked up 10 wins, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (below right, with crew chief Tony Eury Jr.) has managed just one. tomorrow, 1:30 p.m., WLRH MARTINSVILLE Can you imagine a humbled Kyle Busch? Can you imagine a Busch who sympathizes with a troubled foe, a Busch who wins gracefully and accepts defeat without complaint.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Denny Hamlin is so hungry for a victory that, if given the chance at Bristol Motor Speedway, he most certainly would have moved teammate Kyle Busch out of his way. “For sure,“ Hamlin said. “He’s won too much.“ He wasn’t kidding, either. Alas, he never had the opportunity to use Bristol’s legendary “bump-and-run” on Busch because Hamlin couldn’t get close enough to catch his teammate. He had to settle for a second-place finish Sunday that stretched his winless streak to 35 races.

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Kyle Busch was pushed and challenged yesterday by Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson for much of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. In the end, Busch survived a battle of Sprint Cup heavyweights by outlasting Hamlin by less than a half-second during a green-white checkered finish to win for the second time in three races.

LAS VEGAS—Few would have blamed Kurt Busch if he had skipped Victory Lane. After all, drivers who finish 23rd at their home track don’t have much to celebrate. Yet with a heartfelt smile, he stopped by the party Sunday night to briefly congratulate his kid brother, Kyle. If he had even one twinge of jealousy, he didn’t show it.

LAS VEGAS—Formula One was never on Kyle Busch’s mind as he chased his dream of being a NASCAR superstar. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t consider a legitimate opportunity to join the globe-hopping series. “I toss the idea around,“ he said today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “It’s definitely something I wouldn’t shoot down, but I don’t think it’s the right time yet in my career and where I’m at.“