LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch busted Hendrick Motorsports’ six-race winning streak and denied the organization a shot at NASCAR history when he raced to his second victory of the season at Pocono Raceway.
Busch had a Joe Gibbs Racing team member slide in his Toyota through the window, trying to figure out how to mend a stick shifter welded in fourth gear. There were 115 miles to the Pocono finish, Busch had a fried clutch, only one gear and had to rush his car chief out of the car.
Busch stretched his fuel in his broken Toyota and outlasted late leaders William Byron and JGR teammate Denny Hamlin as they saw their shot at the checkered flag disappear over the final few laps when they ran out of gas.
Kyle Larson finished second, one day after a blown tire on the last lap cost him a win at Pocono.
