NASCAR: Kurt Busch’s Life Is Good with a New Lucky Charm and Penske Power

It took a mad rant over the radio at Richmond to make the point that something had to change with his No. 22 Penske Shell/Pennzoil Dodge and change it did. His boss, Roger Penske, got the gang together and pretty much told them they had to come together or it wouldn't be pretty. Changes were made with personnel and the driver and his team are reaping the rewards. Busch had three consecutive pole positions and now has his first road-course win and first win of the season at Sonoma. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Nextel (Sprint Cup) Champion with 23 career wins in the series. Coming out of Sonoma he swapped positions with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the points. Busch went to third and Junior dropped to seventh place. While many of the cars looked as thou...

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