Trifecta closer to reality with two down, one to go

Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first. Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at Texas on Saturday. It was another dominating victory, coming a day after winning the fifth truck race in his last five starts in the series this season.

Bush will try to complete an unprecedented trifecta Sunday and become the first driver to win all three of NASCAR’s national series on the same weekend. 

After taking the lead on the 11th of 200 laps, when he swung around polesitter Matt Kenseth in the first turn, Busch went on to lead 179 laps and win by 3.154 seconds over Casey Mears, who was filling in for Jeff Burton in the No. 29.

“We’re going to make it three tomorrow,” Busch said.

Busch is 0-for-9 in Sprint Cup races at Texas, where he finished 18th in April.

This is the 28th time in his career Busch has run all three series the same weekend. This is the seventh time this year and twice he won two races — at California in February and Bristol in August — without being able to