Full Throttle

Nevada native Kyle Busch won his first race at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Diamond in the Desert. Hear from an emotional Busch as well as runner-up Clint Bowyer, and find out why Matt Kenseth couldn’t make history.

Race Notes: Busch has won nine of 39 NASCAR Sprint Cup races since moving to Joe Gibbs Racing to start the 2008 season. He won his first race for the new team last March at Atlanta, site of next week’s race. Kenseth fell to third in points, tied with teammate Greg Biffle at 40 behind Gordon. … Johnson remained 19th in points, 145 behind the leader.

The only three drivers to score top-10 finishes in the first two races of the season — Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart — all had those short streaks broken. Kenseth was 43rd, Stewart 26th and Busch 23rd. Rookie Joey Logano stayed on the lead lap and posted his best Cup finish to date: 13th. For the second straight race, Mark Martin’s engine failed. He finished 40th and dropped to 34th in the Cup standings.