Kyle Busch rallies for fifth Nationwide win of year

CONCORD, N.C. -- Kyle Busch would like to keep driving in the Nationwide Series -- and for good reason.

The defending series champ has won two consecutive races and four of the past eight events and has moved within a point of leader Brad Keselowski.

But he has a bigger goal to chase this year: a Sprint Cup championship.

Busch overcame early troubles to win the Tech-Net Auto Service 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday. It was his final race in the second-tier series for three weeks. He's planning to step away to focus solely on the Cup series. It's a tough call, especially now.

"We had a great year last year in winning the championship, setting a lot of records and doing what we did then," Busch said. "There's no question we couldn't do it again. I'd like to do it, but it's time ... you've got to win a Cup championship.

"I'm excited about the summer months. I'm going to miss running in the Nationwide car, but yet I'm pumped about what we can have in the Cup car."

Busch is second in the Cup points standings, and he and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin have combined for five wins in the past seven races.

Busch has been just as good in the Nationwide ranks.

Even when he fell two laps down Saturday, he stayed calm and told his crew it could do something it never had done before.

"Let's do it," Busch said.

Then he did. Busch battled back for his fifth win of the season, holding off Keselowski and others in three late restarts that included a green-white-checkered finish. Keselowski was second, followed by Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Newman and Kevin Harvick.

"It was all about the restart, and he just beat us," said Keselowski, who was hoping to get team owner Roger Penske's big weekend off to a strong start.

Busch went a lap down after an unscheduled pit stop early and dropped another lap when he got penalized for speeding on pit road. Showing poise, Busch got back on the lead lap, moved to the front with a speedy pit stop late and then held on over the final 64 laps.

The pit stop was so fast that it vaulted Busch from fourth to first. It was so quick that crew chief Jason Ratcliff wasn't even sure crew members got enough gas into the car to make it the rest of the way.

■ FORMULA ONE -- At Istanbul, Turkey, Red Bull maintained its perfect qualifying record when Mark Webber edged Lewis Hamilton of McLaren to start the Turkish Grand Prix from the pole position.

It marked Webber's third straight pole as the overall Formula One leader goes for a third consecutive race victory. Red Bull has taken the pole in all seven races this season.

Webber, the first Australian since Alan Jones to lead the standings, set a qualifying record with a lap of 1 minute, 26.295 seconds around the Istanbul Park Circuit to lead Hamilton by less than two-tenths of a second.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull starts third, and defending champion Jenson Button of McLaren completes the second row.