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October 14, 2018

A career first — and career mark — for Kyle Busch


Kyle Busch completed a career sweep of sorts Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.

While his 26th-place finish following a last-lap wreck certainly doesn’t look like much at first blush, it’s the first time in 493 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts that “Rowdy” has finished exactly 26th.

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Yes, the man with 50 career Monster Energy Series wins, with 44 runner-up finishes … and even with four 40th-place finishes … had never finished 26th in a race prior to Sunday.

More than that, the 26th-place finish gives Kyle Busch at least one finish for every possible position in the 40-car field.

What it does it all mean?

Well, we don’t know exactly. But it’s an interesting bit of NASCAR trivia with which you can stump your friends.

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