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Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of four stories examining why each driver could win the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
Kyle Busch will win the title because …
He’s done it before. It’s hard to replicate, let alone understand, the type of pressure these Championship 4 contenders will face this weekend in Miami. Thirty-five races down, and one to go. Win or go home.
Sure, Joey Logano has been in a championship race in this format before, but he didn’t win it. Kyle Busch has, and he did so last year on the heels of an opening-weekend wreck that resulted in a broken left leg and right foot.
“Rowdy” hasn’t won yet during this postseason, but don’t let that fool you. He’s had the best Chase among the final four drivers.
Take away the 30th-place finish at Talladega that came on a strategy play, and you’re looking at six top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes in eight Chase races. His results during the Round of 8? Fifth at Martinsville, fifth at Texas, second at Phoenix.
The best driver of the postseason is also the hottest. When Sunday’s race is over, it’ll be Kyle Busch holding a large trophy skyward. Again.