Auto Racing | Busch keeps winning at NASCAR's top level

DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch revels in his role as NASCAR's villain. But he enjoys his role as the leading driver in the top-level Sprint Cup Series more.

Busch was sensational again, dominating the second half of the Best Buy 400 Sunday at Dover International Speedway and racing to his Sprint Cup-leading fourth victory of the season. He won for the third time in the last five Cup events.

Busch, 23, has 10 NASCAR victories this season, including two in the Craftsman Truck Series and four in the Nationwide Series.

"It was definitely a great race for us there," Joe Gibbs Racing driver Busch said. "We didn't have the car to beat today."

Busch, perhaps NASCAR's least-popular driver, heard boos during prerace introductions and said, "I want to thank all the fans, even if they're not Kyle Busch fans."

Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, who are Roush Fenway Racing teammates, were second and third.

Biffle, who is from Vancouver, Wash., moved from 11th to fifth in the standings.

Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw finished 31st, a week after winning the Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C. Kahne is 12th in the standings.

Busch, Biffle and Edwards were lucky to be out front early and miss a 10-car wreck on the 18th lap that took out five of the top eight Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers. Elliott Sadler was turned into the wall and his Dodge was smashed into by Tony Stewart — who accepted blame for starting a massive pileup that put several cars in the garage.

Kahne's car was among those damaged in the wreck.

Briscoe rebounds

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Ryan Briscoe avoided running into rival driver Danica Patrick in the pits. But dodging another close call gave him a more positive claim to fame.

Briscoe, who made headlines as the driver who knocked Patrick out of the Indianapolis 500 last week, steered around a three-car collision four laps from the finish and won the A.J. Foyt 225 at Milwaukee Mile.

"If I'd have gotten caught up in that, I'd be under the bus crying right now, that's for sure," a relieved Briscoe said after his first victory in the IndyCar Series.

Patrick finished ninth.

Note

• Hillary Will, 28, became the 11th woman in NHRA history to win a national event when she posted a Top Fuel victory at the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan. John Force (Funny Car) and Ron Krisher (Pro Stock) won their categories.

A 55-year-old woman was killed and a man, 52, was injured after they were struck by a pickup truck while walking outside the track.