Busch’s one-day sweep makes NASCAR history

Kyle Busch made history Saturday by sweeping a single-day doubleheader of NASCAR support races at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, and did so in dominating fashion.

After easily winning the Camping World Truck Series race at the two-mile track, Busch also won the Stater Bros. 300 Nationwide Series race under the lights.

It was the first time in the history of NASCAR’s three national series that a driver won two events on the same day.

“It’s awesome to be able to win two races in one day,” said Busch, 23, who starts 10th in today’s Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup Series race.

In addition to the two races, Busch also had Cup practice Saturday and estimated he spent about six hours in race cars and trucks during the day. “I’m ready for a nap,” he said.

In the Nationwide event, Busch had the strongest car for most of the 150-lap race, but, on a restart with 16 laps left, he left the pits in second place behind pole-sitter Carl Edwards.

Busch quickly passed him and then held off Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano, who finished second and third, respectively. Edwards faded to fourth.

Busch earlier had a near-flawless performance in the San Bernardino County 200 truck race. Driving a Toyota Tundra prepared by Billy Ballew Motorsports, Busch started on the pole and led a track-record 95 of 100 laps. It was his 10th win on the truck circuit.

Todd Bodine, who won the season opener at Daytona International Speedway last week, finished second and Chad McCumbee was third.

Former off-road motorcycle champion Ricky Carmichael finished eighth.

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james.peltz@latimes.com

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Auto Club 500 lineup

Starting lineup for today’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The race begins at 2 p.m. and will be televised on Channel 11.

The Facts -- Track size: two-mile D-shaped oval. Track width: 75 feet with 15-foot apron. Turns 1-2 and 3-4: 14-degree banking. Front stretch: 11-degree banking, 3,100 feet in length. Back straightaway: 3-degree banking, 2,500 feet in length. Garages: three, with 100 spaces. Composition: Asphalt track, pit lane and parking areas; concrete pit stalls. Pit road: 2,200 feet in length with 44 individual pit areas.

*--* POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 83 Brian Toyota Red Bull 183.439 39.250 Leader Vickers 2 48 Jimmie Chevrolet Lowe’s / 183.164 39.309 -0.059 Johnson Kobalt Tools 3 26 Jamie Ford Crown Royal 182.653 39.419 -0.169 McMurra y 4 2 Kurt Dodge Miller Lite 182.556 39.440 -0.190 Busch 5 16 Greg Ford 3M 182.302 39.495 -0.245 Biffle 6 24 Jeff Chevrolet DuPont 182.209 39.515 -0.265 Gordon 7 00 David Toyota Aaron’s 182.089 39.541 -0.291 Reutima Dream nn Machine 8 44 AJ Dodge Charter 182.048 39.550 -0.300 Allmend Comm. inger 9 82 Scott Toyota Red Bull 181.965 39.568 -0.318 Speed* 10 18 Kyle Toyota Interstate 181.919 39.578 -0.328 Busch Batteries 11 14 Tony Chevrolet Old Spice / 181.901 39.582 -0.332 Stewart Office Depot 12 7 Robby Toyota Jim Beam 181.777 39.609 -0.359 Gordon 13 6 David Ford UPS 181.726 39.620 -0.370 Ragan 14 47 Marcos Toyota Little 181.653 39.636 -0.386 Ambrose Debbie/ Kingsford/ Clorox 15 42 Juan Chevrolet Target 181.616 39.644 -0.394 Montoya 16 96 Bobby Ford Ask.com 181.461 39.678 -0.428 Labonte 17 43 Reed Dodge Charter 181.429 39.685 -0.435 Sorenso Comm. n 18 5 Mark Chevrolet Carquest / 181.264 39.721 -0.471 Martin Kellogg’s 19 29 Kevin Chevrolet Shell / 181.210 39.733 -0.483 Harvick Pennzoil 20 19 Elliott Dodge Best Buy 181.173 39.741 -0.491 Sadler 21 33 Clint Chevrolet Cheerios / 181.137 39.749 -0.499 Bowyer Hamburger Helper 22 9 Kasey Dodge Budweiser 181.132 39.750 -0.500 Kahne 23 11 Denny Toyota FedEx 180.836 39.815 -0.565 Hamlin Freight 24 17 Matt Ford Carhartt 180.818 39.819 -0.569 Kenseth 25 99 Carl Ford Aflac 180.773 39.829 -0.579 Edwards 26 77 Sam Dodge Auto Club 180.746 39.835 -0.585 Hornish Jr. 27 98 Paul Ford Quaker 180.610 39.865 -0.615 Menard State / Menards 28 39 Ryan Chevrolet Haas 180.397 39.912 -0.662 Newman Automation 29 07 Casey Chevrolet Jack 180.374 39.917 -0.667 Mears Daniel’s 30 66 Dave Toyota Prism 180.320 39.929 -0.679 Blaney Motorsport s 31 8 Aric Chevrolet Guitar Hero 180.248 39.945 -0.695 Almirol a 32 171 David Chevrolet TRG 180.234 39.948 -0.698 Gillila Motorsport nd s 33 1 Martin Chevrolet Bass Pro 180.176 39.961 -0.711 Truex Shops / Jr. Tracker 34 20 Joey Toyota Home Depot 180.059 39.987 -0.737 Logano* 35 88 Dale Chevrolet Amp Energy 179.991 40.002 -0.752 Earnhar / dt Jr. National Guard 36 36 Scott Toyota Red Bank 179.721 40.062 -0.812 Riggs Outfitters 37 28 Travis Ford Farmers 179.632 40.082 -0.832 Kvapil Insurance 38 12 David Dodge Penske 179.390 40.136 -0.886 Stremme Racing 39 41 Jeremy Toyota All Sport 179.301 40.156 -0.906 Mayfiel d 40 34 John Chevrolet WindowWorl 179.287 40.159 -0.909 Andrett d.com i 41 31 Jeff Chevrolet Caterpillar 179.109 40.199 -0.949 Burton 42 55 Michael Toyota NAPA - - - Waltrip + 43 187 Joe Toyota NEMCO 177.997 40.450 -1.200 Nemeche Motorsport k s DID NOT QUALIFY 44 64 Todd Toyota Gunselman 177.454 40.574 -1.324 Bodine Motorsport s 45 37 Tony Dodge Long John 177.405 40.585 -1.335 Raines Silver’s 46 51 David Dodge Allegro 177.122 40.650 -1.400 Starr Marinade 47 09 Sterlin Dodge Phoenix 175.328 41.066 -1.816 g Racing Marlin 48 73 Mike Dodge Jani-King / 175.897 40.933 -1.683 Garvey Quality Concrete *--*

+ Set by owner points; * denotes rookie

Sources: nascar.com and autoclubspeedway.com