Kyle Busch's failure to win the 2008 Cup Series championship is remembered today as one of the biggest downfalls in NASCAR.
The team first entered the NASCAR Sprint Cup series in 1972 but never quite managed to seal the deal. In 1993, Rusty Wallace brought the team as close as it ever came: second place.
No Sprint Cup winner has gone on to claim the Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m) in the same season since the great Sacred Kingdom back in 2008. Last year, Wellington was a plain fifth ...