FORT WORTH — A broom was waiting for Kyle Busch in Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway.
Busch took the lead after the final restart of the Duck Commander 500 late Saturday night, completing his second NASCAR weekend sweep in a row, becoming the first driver to do that since Harry Gant in 1991.
‘‘It’s pretty darn good, I'll tell you that,’’ Busch said when asked what it’s like to be him right now. ‘‘I've got a great wife, a great son, and I'm having a blast, living the dream.’’
While completing his personal Texas two-step, Busch ended Jimmie Johnson’s three-race winning streak at the high-banked Texas track. It was Busch’s 36th Sprint Cup victory, and it came just one week after his win at Martinsville.
Busch also won the Xfinity race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night, his 80th win in that series. At Martinsville, he also got his 45th Camping World Truck Series victory. That’s four NASCAR Series wins in a span of eight days.
On the first lap after the final restart, Lap 302 of 334, Busch went on the outside of Turn 4 to shoot around Martin Truex Jr. for the lead. He led the rest of the way in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, winning by nearly four seconds over Dale Earnhardt Jr., with Joey Logano taking third.
‘‘The restart was going to be key,’’ Busch said. “If I could just get out in front of him, I knew I could protect the rest of the race. They had a good restart, but we got a better one.’’
NASCAR’s first night race of the season actually went into the next morning, ending a few minutes after midnight Texas time, because the start was delayed for 1 hour, 50 minutes after light rain showers during the afternoon.