Kyle Busch, 'one of the best in stock car racing,' slips past Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe for first NASCAR Cup Series win of year

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch slipped past the spinning cars of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season Sunday night on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway.

Reddick was chasing the first Cup win of his career, led 99 of the 250 laps, and controlled the race from the final restart with 24 laps remaining. But lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on Reddick and he timed his move for the win for the third turn, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside.

The move backfired and both cars spun out of control and Busch, who was running third, simply skirted through for his first win.

«We got one, you know?» Busch said. «It doesn't matter how you get them, it's all about getting them.»

Busch won for the ninth time in Cup at Bristol — first time in two dirt races — and was booed by the smattering of fans who waited out two rain delays that pushed the first race on Easter Sunday since 1989 to nearly four hours.

«I mean, man, I feel like Dale Earnhardt Sr. right now. This is awesome. I didn't do anything,» Busch said of the 1999 race in which Earnhardt was booed for bumping Terry Labonte out of the way for the win.

Reddick finished second and faulted himself for not holding off Briscoe. Briscoe went from two turns away from the win to 22nd and immediately found Reddick on pit road to apologize.

«I was going to spin out, I think, either way,» Briscoe said. «I'm sorry. I just wanted to let you know. I am sorry. I wish you would have won.»

Reddick was understanding and admitted he should have been more defensive.

«I don't think I did everything right. Briscoe was able to run me back down there,» Reddick said. «I should have done a little bit better job of just, I