By Ryan - Posted on August 30, 2010

To say that Kyle Busch was dominant at Bristol would be an understatement. In fact, it seemed that every race was his to lose, but he ran mistake-free, and did something that no other driver has done in the history of NASCAR: he won all three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Busch started his historic week by winning the Truck race on Wednesday, then the Nationwide race on Friday. The crown jewel was Saturday, when he led the field for the majority of the race.  This win was his third of the year.

"I love Bristol and I love winning. And to do it for the first time ever in NASCAR, to sweep the weekend, man, that's pretty awesome."  This must be the case, as he has won three of the last four races at the short track.

David Reutimann, who had been ill with food poisoning, finished second, and Jamie McMurray continued his string of strong runs by finishing third. He currently sits 100 points out of the Chase with two races to go. Clint Bowyer finished fourth, ensuring that no one picked up enough points to threaten his 12th entrance spot into the Chase.

The top ten was rounded out by Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, Juan Pablo Montoya, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, and Matt Kenseth.

The only thing that is typically shorter than the track at Bristol is the tempers of the drivers. Every race seems to bring lots of rubbing and wrecking, but this race was an exception. Everyone was strangely calm, and no one lost their temper, even though the war of words between Busch and Brad Keselowski continued.  Busch admitted to wrecking Keselowski on purpose during the Nationwide race; when he was booed by the crowd afterwards, he rubbed his eyes like a crying baby.  Before the race on Saturday, Keselowski told the crowd over the public address system that “Kyle Busch is a jerk.”

Whether he is a jerk or not, Kyle Busch now threatens to take Kevin Harvick’s place as the one to beat in the championship chase. The victory at Bristol moved Busch to third place in the points race.

The race at Bristol helped some and hurt some of the Chase contenders. With his 11th place finish, Jeff Gordon became the second driver to clinch a spot in the Chase.  However, two top drivers – Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin – both had problems and finished many laps down. Juan Montoya spun Johnson, who lost 66 laps and finished 35th.  Hamlin had mechanical problems and lost 26 laps, to finish 34th.