Kyle Busch did many amazing things on the track, but in the late summer of 2010 he did something that no other NASCAR driver had done before him. He raced to a trio of consecutive victories in the same weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Busch’s incredible performance left everyone in awe as he ran 1,000 laps over the three races to capture the newly termed “Triple Sweep”.

Busch kicked it all off with a Truck win on Wednesday with a win over Aric Almirola, had his closest finish on Friday in the Food City 300 when he beat Jason Leffler with a photo finish to keep the streak going and then finished off David Reutimann on Saturday under the lights in the Cup race to earn the first-ever Broom for the accomplishment.

Let’s take a closer look at that very special August weekend in Bristol.

  • The big moment: During Bristol’s August 2010 race weekend, Kyle Busch became the first driver in NASCAR history to win the Truck Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Cup Series races at the same track in the same weekend.

  • It started on Wednesday: Busch opened the sweep by winning the Truck race from the pole, leading the final 116 laps.

  • Friday kept it alive: He followed with the Food City 300 victory, taking command for the final 32 laps and beating Jason Leffler by less than a second.

  • Saturday sealed history: In the 500-lap Night Race, Busch led 283 laps, including the final 72, and held off David Reutimann by 0.677 seconds.

  • Why Bristol made it remarkable: Three races at Bristol demand three nights of precision on a 0.533-mile concrete oval where traffic, contact and split-second decisions are constant. Simply finishing every lap is tough. Winning all three was extraordinary.

  • The encore: Busch repeated the Bristol triple sweep in 2017, proving the original achievement was no one-week wonder, but that’s a story for another time.

  • The lasting takeaway: Bristol has always been a place where great drivers build larger-than-life legacies. Busch’s pair of triple sweeps remains one of the clearest examples of why The Last Great Colosseum can turn one race weekend into NASCAR history.

  • Another Challenger:  Kyle Larson took a shot at the triple at Bristol in the 2025 spring weekend and nearly pulled it off, taking wins in the Cup and O’Reilly races but came up one spot short in the Truck race with a second-place finish.

  • Peer Praise: Kyle Larson has said about the triple sweep for Busch, “Love him or hate him, I feel he is the most talented driver I will ever witness in my lifetime.”

  • Driver Quote: Busch said his motivation for 2010 came from nearly accomplishing the triple at Bristol in 2009. “When you come so close and don’t get it, it’s pretty frustrating,” Busch told the media in 2010. “Last year we won the truck race and were leading the (O’Reilly) race and we got crashed out, and then ended up winning the Cup race. So this is probably a year delayed. Coming to Bristol you could say, yeah, well, we’re supposed to run well here. But still, it’s cool to be able to put it all together in a complete weekend, with the truck, with the (O’Reilly) car and then with the Cup car.”

  • Media Says: “It’s maybe the greatest single weekend accomplishment in Bristol history,” said Bristol Herald-Courier editor and noted auto racing historian David McGee. “It’s incredible to me to think that you can run that many laps at Bristol and not have a problem.”

More amazing NASCAR moments are sure to be revealed at iconic Bristol Motor Speedway during the Bass Pro Shops Night Race weekend, Sept. 17-19. Get your tickets now by visiting the BMS website, or by calling the Bristol Motor Speedway Ticket Sales Center at (866) 415-4158.