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Kyle Busch found the best way to celebrate his NASCAR title with his 4-year-old son

“That was really awesome,” Kyle Busch said about the moment with his son, Brexton.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch won his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he also won the Ford EcoBoost 400.

He beat out runner-up and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr., while the other two title contenders, Kevin Harvick, who finished fourth, and Denny Hamlin, also a JGR driver, in 10th place. It was Busch’s fifth checkered flag of the season, and he snapped a 21-race streak without a win.

The No. 18 Toyota driver did a burnout on the 1.5-mile track before celebrating with his family, wife Samantha and 4-year-old son, Brexton. And then he took Brexton for a ride.

Samantha seemed to initially object, saying, “No, no,” as Kyle confirmed with NASCAR officials that he would, in fact, be allowed to do this. There’s not a second seat in these cars, so, of course, Busch went particularly slow as they drove around the Homestead track.

Harvick and his 7-year-old son Keelan have also been known to celebrate together with a quick ride. But this is a great way for Busch to celebrate a championship and make it extra special for Brexton.

“That was really awesome,” Busch said in his post-race press conference.

“Brexton actually came to me — I don’t know if he got the idea from somebody else or if he just remembered it from Keelan doing it with Kevin — and said, ‘Dad, can I go for a ride with you?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, hell, I’m good with it!’

“So we asked the NASCAR guys, and they radioed up to the tower, and we got approval to be able to do that. So that was really, really special for me and Brexton to be able to take in that moment and go for a ride around the track.”

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