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INDIANAPOLIS -- Kyle Busch spent most of this weekend hearing about a historic sweep. On Sunday, he got to dust off the answers.Busch led a record 149 of 170 laps and beat teammate Matt Kenseth to the finish line by 2.126 seconds in the second overtime to win his second straight Brickyard 400. Coupled with his Xfinity Series success Saturday, Busch became the first NASCAR driver to win both poles and both races on the same weekend.Ive never had a dominant car like this, Busch said after winning for the fourth time this season. This is obviously a special day and a special car.The impressive feat overshadowed two other storylines:?Jeff Gordons comeback and Tony Stewarts farewell.Stewart finished 11th in his final race at Indianapolis, and Gordon was 13th. Gordon came out of retirement to replace?Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has battled concussion-like symptoms and has not yet been cleared by doctors to drive. Afterward, the two drivers who grew up in Indiana drove side-by-side around the 2.5-mile oval.I have gained so much respect and admiration for Tony, Gordon said. I love this guy. I have always respected his talent.But nobody was better than Busch this weekend. One year after he won both Indy races, he joined third-place finisher Jimmie Johnson as the only back-to-back winners of the Brickyard. Johnson won in 2008 and 2009.Busch surrendered the lead for 14 laps after his first pit stop, regained it when race leader Brad Keselowski pitted, then gave it up again for only five laps when he made his second pit stop. Everyone else spent the day chasing Busch.The No. 18 car was so strong that Roger Penskes drivers started with a strategy of trying to stretch their runs long enough to make one fewer pit stop. It didnt work. Logano finished seventh, and Keselowski wound up 17th. The only real challenge for Busch came with a series of late crashes that delayed his fourth trip to victory lane this season.The crashes began when Carl Edwards car wiggled in the first turn on a restart with seven laps to go. His car slid up the track, hit Keselowski and wound up involving Ryan Blaney, Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick. Nobody was seriously hurt, but the wreck brought a red flag out for almost eight minutes.On the ensuing restart, with three to go, Busch again pulled away, only to have a collision between Trevor Bayne and Clint Bowyer behind him to send the race into first overtime. It happened again when Jamie McMurray slid through the first turn and into the wall on the next restart, but Busch pulled away one more time for a historic win in a race that was actually 425 miles.I certainly didnt want one -- let alone five of them or however many there were, Busch said. We just wanted the race to go green til the end. We had a really good, long-run car til the end, so I felt like wed be able to hold off all those guys behind us, and then we had all those restarts.WHOS HOT: Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota. The team had three cars finish in the top five and heads to Pocono with back-to-back victories. Toyota, meanwhile, had three of its cars place in the top four.WHOS NOT: Hendrick Motorsports. Yes, Johnson ended a four-race streak with no top-threes, but nobody else finished in the top 10, and none of the four cars was even in contention for the lead.TOUGH WEEK: Greg Biffle wanted this weekend to be a tribute for his late father, who died Tuesday. Instead, Biffles day ended early, after he crashed on Lap 52.EMPTY SEATS: Its tough to fill roughly 250,000 seats. But the estimated crowd of about 50,000 left plenty of seats empty at a race that has seen attendance steadily dwindle the past eight years. The lone exception came in 2015, in what was supposed to be Gordons final ride.HE SAID IT: When Busch was asked whether his success the past two years at Indy would prompt him to follow the footsteps of his brother,?Kurt, and run in the Indianapolis 500, Kyle Busch responded, Well, I wont be following in his footsteps. Ill be?doing my own footsteps. It certainly may open up some avenues. Im not sure.UP NEXT: Pocono Raceway, July 31. 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The team also has yet to decide on the future of Doug Berry, who began the season as a consultant to the head coach but took over the offensive co-ordinators duties in July. http://www.redskinsrookiestore.com/Redskins-Terrelle-Pryor-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb will take the mound in the big leagues on Friday for the first time in 23 months.Its been a long road back from Tommy John surgery for Cobb, who will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the series opener.Cobb hurt his elbow in last years spring training and had his surgery in May, hopeful he could make a summer return to the rotation. Instead of July, its September, so the return means that much more to him.It wasnt like it was smooth, Cobb told the Tampa Bay Times. Some people just pick up a ball and theyre like, OK, the pains gone. With me, it was like, this kind of hurts a little more than before I got the surgery.Cobbs rehab was longer than expected -- he had to be activated Monday per rehab guidelines, and hes in position to get five starts in September to give him confidence for a return to health.Cobb had an ERA under 3.00 in each of his last two seasons, posting a 10-9 mark with a 2.87 ERA in 2014 after going 11-3 with a 2.76 in 2013. Much has changed since his last outing in 2014 -- the Rays changed managers, and much of the lineup around him has changed as well.The Rays (56-76) come home having dropped four of six games on a road trip, and they face a Toronto team leading the American League East at 76-57 and having won five of six games. Tampa Bay acctually has a 7-6 edge in the season series, although the Jays took two of three in the most recent series.ddddddddddddToronto has a new pitcher to throw at the Rays in left-hander Francisco Liriano, who was acquired from the Pirates. Hes 7-12 with a 5.22 ERA for the season, but in four starts since joining the Blue Jays, hes 1-1 with a 3.97 ERA. For his career against the Rays, hes 2/3 with a 4.93 ERA.The Blue Jays for now are moving forward with a six-man rotation, which is less taxing on key arms late in the season but takes starters out of the rhythm and the routine theyve kept for months. Theyre trusting their leaders on the call.If it helps us get to the World Series I could care less, 41-year-old R.A. Dickey told the Toronto Star on Wednesday. I just have to do a professional job of getting myself ready to pitch and do my job when its my turn.For this weekend at least, that challenge is having a first-place team beat a last-place team, something theyve failed to do more often than not this season.Toronto holds a two-game lead on Boston and a four-game advantage on Baltimore, so the margin of error between winning a division and missing the playoffs is as little as one bad series. 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