Kyle Busch wins, sets new laps led mark

LOUDON, N.H. — Kyle Busch won the Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday and became the career laps led leader in NASCAR's second-tier series.

Busch bowed to the crowd, which saluted his sixth win of the season in the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch has led 8,118 laps in his career and earned his 36th career victory.

He held off Brad Keselowski, who finished second and had his solid run derailed by a poor pit stop. Carl Edwards, Joey Logano and Trevor Bayne round out the top five.

Keselowski stretched his points lead to 247 over Edwards.

Danica Patrick finished 30th, five laps down. Patrick went into the wall only seven laps into the race. The IndyCar regular posted her best finish in four Nationwide races.

"It was a bummer to get lapped so many times," Patrick said.

Patrick started 25th in her first NASCAR race since February and ran into trouble in her No. 7 Chevrolet almost instantly.

Morgan Shepherd got loose and sent Patrick into the wall. She radioed to her crew "he totally took me out."

Patrick returned to the track a lap down and never got any momentum. She later tapped Shepherd to let him know she didn't appreciate getting caught up in the early accident.

Patrick fared no better than 31st in three starts on the Nationwide Series in February. She said a top-15 or top-20 finish would be a success.

"There's a lot for me to learn," she said.

FORMULA 1: At Valencia, Spain, Sebastian Vettel earned Red Bull's eighth pole of the season Saturday, posting the fastest time in qualifying for the European Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver drove the fastest lap in 1 minute, 37.587 seconds. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber was second in 1.37.662, with Lewis Hamilton third for Mclaren.

"It was a tight qualifying session in the end, not much between us all," Vettel said. "I won pole so I'm very happy for today."

NHRA: At Norwalk, Ohio, Greg Anderson won $50,000 by winning in the K&N Horsepower Challenge, a special bonus event for Pro Stock competitors at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Saturday.

SUPERBIKE: Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) posted a brilliant 1 minute 35.001 seconds to take the new track best lap and BMW's first ever Superpole win. In doing so he extended his own record of pole wins in WSBK racing to 43.