Kyle Busch records his first Talladega win

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- This time, the crash happened behind Kyle Busch. Instead of leaving Talladega Superspeedway with a smashed-up car, he drove into Victory Lane.

The kid who couldn't conquer Talladega finally won at the harrowing track Sunday, and in this breakout season for Busch, it was only fitting that he coasted to the victory.

Busch came back from a lap down for his first win at Talladega, which was won under caution when a 12-car accident brought out the yellow flag on the final lap. It froze the field and allowed Busch to slowly make his way across the finish line -- a rare completion considering his past history at this track.

In six previous Cup races, Busch failed to finish four times and wrecked out of both events last season. His accident in last spring's Cup race was so hard, he cracked his head-and-neck restraint while finishing 37th. And his wreck in the fall officially ended his championship hopes.

"I don't think I've finished one here without wrecking, or at least without a torn up car," Busch said.

But this year, he can't seem to do anything wrong. His victory was his second Sprint Cup win of the year, seventh spanning all three of NASCAR's top series, and gave him wins four weekends in a row dating back to a Nationwide Series victory in Texas earlier this month.

He's now scored wins this season on a road course, an intermediate track, a short track and a superspeedway.

"It's great for Kyle. He's red hot," car owner Joe Gibbs said.

So hot, it didn't even matter that Busch fell a lap down midway through the race when he missed his pit during a stop and had to circle back to try again on the next lap. But he got the lap back as the "lucky dog" on the next caution, and it put him in position to drive back to the front in his Toyota.

Juan Pablo Montoya finished second to match his career best on an oval since moving to NASCAR midway through 2006.