TALLADEGA (Alabama), April 28: Kyle Busch finally won at the Talladega Superspeedway, coming from a lap off the lead pace to capture the Aaron’s 499 on Sunday under the yellow flag at one of American stock-car racing’s fastest and most hallowed tracks.

Busch took the victory after 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 races on NASCAR’s top-tier Sprint Cup, Busch failed to finish four times – including crashes in both events last season. His accident a year ago was so hard, he cracked his head-and-neck restraint while finishing 37th. And his wreck six months ago 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.

Sunday’s 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 second-tier Nationwide Series victory in Texas earlier this month.

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. He also was second at Indy last July.

Denny Hamlin, Busch’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, finished third.—AP