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By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

August 18

2001: A 16-year-old named Kyle Busch leads the first laps of his NASCAR career as he leads 17 laps and finishes 17th in the Sears Craftsman 175 Craftsman Truck Series race at Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Ill. Busch, driving for Jack Roush, finishes five laps behind winner Scott Riggs.

August 19

2001: Kurt Busch completes an ignominious double by finishing last in the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway. He also finished last in the first Michigan race of the season in June, making him the only driver to “sweep” last place in Cup races at the same track in 2001.

August 20

1982: In the final NASCAR race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, S.C., Butch Lindley wins the DAPCO 200 Nationwide Series race for his final NASCAR victory. Dale Jarrett is second and Jack Ingram third in the 200-lap race on the half-mile track.

August 21

1962: Richard Petty wins a 200-lap race on the half-mile dirt track of Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds in Spartanburg, S.C., to give him three consecutive wins for the first time in his career.

August 22

1981: Darrell Waltrip is the only car on the lead lap when he wins the Busch 500 at Bristol. It is the last time in a Bristol Cup race only one car is on the lead lap at the end of the race. It has happened 22 times in the track’s 95 Cup races.

August 23

1960: Glen Wood wins a 200-lap race at quarter-mile Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. It is Wood’s third win of the season — all at Bowman-Gray. He will win one more race in his career in 1963 — also at Bowman-Gray. In 13 races at the track, Wood records eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.

August 24

1975: Richard Petty wins the Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan by half a car length over David Pearson. From 1972 to 1976, Petty wins twice at Michigan, the only driver besides Pearson to win at Michigan. Pearson records seven wins during that span.