LONG POND - Kyle Busch has certainly achieved a lot of "firsts" in his career, and on Sunday at Pocono International Raceway, he was able to check one more racetrack off his list.

Bush dominated the day at Pocono, capturing the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the afternoon, and then brought that same speed to the race a few hours later to bring home the Overton's 400 hardware. Busch would not be denied, leading a race-best 74 laps. With the victory, the Las Vegas native now has 39 career wins.It was just the type of weekend that any driver and team could hope for, especially for Busch, who did not have a victory yet this season."That's the kind of weekend we all hope for. It's rare to get one. Just goes to show you the kind of stuff that's coming out of Joe Gibbs Racing, everybody working so hard with their heads down, so many dedicated employees there," said Busch's crew chief Adam Stevens. "We've just had fast cars for so long and nothing to show for it. It's nice to finally put a weekend together and have a little bit of luck go your way, which we certainly did today."Busch hadn't scored a victory in a year since the 2016 Brickyard 400, and it was easy to see the frustration building more and more for him and the No. 18 team week-in-and-week out."It's pretty cool, finally being able to get the monkey off our back, get to Victory Lane this year. It's been a long time coming," said Busch. "It's well documented, it's been over a year, but it's finally very rewarding to achieve victory, especially here at Pocono."Pit road strategy was an issue for Busch in the June Pocono race, but on Sunday, it was a big reason for his victory. In June, with Busch leading and dominating the race, interim crew chief Ben Beshore, who was filling in for a suspended Stevens, made the call late in the race for Busch to stay out, instead of pitting and taking fresh tires. The rest of the contenders did pit and when racing resumed, Busch was quickly swallowed up.This time around, Busch's pit strategy gave him the best tires for the end of the race, so when the field cycled around, Busch was able to chase down Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick with much fresher tires. Busch made the pass on then leader Harvick with 17 to go and quickly opened up a six-second cushion."Yeah, you know, we talked a lot about strategy going into the June race. We felt like that was going to be the right call. We probably underestimated the tire falloff," said Stevens. "I take 100 percent of the blame for that. That was a situation that he was prepped for, and a call that I made. It didn't work out. With the benefit of hindsight, I'd obviously do that over again. I was thankful there wasn't a late race caution today. We had such a tire advantage on them, we knew they would come anyway, so we had the lead, we were in a good spot either way."Rounding out the top five was Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, and Brad Keselowski.Busch and Harvick had a little run in before Busch peeled away. Heading into turn three, Harvick got loose and his racecar went up the track a bit and Busch, who had a big run coming out of turn three, tapped Harvick in the bumper and moved to the inside for the lead."Yeah, there was no battle. He was way faster than we were," said Harvick. "In the lap he happened to catch me, in my head I was thinking, 'All right, we just need to stay on the bottom.'"I got sideways going into three. Tried to park it. He was going to the throttle about the same time. Got in the back of me a little bit. That was just me trying to keep it on the bottom. I mean, he was in a league of his own there at the end. Just got through traffic good. Got to us, got around us, gone."Dale Earnhardt Jr., who competed in his last race at Pocono, finished in the 12th position.