Kurt Busch dominated the field at Sunday's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway, securing a first win since his reinstatement to NASCAR.
Having missed the first three races of the season under a suspension for suspected domestic violence, Busch has returned reinvigorated and looked more like the driver who won the 2004 NASCAR Cup championship than the driver who had won just one race since the end of 2011.
Originally slated for Saturday, the race in Richmond had been postponed until Sunday.
That did not seem to matter to Busch. Despite pole-sitter Joey Logano leading 94 laps and running strongly throughout, Sunday at RIR was all about Busch.
Crew chief Tony Gibson and Busch hit on a great setup that allowed the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet to lead 281 of the 400 laps.
Afterwards, Busch alluded to his suspension, and the fact that he did not want to let that sidetrack the team this season.
"It's an incredible feeling. It's a total team effort," Busch told FOX Sports.
"The way everything came together, it just seemed like we were building and building and building toward a great finish like this. I have this opportunity because of [team co-owner] Gene Haas and everybody that is part of our family at Stewart-Haas.
"It's an unbelievable feeling, when you pull deep from within and go through troubles. When you're accused of something and things go sideways, your personal life doesn't need to affect your business life — and I'm here in victory lane."
Busch's victory was his first Sprint Cup success since March 2014 at Martinsville, and the 26th win of his career.
The also virtually assured himself a slot in NASCAR's Chase, the season-ending series of 10 races to determine the Sprint Cup champion.
Coming to the finish, several drivers battled for position behind Busch. His Stewart-Haas team-mate, Kevin Harvick, finished second - his seventh finish of first or second in the first nine races of 2015.
Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Logano rounded out the top five.