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Kyle Busch wins his first NASCAR Sprint Cup title

Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and the season title Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and the season title Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and the season title Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.

By Associated Press 5 min read

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Kyle Busch watched the season opener from a hospital bed, his pregnant wife and his dogs by his side.

He ended the year in victory lane, hoisting the Sprint Cup with his infant son in the middle of a celebration.

NASCAR’s comeback story is now a championship tale.

photo Kyle Busch waves to the crowd during driver introductions before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Avondale, Ariz.

Busch won his first career Sprint Cup title Sunday night, nine months after he crashed into a concrete wall the day before the Daytona 500 and broke his right leg and left foot in a wreck that forced NASCAR to make immediate safety improvements at almost all of the circuits.

Busch withstood multiple surgeries, went through a grueling rehabilitation program and missed only 11 races. He got back in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in late May and NASCAR granted him a waiver to race for the title should he earn a berth in the playoffs.