Brooklyn, Mich. ? About the only thing Kurt Busch and his team didn’t change on his car Sunday at Michigan International Speedway was the number.

Making adjustments to his No. 97 Roush Racing Ford on every pit stop, Busch became the first three-time Winston Cup winner this season after snatching the lead from Jeff Gordon with 24 laps to go in the Sirius Satellite 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

That was the first time the 24-year-old NASCAR “Young Gun” led the 200-lap race. A late charge by polesitter Bobby Labonte, who took second from Gordon on lap 185, came up 0.774-seconds — about six car lengths — short.

“We didn’t quite have the setup,” said Busch, who gave much of the credit for his seventh career win to crew chief Jimmy Fennig.

“Jimmy and I decided to throw some things at it and made a car that would go to Victory Lane.

“We made all kinds of air pressure changes, wedge changes, track bar, you name it. … It ended up in our favor at the end.”