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TRUCKS: Busch Wins In Texas
Kyle Busch has won half his Truck Series starts this year...
Kyle Busch celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Kyle Busch held off ThorSport Racing teammates Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton on a late-race restart to win Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway.
The victory was Busch’s seventh in 14 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts this year, and 22nd in NASCAR’s top three divisions.
“Once I got out front, that last restart saved me,” said Busch, who won his second Truck Series race at the 1.5-mile track.
The victory also clinched the Manufacturers’ Championship for Toyota, the fifth straight for the automaker.
Busch drove his own No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra to the victory, with the Chevrolet Silverados of Sauter and Crafton in tow. Truck Series points leader Todd Bodine was fourth in the Germain Racing Toyota, followed by Elliott Sadler’s Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevy.
Unofficially, Bodine now leads Aric Almirola by 230 points with two races to go in the season. Bodine can clinch his second Truck Series title next weekend at Phoenix International Raceway by finishing fourth; finishing fifth and leading at least one lap; of finishing sixth and leading the most laps.
Crafton qualified first but had to go to the back of the field for unapproved repairs, which meant second-qualifier Busch started from the pole.
Busch pulled away at the start, but after about 30 laps, Johnny Sauter began to close in and appeared ready to take the lead. Sauter’s challenge quickly faded, however, and on Lap 40 of 147, Busch’s lead was 1.008 seconds.
That lead quickly vanished when Austin Dillon blew a right-front tire on his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, making hard contact with the frontstretch wall just past the start-finish line.
The subsequent caution sent the field down pit road for the first time on Lap 44. Busch held the lead again on the Lap 49 restart, Sauter fending off Elliott Sadler for second.
Then, on Lap 52, Ron Hornaday Jr., Tayler Malsam and Miguel Paludo were involved in a crash in Turn 2 that carried over onto the backstretch.
The green came out and then on Lap 61, Sauter got the lead for the first time, pulling Bodine with him into second past Busch.
Then, on Lap 92, Sauter ran out of fuel while in the lead, coasting around for half a lap as he lost precious ground in the race.
Bodine pitted from the lead on Lap 98. When the stops cycled through Bodine was about 2.5 seconds ahead of Busch, with Sauter 7 seconds back of Busch.
On Lap 121, Lance Fenton had a tire go down in Turn 1 to bring out the fourth caution of the race. The leaders pitted under the yellow flag, and Bodine led the race off pit road over Busch and Sauter.
The race restarted on Lap 128, with Busch taking the lead from the inside line, Bodine close back in second while Sauter and teammate Matt Crafton duked it out for third.
Sauter took over second place on Lap 130, as Crafton began applying the pressure to Bodine.
With 10 laps to go, Busch led Sauter by 0.267 seconds, with Crafton a close third. And that’s how they finished, Busch sealing the deal for his eighth win of the year.
Sauter, who appeared to have the fastest truck during the middle portions of the race, was visibily frustrated about running out of gas. “Maybe we’ll win another one someday,” said Sauter.
His teammate, Crafton, was disappointed, too. “We kind of overadjusted there at the end and I got a little too tight,” said Crafton. “ ... It was a good night coming from the back.”
Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.
The victory was Busch’s seventh in 14 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts this year, and 22nd in NASCAR’s top three divisions.
“Once I got out front, that last restart saved me,” said Busch, who won his second Truck Series race at the 1.5-mile track.
The victory also clinched the Manufacturers’ Championship for Toyota, the fifth straight for the automaker.
Busch drove his own No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra to the victory, with the Chevrolet Silverados of Sauter and Crafton in tow. Truck Series points leader Todd Bodine was fourth in the Germain Racing Toyota, followed by Elliott Sadler’s Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevy.
Unofficially, Bodine now leads Aric Almirola by 230 points with two races to go in the season. Bodine can clinch his second Truck Series title next weekend at Phoenix International Raceway by finishing fourth; finishing fifth and leading at least one lap; of finishing sixth and leading the most laps.
Crafton qualified first but had to go to the back of the field for unapproved repairs, which meant second-qualifier Busch started from the pole.
Busch pulled away at the start, but after about 30 laps, Johnny Sauter began to close in and appeared ready to take the lead. Sauter’s challenge quickly faded, however, and on Lap 40 of 147, Busch’s lead was 1.008 seconds.
That lead quickly vanished when Austin Dillon blew a right-front tire on his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, making hard contact with the frontstretch wall just past the start-finish line.
The subsequent caution sent the field down pit road for the first time on Lap 44. Busch held the lead again on the Lap 49 restart, Sauter fending off Elliott Sadler for second.
Then, on Lap 52, Ron Hornaday Jr., Tayler Malsam and Miguel Paludo were involved in a crash in Turn 2 that carried over onto the backstretch.
The green came out and then on Lap 61, Sauter got the lead for the first time, pulling Bodine with him into second past Busch.
Then, on Lap 92, Sauter ran out of fuel while in the lead, coasting around for half a lap as he lost precious ground in the race.
Bodine pitted from the lead on Lap 98. When the stops cycled through Bodine was about 2.5 seconds ahead of Busch, with Sauter 7 seconds back of Busch.
On Lap 121, Lance Fenton had a tire go down in Turn 1 to bring out the fourth caution of the race. The leaders pitted under the yellow flag, and Bodine led the race off pit road over Busch and Sauter.
The race restarted on Lap 128, with Busch taking the lead from the inside line, Bodine close back in second while Sauter and teammate Matt Crafton duked it out for third.
Sauter took over second place on Lap 130, as Crafton began applying the pressure to Bodine.
With 10 laps to go, Busch led Sauter by 0.267 seconds, with Crafton a close third. And that’s how they finished, Busch sealing the deal for his eighth win of the year.
Sauter, who appeared to have the fastest truck during the middle portions of the race, was visibily frustrated about running out of gas. “Maybe we’ll win another one someday,” said Sauter.
His teammate, Crafton, was disappointed, too. “We kind of overadjusted there at the end and I got a little too tight,” said Crafton. “ ... It was a good night coming from the back.”
Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.
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