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Kyle Busch returns to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend at Dover. (Photo Courtesy of Toyota Motorsports) ยป More Photos
Can “Rowdy” keep it rockin’ and rollin’ when the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series resumes racing Friday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway for the North Carolina Lottery 200? That is one of many questions the truckers will tackle under the lights battling for bragging rights at the closest thing the series has to a home track.
“Rowdy” – a/k/a Kyle Busch – will be back behind the wheel of Billy Ballew’s No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra this weekend after skipping the Kansas race. In four starts so far this season with Ballew, Busch has two victories and a runner-up finish, and in NASCAR’s top three series combined, he’s won an astonishing eight races, including three each in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series.
Busch has an impressive record at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, with two NCTS victories in three starts, and given that his two other NCTS wins this season were at fast intermediate tracks, he figures to come into this race as the favorite.
Without question, Busch has been the biggest story in NASCAR this season. “I wouldn't say that I'm not impressed with what I've done,” said the 23-year-old phenom after winning last week’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington, S.C. “And I'm very grateful and humble that I've been able to win six weeks in a row, yes, but I feel like there could
The co-favorite at LMS along with Busch is defending series champion and current points leader Ron Hornaday Jr., who also is the defending winner of this race and should be his usual tough-to-beat self in the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado owned by Kevin Harvick Inc. Hornaday also has momentum on his side, coming off his victory at Kansas, where he crushed the field by leading 136 of 167 laps.
Hornaday and his team continue to have it going on in a big way, and if anyone can keep Rowdy from running away with another race, it will be the No. 33 squad, led by savvy crew chief Rick Ren.
Given the successes of Busch and Hornaday, both this season and historically at this track, those two are the clear-cut favorites to win Friday night at LMS. But the competition behind them should be very, very tough, as it most always is at an NCTS race.
Mike Skinner, who wheels the No. 5 Toyota Tundra out of the Bill Davis Racing Camp, has led a total of 99 laps in the last three NCTS races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and although he hasn’t always had the finishes that reflect the speed of his truck, he can be counted to be someone to contend with at a fast intermediate track.
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