It shouldn’t be a surprise Kyle Busch took another NASCAR Truck series victory. What may surprise you is who he had to beat to do it.
Busch held off 19-year-old series rookie Cole Whitt to win Friday’s Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway as a wreck erupted on the last lap to help seal his win.
The win is Busch’s third this season in six starts and 27th of his career in 90 starts. Busch now has 96 total wins in NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Nationwide and Trucks. Lexington Herald Leader
“It wasn’t quite the walk in the park it seemed,” Busch said. “This place is so difficult, so challenging.”
“Kyle’s one of the best in the business on restarts. He definitely schooled me a few times,” Whitt said. “I felt like I got a good one there at the end, but it wasn’t quite good enough. That’s pretty much what won the race.”
Busch was impressed with Whitt’s performance.
“Who’s the next up-and-coming star? Who’s the next guy that can get the job done?” Busch said. USA Today
Matt Crafton came home third and claimed the series points lead. Austin Dillon and Kevin Harvick ran fourth and fifth, respectively.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 3 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 4 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 5 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 7 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 8 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 9 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 10 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet 11 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 12 81 David Starr Toyota 13 9 Max Papis Toyota 14 23 Jason White Chevrolet 15 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 16 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 17 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 18 51 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 19 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 20 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 21 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 22 20 Johanna Long * Toyota 23 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota 24 46 Craig Goess * Toyota 25 77 Justin Lofton Toyota 26 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 27 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 28 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 29 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 30 32 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 31 7 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 32 87 Chris Jones Chevrolet 33 1 Carl Long Chevrolet 34 99 J.R. Fitzpatrick Ford 35 138 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 36 10 Chris Lafferty Chevrolet
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