Kyle Busch delivered a smashing performance Friday night in the Truck Series’ Nashville 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. He just didn’t deliver a smashing celebration.
Busch, who started from the pole position, led 131 of the 150 laps around the 1.33-mile concrete oval and cruised to a victory by 0.426 seconds over Kevin Harvick. NASCAR
Ron Hornaday Jr., the defending series champion, finished third, followed by Timothy Peters and Todd Bodine.
Matt Crafton, Mike Skinner, Aric Almirola, Stacy Compton and Rick Crawford completed the top-10.
Peters increased his lead to 82 points over Almirola and 93 ahead of Bodine. Hornaday moved up from 12 to sixth in points (-178) following his second top- five finish in a row. The Canadian Press
“It’s good that [Busch] won,” Harvick said. “Obviously they put a lot of effort into it. He’s going to win, whether it’s his truck or Billy Ballew’s truck. ... It was just a matter of time before they won.”
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Timothy Peters 666 Leader 2 Aric Almirola 584 -82 3 Todd Bodine 573 -93 4 Kevin Harvick 560 -106 5 Matt Crafton 538 -128 6 Ron Hornaday 488 -178 7 Ricky Carmichael 478 -188 8 Jason White 477 -189 9 Tayler Malsam 469 -197 10 Kyle Busch 467 -199 11 Rick Crawford 457 -209 12 Austin Dillon* 455 -211 13 Mike Skinner 450 -216 14 Johnny Sauter 448 -218 15 David Starr 448 -218 16 Mario Gosselin 429 -237 17 Ryan Sieg 397 -269 18 Stacy Compton 395 -271 19 Justin Lofton* 385 -281 20 Brett Butler* 384 -282 21 Norm Benning 340 -326 22 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 334 -332 23 Johnny Benson 302 -364 24 Steve Wallace 292 -374 25 Donny Lia 285 -381 26 Max Papis 247 -419 27 Dennis Setzer 246 -420 28 Donnie Neuenberger 229 -437 29 Brent Raymer 222 -444 30 Chris Eggleston* 221 -445 31 Shane Sieg 192 -474 32 Ryan Hackett 191 -475 33 Chris Fontaine 191 -475 34 Brian Ickler 165 -501 35 Nelson Piquet 150 -516 36 Brian Johnson Jr. 140 -526 37 J.J. Yeley 139 -527 38 Tim Bainey Jr. 134 -532 39 Brad Sweet 127 -539 40 Hermie Sadler 127 -539 41 Carlos Contreras 126 -540 42 Sean Murphy 124 -542 43 James Buescher 124 -542 44 Narain Karthikeyan 124 -542 45 Chad McCumbee 122 -544 46 Mike Harmon 113 -553 47 D J Kennington 112 -554 48 Brad Keselowski 109 -557 49 Elliott Sadler 108 -558 50 Tony Jackson 103 -563
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