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
The last time Busch ran at Nashville Superspeedway he made headlines for smashing the trophy, a hand-painted custom Gibson guitar, last June in a Nationwide Series race. This time, he didn’t destroy the guitar.
“I gave the guitar to Sam (Bass, the painter) and said if he wants to do any damage to my truck he could have at it,” Busch said. “But he didn’t feel like it. It’s as good as it can be to come back to Nashville and win a race and put on great show in front of the fans.” The Associated Press
Following Busch and Harvick across the finish line were Ron Hornaday, Harvick’s teammate, then Timothy Peters and Todd Bodine. In a race that had only two cautions, only eight drivers finished on the lead lap, with Matt Crafton in sixth, Mike Skinner in seventh and Aric Almirola in eighth.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 4 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 5 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 6 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 7 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 8 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 9 60 Stacy Compton Chevrolet 10 14 Rick Crawford Ford 11 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 12 15 Steve Wallace Toyota 13 90 James Buescher Toyota 14 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 15 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 16 81 David Starr Toyota 17 56 Tayler Malsam Toyota 18 129 Brad Keselowski Dodge 19 23 Jason White Dodge 20 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 21 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 22 7 Donny Lia Chevrolet 23 1 Dillon Oliver Chevrolet 24 21 Chris Eggleston * Chevrolet 25 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 26 192 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 27 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 28 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 29 46 Willie Allen Dodge 30 76 Brian Johnson Jr. Ford 31 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 32 47 Brett Butler * Chevrolet 33 48 Tim Bainey Jr. Chevrolet 34 85 Brent Raymer Ford 35 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 36 150 G.R. Smith Dodge
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