Kyle Busch took the lead with seven laps remaining en route to a victory in the NASCAR Trucks Series race Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
It was the second straight Trucks win for Busch and his fourth in the series this year.
Busch’s victory came hours after he claimed the pole for Saturday’s Sprint Cup All-Star race. WHNS Greenville
“It feels good to be getting close to 100,” said Busch, who won the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Those are two huge names to match up with.”
Busch passed Bowyer, who had led 54 laps, on Lap128, and led only the final seven laps.
Rookie Cole Whitt finished third and took over the points lead in the process. Whitt, who is from Alpine, Calif., and won’t be 20 until June 22, became the first rookie and youngest driver in series history to lead the standings. He’s up by one point on Johnny Sauter, who finished sixth. Charlotte Observer
James Buescher came home fourth, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 3 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 4 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 5 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 6 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 7 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 8 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 9 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet 10 32 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 11 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota 12 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 13 77 Justin Lofton Toyota 14 23 Jason White Chevrolet 15 15 Kimi Raikkonen Toyota 16 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 17 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 18 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 19 99 Bryan Silas Ford 20 20 Johanna Long * Toyota 21 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 22 46 Craig Goess * Toyota 23 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 24 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 25 9 Max Papis Toyota 26 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 27 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 28 81 David Starr Toyota 29 102 Jamie Dick Chevrolet 30 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 31 50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 32 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 33 28 Wes Burton Chevrolet 34 7 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 35 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 36 138 Mike Garvey Chevrolet
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