Kyle Busch charged inside Aric Almirola at virtually the last moment to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 Camping World Truck Series race in a thrilling three-wide finish at Talladega Superspeedway.
“That’s cool,” said Busch, who won for the sixth time this season in the truck series. “I didn’t want to do it. Aric deserved to win the race. I had Johnny pushing me. I couldn’t go too high because he would have gotten under me. I had to keep going. It was crazy there at the end.”
“My perspective is, I feel like I won the race,” Almirola said. “NASCAR’s perspective is, we ran second. I guess [Saturday], we lose. I’m disappointed in that.”
It was the closest finish in series history when using electronic scoring, NASCAR officials said.
It was Busch’s series-high sixth victory in 13 Truck starts this season—and his second consecutive Trucks victory at Talladega.
Points leader Todd Bodine and four-time series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. were among those involved in the six-truck accident three laps away from the scheduled 94-lap distance. Newcomer Grant Enfinger hit Bodine from behind, putting him into a spin. Bodine then rammed into Mike Skinner, which triggered the wreck.
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Kyle Busch Holds Off Aric Almirola in Photo Finish at Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Truck Series: Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Todd Bodine 3480 Leader 2 Aric Almirola 3264 -216 3 Johnny Sauter 3166 -314 4 Matt Crafton 3072 -408 5 Austin Dillon* 3065 -415 6 Ron Hornaday 2987 -493 7 Timothy Peters 2980 -500 8 Mike Skinner 2822 -658 9 David Starr 2780 -700 10 Jason White 2678 -802 11 Ricky Carmichael 2609 -871 12 James Buescher 2572 -908 13 Justin Lofton* 2567 -913 14 Ryan Sieg 2302 -1178 15 Mario Gosselin 2257 -1223 16 Kyle Busch 2233 -1247 17 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 2050 -1430 18 Norm Benning 1945 -1535 19 Brent Raymer 1664 -1816 20 Stacy Compton 1614 -1866 21 Donny Lia 1500 -1980 22 Brett Butler* 1409 -2071 23 Ken Schrader 1060 -2420 24 Dennis Setzer 1049 -2431 25 Kevin Harvick 1048 -2432 26 Mike Garvey 1045 -2435 27 Brian Ickler 980 -2500 28 Narain Karthikeyan 963 -2517 29 Tayler Malsam 922 -2558 30 Mike Harmon 846 -2634 31 J C Stout 802 -2678 32 Elliott Sadler 782 -2698 33 Chris Jones 769 -2711 34 Tony Jackson 744 -2736 35 Rick Crawford 736 -2744 36 Johnny Benson 735 -2745 37 Clay Greenfield 716 -2764 38 Chris Fontaine 714 -2766 39 Brad Sweet 705 -2775 40 Carl Long 687 -2793
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