Kyle Busch’s mastery of NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series continued Thursday night when the Cup star racked up his fifth series win of the season during a green-white-checkered finish in the UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
As is typically the case whenever Busch ventures into the Truck ranks, his No. 18 Toyota pretty much had its way with rivals as it picked its way through the field. Lexington Herald Leader
The NASCAR Sprint Cup regular was passed by both Johnny Sauter and Nelson Piquet Jr in the final third of the race, but both encountered trouble to allow Busch the win.
Sauter broke a rear axle in his final pit stop of the day, bringing him back to pit lane for repairs and ending his race before Piquet was caught in a crash after the sixth re-start of the day. Fox Sports
Kligerman ran second, followed by Brendan Gaughan, Todd Bodine and Jason White.
“On the [last] restart, when Jason White was on my inside, I figured if I could just get another good restart where I didn’t spin my tires, I’d be all right,” Busch said. “Those guys spun their tires every time, and it kind of worked for us. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 3 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 4 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 5 23 Jason White Chevrolet 6 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 7 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 8 81 David Starr Toyota 9 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 10 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota 11 9 Max Papis Toyota 12 32 Steve Arpin Chevrolet 13 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 14 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 15 46 Justin Lofton Toyota 16 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 17 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 18 63 Jack Smith Ford 19 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 20 99 Charles Vest Ford 21 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 22 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 23 7 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 24 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 25 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 26 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 27 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 28 116 John King Toyota 29 15 Josh Richards Toyota 30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ford 31 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 32 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 33 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 34 138 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 35 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet 36 20 Johanna Long * Toyota
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