Kyle Busch won his first NASCAR championship as an owner the best way possible - with a win.
Busch passed Ron Hornaday on a restart with four of 134 laps remaining and held on to win Friday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The win allowed Busch’s No. 51 Toyota team to clinch the 2010 Truck Series owner’s championship. Driver Todd Bodine, who finished fourth in Friday’s race, clinched the driver’s title last weekend at Phoenix. Charlotte Observer
Johnny Sauter ran third, followed by 2010 Truck Series champion Todd Bodine and Aric Almirola, second in the standings this year.
Austin Dillon, the grandson of NASCAR owner Richard Childress, won the truck series Rookie of the Year award with a season that included two victories. It was the first season Richard Childress Racing fielded a team in the truck series since 1999.
Dillon edged out Busch to win his truck series-record seventh pole. Dillon averaged 170.6 mph.
But Dillon’s chance to win the race ended when he tried to squeeze through an opening of trucks going three wide. Four wide was too much and he slid up into the wall with 19 laps to go. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 3 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 4 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 5 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 6 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 7 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 8 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 9 11 Miguel Paludo Toyota 10 125 Tayler Malsam Toyota 11 181 David Starr Toyota 12 46 Craig Goess Toyota 13 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 14 119 David Mayhew Chevrolet 15 216 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 16 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 17 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 18 9 Max Papis Toyota 19 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 20 120 Johanna Long Toyota 21 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 22 48 Hermie Sadler Chevrolet 23 23 Jason White Ford 24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 25 90 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 26 47 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 27 7 John King Ford 28 60 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 29 177 Tom Hessert Jr. Toyota 30 85 Brent Raymer Ford 31 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 32 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 33 6 Derek White Chevrolet 34 172 John Jackson Chevrolet 35 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 36 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet
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