Kyle Busch nipped Aric Almirola in the closest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finish to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Busch, who also won this race last year, crossed the finish line by just 0.002 of a second over Almirola for his sixth victory of the season and the 22nd of his truck career. His 83rd NASCAR national touring series victory placed him in a tie with Cale Yarborough for eighth on the all-time race winners list. MiamiHerald.com
“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.”
Almirola objected to the finish order in a meeting with NASCAR officials after the race. Almirola said replays clearly showed that Busch drove below the yellow line to make the pass, but he said NASCAR officials told him that Busch was regaining control of his truck as he crossed the line.
“The reason they gave me was that Kyle’s truck was sideways when he was next to me and that what made him go below the yellow line was that he was trying to regain control of his truck,” Almirola said. “I guess if you get out of control and go below the yellow line and save it, it’s OK to advance.
“I don’t have a clear understanding of the rule, I guess.” Fox News
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 3 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 4 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 5 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 6 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 7 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 8 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 9 23 Jason White Toyota 10 46 Craig Goess Toyota 11 2 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 12 181 David Starr Toyota 13 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 14 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 15 60 Narain Karthikeyan Chevrolet 16 153 Justin Hobgood Chevrolet 17 47 Donnie Neuenberger Chevrolet 18 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 19 84 Chris Fontaine Toyota 20 28 Andy Lally Chevrolet 21 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 22 95 Grant Enfinger Ford 23 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 24 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 25 48 Bryan Silas Chevrolet 26 7 Tony Jackson Jr. Chevrolet 27 9 Max Papis Toyota 28 0 Dominick Casola Chevrolet 29 89 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 30 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 31 85 Brent Raymer Ford 32 6 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 33 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 34 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 35 124 Jerick Johnson Chevrolet 36 172 John Jackson Chevrolet
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