Video: Interview With Talladega Truck Series Race Winner - Kyle Busch


By winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, Kyle Busch earned his 83 NASCAR national series victory, which ties him with Cale Yarborough for eighth on the all-time list.

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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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