After staring at Kyle Busch’s rear bumper for 67 laps, Kevin Harvick knew it was time to make a move. Harvick dropped to the inside of Busch, passed him with a little more than nine laps to go and held on through an abbreviated final restart to win the rain-delayed and caution-filled trucks race yesterday before a sparse crowd at Martinsville Speedway.
Busch was subsequently penalized for a commitment line violation when he intentionally ran against the inside backstretch wall under caution in an attempt to straighten out a fender that was bashed in. Busch led a race-high 139 laps and finished 17th.
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After the fifth caution, Busch needed less than three laps to dispose of Jason White and take the lead on Lap 102. Busch held the spot until Harvick moved underneath him in the final laps.
Busch remained the series points leader over Todd Bodine, who finished 18th after being involved in two separate accidents, including one with two laps to go that forced the race to finish under caution.
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