After all the laps Kyle Busch has led in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season, he finally led the only one that ever really matters.
Busch won at Texas Motor Speedway in dominating fashion, leading 126 of the 200 laps and finishing more than a second ahead of Jeff Burton. With an average speed of 151.708 mph, it was fastest Nationwide race at the 1 1/2-mile high-banked track.
“I never won here, and I proved that, I don’t know where Victory Lane is,” Busch said. “I got lost getting here.”
“He was just rolling,” Burton said of Busch. “The best car won today.”
“When we finally ended up taking the lead, I thought in my head, this is too good to be true,” Busch said.
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“I like to race, and I am a member of a great organization in Joe Gibbs Racing,” he said. “It’s cool to have to teams working together in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide stuff, and the truck stuff seems to be taking care of itself.
Kyle Krisiloff crashed with 10 laps remaining to bring out the caution. Busch and his crew opted not to pit.
“It’s a tough decision,” Busch said. “There are a lot of races won on those late pit stops, but there are a lot of races lost, too.
“ But we had a heck of a race car and made the right calls at the end. That’s how you win races, and we’ve been doing that.”
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“Kyle’s car was really fast,” Burton said. “He was really fast on old tires. That said, holding the [second] spot was probably good enough. I don’t think we could have gotten past him.” NASCAR
