Kyle Busch could do no wrong Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway in dominating the 43-car field in the NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly Challenge 300. Busch’s No. 18 Toyota led for all but four of the final 178 laps of the 200-lap race. He held off a charging Carl Edwards’ No. 60 Ford over the final two laps for the win.
Busch’s victory in the second-tier series was a record-tying 10th this season for the 23-year-old. Busch, whose first win of the season came on the same 1.5-mile oval in April, matched Sam Ard’s season record set in 1983.
“There were some good cars out there today,” Busch said, “but fortunately we had everything go our way and made it look easy.”
The strong run by Edwards, combined with Clint Bowyer’s sixth-place finish, moved Edwards within 91 points of the series leader with two races remaining.
Mark Martin ran third on Saturday, followed by Joey Logano, David Ragan and Bowyer. The No. 20 JGR Toyota, which has been driven by Busch, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Logano this season, leads the owners’ standings by 54 points over the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet driven exclusively by Bowyer.
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE
1 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota
2 1 60 Carl Edwards Ford
3 6 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet
4 8 20 Joey Logano Toyota
5 12 6 David Ragan Ford
6 21 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
7 14 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet
8 19 99 David Reutimann Toyota
9 25 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford
10 5 64 David Stremme Chevrolet
11 29 0 Josh Wise Toyota
12 33 7 Mike Wallace Toyota
13 15 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet
14 22 32 Denny Hamlin Toyota
15 18 40 Juan Montoya Dodge
16 3 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford
17 9 38 Jason Leffler Toyota
18 7 21 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet
19 36 27 Jason Keller Ford
20 24 170 Mark Green Chevrolet
21 13 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge
22 26 47 Kelly Bires Ford
23 35 9 Chase Miller * Dodge
24 43 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet
25 31 111 Scott Lagasse Jr. Chevrolet
26 16 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet
27 20 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet
28 23 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet
29 2 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
30 27 22 Marc Davis Dodge
31 40 81 D.J. Kennington Dodge
32 38 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet
33 42 1 Danny Efland Chevrolet
34 39 4 Derrike Cope Chevrolet
35 11 17 Jamie McMurray Ford
36 34 223 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet
37 10 10 Brian Vickers Toyota
38 41 52 Donnie Neuenberger Chevrolet
39 28 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet
40 37 161 Brandon Whitt Ford
41 17 173 Kevin Lepage Dodge
42 30 35 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Ford
43 32 149 Kertus Davis Chevrolet
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