Busch made it three victories in a row at Texas with a dominating performance Saturday, leading a race-record 178 of 200 laps to win the O’Reilly 300. He also become the first polesitter to win a Nationwide race on the 1 1/2-mile high-banked track.
Busch finished 1.447 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart, who made a late charge from 14th with four new tires after a caution on lap 188. Brad Keselowski, forced to start 42nd in a backup car, was third.
“It may have looked easy, but it wasn’t,” said Busch, driving the No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota. “I’m ready for a nap.”
Busch will sleep well after putting on another rerun of the Kyle Busch Show for the 85,200 fans.
Runner-up Tony Stewart called Busch “bad fast,” and third-place finisher Brad Keselowski said he was “unstoppable.”
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER 1 1 18 Kyle Busch 2 8 33 Tony Stewart 3 42 88 Brad Keselowski 4 4 6 David Ragan 5 3 198 Paul Menard 6 2 16 Matt Kenseth 7 13 1 Mike Bliss 8 5 29 Jeff Burton 9 20 10 David Reutimann 10 11 12 Justin Allgaier * 11 31 15 Michael Annett * 12 10 20 Joey Logano 13 12 38 Jason Leffler 14 30 66 Steve Wallace 15 16 27 Jason Keller 16 17 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * 17 15 47 Michael McDowell * 18 6 60 Carl Edwards 19 19 99 Michael Waltrip 20 9 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 21 38 28 Kenny Wallace 22 36 234 Tony Raines 23 40 61 Brandon Whitt 24 35 23 Robert Richardson Jr. 25 33 42 Kenny Hendrick 26 23 177 Peyton Sellers 27 41 5 Casey Atwood 28 39 89 Morgan Shepherd 29 26 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 30 32 7 David Green 31 14 81 Kevin Hamlin 32 27 70 Shelby Howard 33 37 52 Kevin Lepage 34 25 24 Eric McClure 35 28 32 Burney Lamar 36 29 9 John Wes Townley * 37 18 62 Brendan Gaughan * 38 22 26 Brian Keselowski 39 24 87 Joe Nemechek 40 43 0 J C Stout 41 21 102 Andy Ponstein 42 7 91 Terry Cook 43 34 90 Johnny Chapman
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