Camping World Truck Series – WinStar World Casino 350
By Sheri Vegas on Nov 7, 2009 in Motorsports, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Racing
Kyle Busch won his 5th straight Camping World Truck Series race Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway!
Win #7 for Busch this season in the series.
Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images for NASCAR
Consider he has 13 starts this year.
“That’s cool, man. That’s a pretty proud accomplishment,” Busch said. “I’ve wanted to win a truck race here for a long time.”
Busch took the lead from points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. and lead the final and a race-high 50 laps.
“Kyle bent the rear bumper in pretty good, and raced me real hard,” Hornaday explained Busch’s pass. “That ruined the rest of the night when I tried to save the truck when it went sideways. Top three, that’s all you can ask for.”
Hornaday led three times for 36 of the 147-lap race.
Matt Crafton passed Hornaday for second with around 33 laps to go. He tried to chase Busch down, but had to back off when fuel came into question.
“We had to save fuel for so long on that run,” Crafton said. “I didn’t think we could make it all the way.”
“It’s an accomplishment to beat the 33 bunch (Hornaday) here, that’s for sure,” Busch said. “And we got it done today. I really hate to see the 88 (Crafton) finish second to me. I wish he could get a win.”
Busch started his weekend at Texas Motor Speedway off the right way by winning. He’s scheduled to race in all 3 series’ events this weekend. Busch has never won a Sprint Cup race at the 1.5 mile track, although he has won the past 3 Nationwide Series events at Texas.
“It would be pretty awesome to get ‘em all three done here at Texas,” Busch said. “I’ve wanted to win a truck race here for a long time, so this is pretty cool, and as soon as I get a Cup win here, another one will get knocked off the list.”
Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR
It’s win #18 for Busch this year across NASCAR’s top 3 national touring series.
There were 3 cautions for 14 laps and 10 lead changes among 7 drivers: M. Crafton 1-19; M. Mitchell 20-21; T. Bodine 22-46; K. Busch 47-50; R. Hornaday Jr. 51-56; M. Crafton 57-63; R. Hornaday Jr. 64-90; C. McCumbee 91-93; A. Almirola 94; R. Hornaday Jr. 95-97; K. Busch 98-147
For the (unofficial) race results, click here.
Ron Hornaday Jr. has a 197 point lead over 2nd place, Matt Crafton in the standings. Hornaday only needs to finish 22nd or better in the last 2 remaining races regardless of what any other driver does to win the Camping World Truck series championship.
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