Kyle Busch beat the odds to win Friday night’s rain delayed truck race at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

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After a late race restart, Busch held off Todd Bodine to give Toyota their first truck series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway! “The late race cautions add some drama to it, of course,” Busch said. “Makes it frustrating on our part.”

After starting from the pole, Busch went on to lead four times for a race-high 69 laps. “This team did a great job in preparing a great truck to come out here with,” said Busch. “Unfortunately, I tried to screw it up.”

40 laps into the 134 lap race, Busch hit the wall causing some damage to the front splitter. “I made it where I could drive it,” Busch said. “I knocked some tight into it. This team did a great job in preparing this truck to come here, and I tried to screw it up. I guess the driver owes the car owner a little something today.”

On lap 95, Busch passed Todd Bodine to take the lead for the final time and held on until the checkered flag.

It’s the second win for Busch in 5 truck starts. It’s his 18th series win and third at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch has now scored three consecutive wins across NASCAR’s top three national touring series after also winning last weekend’s Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races at Dover.

“Just couldn’t quite carry the momentum that Kyle could,” Bodine said after his runner-up finish. “In typical Kyle fashion, their truck was real loose and he just drove through it.”

Ron Hornaday finished third followed by James Buescher, Elliott Sadler, Mike Skinner, Aric Almirola, Jason White, David Starr and Timothy Peters rounded out the top-10.

For the (unofficial) race results, click here (nascar.com)

The race was delayed due to rain by about three hours. There were 7 cautions for 35 laps and 8 lead changes among 5 drivers. K. Busch 1-26, H. Sadler 27, E. Sadler 28-31, K. Busch 32-39, E. Sadler 40-66, K. Busch 67-84, T. Bodine 85-89, R. Hornaday Jr 90-117, K. Busch 118-134

Todd Bodine took over the lead in the series standings by 2 points over 2nd place driver, Aric Almirola.