Kyle Busch scored his fourth consecutive NASCAR victory at Chicagoland after winning the tough truck race Friday night at Chicagoland!

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With the Sprint Cup Series off this weekend, what’s a racer to do other than race?!

Starting fourth, it didn’t take Busch long to get to the lead. Try lap 13. Busch dominated the night leading three times for 121 laps.

“It was really fun out there tonight. This Toyota Tundra was awesome tonight,” Busch said. “It’s just real fun to drive these trucks. I love coming to Chicago. It’s kind of like a second home for me. I look forward to coming back here next year.”

The race wasn’t a little drama. The race was sent into four laps of overtime after Timothy Peters blew an engine which brought out the final caution of the night. Busch had to hold off points leader Todd Bodine on the green, white, checkered finish.

“I was concerned. I remember last year it was real tough to get away from side-by-side,” Busch said. “This year, I got clear on him (Todd Bodine) just going down the front straightaway getting into turn one there. From there on out I was worried that he would get a draft on me. These trucks, man, they draft so easy. That’s how I ran him down and got to him the first time. He just didn’t quite have enough to pass us. He had enough to hang with us all night and it was fun man. Really cool to be out here.”

This is the second consecutive truck race win for Busch and his fourth of the season. Busch swept all three national series races last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. It’s his 17th NASCAR win this season across the top 3 touring seasons: 3 Sprint Cup Series wins, 10 Nationwide Series wins and 4 Camping World Truck Series wins.

“We’re going for five in Kentucky next week -- so watch out,” Busch said.

It’s the second time in Busch’s NASCAR career that he has won four consecutive races. He accomplished the feat in May. Busch ties that four-time winning record with Billy Wade (1964), David Pearson (1966, 1968), Cale Yarborough (1976), Darrell Waltrip (1981) and Mark Martin (1993). Richard Petty’s 10-race win streak in 1967 is the longest winning streak in NASCAR history.

Starting from the pole, Todd Bodine lead three times for 17 laps.

“It was good racing with him,” Bodine said about Kyle. “It’s fun to race with a guy you can trust. Of course, he was having to trust me because I was one the behind. It was a good night. I can’t complain. I built the points lead back up to where it was before Bristol. Another good run. You hate to run second, especially to Kyle (Busch), but we’ll take it and we’ll go to the next one.”

Bodine leads the standings by 236 points over 2nd place driver Aric Almirola.

Ron Hornaday finished third followed by Johnny Sauter, Justin Lofton, Aric Almirola, Matt Crafton, Rick Crawford, Austin Dillon and David Starr completed the top-10.

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

There were 5 cautions for 21 laps and 9 lead changes among 5 drivers: Bodine 1-6, Dillon 7-12, K. Busch 13-80, Starr 81, Bodine 82-83, Hornaday Jr 84-88, Bodine 89-97, K. Busch 98-126, Hornaday Jr 127-130, K. Busch 131-154

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