Kyle Busch Wins Mountain Dew 250

If you wait long enough anything can happen! This statement became truth after 300 starts in the Camping World Truck Series for team owner Billy Ballew as his trucks finished the Mountain Dew 250 one-two after a long and hard fought race on the pavement of Talledega raceway. Billy can finally scratch this wish off his list as Kyle Busch was able to pass Todd Bodine in a quarter-mile ending race and his team mate Aric Almirola added insult to injury by also passing Todd in the same stretch of track. This win is the sixth of the season for Kyle Busch and the 15^th of his illustrious career and one he probably won’t forget soon. Kyle should thank Almirola for his victory, as he wouldn’t have made it to the end without his help keeping Todd Bodine at bay. Bodine was fast all day and at the end he was double teamed by the pair and finishing third certainly isn’t what he envisioned for the race from the spot he was before the last lap. I am sure Almirola will take the one-two finish for the team and be happy. He probably just wishes he was the one in the one-two combination.

Kyle Busch and Aric Almirola were able to make it past Todd Bodine on the last lap

The event ran four laps past the scheduled 94 laps due to a green-white chequered flag finish caused by an eleven truck accident on Lap 97 started by Todd Bodine, Mike Skinner and Johnny Sauter jockeying and bumping in the pack. The No. 33 Chevrolet of series leader Ron Hornaday was one of the fatalities in this dustup as he lost two laps and finished in 17^th place. Second place driver in the standings Matt Crafton was able to stay out of the crash and came home in tenth place, which trims Hornaday’s margin to 202 points.

This is a great result for Billy and his team after a lot of hard fought races and it was only a matter of time before he achieve this feat and I am glad it happened in this race for Billy. The future is bright for Billy and his team and I expect a lot more wins in the future.

Terry Cook had another strong start and finished in fourth place, just ahead of a fast and consistent David Starr in fifth, Mario Gosselin in sixth and Stacy Compton in seventh place. Dennis Setzer finished eighth; Justin Hobgood came in ninth, while the top ten in the Mountain Dew 250 was rounded out by Matt Crafton.

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