Kyle Busch is winning in a truck now!

This was a special night for Busch because his parents and girl friend are from just over the border in Indiana. It must have been really cool and nice to come back and win before the home folks in the Midwest.

Bodine took the lead on Lap 98 after Busch made a final pit stop for tires and fuel and after the final restart with just 50 laps remaining he found himself in fifth place. Bodine looked like he was going to win, until the caution flag came out and things started to go bad back for him. There was another restart three laps later that was single file that left a hole on the bottom of the 1.5 mile track for Busch to take advantage of and that’s exactly what he did. Busch stayed on the bottom of the track through Turns 1 and 2 and then was able to pass Bodine as they headed into Turn 3. He was faster through the sprint to the finish and was able to beat Bodine to the line by .580 seconds for the win in the EnjoyIllinois.com 225. This victory marks a great day for Kyle Busch, who probably likes this truck-thing, and a not so nice day for Todd Bodine.

Colin Braun finished third; Rick Crawford managed fourth, while Johnny Sauter held on for fifth place. In sixth place was Dennis Setzer, Chad McCumbee ran seventh, Aric Almirola eighth and Timothy Peters ninth, while Terry Cook rounded out the top ten.

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Kyle Busch Wins the EnjoyIllinois.com 225

Earlier in the week NASCAR implimented new rules restricting the horsepower output in the Nationwide Series engines, specifically targeting Toyota, as they were the only manufacturer running the effected engine packages. But, even that couldn’t stop Kyle Busch from dominating Saturday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park.

Busch started the race from the outside pole, and then ran away with the race, leading 197 of the 200 laps. The victory is Busch’s sixth NNS win of the season, and his 15th between NASCAR’s three premier series, surpassing the previous record set by Kevin Harvick. Colin Braun, in search of his first NASCAR victory for Roush-Fenway Racing, settled for 2nd, and Mike Bliss, Scott Wimmer, and Josh Wise completed the top-five.

Following the race, Busch sarcastically commented, “I was kind of disappointed because I feel like that 15 horsepower cost me the pole. I really got to thank my competitors for doing the complaining they did, because we were able to have good traction control all night long. I feel like that was important, to get off the corners a little bit better than everybody.”

Rookies Landon Cassill and Joey Logano continued to impress, as they finished 7th and 8th, respectively. Series points leader, Clint Bowyer, found his struggles throughout the evening, as he finished 18th. Second place, Brad Keselowski, didn’t do any better, though, and he finished 19th. Third place, Carl Edwards, made up a little bit of ground with his 11th place finish. There were no changes with the top-ten in points, though.

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What, Toyota Lost Their Horsepower? Kyle Busch Didn’t Notice

Horndaday – the defending Craftsman Truck Series champion – went virtually untouched the entire day, giving up the lead only three times, each of which was under caution. Hornaday led an impressive 136 of the 167 laps, and beat Sprague back to the line on the final lap by a mere 0.149 seconds.

Sprague suffered from a mid-race mistake and was sent to the back of the field, but his team used some crafty pit strategy to get him up towards the front by the end of the day. The victory for Hornaday extends his all-time wins lead on the series, now giving him 34 in his career, and he is also once again atop the points standings as he marches forward in pursuit of his fourth Truck Series championship. For Sprague – who is second on the all-time wins list – it was his best finish of the season, and he now moves up to 9th in points as he, too, is in search of his fourth championship run.

Rookie driver, Colin Braun, finished third despite angering several veteran drivers during his run (to include Sprague), and the Bill Davis Racing teammates of Johnny Benson and Mike Skinner finished 4th and 5th. Kyle Busch, who came into the day leading the points standings, did not participate in the race due to commitments at Talladega, and now drops to 6th in points.

Truck Series Standings (from nascar.com):

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