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Kyle Busch Dominates At Sonoma, Extends Truck Win Streak

Kyle Busch Dominates At Sonoma, Extends Truck Win Streak

Kyle Busch has now won at least one race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for 10 consecutive seasons.

And he accomplished the feat in impressive fashion, leading 45 of 75 laps, en route to winning the DoorDash 250 in Wine Country, Sonoma Raceway on Saturday (June 11). It was his first Truck win of the year and the 62nd of his career.

Busch took the lead from Ross Chastain in stage one and only relinquished the lead when he pitted.

Zane Smith made a quick move to gain second, but Busch said, “Adios, amigo,” and took the checkered flag by 1.176 seconds.

“We just continued to work on the truck all weekend and make it better,” Busch told FOX Sports 1. “We had a struggle at Charlotte a couple weeks ago but today was really good.

“Awesome job by the guys in making adjustments to get us the win today. Yesterday was ugly. I wasn’t sure about it. I didn’t feel good about the truck. They worked on it all night long. We made some great changes and made some chassis changes.

“These guys never stop.”

ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski came home third, while Chastain and Chandler Smith rounded out the top five.

Completing the top 10 were Daniel Suarez (who replaced an injured Carson Hocevar in the first stage), Parker Kligerman, John Hunter Nemechek, Tyler Ankrum and Matt DiBenedetto.

DOH!

Hocevar broke his right tibia in a crash at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway last week, but it appeared he was getting the weekend off to a good start — sort of. He scored his first career pole after he posted a fast lap of 91.135 mph in the second round of qualifying Saturday morning.

But Hocevar abruptly wiped out and was forced to start from the rear of the field.

The Win That Could’ve Been

If Busch wasn’t in the race would be the short answer, but Chastain did…

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