Kyle Busch returned to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the first time since Bristol Motor Speedway in March and earned his second win of the season at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday (April 12) night.
The win was a dominant one for Busch, who swept the stages and led 112 laps en route to the win. He also won the second race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“Corey [Heim] kept us honest right there,” Busch told FOX Sports. “He started to find that top over there and to get some momentum over there.”
Busch held off Heim for the win by less than a truck length.
“It just seemed like a big track position game at the end there,” Heim told FOX Sports. “Of course, you get really big runs down the straightaways, but once you get to the corner, it’s really hard to stay behind somebody and keep momentum.
“[Busch]’s just too good, you know? He just does a really good job.”
Pole-sitter Nick Sanchez finished third followed by Christian Eckes in fourth. Zane Smith rounded out the top five.
Daniel Dye finished a career-best sixth. Taylor and Tanner Gray finished seventh and eighth, while Stefan Parsons and Ty Majeski finished ninth and 10th, respectively.
The start of the race wasn’t green for long, as on lap 2, Thad Moffitt had a weird steering issue and turned dead left across the field, clipping Kris Wright on his way down. Wright didn’t suffer much damage, if any.
The same could not be said for Tyler Ankrum, who had to start in the rear due to a practice crash. He slammed directly into Moffitt and sent Moffitt back up the track into Memphis Villarreal, damaging all three trucks heavily and taking them all out of the race.
Shortly after the restart, the second caution of the night came out on lap 12 when Rajah Caruth spun in turn 2. Caruth also had to start in the rear after changing a tire before the race.
The rest of stage one went clean and green, with Busch taking the stage win. Stage two was more of the same; it ran green the whole way and Busch once again took home the stage win.
Stage three remained relatively unchanged and stayed green all the way until green flag pit stops started with around 45 laps to go. The cycle was nearly complete, with only Smith and Lawless Alan left to make their stops, when Layne Riggs lost it in turn 2 and made contact with the wall.
That brought out a caution with 37 laps…
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