Busch claims 50th career NNS win and closest victory at Bristol

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Kyle Busch is writing his name in the history books, one record at a time. After winning the Food City 250, Busch clenched the record for the most career Nationwide Series victories, finally knocking Mark Martin off his rein held since 1997.


After leading 186 of the 250 laps, Busch put on what has been nicknamed the “Kyle Busch show” for fans. Joey Logano put up a fight for the win and with just a .019 margin of victory, Busch edged out his JGR teammate to claim his seventh victory of the season. Busch, along with teammate Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer were the only three drivers to lead any laps during the race.


Race Highlights and lowlights:

• Kyle Busch starts on pole alongside of Logano (of note, they start and finish in the same order)
• lap 36 – David Reutimann (No. 64) and Kasey Kahne (No. 38) make contact after Kahne got loose on the apron, Reutimann spun to bring out caution number 1
• lap 113 – Clint Bowyer passes Kyle Busch for the lead, this was the first lead change of the race
• lap 126 – debris caution (caution number 2) after the No. 51 of Jeremy Clements blew a right front tire
• lap 137 – Kenny Wallace’s No, 09 car hits the wall after blowing a tire brining out caution number 3
• lap 146 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (No. 6) and Parker Kligerman (No. 22) make contact, Kligerman spins for caution number 4
• lap 192 – Following a theme, the No. 05 of David Starr blows a tire, hitting the wall resulting in heavy damage and brings out the fifth and final caution

Race results:

1. Kyle Busch
2. Joey Logano
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Carl Edwards
5. Aric Almirola
6. Michael Annett
7. Jason Leffler
8. Elliott Sadler
9. Parker Kligerman
10. Brian Scott
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12. Reed Sorenson
13. Trevor Bayne
14. Steven Wallace
15. Justin Allgaier
16. Josh Wise
17. David Stremme
18. Mike Bliss
19. Kasey Kahne
20. David Reutimann
21. Joe Nemechek
22. Timmy Hill
23. Blake Koch
24. Scott Wimmer
25. Derrike Cope
26. Mike Wallace
27. Eric McClure
28. Benny Gordon
29. Kevin Conway
30. Fain Skinner
31. Kevin Lepage
32. Jeremy Clements
33. David Starr
34. Morgan Shepherd
35. Dennis Setzer
36. Kenny Wallace
37. Scott Riggs
38. Mark Green
39. Tim Andrews
40. Chase Miller
41. Matt Carter
42. Brian Keselowski
43. Jeff Green