It’s a Knockout Win for Kyle Busch at the Monster Mile

Kyle Busch has a little Monster refreshment after defeating another monster, May 30, 2014
Credit: Beth Bence Reinke for Skirts and Scuffs   

Kyle Busch’s sponsor may be Monster Energy, but the driver himself is a beast on the track. Fans are wondering, “Can anyone can beat Kyle Busch in the truck series?” Not this week -- again.

Busch’s win in the Lucas Oil 200 is his third in a row and his fourth victory in the series this season. This is the fourth Miles the Monster trophy Busch will take home.

“Being here at Dover, you know, we’ve got four of these little rascals, so we’re starting a family, I guess you’d say,” Busch said.

The race got ugly early with multiple cautions for wrecks. Only seven laps in, a three-car accident involved the trucks of Mason Mingus, Gray Gaulding and Bryan Silas. Soon afterwards, Justin Jennings spun in the No. 63 and Bryan Silas got sideways again, this time in Turn 3. A final wreck with less than 30 to go took out Ben Rhodes and caused Gaulding’s truck to limp down pit road for repairs.

Brennan Newberry’s No. 9 hit the wall. The 24-year-old from Bakersfield, CA had been running in top 10, but the crash ended his day.

Things looked a little iffy for Busch at that point because he'd entered pit road under green, then had to make a pass-through when Newberry wrecked. Matt Crafton took over the lead and Busch restarted seventh, but in typical Rowdy fashion, he barreled forward, at one point gaining five spots in three laps.

Undoubtedly the most disappointed driver of the day was Crafton. After running in the top two spots most of the race, Crafton blew a tire and hit the backstretch wall unbelievably hard, crunching the right side of the vehicle. Fortunately, he was unhurt.

“Matt was really good today,” Busch said. “It’s a shame that he had his troubles there and got knocked out of the race. It looked like a really, really hard hit … just from the tire marks and the paint on the wall. Those are certainly hits that you never want to see guys go through.”

Busch earned his eighth career perfect driver rating in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the event.

Complete unofficial results:
Pos.        Car No.        Driver                               Sponsor

1	51	Kyle Busch	Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award
2	29	Ryan Blaney	Cooper Standard Performance Products
3	98	Johnny Sauter	Nextant / Curb Records
4	33	Brandon Jones	Exide
5	21	Joey Coulter	Allegiant
6	8	John Hunter Nemechek	Hard Rock Energy
7	31	Ben Kennedy	Click It or Ticket
8	19	Tyler Reddick	Reese Towpower
9	77	German Quiroga	NET10 Wireless
10	17	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing
11	30	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	Rheem
12	5	John Wes Townley	Zaxby's
13	92	Scott Riggs	BTS Tire / Goodyear Fleet HQ /Wynn's
14	0	Cole Custer	Haas Automation
15	50	T.J. Bell	America's Linemen
16	54	Darrell Wallace, Jr.	ToyotaCare
17	2	Tyler Young	Randco / Young's Building Systems
18	13	Jeb Burton	Estes
19	63	Justin Jennings	Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool
20	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Driven2Honor.org
21	20	Gray Gaulding	Gemini Southern / Krispy Kreme
22	32	Ben Rhodes	Alpha Energy Solutions
23	88	Matt Crafton	Rip It Energy Fuel / Menards
24	39	Ryan Sieg	Pull-A-Part Used Auto Parts
25	99	Bryan Silas	Bell Trucks America Inc.
26	35	Mason Mingus	Call 811
27	9	Brennan Newberry	Qore-24
28	57	Norm Benning	Norm Benning
29	7	Jake Crum	Thunder Exhaust
30	8	Jimmy Weller III	Geneva Liberty Steel / Integrated Metal Prod.
31	56	Raymond Terczak, Jr.	Raymond Terczak, Jr.
32	42	Charles Lewandoski	Randco / Young's Building Systems
33	40	Todd Peck	Arthritis.org
34	0	Ryan Ellis	Grimes Irrigation & Construction
35	36	Blake Koch	Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool