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Talladega: Kyle Busch race report

Traxxas Two-For-Two With Busch's Talladega Truck Win No. 18 Toyota Now First In NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner Points The finish in Saturday afternoon's Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega (Ala.) ...

Traxxas Two-For-Two With Busch's Talladega Truck Win
No. 18 Toyota Now First In NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner Points

The finish in Saturday afternoon's Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway was so close even Kyle Busch and his No. 18 Traxxas Toyota Tundra team weren't entirely sure who had crossed the finish line first. But when the dust settled, Busch was posted as the winner by .002 of a second over Aric Almirola, the closest margin of victory in series history when using electronic scoring.

Busch, who led three times for just eight laps, went below Almirola in the final few hundred yards before the finish line and managed to beat him by inches when the checkered flag flew.

The win was Busch's second consecutive victory at Talladega and his sixth Truck Series victory of 2010. Ironically, Busch beat Almirola last year at Talladega by just .057 of a second.

"That was cool," Busch said. "I didn't want to do it. Man, Aric (Almirola) deserved to win the race and deserved it from last year. I had Johnny (Sauter) pushing on me and I was getting loose through the tri-oval -- just trying to stay with the 51 (Almirola). I turned it back to the bottom to try to straighten it back out and I was still loose alongside of him. I thought the 13 (Sauter) was going to my bottom so I wanted to block him. It was just crazy there at the end.

"I can't thank Traxxas, Toyota Tundra -- these guys do an awesome job here at Kyle Busch Motorsports. M&M's, Flexco, NOS Energy Drink, Gillette and my good friend Jim Hunter (NASCAR vice president of corporate communications) who passed away last night. Thoughts go to him and his family and everybody. Real proud of all these guys and this is a cool one."

The victory was Busch's 22nd career Camping World Truck Series victory in 82 starts, but more importantly vaulted Busch into the lead in the owner's championship with three races remaining. The No. 18 truck now has a 42-point margin over the No. 30 truck of Germain Racing, which is driven full-time by Todd Bodine.

Bodine was involved in a multi-truck accident on lap 91 and finished 18th.

"It's not over until it's over," said Busch, who entered the race 30 points behind the No. 30 truck. "We feel comfortable with where we're at especially after our win today with our Traxxas Tundra. We're looking forward to these last three races and it's going to be a shootout and a fight to the end. We'll go to Texas next week with Interstate Batteries on board and then to Phoenix with Z-Line Designs and end at Homestead with Traxxas on board."

Busch now has 83 career NASCAR victories (Sprint Cup -- 19, Nationwide -- 42, Camping World Truck -- 22).

Johnny Sauter came home third behind Busch and Almiorla, while Matt Crafton and Ricky Carmichael took spots three through five. The rest of the top-10 consisted of James Buescher, Timothy Peters, rookie Austin Dillon, Jason White and Craig Goess Jr.

The race featured five caution periods for 19 laps, with 14 drivers failing to finish the 95-lap race.

The next event on the Camping World Truck Series schedule is the Nov. 5 WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

-source: kbm

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