‘Rowdy’ makes up for lost time, wins truck race
After getting busted for speeding in pit road and penalized by being sent to the back of the lead lap, Kyle “Rowdy” Busch made up for lost time and sped to the front to finish first in the NASCAR Camping World Series Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) on Saturday, Aug. 15.It was a record-tying truck race. There were 31 green flag passes for the lead, which tied a track record in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, set in 2011.Busch said it was a real fun race. “I really enjoyed racing with those guys up there in front. It was pretty hectic in regard to how that was going to shape up.”Busch and his No. 51 Dollar General sponsored Toyota took the lead early in the race and was dominating the field before getting caught for speeding on pit road during a yellow caution period. He was penalized by officials and forced to start at the end of the lead lap, which was 19th. Through a series of late-race restarts following cautions, Busch worked his way to the front again and captured his first NASCAR Truck Series race at MIS and his 44th victory overall in 127 NASCAR Truck Series races.The final 24 laps of the race had four caution periods and restarts. Ryan Blaney was the last driver Busch had to pass with six laps remaining. Blaney took the lead on the restart but Busch got past him with just four laps remaining. Busch hung on to win by just over 15 hundredths of a second for his second NASCAR Truck Series win in two attempts this season.“When you get a huge run like that, I just couldn’t get him,” Blaney said. “I just couldn’t get anyone behind me to help do the same thing to him that he did to me.”Blaney said Busch got a big push on the last restart from Michigan native Erik Jones, which gave Busch the momentum needed to take the lead with four laps remaining for the victory.Blaney recorded his first top-10 finish in three races at MIS and third of the season.Busch is now just seven wins away from tying Ron Hornaday, Jr., for the all-time series wins lead. Busch’s best previous finish in the truck series at MIS was second, four times.He wasn’t as lucky in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 the following day. He had to start at the back of the field for the Pure Michigan 400 after wrecking his primary car during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice earlier in the day. Busch finished the Sprint Cup race in 11th place.
Tecumseh Herald
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