Busch wins NCWTS at New Hampshire

Kyle Busch captured his fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  Busch passed James Buescher on the final restart with two laps remaining.

Busch made heavy contact to the outside wall while passing Buescher for the lead.

“I tried rubbing off on him and he was still there a little bit and it turned me in the wall.  It was a hard hit, it knocked my helmet crooked.  I wasn’t sure what I had getting down into turn three but those guys got to racing back there and the truck felt fine through three and four.  I was surprised really that it felt the way it did and we were just able to mosey around for the next couple laps and bring it home.” Busch said.

Busch started from the pole and led eight times for 156 of the 175 laps run.

“It was man, it was a close race.  Myself and Harvick just battled it out all day long.  I can tell you what, it’s nice to have a comfortable seat in the SFI Butler seat was comfortable today and going to have the same thing for tomorrow, so that’s good.  I can’t thank these guys and this team enough.” Busch said.

Buescher finished second, Kevin Harvick third, Matt Crafton fourth and Austin Dillon finished fifth.

Buescher was unhappy with Busch and flipped him off after the race.

“He just drove us dirty and got the win.  Being that close is one thing, but getting it taken away from you like that is a totally different thing. If you’re faster, you’re going to pass him. You don’t have to race him so dirty and flat-out try to wreck you to try and get the lead and that’s what he did.” Buescher said.

Todd Bodine continues to lead the unofficial NCWTS standings over Aric Almirola by 257 points.

Unofficial Results

Pos. St. No. Driver Make Pts. Bon. Laps
1 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 195 10 175
2 5 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 175 5 175
3 2 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 170 5 175
4 11 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 160 0 175
5 4 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 155 0 175
6 8 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 150 0 175
7 7 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 146 0 175
8 6 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 142 0 175
9 9 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 138 0 175
10 17 47 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet 134 0 175
11 10 7 Justin Lofton * Toyota 130 0 175
12 18 90 Donny Lia Toyota 127 0 175
13 16 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 124 0 175
14 19 23 Jason White Chevrolet 121 0 175
15 12 181 David Starr Toyota 118 0 175
16 14 60 Stacy Compton Chevrolet 115 0 174
17 15 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 112 0 173
18 20 192 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 109 0 172
19 27 85 Brent Raymer Ford 106 0 172
20 21 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 103 0 172
21 24 164 Peyton Sellers Chevrolet 100 0 171
22 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 97 0 170
23 29 1 Carl Long Chevrolet 94 0 170
24 3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 91 0 169
25 25 89 Mike Harmon Ford 88 0 169
26 33 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 85 0 169
27 28 106 Tim Bainey Jr. Chevrolet 82 0 166
28 23 46 John King Ford 79 0 165
29 13 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 76 0 164
30 22 171 Eddie MacDonald Ford 73 0 82
31 26 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 70 0 21
32 32 7 Butch Miller Dodge 67 0 16
33 34 124 Chris Lafferty Chevrolet 0 0 13
34 36 0 Brian Weber Chevrolet 0 0 11
35 35 6 Donnie Neuenberger Chevrolet 58 0 4
36 30 95 J C Stout Dodge 55 0 2
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