· Toyota driver Kyle Busch was the first Camry driver to the finish line in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
· Busch crossed the finish line second behind race-winner Brad Keselowski.
· Busch, who led the field three times for 33 laps, had to fall to the back of the grid at the start of the race after his team made adjustments to his car after qualifying, but quickly worked his way to the front of the field.
· Camry driver Matt Kenseth (sixth) also registered a top-10 finish.
· Kenseth led the field two times for a total of seven laps.
· Camry drivers Elliott Sadler (13th) and Mike Bliss (14th) also recorded top-15 finishes.
· Two Camry drivers are currently in the top-10 in the NNS unofficial point standings — Sadler (third) and James Buescher (eighth).
KYLE BUSCH, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 2nd
Did you have a chance at the end of the race?
“I don’t know what caused us to lose the lead. That was unfortunate. I think that was the race. Our car was super fast on the long run when guys would get there tires hot and use up everything and what not. You could see everybody hang with us for about 10 (laps), and then 10 to 20 (laps), and then about from 30 (laps) on is what me better than the rest. The best motor won today, that’s for sure. Probably the best car – he was really good. That’s all we had.”
How was your race overall?
“Good race for us. The Monster Energy Camry was fast. Faster on the long run than those guys. Lot of issues to fry on Monday.”
Is it tough to come so close at your ‘home’ track?
“That doesn’t matter. That’s not the point.”
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 GameStop/Nyko Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 6th
ELLIOTT SADLER, No. 11 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 13th
MIKE BLISS, No. 19 TriStar Motorsports Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 14th
JAMES BUESCHER, No. 99 Rheem Toyota Camry, RAB Racing
Finishing Position: 18th
How was your race?
“Obviously, not the finish we wanted. We fired off really loose. We got to a point in the run where we were really, really loose. We made it better all day long, but by that time we had lost some track position. We got caught speeding on pit road to avoid getting run over for a green flag stop. They were right behind me and didn’t give enough back. Put ourselves in a hole there and weren’t able to catch any breaks to get out of the hole. We were really good the second half of the race. On restarts we were really, really good. We were able to pass cars and do a lot on the first part of the runs. But, we couldn’t do anything on the long runs.”
BLAKE KOCH, No. 44 TriStar Motorsports Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 20th
ERIC MCCLURE, No. 14 Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 27th
RYAN ELLIS, No. 24 SuperliteCars.com-Be/More Toyota Camry
Finishing Position: 28th
JOEY GASE, No. 52 Toyota Camry
Finishing Position: 36th
JEFF GREEN, No. 10 SupportMillitary.org Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 40th
