Kyle Busch put on a dominant show in the Windy City as he scored the victory in the Truck Series regular season finale.
Spencer Gallagher led the field to the green flag at 8:45 p.m. It only took until the third lap for William Byron to slam the wall and bring out the first caution of the race.
After the race restarted on the ninth lap, Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez spent time in the lead before the caution clock expired and brought out the second caution on lap 46.
After this, the caution started coming out more frequently without the aid of the caution clock. The third caution flew on lap 67 for William Byron slamming the wall a second time in Turn 3 and the fourth flew with 45 laps to go for Josh Berry going for a spin through the frontstretch grass.
Ben Kennedy led the field to the restart with 41 laps to go but immediately lost the lead to Suarez. Busch took the lead with 39 laps to go before a multi-truck wreck brought out the fifth caution and a red flag. Kennedy got loose in Turn 2, came down the track, hit Ben Rhodes, bounced off Matt Crafton, turned back up the track and slammed the wall.
The race restarted with 33 laps to go with Suarez retaking the lead as Grant Enfinger was sent spinning through the frontstretch grass.
Busch controlled the rest of the race through Rhodes slamming the wall in Turn 2 with 26 to go, Tommy Joe Martins hitting the wall with 14 to go and John Wes Townley getting turned into the wall with six to go, to score the victory in Chicago.
Busch, however, failed post-race inspection after measurements showed his No. 18 Toyota was too low in the rear. Any penalties will be announced next week.
Daniel Hemric finished second in his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford. Cameron Hayley overcame being penalized for removing equipment from his pit box near the beginning of the race to round out the podium in his No. 13 ThorSport Racing Toyota.
Christopher Bell finished fourth in his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota. Johnny Sauter rounded out the top-five in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet.
Enfinger overcame spinning out with just over 30 laps remaining to finish sixth in his No. 24 GMSR Chevrolet. Gallagher led eight laps on his way to a seventh-place finish in his No. 23 GMSR Chevrolet. Timothy Peters finished eighth in his No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota. Cole Custer overcame an early speeding penalty to finish ninth in his No. 00 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Tyler Reddick rounded out the top-10 in his No. 29 BKR Ford.
The race lasted two hours, five minutes and five seconds at an average speed of 108.648 mph. There were 10 lead changes among five different drivers and 10 cautions for 41 laps.
With the points reset, Byron will start the Truck Series Chase next weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway as the points leader.
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