Kyle Busch Captures Sixth Truck Series Win of the Season at Chicagoland Speedway
Kyle Busch battled his way to the front after starting near the rear of the field, leading 66 of 150 laps in the Lucas Oil 225, to claim his sixth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the season in only eight starts. It’s his 41st career victory in the series and also Busch’s fourth win in five starts at Chicagoland Speedway.
“We had a really fast (No. 51) Dollar General Tundra,” Busch said. “Being in victory lane feels good. Dollar General, all their support, all their racing programs that they put on, is really awesome for us at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports). We’ll see if we can’t see Erik Jones get a couple of wins here to close out the year.”
Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Splash-FVP/Menards Toyota, finished second, led 14 laps and is the new series points leader, by five points over Johnny Sauter.
“All in all, not a bad night,” Crafton said. “We had a lot of short run speed early, the first two runs. The last run we just tightened it up a little bit too much I think.”
Austin Dillon was third, followed by Tyler Reddick in fourth. This was Reddick’s best finish of the season; his previous best finish was eighth at Dover. Jeb Burton finished fifth followed by Darrell Wallace Jr. in sixth. Ben Kennedy, Joey Coulter, Joe Nemechek and Bryan Silas finished in seventh through 10th, respectively.
Johnny Sauter finished 14th and is now second in the points standings. Ryan Blaney (-16), Darrell Wallace (-35) and German Quiroga (-59) round out the top five in the standings.
The Camping World Truck Series travels to New Hampshire Motor Speedway next Saturday for the UNOH 175 (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1).
| POS. | CAR | DRIVER |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch |
| 2 | 88 | Matt Crafton |
| 3 | 20 | Austin Dillon |
| 4 | 19 | Tyler Reddick |
| 5 | 13 | Jeb Burton |
| 6 | 54 | Darrell Wallace Jr |
| 7 | 31 | Ben Kennedy |
| 8 | 21 | Joey Coulter |
| 9 | 8 | Joe Nemechek |
| 10 | 99 | Bryan Silas |
| 11 | 2 | Tyler Young |
| 12 | 29 | Ryan Blaney |
| 13 | 9 | Brennan Newberry |
| 14 | 98 | Johnny Sauter |
| 15 | 5 | John Wes Townley |
| 16 | 35 | Mason Mingus |
| 17 | 17 | Timothy Peters |
| 18 | 8 | Ray Black Jr |
| 19 | 77 | German Quiroga Jr |
| 20 | 40 | Todd Peck |
| 21 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb |
| 22 | 63 | Justin Jennings |
| 23 | 32 | Tayler Malsam |
| 24 | 3 | Michael Affarano |
| 25 | 7 | Todd Shafer |
| 26 | 50 | T.J. Bell |
| 27 | 6 | Norm Benning |
| 28 | 0 | Caleb Roark |
| 29 | 36 | Scott Stenzel |
| 30 | 57 | Adam Edwards |
| 31 | 12 | Ted Minor |
| 32 | 74 | Mike Harmon |
Harvick wins the Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland
Kevin Harvick won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. He led 43 laps en route to his fourth win of the season and the ninth for JR Motorsports. Harvick gave credit to his crew chief for making the the call to get only two tires during a late race pit stop which gave him critical track position.
“Ernie (crew chief Ernie Cope) won the race for us, and the car was fast, but when we got out front and the tires not having many laps, and the 54 (Busch) being buried in the field—that’s what won us this race today.” Harvick said.
Busch led the field six times for a race-high 141 laps of the 200 laps.
“It sucks to not be in victory lane where we should be, Busch said after the race. “You know what, this Monster Energy Camry was fast today and deserved to win, but can’t get through traffic.”
Kyle Larson finished second, Busch third, Ryan Blaney fourth and Trevor Bayne finished fifth.
Series leader Chase Elliott finished 10th and holds an 18-point lead in the series standings over Regan Smith who finished seventh. Ty Dillon (-40), Elliott Sadler (-51) and Brian Scott (-56) round out the top five in the points standings.
Unofficial Race Results
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Pos. No. Driver
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1 5 Kevin Harvick
2 42 Kyle Larson
3 54 Kyle Busch
4 22 Ryan Blaney
5 6 Trevor Bayne
6 11 Elliott Sadler
7 3 Ty Dillon
8 7 Regan Smith
9 2 Brian Scott
10 9 Chase Elliott
11 33 Paul Menard
12 60 Chris Buescher
13 62 Brendan Gaughan
14 98 Aric Almirola
15 29 Daniel Suarez
16 1 Landon Cassill
17 31 Dylan Kwasniewski
18 99 James Buescher
19 80 Ross Chastain
20 19 Mike Bliss
21 39 Ryan Sieg
22 43 Dakoda Armstrong
23 55 Brennan Newberry
24 16 Ryan Reed
25 28 J.J. Yeley
26 14 Eric McClure
27 40 Matt DiBenedetto
28 44 Will Kimmel III
29 23 Cody Ware
30 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt
31 93 Kevin Swindell
32 20 Denny Hamlin
33 51 Jeremy Clements
34 17 Tanner Berryhill
35 52 Joey Gase
36 70 Derrike Cope
37 87 Josh Reaume
38 90 Martin Roy
39 46 Ryan Ellis
40 10 Blake Koch
