Kyle Bush and Toyota bury competition in Fontana
Kyle Busch celebrates winning the San Bernardino County 200 at Auto Club Speedway. Busch leads the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings by five points over Todd Bodine |
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It wasn't even close.
With a No. 51 Toyota truck that absolutely dominated the competition Saturday at Auto Club Speedway, polesitter Kyle Busch streaked to a 9.023-second victory over Todd Bodine, last week's winner at Daytona, in the San Bernardino County 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
In claiming his 10th win in the series and his second in two starts at the 2-mile California track, Busch led three times for 95 of the 100 laps and led all but two of the 92 green-flag circuits.
After a gas-and-go under green on Lap 91 — thanks to new pit rules that prohibit truck series teams from taking both fuel and tires on the same stop — Busch quickly overtook Colin Braun, who tried to stretch his fuel mileage but ran out of gas and rolled onto pit road with three laps remaining. Braun finished 20th.
Chad McCumbee came home third, followed by David Starr and T.J. Bell. Ron Hornaday Jr., Matt Crafton, Ricky Carmichael, Timothy Peters and Max Papis completed the top 10 in the series' second event of the season.
"This thing was just flawless," Busch said of his No. 51 Toyota, which was serviced through a cooperative effort with James Finch's Nationwide Series crew. "The guys did flawless. They worked so well and made this truck drive so well. . .
"It's really a lot fun to come out here and win two years in a row, and hopefully we can do some more."
Busch is the only driver doing triple duty at Auto Club Speedway. He also was scheduled to compete in Saturday evening's NASCAR Nationwide Series race, as well as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday.
Though still unsponsored, Bodine had an excellent truck, too, but his No. 30 Toyota was no match for Busch's ride.
"It's a little disappointing to have a Tundra that's that good and finish second," Bodine said. "That tells you how good Kyle was. Once the tires got heated up — got a little slick — we were just a little tight through the center of the corner. I couldn't quite hold it wide open."
Notes: Busch's win was also Doug George's first as a crew chief… Gabi Dicarlo finished 19th in her truck series debut… Busch leads Bodine by five points in the series standings after two races. Crafton is third, 77 points behind Busch.
Results
FIN |
ST | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | PTS/BNS | LAPS | STATUS |
1 | 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | 195/10 | 100 | Running |
2 | 7 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | Germain.com | 170/0 | 100 | Running |
3 | 12 | 07 | Chad McCumbee | Chevrolet | thegpsstore.com / Garmin | 170/5 | 100 | Running |
4 | 19 | 24 | David Starr | Toyota | Zachry / Harris Trucking | 160/0 | 100 | Running |
5 | 21 | 11 | T.J. Bell | Toyota | Home4TheHolidays.org | 155/0 | 100 | Running |
6 | 4 | 33 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | Camping World | 150/0 | 100 | Running |
7 | 8 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Chevrolet | Quaker State / Menards | 146/0 | 100 | Running |
8 | 3 | 4 | Ricky Carmichael * | Chevrolet | Monster Energy | 142/0 | 100 | Running |
9 | 20 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | Strutmasters.com / Hayes Iron & Metal | 138/0 | 100 | Running |
10 | 10 | 9 | Max Papis | Toyota | GEICO | 134/0 | 100 | Running |
11 | 5 | 5 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Exide Batteries | 130/0 | 100 | Running |
12 | 2 | 1 | Johnny Benson | Toyota | Red Horse Racing | 127/0 | 100 | Running |
13 | 16 | 10 | James Buescher * | Ford | International Maxx Force Diesel | 124/0 | 100 | Running |
14 | 9 | 14 | Rick Crawford | Ford | Circle Bar Truck Corral / International | 121/0 | 99 | Running |
15 | 17 | 60 | Stacy Compton | Toyota | wyler.com / Melling Engine Parts | 118/0 | 99 | Running |
16 | 25 | 15 | Shane Sieg | Toyota | Phoenix Construction / Red Top Auto Auction | 115/0 | 99 | Running |
17 | 18 | 13 | Johnny Sauter * | Chevrolet | Fun Sand / Rodney Atkins / Curb Records | 112/0 | 99 | Running |
18 | 14 | 40 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | Oakland Metal Buildings | 109/0 | 99 | Running |
19 | 23 | 190 | Gabi DiCarlo | Toyota | Great Clips | 106/0 | 99 | Running |
20 | 6 | 6 | Colin Braun | Ford | Con-way Freight | 108/5 | 99 | Running |
21 | 31 | 161 | Brett Thompson | Dodge | Rich Thompson Trucking Inc. | 100/0 | 98 | Running |
22 | 22 | 7 | J.R. Fitzpatrick * | Chevrolet | TRG Motorsports | 97/0 | 98 | Running |
23 | 24 | 32 | Chase Austin * | Chevrolet | Trail Motorsports | 94/0 | 97 | Running |
24 | 11 | 81 | Tayler Malsam * | Toyota | One Eighty | 91/0 | 97 | Running |
25 | 15 | 25 | Terry Cook | Toyota | Cajun Industries | 88/0 | 91 | Running |
26 | 27 | 148 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | TNA Wrestling | 85/0 | 40 | Fuel Pump |
27 | 29 | 23 | Jason White | Dodge | GunBroker.com | 82/0 | 34 | Ignition |
28 | 36 | 157 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | Arctic Cat / D3Outdoor.com | 79/0 | 31 | Accident |
29 | 13 | 16 | Brian Scott | Toyota | Albertsons | 76/0 | 26 | Accident |
30 | 32 | 121 | Marc Mitchell | Dodge | GunBroker.com | 73/0 | 20 | Vibration |
31 | 33 | 08 | Butch Miller | Chevrolet | ASI Limited | 70/0 | 13 | Handling |
32 | 35 | 47 | Brandon Knupp | Chevrolet | FT-11 Multi-Purpose Degreaser | 67/0 | 10 | Vibration |
33 | 28 | 06 | Johnny Chapman | Toyota | wyler.com | 64/0 | 9 | Vibration |
34 | 34 | 22 | Wayne Edwards | Dodge | GunBroker.com | 61/0 | 6 | Electrical |
35 | 26 | 277 | J C Stout | Toyota | Strutmasters.com / Hayes Iron & Metal | 58/0 | 4 | Accident |
36 | 30 | 44 | Lance Hooper | Chevrolet | Key Motorsports | 55/0 | 2 | Vibration |