Kyle Busch continued to rack up NASCAR statistics by winning yet another race this year yesterday, in Nashville.
Meanwhile, Nelson Piquet Jr. finished second, at Nashville Speedway. It was the best day of his stock car career so far.
The son of the Brazilian three-time Formula One World Champion, was close to tears when he was interviewed after the race: “I don’t have much words. Too happy!” he said, wiping his face.
“We had a tough start to the season, the tracks were difficult in the beginning, but I knew once we came to the quick tracks we would get some results. Really happy for the whole team for believing in me."
“I believe it’s the beginning of our season, we’re going to get better and better. Too happy to say anything more,” added the Kevin Harvick Inc. driver.
Busch, who started on the pole in a Toyota Tundra and led a race-high 140 laps (of the 150-lap race), still had to battle with Ron Hornaday Jr. to retake the lead for good with eight laps to go.
Hornaday faded to fourth as his tires went away.
It was Busch’s second Camping World Truck victory of the year and a total 26th in the series. This victory also puts him in the elite group of ten drivers who have led 20,000 or more laps in the three-top NASCAR series.
“It might have been boring I guess, for about the first 140 laps or so but Ron (Hornaday) came up there and made things interesting. He’s hell of a wheelman, that old man still gets after it, I’ll tell you that.
“He definitely gave us a whirl win there -- I pulled the same move on him that he pulled on me,” said Busch.
Meanwhile, Nelson Piquet Jr. finished second, at Nashville Speedway. It was the best day of his stock car career so far.
The son of the Brazilian three-time Formula One World Champion, was close to tears when he was interviewed after the race: “I don’t have much words. Too happy!” he said, wiping his face.
“We had a tough start to the season, the tracks were difficult in the beginning, but I knew once we came to the quick tracks we would get some results. Really happy for the whole team for believing in me."
“I believe it’s the beginning of our season, we’re going to get better and better. Too happy to say anything more,” added the Kevin Harvick Inc. driver.
Busch, who started on the pole in a Toyota Tundra and led a race-high 140 laps (of the 150-lap race), still had to battle with Ron Hornaday Jr. to retake the lead for good with eight laps to go.
Hornaday faded to fourth as his tires went away.
It was Busch’s second Camping World Truck victory of the year and a total 26th in the series. This victory also puts him in the elite group of ten drivers who have led 20,000 or more laps in the three-top NASCAR series.
“It might have been boring I guess, for about the first 140 laps or so but Ron (Hornaday) came up there and made things interesting. He’s hell of a wheelman, that old man still gets after it, I’ll tell you that.
“He definitely gave us a whirl win there -- I pulled the same move on him that he pulled on me,” said Busch.