NCTS: Busch gets another win as he dominates Bristol

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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kyle Busch continued his NASCAR dominance Wednesday night, winning the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway for his third Craftsman Truck Series win of the season and his 17th overall in 2008 in NASCAR's top three series.
The scheduled 200-lap race was extended three laps after Erik Darnell spun off of Turn 2 on Lap 199 to bring out the last of a record 12 cautions and set up a green-white-checkered finish (watch video). Busch's No. 51 Toyota struggled with vapor locking under previous restarts, but his final and most important restart on Lap 201 was flawless and he easily beat Todd Bodine (watch video).




"The last restart, it did it coming to the white [flag]. Fortunately we were able to get it there," Busch said of the vapor locking issues.
Busch led 145 laps and now has won in all three series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck -- at the .533-mile track.
Johnny Benson, who was trying to become the first driver to win four consecutive Truck races, finished fourth behind polesitter Scott Speed. Rick Crawford was fifth.
T.J. Bell, Mike Skinner, Dennis Setzer, David Stremme and Ted Musgrave rounded out the top 10.
Two-time and reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson made his truck debut and led for a bit before ending the night in the garage. During a caution, Johnson stayed out and inherited the lead on Lap 42. He led 29 laps before Busch, with fresher tires, drove by on the inside of Johnson's Randy Moss Motorsports Chevrolet to reclaim the lead.
Johnson's night ended on Lap 102 when he lost control of his truck, spinning in the middle of the track. Jeff Green, with nowhere to go, slammed Johnson's parked Chevrolet. Johnson finished 34th (watch video).
The night also had a red flag that stopped the race for 10 minutes, 30 seconds. On Lap 177, Shelby Howard and Bryan Silas got together in Turn 2, blocking the track. Kevin Harvick Inc. teammates Jack Sprague and Ron Hornaday were collected when Sprague got into the rear of Hornaday as both cars tried to avoid the accident (watch video).
Hornaday remained second in the points standings behind Benson, but his 24th-place finish dropped him from 45 points back to 119 with nine races left in the season.

Notable Toyota finishers:
1.Kyle Busch
2.Todd Bodine
3.Scott Speed
4.Johnny Benson
7.Mike Skinner
9.David Stremme
10.Ted Musgrave