
Kyle didn't lead the most laps as we've seen him do over the past couple of races, but he was able to pass his JGR team-mate Joey Logano with 35 laps to go. Busch held off another charge by Logano in the closing laps to collect his 26th Nationwide series win.
(Photo Credit: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images for NASCAR)
"I wanted to be (up front) -- I just couldn't get there," said Busch, who started 9th. "These flat tracks, you just can't do stuff like that. You don't have the room to do stuff like that. Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta -- all those big tracks -- Kansas, Chicago, you've got room. You can go way up to the wall and run around the outside and pass guys, and you've got the whole racetrack to use. Here, Milwaukee, Phoenix, you've got one, one-and-a-half lanes to use in order to get through guys and make it up towards the front. So you've got to be methodical about it, think about it and try not to get into anybody."
Busch started 9th. It's his 5th win and 13th top-10 finish in 16 races this year. Here's an interesting stat: Busch has led 1,486 of the 2,787 laps he had completed so far this season.
It might not be much of a surprise that a Joe Gibbs Toyota still dominated the race. Joey Logano started from the pole and stayed up front all day. He led six times for a race-high 108 laps.
"I guess this is how Kyle feels lately -- leading the most laps and not winning," said Logano.
Brad Keselowski finished 3rd, his 4th consecutive top-5 finish. Mike Bliss finished 4th. Kevin Harvick was 5th.
For the (unofficial) race results, click here.
Carl Edwards is chasing after Busch in the standings. Edwards led twice for 51 laps and wound up with a 6th place finish. Busch extends his lead in the point standings by 162 points over Edwards.
There 3 cautions for 15 laps and 11 lead changes among 5 drivers:
J. Logano 1-3; C. Edwards 4-6; J. Logano 7-53; M. Annett # 54; J. Logano 55-59; C. Edwards 60-107; J. Logano 108-146; K. Busch 147; J. Logano 148-158; M. Bliss 159-161; J. Logano 162-164; K. Busch 165-200.
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