Kyle Busch goes overtime to get 99th career Xfinity win
Kyle Busch stayed in front through two late restarts at (Fort Worth) Texas with pushes from series points leader Austin Cindric, the last going into a green-white overtime finish, to get his 99th career NASCAR Xfinity victory.
It was Busch’s 10th Xfinity win at Texas, where he led six times for 94 of the 171 laps and won for the second time in two starts this year — he also won the inaugural race on the road course in Austin, Texas. He led the final 32 laps, including the four extra because of the 10th and final caution.
Busch already had twice as many as Mark Martin’s 49 career victories that are the second-most in series history. Busch had said in
Kyle Busch celebrates after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
the past he would retire from the series after 100 wins, but indicated afterward that Joe Gibbs has already committed him to races into next season.
The win was the 300th overall for Joe Gibbs Racing
in Cup and Xfinity with Toyota.
Justin Allgaier finished second and led 23 laps. Cindric was third, followed by Daniel Hemric, Brandon Jones, A.J. Allmendinger and Noah Gragson.
NASCAR Trucks
John Hunter Nemechek won his second consecutive NASCAR truck race, leading the final 22 laps and finishing more than 3.3 seconds ahead of reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott on a steamy Saturday in Texas.
Nemechek, already the series points leader, got his fourth victory this season and 10th in his career a day after his 24th birthday.
Elliott led 45 laps to finish second in his first truck race at Texas Motor Speedway.
IndyCar
Marcus Ericsson raced to his first IndyCar victory Saturday in the actionpacked opener of the doubleheader at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park in Detroit.
The Swede became the seventh driver to win through seven IndyCar races this season, and he’s the fourth first-time winner this year. It was the first victory for the former Formula One driver since a GP2 race at Nurburgring in 2013.
Ericsson benefitted from the second red-flag stoppage, this one with six laps remaining when Romain Grosjean crashed in Turn 9. An earlier accident sent Felix Rosenqvist to a hospital for evaluation and caused a 78-minute stoppage to repair the tire barrier.
NHRA
Pro Stock points leader Greg Anderson took the No. 1 spot in qualifying Saturday in the at NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H.
Anderson had a run of 6.526 seconds at 209.10 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro. for his fifth No. 1 qualifier in six races this year and 110th overall.
“I certainly can’t complain,” said Anderson, a twotime winner at New England Dragway. “It’s pretty much a dream scenario to start the season. I’ve made a couple of mistakes on the driver end, otherwise, we could a seriously good run going already, but I’ve got a lot of time yet to win some races out here. This car has been pretty bad to the bone all year and it’s a beautiful looking car.”
Billy Torrence took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan topped the Funny Car field, both with their runs Friday. Torrence had a 3.744 at 324.98, and Hagan ran a 3.891 at 331.53 in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye.