Kyle Busch Wins Fourth Truck Race of 2019 at Texas Motor Speedway

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FORT WORTH, TX – RIS – Kyle Busch won again-at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series.  Busch seemed invincible, even if a stiff challenged endangered the win for a brief time in the closing laps.

With 48 laps remaining, defending series champion Brett Moffitt passed Busch on the outside between turns one and two. A caution four laps later worked in Busch's favor.

Busch took on two new tires and went back into the lead. Moffitt had a slow stop while getting four new tires and came out of the pits in ninth.

Busch in limited in the number of races he can enter.  He has reached all but one of the starts.  He will next race in the truck series at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. 

Busch, leading the Monster Energy Cup series, has won all four trucks starts this season and 11 of his last 37. 

Unofficial Race Results for the 21st Annual Vankor 350 - March 29, 2019 - Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 - Mile Paved

Fin, St, Driver, Truck, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 4, Kyle Busch(i), No. 51 Cessna Toyota, 147, 8, 1, 7, 97, , 0, Running
2) 9, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Chevrolet, 147, 3, 5, 1, 1, , 49, Running
3) 7, Johnny Sauter, No. 13 Tenda Heal Ford, 147, 9, , 1, 7, , 36, Running
4) 1, Grant Enfinger, No. 98 Champion Power Equipment/Curb Records Ford, 147, 1, 7, 2, 8, 1, 47, Running
5) 12, Matt Crafton, No. 88 FlexSeal/Menards Ford, 147, , 2, , , , 41, Running
6) 6, Tyler Ankrum #, No. 17 May's Hawaii Toyota, 147, 7, 10, , , , 36, Running
7) 11, Ross Chastain(i), No. 45 TruNorth.Paul Jr Designs Chevrolet, 147, , 4, , , , 0, Running
8) 24, Tyler Dippel #, No. 02 Randco Industries Chevrolet, 147, , , , , , 29, Running
9) 13, Brennan Poole, No. 30  Toyota, 147, , 9, , , , 30, Running
10) 8, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Carolina Nut Ford, 147, 2, 3, , , , 44, Running
11) 21, Spencer Boyd, No. 20 Texas Rig Equipment Chevrolet, 147, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 29, Cory Roper, No. 04 2019 Preferred Industrial Contractors Inc. Ford, 147, , , , , , 25, Running
13) 20, Jesse Little, No. 97 Skuttle Tight Ford, 147, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 16, Todd Gilliland, No. 4 JBL/SiriusXM Toyota, 147, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 25, Garrett Smithley(i), No. 42 SunwestConstruction/Crown Exteriors Chevrolet, 147, , , , , , 0, Running
16) 28, Ray Ciccarelli, No. 49 CMI Motorsports Chevrolet, 146, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 30, Jesse Iwuji, No. 34 FlueTrax Chevrolet, 146, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 27, Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 10 Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet, 145, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 2, Brett Moffitt, No. 24 Allegiant Chevrolet, 143, 6, 6, 5, 33, , 28, Running
20) 15, Bubba Wallace(i), No. 22 Sorghum: The Smart Choice Chevrolet, 141, , 8, , , , 0, Running
21) 18, Jordan Anderson, No. 3 Sefton Steel Chevrolet, 140, 10, , , , , 17, Running
22) 3, Sheldon Creed #, No. 2 AM Ortega/United Rentals Chevrolet, 133, 4, , , , , 22, Running
23) 19, Codie Rohrbaugh, No. 9 Grant County Mulch Chevrolet, 116, , , , , , 14, Accident
24) 23, Korbin Forrister, No. 7 Sparrow Ranch Toyota, 101, , , , , , 13, Accident
25) 17, Joe Nemechek, No. 8 Romco Equipment Co. Chevrolet, 89, , , 1, 1, , 12, Vibration
26) 22, Timmy Hill(i), No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet, 75, , , , , , 0, Transmission
27) 5, Austin Hill, No. 16 Safelite AutoGlass Toyota, 75, 5, , , , , 16, Overheating
28) 14, Anthony Alfredo #, No. 54 Ceco Building Systems/Friends of Jaclyn Toyota, 48, , , , , , 9, Accident
29) 26, Gus Dean #, No. 12 Basin Pump Down Services Chevrolet, 28, , , , , , 8, Accident
30) 31, Angela Ruch, No. 44 The Ruch Life Chevrolet, 18, , , , , , 7, Accident
31) 10, Harrison Burton #, No. 18 Hunt Brothers Pizza Toyota, 12, , , , , , 6, Accident
32) 32, Josh Reaume, No. 33 Colonial Countertops Chevrolet, 0, , , , , , 5, Engine 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Time of Race: 2 hrs, 3 min, 44 sec
Total Race Length: 147 Laps - 220.5 miles
Average Speed: 106.923 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.269 sec

Stage 1 Top 10: 98, 99, 52, 2, 16, 24, 17, 51, 13, 3
Stage 2 Top 10: 51, 88, 99, 45, 52, 24, 98, 22, 30, 17

Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the 21st annual Vankor 350 at Texas Motor Speedway, his 55th victory in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

Prior to the start of the race, the following truck(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 52 (engine change) and No. 33 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: (1) 6 Norm Benning.

Caution Flags: 9 for 47 laps; Laps: 5-8 (No.4, 45, 30 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 13-17 (No.18 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 20-24 (No.44, 12 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 28-31 (No.12 Incident Turn 4 [None]); 37-42 (Stage 1 Conclusion [87]); 50-56 (No.54 Incident Turn 2 (Red 15:51) [None]); 72-76 (Stage 2 Conclusion [87]); 104-109 (No.7 Incident Turn 2 [4]); 118-122 (No.9 Incident Turn 2 [49]).

Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers; G. Enfinger 1-2; B. Moffitt 3-7; K. Busch(i) 8-9; B. Moffitt 10-17; K. Busch(i) 18; B. Moffitt 19-25; K. Busch(i) 26; B. Moffitt 27-31; G. Enfinger 32-37; K. Busch(i) 38-73; J. Nemechek 74; J. Sauter 75-81; K. Busch(i) 82-98; B. Moffitt 99-106; K. Busch(i) 107-126; S. Friesen 127; K. Busch(i) 128-147