Kyle Busch has taken his second win of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at the NRA 500 in Texas.
Starting from pole, the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver had the dominant car for the first half of the race but found himself struggling as track conditions changed throughout the night.
Michael Waltrip Racing’s Martin Truex then took control of the race before Busch vaulted back to the front at the final round of yellow flag pitstops.
Busch jumped away when the race restarted with 20 laps to go and was able to hold out a fast-finishing Truex to the flag.
“It feels good… oh, man,” said Busch in victory lane.
“Dave Rogers (crew chief) and these guys gave me a great piece today. We ran up front all day long, but if it wasn’t for my pit crew… man, those guys are just awesome.
“They pulled out one heck of a stop right there at the end to put us up front, to give us that lead, and we were able to bring it home.”
Jeff Gordon also challenged for the win in his Chevrolet before a puncture late in the race scuttled his chances.
Roush Fenway Ford team-mates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle took third and fourth respectively with Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Aric Almirola, Brian Vickers, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman completing the top 10.
Australian Marcos Ambrose was just 19th after losing time thanks to contact with David Gilliland.
See below for the full race result
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POS |
Driver |
Car |
Start |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Status |
Points/Bonus |
|
1 |
Kyle Busch | Toyota | 1 | 334 | 171 | Running | 48/5 |
|
2 |
Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 5 | 334 | 142 | Running | 43/1 |
|
3 |
Carl Edwards | Ford | 9 | 334 | 0 | Running | 41/0 |
|
4 |
Greg Biffle | Ford | 35 | 334 | 0 | Running | 40/0 |
|
5 |
Joey Logano | Ford | 18 | 334 | 1 | Running | 40/1 |
|
6 |
Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 7 | 334 | 0 | Running | 38/0 |
|
7 |
Aric Almirola | Ford | 3 | 334 | 0 | Running | 37/0 |
|
8 |
Brian Vickers | Toyota | 15 | 334 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
9 |
Brad Keselowski | Ford | 16 | 334 | 0 | Running | 35/0 |
|
10 |
Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 31 | 334 | 3 | Running | 35/1 |
|
11 |
Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 14 | 334 | 0 | Running | 33/0 |
|
12 |
Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 20 | 334 | 0 | Running | 32/0 |
|
13 |
Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 29 | 334 | 0 | Running | 31/0 |
|
14 |
Mark Martin | Toyota | 23 | 334 | 0 | Running | 30/0 |
|
15 |
Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 26 | 334 | 0 | Running | 29/0 |
|
16 |
Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 11 | 334 | 0 | Running | 28/0 |
|
17 |
Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 19 | 334 | 0 | Running | 27/0 |
|
18 |
Trevor Bayne | Ford | 22 | 334 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
19 |
Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 4 | 333 | 0 | Running | 25/0 |
|
20 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | 10 | 333 | 0 | Running | 24/0 |
|
21 |
Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 13 | 333 | 0 | Running | 23/0 |
|
22 |
Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 32 | 332 | 0 | Running | 22/0 |
|
23 |
Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 21 | 332 | 0 | Running | 21/0 |
|
24 |
David Reutimann | Toyota | 38 | 332 | 0 | Running | 20/0 |
|
25 |
Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 28 | 332 | 0 | Running | 19/0 |
|
26 |
David Ragan | Ford | 25 | 331 | 1 | Running | 19/1 |
|
27 |
David Stremme | Toyota | 33 | 331 | 0 | Running | 17/0 |
|
28 |
Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 42 | 331 | 0 | Running | 16/0 |
|
29 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 6 | 330 | 0 | Running | 15/0 |
|
30 |
Josh Wise | Ford | 40 | 330 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
31 |
Casey Mears | Ford | 24 | 330 | 0 | Running | 13/0 |
|
32 |
David Gilliland | Ford | 27 | 329 | 1 | Running | 13/1 |
|
33 |
Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 12 | 326 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
34 |
Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 39 | 326 | 0 | Running | 10/0 |
|
35 |
Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 41 | 324 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
36 |
Timmy Hill | Ford | 43 | 322 | 0 | Running | 8/0 |
|
37 |
Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 2 | 316 | 0 | Running | 7/0 |
|
38 |
Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 8 | 306 | 15 | 7/1 | |
|
39 |
J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | 36 | 293 | 0 | Rear Axle | 5/0 |
|
40 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 17 | 290 | 0 | Running | 4/0 |
|
41 |
Mike Bliss | Toyota | 34 | 140 | 0 | Brakes | 0/0 |
|
42 |
Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 30 | 138 | 0 | Engine | 2/0 |
|
43 |
Michael McDowell | Ford | 37 | 44 | 0 | Overheating | 1/0 |
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