Kyle Busch Wins Xfinity Race at his Home Track

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LAS VEGAS, NV - RIS - For a driver who couldn't usually pull the trigger at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch is having a heck of a week.  Busch dominated, leading all but one lap, and won the Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race.  Only Darrell Wallace, Jr. was able to lead a lap, and that was on Lap 55 during pit stops. The victory was the Las Vegas native's first in the series at his home track.

 Daniel Suarez finished second to take over the XFINITY Series points lead for the first time in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota. Rookie Erik Jones recovered from a pair of early pit-road penalties to take third in the No. 20 Toyota, sealing a 1-2-3 sweep up front by Joe Gibbs-owned cars.

 Busch said post-race that had concerns about running short of fuel on the final green-flag charge, but still placed .817 of a second over a closing Suarez at the checkered flag.

 "Suarez was definitely faster than us when he got clean track," Busch said. "If roles were reversed, he would have been pulling away from me and I wasn't going to be able to catch him. All in all, just a great day for us in one, two, three and for me to get a victory here in my home town, check one off the list -- that's pretty awesome."

There were only three wrecks throughout the afternoon, but a big one with 63 laps to go ripped the side off of Cody Ware's Chevrolet, destroyed Bubba Wallace's Ford and red-flagged the race.

"Thank the Lord that we all walked away OK," Wallace told Fox Sports. "That second impact was pretty good, too. I am here and talking to you. All good. I hate it for my guys. I was having so much fun here. Ten laps ago I was thinking how good this place was to me. Guess I spoke too soon."

The Xfinity drivers next head to Phoenix International Raceway on March 12th.

Unofficial Race Results, 20th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Lap, Pts, BPts, Status, TLd, LLd
1) 1, Kyle Busch(i), No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota, 200, 0, , Running, 2, 199
2) 3, Daniel Suarez, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota, 200, 39, , Running, ,
3) 2, Erik Jones #, No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota, 200, 38, , Running, ,
4) 4, Chase Elliott(i), No. 88  TaxSlayer Chevrolet, 200, 0, , Running, ,
5) 14, Austin Dillon(i), No. 2 RTP/Rheem Chevrolet, 200, 0, , Running, ,
6) 5, Brandon Jones #, No. 33 Thunder Coal Chevrolet, 200, 35, , Running, ,
7) 9, Ty Dillon, No. 3 WESCO Chevrolet, 200, 34, , Running, ,
8) 7, Elliott Sadler, No. 1 OneMain Chevrolet, 200, 33, , Running, ,
9) 6, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 BRANDT Chevrolet, 200, 32, , Running, ,
10) 8, Brendan Gaughan, No. 62 South Point Chevrolet, 200, 31, , Running, ,
11) 11, Brennan Poole #, No. 48 DC Solar Chevrolet, 200, 30, , Running, ,
12) 10, Aric Almirola(i), No. 98 Carroll Shelby Engine Co Ford, 199, 0, , Running, ,
13) 18, Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford, 198, 28, , Running, ,
14) 19, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Big Valley Towing Chevrolet, 198, 27, , Running, ,
15) 15, Brad Keselowski(i), No. 22 Discount Tire Ford, 197, 0, , Running, ,
16) 24, Ross Chastain, No. 4  JD Motorsports Chevrolet, 197, 25, , Running, ,
17) 21, Jeb Burton, No. 43 J Streicher Ford, 197, 24, , Running, ,
18) 20, Ryan Preece #, No. 01 GK Services Chevrolet, 197, 23, , Running, ,
19) 22, Corey LaJoie, No. 24 JGL Young Guns Toyota, 196, 22, , Running, ,
20) 23, Jeremy Clements, No. 51  Repairable Vehicles Chevrolet, 196, 21, , Running, ,
21) 26, JJ Yeley, No. 14 Toyota, 195, 20, , Running, ,
22) 16, Dakoda Armstrong, No. 28 WinField Be Greater Toyota, 194, 19, , Running, ,
23) 30, David Starr, No. 44 Zachry Toyota, 194, 18, , Running, ,
24) 25, Garrett Smithley #, No. 0 Seven Jet/Cane Tax Chevrolet, 194, 17, , Running, ,
25) 27, Ray Black Jr #, No. 07 ScubaLife Chevrolet, 192, 16, , Running, ,
26) 17, Blake Koch, No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, 191, 15, , Running, ,
27) 39, BJ McLeod #, No. 78 Batteries Plus Bulbs Ford, 191, 14, , Running, ,
28) 36, Joey Gase, No. 52 Donate Life Nevada/Nevada Donor Network Chevrolet, 189, 13, , Running, ,
29) 34, Mario Gosselin, No. 90 BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet, 188, 12, , Running, ,
30) 37, Stanton Barrett, No. 15 Ford, 182, 11, , Running, ,
31) 38, Mike Harmon, No. 74  Raceday Sponsor Dodge, 182, 10, , Running, ,
32) 28, Harrison Rhodes, No. 97 VroomBrands Chevrolet, 155, 9, , Engine, ,
33) 12, Darrell Wallace Jr, No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford, 135, 9, 1, Accident, 1, 1
34) 13, Justin Marks, No. 42 Katerra Chevrolet, 135, 7, , Accident, ,
35) 35, Cody Ware #, No. 25 Lilly Trucking Chevrolet, 127, 6, , Accident, ,
36) 40, Derek White, No. 13 OCR Gaz Bar Dodge, 127, 5, , Running, ,
37) 33, Carl Long, No. 40  A2 Tickets Toyota, 24, 4, , Suspension, ,
38) 32, Josh Reaume, No. 93 RSS Racing Chevrolet, 13, 3, , Brakes, ,
39) 29, Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Chevrolet, 12, 2, , Overheating, ,
40) 31, Jeff Green, No. 10 Toyota, 2, 1, , Rear Gear, ,

# = Rookie, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led.
Average Speed: 145.415 MPH
Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 03 Mins, 47 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.817 Seconds
Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps