Kyle Busch Wins Las Vegas Truck Race At His Hometown Track

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LAS VEGAS, NV - RIS - Kyle Busch won his 50th Career Series race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Busch was there to claim the win when Brett Moffitt got his truck sideways with 26 laps to go.  Busch had been behind Moffitt and trying to pass him. When the green finally came out, Busch went on to victory.

Moffitt pushed Busch on the final laps, but Busch held off Moffitt — who got caught up in lapped traffic with less than five laps left.

Johnny Sauter was second. Moffit was third, followed by Grant Enfinger and Stewart Friesen, the winner of the second stage.

Busch, who won the pole and led 55 laps, has a career sweep in Las Vegas, winning NASCAR events in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck series. He has made 142 career Truck starts.

Unofficial Race Results for the Inaugural Stratosphere 200 - Friday, March 2, 2018 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, , Tms, Laps, St1, St2, Playoff Pts, Laps, Pts, Status
1) 1, Kyle Busch(i), No. 51 Cessna Toyota, 6, 55, 3, 3, , 134, 0, Running
2) 3, Johnny Sauter, No. 21 Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet, , , 7, 8, , 134, 42, Running
3) 6, Brett Moffitt, No. 16 AISIN Group Toyota, 2, 27, 8, 5, , 134, 43, Running
4) 8, Grant Enfinger, No. 98 Curb Records Ford, 2, 4, , 9, , 134, 35, Running
5) 2, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 We Build America Chevrolet, 2, 31, 4, 1, 1, 134, 49, Running
6) 18, Dalton Sargeant #, No. 25 Performance Plus Motor Oil Chevrolet, 1, 3, , , , 134, 31, Running
7) 15, Ben Rhodes, No. 41 Alpha Energy Solutions Ford, , , 6, 4, , 134, 42, Running
8) 14, Cody Coughlin, No. 2 Jeg's.com Chevrolet, , , 9, , , 134, 31, Running
9) 17, Justin Fontaine, No. 45 ProMatic Automation Chevrolet, 1, 2, , , , 134, 28, Running
10) 13, Austin Hill, No. 02 United Rentals Chevrolet, , , , , , 134, 27, Running
11) 7, Justin Marks(i), No. 54 Crosley Brands/Tropicana Toyota, , , , , , 134, 26, Running
12) 5, Noah Gragson, No. 18 Safelite Toyota, 1, 12, 1, 6, 1, 134, 40, Running
13) 4, Spencer Davis, No. 4 JBL/SiriusXM Toyota, , , 2, 10, , 134, 34, Running
14) 20, Wendell Chavous, No. 49 SobrietyNation.org Chevrolet, , , , , , 134, 23, Running
15) 10, Myatt Snider #, No. 13 Liberty Tax Ford, , , 5, 2, , 133, 37, Running
16) 19, Austin Self, No. 22 Don't Mess With Texas/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet, , , , , , 133, 21, Running
17) 16, Jordan Anderson, No. 3 Bommarito.com/Lucas Oil Chevrolet, , , , , , 133, 20, Running
18) 24, Robby Lyons, No. 15 Sunwest Construction Chevrolet, , , , , , 133, 19, Running
19) 22, Michel Disdier, No. 20 Richard Orlinski Chevrolet, , , , , , 132, 18, Running
20) 23, Bayley Currey, No. 83 Baja Chevrolet, , , , , , 132, 17, Running
21) 9, John H. Nemechek(i), No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet, , , , , , 130, 0, Running
22) 26, Mike Harmon(i), No. 74 Atlanta Havoc Chevrolet, , , , , , 127, 15, Running
23) 31, BJ McLeod(i), No. 50 Motorsports Safety Group Chevrolet, , , , , , 123, 0, Running
24) 27, Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 10 Think Realty Chevrolet, , , , , , 123, 13, Running
25) 25, Josh Reaume, No. 33 Gnarly Jerky Toyota, , , , , , 119, 12, Engine
26) 30, Norm Benning, No. 6 Zmongo/H&H Transport Chevrolet, , , , , , 118, 11, Parked
27) 28, Tommy Regan, No. 1  Chevrolet, , , , , , 112, 10, Running
28) 11, Justin Haley, No. 24 Fraternal Order Of Eagles Chevrolet, , , , 7, , 75, 13, Accident
29) 12, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Black Label Bacon/Menards Ford, , , 10, , , 40, 9, Brakes
30) 32, Mike Senica, No. 0 Betty Lou's/P3Power Products Chevrolet, , , , , , 28, 7, Electrical
31) 21, Joe Nemechek, No. 87 Fleetwing Corporation Chevrolet, , , , , , 23, 6, Vibration
32) 29, Scott Stenzel, No. 63  Chevrolet, , , , , , 5, 5, Electrical

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 38 Mins, 19 Secs
Total Race Length - 134 Laps - 201 Miles 
Average Speed: 122.665 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.437 Seconds
Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Stratosphere 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his 50th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following truck(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: #50, 0, 88 (unapproved adjustments), No. 1 (tire change), No. 25, (engine change and unapproved adjustments).
Caution Flags: 5 for 25 laps: Laps: 16-20 (No. 54 Spin Turn 4 [33]); 32-36 (Stage 1 Conclusion [54]); 62-67 (Stage 2 Conclusion [20]); 73-77 (No. 24, 18, 13 Incident Turn 2 [22]); 120-123 (No. 20 Incident Turn 4 [54]).
Lead Changes: 14 among 7 drivers: K. Busch(i) 1-15; S. Friesen 16-20; N. Gragson 21-32; G. Enfinger 33-35; K. Busch(i) 36-39; G. Enfinger 40; K. Busch(i) 41-42; S. Friesen 43-68; B. Moffitt 69-70; K. Busch(i) 71-83; B. Moffitt 84-108; K. Busch(i) 109-114; D. Sargeant # 115-117; J. Fontaine 118-119; K. Busch(i) 120-134.
Duralast GT Brakes Brake in the Race Award- Stage 1: Noah Gragson, No. 18 Stage 1
Duralast GT Brakes Brake in the Race Award - Stage 2: Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Stage 2
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Ilmor Engines (IE), No. 51 
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Kyle Busch, No. 51 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Dalton Sargeant, No. 25

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