Kyle Busch led twice for a race-high 145 of 203 laps in the Billy Ballew Motorsports No. 51 Tundra in route to his victory on Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.  “This feels pretty good,” Busch said. “We just had a great race tonight.” Busch said.

 

“This is definitely a great race team.  It's a lot of fun with Billy Ballew, Richie (crew chief) and all these guys.  We just had a great race tonight.  This thing was pretty good when we unloaded it.  Same stuff as last year.  We just kind of fine-tuned on it a little bit.” Busch said.

 

Busch also extends his record for combined victories in NASCAR’s three top series to 17.

 

Todd Bodine finished second, pole-sitter Scott Speed third, Johnny Benson fourth and Rick Crawford finished fifth.

 

“Kyle is a hell of a shoe.  He’s an incredibly talented race car driver.” Bodine said.

 

On Lap 42, making his Truck Series debut, Jimmie Johnson stayed out and took the race lead.  About he mid way point of the race, Johnson spun and Dennis Setzer hit him.  “I just got loose and lost it.  I saved it three times before it looped. I ran out of talent in the end.” Johnson said.

 

Johnny Benson increased his lead over Ron Hornaday Jr. to 119 points with nine races remaining.