Kyle Busch overcame mistakes and some loose lug nuts early Saturday morning at Charlotte Motor Speedway and won the truck series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 after a lengthy rain causing the race not to begin until 11 p.m.
On the final restart with three laps to go, Busch was able to hold off Todd Bodine to collect his second win of the season despite not having a primary sponsor for the No. 18 Toyota. “I know these guys are maybe a little leery or worried about what’s going to happen about next year. All we can do is work as hard as we can to win race and find sponsorship.” Busch said.
Busch led a race-high 69 of 134 laps in route to his 18th NCWTS career victory. This was also Busch’s 70th NASCAR national series victory, which places him ninth on the all-time list.
Hornaday finished third, James Buescher fourth and Elliott Sadler finished fifth.
Bodine’s second place finish moves him into first place in the series standings by 2 points over Aric Almirola.
Two trucks started the race with loose lug nuts, including Busch’s. “They just found that three of the wheels were loose. We’ve just got to keep a better eye on our stuff, I guess.”
“I don’t have a good answer there. We’re 99 percent sure they were tight. As loose as the wheel was, there was no way he would have qualified. What happened? I don’t know. We fixed it, addressed it and it didn’t hinder us on what we did tonight so that’s the important part. We’ll just do a better job to make sure our guys are around our vehicles and keep an eye on things when they’re sitting outside of the garage area.” said Busch’s crew chief Eric Phillips. Austin Dillon’s truck was parked behind the No 18 of Busch’s in the impound area and he also had loose lug nuts. It is unknown if this was intentional or not.
Unofficial Race Results
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
May 21, 2010 – Race 7 of 25
Pos.
|
St.
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Make
|
Pts.
|
Bon.
|
Laps
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
Kyle Busch
|
Toyota
|
195
|
10
|
134
|
2
|
9
|
30
|
Todd Bodine
|
Toyota
|
175
|
5
|
134
|
3
|
5
|
33
|
Ron Hornaday
|
Chevrolet
|
170
|
5
|
134
|
4
|
2
|
31
|
James Buescher
|
Chevrolet
|
160
|
0
|
134
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
Elliott Sadler
|
Chevrolet
|
160
|
5
|
134
|
6
|
14
|
5
|
Mike Skinner
|
Toyota
|
150
|
0
|
134
|
7
|
12
|
51
|
Aric Almirola
|
Toyota
|
146
|
0
|
134
|
8
|
16
|
23
|
Jason White
|
Dodge
|
142
|
0
|
134
|
9
|
15
|
81
|
David Starr
|
Toyota
|
138
|
0
|
134
|
10
|
7
|
17
|
Timothy Peters
|
Toyota
|
134
|
0
|
134
|
11
|
11
|
88
|
Matt Crafton
|
Chevrolet
|
130
|
0
|
134
|
12
|
6
|
13
|
Johnny Sauter
|
Chevrolet
|
127
|
0
|
134
|
13
|
17
|
56
|
Tayler Malsam
|
Toyota
|
124
|
0
|
134
|
14
|
19
|
4
|
Ricky Carmichael
|
Chevrolet
|
121
|
0
|
134
|
15
|
18
|
7
|
Justin Lofton *
|
Toyota
|
118
|
0
|
134
|
16
|
13
|
15
|
Nelson Piquet Jr.
|
Toyota
|
115
|
0
|
134
|
17
|
30
|
60
|
Narain Karthikeyan
|
Chevrolet
|
112
|
0
|
134
|
18
|
28
|
10
|
Jennifer Jo Cobb *
|
Ford
|
109
|
0
|
133
|
19
|
36
|
48
|
Hermie Sadler
|
Chevrolet
|
111
|
5
|
132
|
20
|
26
|
12
|
Mario Gosselin
|
Chevrolet
|
103
|
0
|
131
|
21
|
20
|
90
|
Brad Sweet
|
Toyota
|
100
|
0
|
130
|
22
|
23
|
47
|
Brett Butler *
|
Chevrolet
|
97
|
0
|
130
|
23
|
31
|
6
|
J C Stout
|
Dodge
|
94
|
0
|
129
|
24
|
34
|
57
|
Norm Benning
|
Chevrolet
|
91
|
0
|
128
|
25
|
32
|
46
|
Terry Jones
|
Dodge
|
88
|
0
|
122
|
26
|
3
|
7
|
Donny Lia
|
Chevrolet
|
85
|
0
|
120
|
27
|
24
|
150
|
T.J. Bell
|
Chevrolet
|
82
|
0
|
120
|
28
|
10
|
129
|
Brad Keselowski
|
Dodge
|
79
|
0
|
111
|
29
|
18
|
21
|
Chris Eggleston *
|
Chevrolet
|
76
|
0
|
108
|
30
|
13
|
192
|
Dennis Setzer
|
Chevrolet
|
73
|
0
|
108
|
31
|
35
|
1
|
Michael Guerity
|
Chevrolet
|
70
|
0
|
91
|
32
|
25
|
39
|
Ryan Sieg
|
Chevrolet
|
67
|
0
|
88
|
33
|
29
|
85
|
Brent Raymer
|
Ford
|
64
|
0
|
76
|
34
|
21
|
116
|
Wes Burton
|
Chevrolet
|
61
|
0
|
59
|
35
|
8
|
3
|
Austin Dillon *
|
Chevrolet
|
58
|
0
|
55
|
36
|
27
|
93
|
Mike Garvey
|
Chevrolet
|
55
|
0
|
9
|