Kyle Busch Continues to Win in Richmond

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the Toyota Owners 400 from Richmond Raceway on Saturday night for his third-straight victory.

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Busch started 32nd on Saturday, but he quickly worked his way into the Top 10 within the first 50 laps.  After becoming the first driver to win at Richmond from so far back in the field, Busch said he owed the win to his team.

“The pit crew tonight, they won this race for us,” Busch said.  “Those last two times we came down for tires...they got us where we needed to be.”

Busch took the lead late, and he had to hold off the field on two late restarts after cautions forced the race into overtime.  On the final restart, Busch pulled ahead of Chase Elliott to win for the third-straight time.

Busch said he was excited to win his third race, but that it would be hard to go for four-straight with Talladega looming next weekend.

“It’s hard to go to Talladega with that much of a winning streak and think you can win,” Busch said.  “I don’t know if you can shoot for four-in-a-row, but we’re going to go there and give it a shot.”

Elliott finished second for the eighth time in his career after he couldn’t catch Busch in the closing laps.

Elliott said his cars still don’t have the speed to win, but that he was happy to get a good finish.

“We still have a lot of work to do…to have the speed that we need to drive it like we want it to,” Elliott said.  “Our restarts fell into our hands there at the end; having short runs kind of fell into our favor and I was able to move forward.”

“Circumstances were on our side tonight, which is not normal, so I’m happy about that.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Chase Elliott

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Joey Logano

5. Kevin Harvick

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Kyle Larson

8. Brad Keselowski

9. Clint Bowyer

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Kurt Busch

12. William Byron

13. Erik Jones

14. Martin Truex Jr.

15. Austin Dillon

16. Matt DiBenedetto

17. Aric Almirola

18. Alex Bowman

19. Jamie McMurray

20. Ty Dillon

21. Trevor Bayne

22. Ryan Blaney

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

24. Paul Menard

25. Darrell Wallace Jr.

26. Chris Buescher

27. AJ Allmendinger

28. Ross Chastain

29. Kasey Kahne

30. Cole Whitt

31. Michael McDowell

32. Daniel Hemric

33. David Ragan

34. Landon Cassill

35. Gray Gaulding

36. Harrison Rhodes

37. Ryan Newman

38. Reed Sorenson

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