Kyle Busch won the rain-delayed Food City 500 from
Bristol Motor Speedway on Monday afternoon for his second-straight victory.
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The race, originally scheduled for Sunday, was
postponed after 204 laps due to rain.
The race was restarted on Monday afternoon, and Busch led 117 laps on
his way to victory lane.
Busch said he knew his team had a strong enough car to
win no matter when the race was run.
“I knew we had a really good car,” Busch said. “Once we got into the long runs…we were
running them down.”
Busch had to run Kyle Larson down in the closing laps,
and Busch used his bumper to move Larson with six laps to go. Busch said he and Larson’s cars were equal in
the closing laps.
“With as good as we were, Larson was just as good,”
Busch said. “But our car was fast enough
that Larson never had a shot to get back to us to repay the favor.”
Larson led over the final run, but he said his car got
loose in the closing laps.
“I just didn’t expect to get that loose that run
there,” Larson said. “I knew it would be hard to get back to [Busch]. I knew I would need a lapper to kind of hold
him up on exit and kill his momentum to allow me to…get to his back bumper.”
Unofficial results:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kyle Larson
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5. Alex Bowman
6. Aric Almirola
7. Kevin Harvick
8. Clint Bowyer
9. Joey Logano
10. Ryan Newman
11. Daniel Suarez
12. David Ragan
13. Paul Menard
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Austin Dillon
16. Darrell Wallace Jr.
17. AJ Allmendinger
18. William Byron
19. Jamie McMurray
20. Landon Cassill
21. Matt DiBenedetto
22. Kurt Busch
23. Brad Keselowski
24. Trevor Bayne
25. Corey LaJoie
26. Erik Jones
27. DJ Kennington
28. Ty Dillon
29. Chase Elliott
30. Martin Truex Jr.
31. Gray Gaulding
32. Reed Sorenson
33. Chad Finchum
34. Kasey Kahne
35. Ryan Blaney
36. Chris Buescher
37. Harrison Rhodes
38. Michael McDowell
39. Ross Chastain
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