Kurt Busch won the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race from
Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
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Busch snapped a 58-race winless streak with the victory
and locked himself into the Playoffs.
After taking the lead away from his teammate Clint
Bowyer on a late restart, Busch held off Kyle Larson over the final run to pick
up his sixth victory at Bristol.
Busch said he was excited to win on a night when the
cars were hard to handle.
“This one’s one of the sweetest because you have to
work the hardest right now,” Busch said.
“The cars are right there on edge and you’ve got to work every single
lap.”
Busch was one of many drivers that had damage from an
accident on the third lap, but he said the damage to his car wasn’t as bad as
some others.
“All this damage, and I was like, ‘it’s not that bad,
we’re going to be okay,’” Busch said. “Just
so proud of the team effort.”
Larson finished second after starting on the pole and
struggling with his car’s handling through the night.
Larson said his finish was better than what they
should have had.
“Our Chevy wasn’t very good from lap 1 to 500, but we
got a second place finish out of it,” Larson said. “We were probably a 12th to 15th place car.”
“I think if I had a better car, tires probably would
have showed what they’re really capable of.
Just a really frustrating day.”
Unofficial results:
1. Kurt Busch
2. Kyle Larson
3. Chase Elliott
4. Joey Logano
5. Erik Jones
6. Clint Bowyer
7. Ryan Blaney
8. Alex Bowman
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Trevor Bayne
12. Ryan Newman
13. Austin Dillon
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Brad Keselowski
17. David Ragan
18. Daniel Suarez
19. Chris Buescher
20. Kyle Busch
21. Ty Dillon
22. Matt DiBenedetto
23. William Byron
24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25. Landon Cassill
26. Ross Chastain
27. Blake Jones
28. Timmy Hill
29. Jamie McMurray
30. Martin Truex Jr.
31. Aric Almirola
32. JJ Yeley
33. Reed Sorenson
34. Corey LaJoie
35. Jesse Little
36. Paul Menard
37. Michael McDowell
38. Darrell Wallace Jr.
39. AJ Allmendinger
40. Gray Gaulding
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