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Kyle Busch dominates in Saturday night Truck Series win

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Kyle Busch fell short of winning Saturday afternoon’s Nationwide Series race, but he made up for it in the Truck Series race later that night, winning the Lucas Oil 225 at Chicagoland Speedway.

To say that Busch has dominated his Truck Series appearances this year is an understatement. He started Saturday night's race from the rear of the field because he missed practice, then worked his way up to the front.

In the middle of the race, Busch got penalized for being too fast exiting pit road and had to once again drop to the rear of the field.

Busch overcame the penalty once again, and passed teammate Darrell Wallace Jr., Matt Crafton, and Cup Series regular Austin Dillon to get back to the lead where he held on for the rest of the night.

This is the fourth Truck Series win for Busch in five starts at Chicagoland. He led 66 of the 150 laps run on Saturday night.

Unofficially, Matt Crafton is now the points leader, leading his ThorSport Racing teammate Johnny Sauter by 5 points.

Here’s your UNOFFICIAL finishing order:

Pos. Driver Pts.
1 Kyle Busch 0
2 Matt Crafton 560
3 Austin Dillon 0
4 Tyler Reddick 282
5 Jeb Burton 459
6 Darrell Wallace Jr. 525
7 Ben Kennedy 478
8 Joey Coulter 492
9 Joe Nemechek 279
10 Bryan Silas 364
11 Tyler Young 356
12 Ryan Blaney 544
13 Brennan Newberry 179
14 Johnny Sauter 555
15 John Wes Townley 348
16 Mason Mingus 374
17 Timothy Peters 475
18 Ray Black Jr. 83
19 German Quiroga 501
20 Todd Peck 71
21 Jennifer Jo Cobb 303
22 Justin Jennings 301
23 Tayler Malsam 236
24 Michael Affarano 0
25 Todd Shafer 37
26 Tj Bell 286
27 Norm Benning 310
28 Caleb Roark 82
29 Scott Stenzel 51
30 Adam Edwards 0
31 Ted Minor 32
32 Mike Harmon 0

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