Red-hot Busch wins Pocono truck race in third OT - Covers.com
In a race that began with major drama and ended with three overtime periods, Busch took the checkered flag in Saturday's Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway. Busch won in his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start since returning from the Feb. It was the fourth straight NASCAR national series victory for the driver of his own No. 51 Toyota. Busch won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire on July 19 and swept last weekend’s XFINITY and Sprint Cup events at Indianapolis. On Sunday, he will try for his fourth straight Cup victory in the Windows 10 400 at Pocono (on NBCSN at 1:30 p. m. ET). With his fuel cell running low, Busch had to survive three straight attempts at green-white-checkered-flag finishes, with... Finally, on Lap 69 -- 22. 5 miles beyond the scheduled distance of 150 miles -- Busch crossed the finish line 1. 225 seconds ahead of runner-up Kevin Harvick. The victory was Busch's first at Pocono in any series, and it marked the 10th straight year he has one at least one race in each of NASCAR's top three touring series. "It's great to win and put Toyota in Victory Lane," Busch said. "They weren't too bad from my seat, but it looked like, beyond me, it was crazy back there," Busch said. Source: www.covers.com
