Kyle Busch will be at Late Model event at Oxford Plains Speedway – Racing News
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star driver Kyle Busch will be at the TD Bank 250 Late Model event which will be held at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford on July 24.
Busch will prepare for the main race by participating in the Pro All Star Series Super Late Model 150 race event a day earlier.
"It's no secret that I love to race, so I'll be spending my weekend off from the Sprint Cup Series in July running the Late Model races at Oxford Plains Speedway," said Busch. "The track is a lot of fun to drive. It's very flat, the corners are very round
and the straightaways aren't very long.”
Busch’s return to the 3/8 mile track is the first time since he previously ran at the event in 2005 and 2006. During the 2005, he led 70 laps and had a clean sweep win in his pocket just before he did a late race pit-stop and made it to a sixth place finish.
In 2006, he was again leading the panel but an engine problem shortened his dream of victory as he ended up in a 22nd place finish.
Kyle revealed his new idea and said, “This year we decided to bring our own (Kyle Busch Motorsports) Toyota Camry's. Hopefully, the third time will be the charm."
Busch also bagged a victory last weekend in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He was not expecting to work hard to grab a victory on Friday, but his struggle made him the winner of the Bully Hill Vineyards 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.
Ron Hornaday Jr. was disappointed after the race, but with eight laps on the countdown he made things more interesting when he made a clean pass on Busch, just after the restart hit. There was another caution dropped on the track and Busch struggled to hit
back for the lead and with three laps on the countdown he slipped ahead from Hornaday’s left side to complete his second victory in a row at the Nashville Superspeedway.
The last few laps gave an entertaining situation between Busch and Hornaday. Busch led the grid after the green flag was dropped, but Hornaday made an intrepid move just a lap gone after the restart and crossed Busch into lead.
Hornaday had his truck go into a little slide through corner three and then both moved up the grid to lead the truck fleet on the track.
The last caution of the night dropped giving an unseen chance in favour of Busch and with a last restart of the event Busch played the same trick with Hornaday. He felt lucky to get the advantage from the position behind the race leader and came out as a
winner of the night. Busch claimed it would have been a great disappointment if the team lost at Nashville.
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