Busch passes Blaney late to win Truck race

Erik Jones’ boss got the best of him in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Careers for Veterans 200, but a third-place finish is nothing to sneeze at. The victory came after he wrecked his Sprint Cup vehicle during a morning practice, and then was penalized on lap 27 of the Truck race for speeding on pit road. – Blaney, on the push Jones gave Busch, giving Busch a lead that would hold up through the final four laps.

With six laps remaining in the race, Ryan Blaney took the lead from Busch on the restart. He has won each of his two Truck starts this year.

Busch led the rest of the way with Blaney finishing second followed by 19-year-old Erik Jones, a Swartz Creek grad and Busch’s teammate who was making his debut at the track.

Kyle Busch does a burnout after winning a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan global Speedway.

“Through [Turns] 1 and 2, the vehicle felt good, stuck good, and it was wide open, and I carried it down to Turn 3 and 4 and started getting a little free”, Busch said of the spin. “I wanted a friendly person behind me pushing me – a fellow Toyota guy, but we didn’t quite get that”. He quickly got back up front just before the checkered flag.

Blaney, Jones, Sauter and Dillon rounded out the top five.

For Blaney, who also lost a tough battle with Busch in the Xfinity Series at the Brickyard, finishing second was hard to swallow – particularly with a margin of just 0.157-seconds between he and the No. 51 at the line.

Kyle Busch isn’t slowing down.

Brad Keselowski’s foundation and the Cooper Standard Foundation, a business partner of the Rochester Hills racer, were the presenting sponsors of the race. The next restart saw some jostling between Crafton and John Wes Townley, and while Crafton was able to avert full-blown disaster and kept the #88 under control and off the wall, the contact saw debris go down in turn 4 to bring out the sixth caution of the afternoon on lap 92. Points leader Tyler Reddick finished ninth. Jones’ third-place run moved him to within one point of Crafton.