Kyle Busch drives to victory in Michigan

Kyle Busch won a six-lap shoot-out after multiple late cautions to win the 16th Annual Careers for Veterans 200 Camping World Truck series race Saturday afternoon at Michigan global Speedway.

Following the comments about the grass at MIS, Busch was clearly able to move on as he scored his 44th career Truck Series victory.

En route, he urged Erik Jones – who drives for Busch’s Trucks team – to make a decision in the final laps of the race.

In other words, Busch needs to avoid major mistakes during these last four races of the regular season. “Its cool to finally get that (MIS) monkey off my back. After that, it’s the KBM #51 in fourth place ahead of Sauter’s #98, while Blaney’s BKR #29 truck is sixth.

Getting a helpful push from teammate Jones, Busch passed Blaney with four laps remaining, then held off Blaney and Jones to win. He also has won a couple Xfinity races, and he is unbeaten on the Truck series.

“When we got to second, I knew there was a slim-to-none chance for us to win, just because he’s not going to push by his boss”, Blaney said. “It’s nearly like superspeedway racing here in the trucks – it’s wide open and it’s a matter of timing runs”. “And when I did, I was like, ‘aaagh.’ It just kept carrying”.

“We’re trying something new with our tach settings today and that didn’t work”, Busch said of speeding penalty.

Brad Keselowskis foundation and the Cooper Standard Foundation, a business partner of the Rochester Hills racer, were the presenting sponsors of the race. Crafton pitted and the crew made its best attempt to fix the problem but later acknowledged the proper pieces was missing from the pit box.

“That was pretty unbelievable because how often do you see a windshield break in half”.

Crafton rallied back to the top-five after pitting for the final time on Lap 68.

NOTABLES: Tyler Reddick, who finished ninth, remains the points leader but was never a factor Saturday. Crafton was tapped by John Wes Townley late that forced him into a long slide.