During his weekly media availability Saturday morning, Kyle Busch spoke of Martinsville Speedway as “like Groundhog Day all over again.” If you take his current NASCAR winning streak as the measure, it was, indeed, another day just like the previous day… which was like the previous day… which was like the previous day.
Busch, driving a Toyota for his own Gander Outdoors Truck Series team, won the TruNorth Global 250 at the flat, half-mile track in southern Virginia. After starting third, Busch led in segments of 66, 41, 1 and the final 66 laps. He beat Ben Rhodes, Brett Moffitt, Ross Chastain, and pole-winner Stewart Friesen.
“Rowdy” continues to build his already-stunning resume. Saturday’s was his 201st national touring series victory in 999 starts; his third GOTS victory in three starts this year; the 54th truck victory of his career; and his seventh victory in 11 starts across NASCAR’s Cup, Xfinity, and Truck series in six race weekends this year. Other than Speed Week in Daytona Beach, where he was 0-for-2 — Busch has won at least one race every weekend this year.
“It’s back to the race track for another weekend,” he said nonchalantly before the 250-lapper. “Overall, I feel like things are clicking really well on the Cup side (with Joe Gibbs Racing) as well as the truck side with Kyle Busch Motorsports. We’re just continuing to power through and strive to win races each and every week.”
The relatively easy victory was Busch’s fourth at Martinsville. His first was in the 2016 spring Cup race, followed by the next season’s fall Cup race. He also won the 2016 spring Truck race and Saturday’s. Getting to victory lane took a while… probably longer than he expected. But only a fool would bet against him winning again in Sunday’s 500-lap Cup Series race.
“It was a while ago (when he figured out the track),” said, Busch, the 2015 Cup Series champion. “I don’t remember exactly; maybe 2011 or ’12, somewhere around there. That’s when it kind of finally clicked and I was like, ‘okay, I think I know what I’m doing here.’ I was close to winning here a of couple times but could never have it at the end of the race. I never knew what I needed at the end of the race in order to be able to get the victory. You always keep learning and you keep figuring it out.
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