Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 15, 2014
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Whether you love him or hate him, there is no denying that Kyle Busch is one of the best modern-day drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway. He took his third straight Nationwide Series victory at Bristol on Saturday afternoon. He faced challenges from Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick throughout the race, but he was able to hold them off en route to victory.
Kyle Larson started the day out front, but by Lap 3, it was another Kyle leading the way. Busch didn’t take off from there however, as Matt Kenseth ran him down and passed him with the help of some lap traffic on Lap 30.
Kenseth controlled the field for much of the middle part of the race. He didn’t face another challenge for the top spot until 90 laps remained.
Ryan Reed’s tough start to the season continued in the race as he took another hard hit. Slight contact from James Buescher sent the No.16 car spinning into the frontstretch wall where he made very hard contact. Reed was okay.
The last caution of the day came out with 14 laps to go which gave the field one last shot at Busch. However, no one was able to successfully challenge Busch as he pulled away in the last laps en route to his second NNS victory of the season.
Busch will look to sweep the weekend at Bristol for the third time in his career on Sunday. If this performance is any indication, Busch will be a major threat when the Sprint Cup cars take to the high banks of Bristol.
Results via ESPN.com
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Kyle Busch |  |
Toyota | 300 | 2 | 119 | 47 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Kyle Larson |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney |  |
Ford | 300 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Matt Kenseth |  |
Toyota | 300 | 3 | 179 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ty Dillon |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brendan Gaughan | 62 | Chevrolet | 300 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Trevor Bayne |  |
Ford | 300 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 300 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Regan Smith |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Cale Conley |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Landon Cassill |  |
Chevrolet | 300 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | James Buescher |  |
Toyota | 299 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brian Scott |  |
Chevrolet | 299 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dylan Kwasniewski |  |
Chevrolet | 298 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Chris Buescher |  |
Ford | 298 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Elliott Sadler | 11 | Toyota | 297 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Jeremy Clements |  |
Chevrolet | 297 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Joe Nemechek |  |
Toyota | 297 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | Chevrolet | 296 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Timmy Hill |  |
Chevrolet | 296 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Will Kimmel |  |
Toyota | 294 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Jamie Dick |  |
Chevrolet | 294 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Dakoda Armstrong |  |
Ford | 294 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Mike Wallace | 28 | Dodge | 294 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Mike Bliss |  |
Toyota | 293 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Eric McClure |  |
Toyota | 290 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Derrike Cope |  |
Chevrolet | 290 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Joey Gase |  |
Chevrolet | 285 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Josh Wise |  |
Chevrolet | 270 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Ryan Reed |  |
Ford | 258 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Jeffrey Earnhardt |  |
Chevrolet | 249 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ruben Garcia Mateos |  |
Toyota | 214 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Kevin Lepage |  |
Dodge | 152 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Kelly Admiraal | 29 | Toyota | 148 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Tanner Berryhill | 17 | Dodge | 144 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Matt Carter | 13 | Toyota | 18 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Carl Long | 93 | Dodge | 11 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Matt DiBenedetto |  |
Chevrolet | 6 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Blake Koch |  |
Toyota | 5 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |