NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

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Busch Out Duels Keselowski for Chicagoland Truck Victory

Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series enjoyillinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 13, 2013  \ Photo - Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series enjoyillinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 13, 2013 \
Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

As the laps wound down, the battle heated up. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski were competing for the win for a good part of the night and it could have gone either way. It happened to fall Kyle Busch’s way as he held off a hard charge from Keselowski in the closing laps.

Jeb Burton won the pole and showed signs of dominance early. A bad pit stop left him deep in the field and Keselowski had exited pit road first. The first of many Keselowski/ Busch battles for the lead took place on the ensuing restart. When Keselowski got loose heading into turn 3, Busch was able to clear him for his first lead of the night. Continue reading

Camping World Truck Series’ EnjoyIllinois.com 225 preview

225Camping World Truck Series drivers head to Chicagoland Speedway for the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 on Friday, September 13th. Television coverage begins at 8pm ET with radio coverage on MRN, Sirius XM, channel 90.  The green flag waves at about 8:30pm for 225 miles and 150 laps of racing action. 

Will history repeat back-to-back for James Buescher?

Similar to last season, the second half of the season is proving 2012 series’ champion James Buescher’s time of the year. Buescher picked up his first win at Iowa Speedway on Sunday and now he returns to Chicagoland Speedway where he won last year.  With his second victory in the last four races, the Texas native now sits just 37-points behind points leader Matt Crafton. Continue reading