Kyle Busch won the O’Reilly 300 at the Texas Motor Speedway. Busch scored his 23rd Nationwide victory in his 143rd start. His 23 career wins rank seventh all time, one better than Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sam Ard and Tommy Ellis.
Busch scored his third Nationwide victory at Texas Motor Speedway, all in his past three starts there. The previous driver to win three consecutive races at a track was Carl Edwards at Nashville (2006-07).
Busch has won 12 of his past 29 Nationwide races.
Busch has six NASCAR wins in the 15 NASCAR races this season (two Cup, two Nationwide, two Trucks). He has won six of the past 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks in the Nationwide Series.
Busch led 178 of the 200 laps, including the final 95. The 178 laps are the most led by a race winner at Texas. He has led more than 100 laps five times at Texas, including four of the past five races. He also has led the most laps in three of the five races this season.
Busch scored his sixth Nationwide victory with crew chief Jason Ratcliff.
Joe Gibbs Racing has led 491 of the 600 laps raced at Texas Motor Speedway in the past three Nationwide races. JGR scored its 30th series victory and its third (all consecutive) at Texas.
Toyota posted its 24th series victory and third (all consecutive) at Texas.
This is the first Texas race won from the pole.
Carl Edwards (18th) ended a streak of 13 races of finishing in the top 10.
The top nine drivers all competed in the Cup race Sunday.
This was the first event when a sealed engine was required.
Brad Keselowski (third) scored his first top-10 of 2009. He started in the rear of the field in a backup car after a crash in qualifying. He gained eight spots in the points standings and now sits seventh.
Justin Allgaier (10th) was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the seven in the race. It was Allgaier’s third consecutive top-10 finish.
The top 10 consisted of two Toyotas, four Chevys, three Fords and one Dodge.(ESPN.com)(4-7-2009)
