Busch silences the Toyota critics with dominating win

CLERMONT, Ind. -- Even NASCAR's newly implemented rule to restrict Toyota's horsepower couldn't stop Kyle Busch from getting to Victory Lane again.

Busch led 197 of 200 laps in winning Saturday's Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis on Saturday night -- his sixth Nationwide Series win of the season (watch video).

Kroger 200

Official Results

Pos.	Driver	Make
1.	Kyle Busch	Toyota
2.	Colin Braun	Ford
3.	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet
4.	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet
5.	Josh Wise	Dodge
6.	Cale Gale	Chevrolet
7.	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet
8.	Joey Logano	Toyota
9.	David Ragan	Ford
10.	Steve Wallace	Chevrolet

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Busch now has 15 victories across NASCAR's top three series, surpassing the record set by Kevin Harvick in 2006. It was the 14th Nationwide win for Joe Gibbs Racing this season, and the 15th win overall for Toyota.

"I was kind of disappointed because I feel like that 15 horsepower cost me the pole," Busch said. "I really got to thank my competitors for doing the complaining they did, because we were able to have good traction control all night long. I feel like that was important, to get off the corners a little bit better than everybody," Busch said from Victory Lane.

Had Busch not been around, Roush Fenway Racing's up-and-comer Colin Braun may have walked away with his first piece of NASCAR hardware but instead the pole-sitter settled for second. Mike Bliss, despite spinning in Turn 2 on Lap 22, came back to finish third, while Scott Wimmer and Josh Wise finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Rookie Cale Gale was sixth, also scoring his best finish to date, besting an eighth-place run earlier this season in Nashville. Fellow rookie Landon Cassill, working with a new crew chief this week in Cam Strader, finished seventh. Busch's JGR teammate Joey Logano, David Ragan and Steve Wallace rounded out the top 10.

There were seven caution flags through the event, four of them coming within the last 100 laps. On Lap 119, Indiana native Bryan Clauson was involved in a wreck after contact from Brad Keselowski. Nearly simultaneously, Kelly Bires smacked the wall after cutting a tire in Turn 3 (watch video).

The remainder of the caution flags were single-car incidents.

Clint Bowyer continues to lead Keselowski in the season points standings with a 173-point lead. Neither driver was a factor during the 200-mile race, with Bowyer finishing 18th and Keselowski 19th.