Kurt Busch finished eighth in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.
The top-10 finish for Busch added 41 points to his season total.
Busch started in third position. The 21st-year driver has secured 31 career victories, with 147 top-five finishes and 308 results inside the top 10.
Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway is a familiar place for Busch, who has one career win at the track. He has also compiled three top-five finishes at Texas and his eighth-place result marks the 21st top-10.
The Las Vegas, Nevada native's starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting 12 spots higher than his career mark of 14.7 and completing the race eight places ahead of his 16.3 career average finish.
Busch competed with a field of 41 drivers on the way to his eighth-place finish. The race endured 10 cautions and 45 caution laps. There were 29 lead changes.
Austin Dillon earned the checkered flag in the race, and Tyler Reddick finished second. Joey Logano placed third, Kyle Busch took fourth, and Kevin Harvick finished off the top five.
Ryan Blaney got off to a great start in the race, winning Stages 1 and 2, but couldn't hold on to end up in Victory Lane.
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