With two laps to go in the The Race Raffle Series.com 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch had to take back what was stolen from him. Kevin Harvick had pushed up into Kyle while racing for the lead with ten laps to go, allowing young James Buescher to take the lead. But when Ron Hornaday crashed with five to go, it set up a green-white-checkered finish. Busch quickly disposed of Buescher and held on to win his fifth Truck series race of the year.
Points leaders Todd Bodine and Aric Almirola finished tenth and ninth respectively.
3 DRIVERS WHO WISH THEY RACED HERE EVERY WEEK
-James Buescher, #31 Wolfpack Rentals Chevy. James ties his best career finish (2nd) and proved that he can run up front with drivers such as Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick. If he were to run full time next year, he could be a contender for the championship. Something tells me he'll be back in the Nationwide series in 2011, however.
-Matt Crafton, #88 Menards Chevy. Matt's fourth place finish is his sixth top five of the year, and it catapulted him from seventh to fifth in points.
-Bobby Hamilton Jr., #47 GreetingsExpress.com Chevy. Bobby Jr. gets his first top ten finish since 2006, and the first of the year for the #47 truck.
3 DRIVERS WHO WANT A DO-OVER
-Ricky Carmichael, #4 Monster Energy Chevy. Ricky turned in a solid top 15 qualifying run, but then lost control on lap 3 and pancaked the wall. Tons of bad luck for RC the second half of this season.
-Eddie MacDonald, #71 Grimm Construction Ford. The 30-year-old MacDonald's Truck series debut was cut short with a crash halfway through the race.
-Ron Hornaday, #33 EZ GO Chevy. The defending champ's bad luck season continues. Contact with Timothy Peters with five laps to go put the #33 in the wall. The 24th place finish drops him to seventh in points.
Next race, the Smith's 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Broadcast live on SPEED Saturday, September 25th at 9:30 pm/et.
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