Kyle Busch dominates at Texas

Busch led from pole position and looked unchallenged for most of the distance, only conceding the lead temporarily to make a pitstop. He quickly regained control of the race however and eventually led for 178 of the scheduled 200 laps.

Until the last few laps of the race, Busch had faced a challenge from a charging Brad Keselowski, who started from the back of the field following a crash during qualifying. But a late caution with seven laps remaining cut Keselowski's momentum as he came under attack from Joey Logano on the final restart.

Logano would later make contact with Carl Edwards, putting both of them against the wall and out of contention for victory.

While that happened, Busch drove off in to the distance to score his third consecutive Nationwide series win at Texas Motor Speedway.

"It was for sure a phenomenal racecar that helped me do that," said Busch. "This is pretty special. I wasn't sure about how good our car was because of the wind playing havoc for us on Thursday. But we qualified on pole and we beat history because we won from pole here today.

"(Jeff) Burton and I were going to have one heck of a show there and his car would get a little bit tight after about 35 laps and ours would just stay the same the whole time. We were so loose today and we finally got it tightened up there at the end and that was pretty cool.

"Keselowski and myself there we were going to have one wheel of a show as well without that final caution there."

Tony Stewart, making only his second Nationwide start of the season - driving for Kevin Harvick's team - benefited from Logano's incident with Edwards to move up to third and then second place after overtaking Keselowski.

Stewart led the race at one point, beating Busch out of pit road under caution, but he was only able to hold on to the top spot for five laps. In the end, having taken on fresh rubber, he was in a position to pose a stronger challenge but he just ran out of time to catch his former Sprint Cup team-mate.

Burton also led the race for sixteen laps but handling issues prevented him from finishing better than eighth.

Despite finishing third, Keselowski still had reason for joy. In the early going it didn't look like he would be able to challenge at the front, as he was a lap down on Busch at one point. He got the free pass during a caution and then climbed in the order to have a go at Busch in the closing stages.

"This was my back up car because I wrecked my primary car in qualifying and [the mechanics] stayed overnight Saturday and got me a car that was just as good if not better," said Keselowski. "This is what we needed to get our momentum going."

David Ragan and Paul Menard rounded up the top five, while Logano could only manage twelfth after his incident with Edwards. The Roush Fenway driver finished eighteenth in the end, two laps down and somewhat disappointed with Logano's move, which ruined both their races just a handful of laps from the chequered flag.

"I had a run on the outside of [Logano], I got my nose up there and I don't think his spotter told him or he just decided to block at the last moment and it was too late," said Edwards. "He came across the hood and got me into the wall and got himself into the wall. But I mean, it's racing. Six more inches and it would've been fine but it's just frustrating."

Logano later admitted blame for the incident, which cost Edwards most of his points lead in the championship race. Kyle Busch is now second only 38 points behind him.

Pos Driver                 Car             Laps
 1. Kyle Busch             Toyota          200
 2. Tony Stewart           Chevrolet       200
 3. Brad Keselowski        Chevrolet       200
 4. David Ragan            Ford            200
 5. Paul Menard            Ford            200
 6. Matt Kenseth           Ford            200
 7. Mike Bliss             Chevrolet       200
 8. Jeff Burton            Chevrolet       200
 9. David Reutimann        Toyota          200
10. Justin Allgaier        Dodge           200
11. Michael Annett         Toyota          200
12. Joey Logano            Toyota          200
13. Jason Leffler          Toyota          200
14. Steve Wallace          Chevrolet       200
15. Jason Keller           Ford            199
16. S.Lagasse Jr.          Toyota          199
17. Michael McDowell       Toyota          199
18. Carl Edwards           Ford            198
19. Michael Waltrip        Toyota          198
20. D.Earnhardt Jr.        Chevrolet       197
21. Kenny Wallace          Chevrolet       197
22. Tony Raines            Chevrolet       197
23. Brandon Whitt          Ford            196
24. R.Richardson           Chevrolet       195
25. Kenny Hendrick         Dodge           195
26. Peyton Sellers         Chevrolet       195
27. Casey Atwood           Ford            195
28. Morgan Shepherd        Chevrolet       195
29. Danny O'Quinn Jr.      Chevrolet       195
30. David Green            Toyota          194
31. Kevin Hamlin           Dodge           194
32. Shelby Howard          Chevrolet       194
33. Kevin Lepage           Chevrolet       189
34. Eric McClure           Ford            188
35. Burney Lamar           Toyota          185
36. John Wes Townley       Ford            182
37. Brendan Gaughan        Chevrolet       175
38. Brian Keselowski       Dodge           133
39. Joe Nemechek           Chevrolet       56
40. JC Stout               Chevrolet       41
41. Andy Ponstein          Chevrolet       18
42. Terry Cook             Chevrolet       7
43. Johnny Chapman         Chevrolet       0