Kyle Busch wins Charlotte Nationwide

The series points leader ended an eleven-race winless streak by leading 137 out of the scheduled 200 laps under the lights at Charlotte.

Following a disappointing outing at Fontana last weekend, where he had to leave the race due to illness only to see Denny Hamlin crash his car while fighting for the lead, the 24-year-old bounced back to recover some of what he lost last Saturday.

Starting from fifth, Busch claimed the lead from Matt Kenseth on lap 22 following a restart due to the first caution of the day. From then on he was mostly unchallenged and only Jeff Burton looked capable of fending him off, after Burton grabbed the lead during the second caution of the race.

However on lap 87 Busch got back ahead, and only different sequences for the final stops allowed other drivers to lead for a few laps. After his final pitstop, Busch looked to be slightly short on fuel to complete the 200 laps, but a further caution for an accident involving Kevin Conway allowed him to stretch his fuel mileage enough in the end.

His 28th Nationwide series career victory allows him to increase his lead in the championship to 195 points to Carl Edwards with just four races remaining, which edges him closer to his maiden NASCAR title.

"This thing was on a rail tonight," Busch said. "That's a great racecar. I'm sorry to my guys about last week, having to get out there and Denny was doing an awesome job but unfortunately got caught up in a mess, that I don't think anybody could have gotten out of.

"He did a heck of a job driving for us, but we had some points to make up and we made up some tonight hopefully."

Mike Bliss and Dave Blaney impressed with second and third place respectively, making great charges throughout the race although they never challenged Busch up front. Brian Vickers was fourth, being one of the last drivers to pit for the final time, hoping a rain threat materialised while he was in the lead.

Some drops started falling but only after the race had finished, the weather not affecting the outcome of the race.

Polesitter Edwards was fifth ahead of Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman, who drove for Kevin Harvick's team this weekend. Behind them Kasey Kahne recovered from being two laps down after he was black-flagged due his window net coming down.

Jeff Burton and Tony Raines rounded out the top-ten ahead of Tony Stewart, who drove for Dale Earnhardt Jr's team.

Pos  Driver               Car        Laps
 1.  Kyle Busch           Toyota      200
 2.  Mike Bliss           Toyota      200
 3.  Dave Blaney          Toyota      200
 4.  Brian Vickers        Toyota      200
 5.  Carl Edwards         Ford        200
 6.  Brad Keselowski      Chevrolet   200
 7.  Ryan Newman          Chevrolet   200
 8.  Kasey Kahne          Toyota      200
 9.  Jeff Burton          Chevrolet   200
10.  Tony Raines          Chevrolet   200
11.  Tony Stewart         Chevrolet   200
12.  Justin Allgaier      Dodge       200
13.  Michael Annett       Toyota      200
14.  Joey Logano          Toyota      199
15.  Brendan Gaughan      Chevrolet   199
16.  Reed Sorenson        Toyota      199
17.  Jason Keller         Ford        199
18.  Eric McClure         Ford        199
19.  David Gilliland      Chevrolet   198
20.  David Reutimann      Toyota      198
21.  Kenny Wallace        Chevrolet   198
22.  Jeremy Clements      Chevrolet   198
23.  Michael McDowell     Dodge       198
24.  Kevin Conway         Chevrolet   197
25.  Scott Wimmer         Chevrolet   197
26.  Tim Andrews          Chevrolet   195
27.  Aric Almirola        Dodge       194
28.  John Wes Townley     Ford        179
29.  Matt Carter          Ford        163
30.  Mike Wallace         Chevrolet   114
31.  Steve Wallace        Chevrolet    79
32.  Jason Leffler        Toyota       70
33.  Matt Kenseth         Ford         69
34.  Erik Darnell         Ford         68
35.  Ken Butler III       Chevrolet    68
36.  Kevin Hamlin         Dodge        62
37.  Danny O'Quinn Jr     Chevrolet    52
38.  Mark Green           Chevrolet    50
39.  Andy Ponstein        Chevrolet    27
40.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr   Ford         12
41.  Chase Miller         Toyota        4
42.  Dennis Setzer        Dodge         3
43.  Johnny Chapman       Chevrolet     3