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Kyle Busch defended his 2009 NCWTS WinStar World Casino 350k victory at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night, and he did it by keeping Johnny Sauter 0.386 seconds behind him at the drop of the checkered flag.

This was Busch’s 23rd series career win, his 7th series win of the 2010 season, and his 2nd series win at Texas Motor Speedway.

Following Busch and Sauter to the drop of the checkered flag were: Matt Crafton finishing in the third position, Todd Bodine finishing fourth, Elliott Sadler fifth, James Buescher sixth, Aric Almirola seventh, Mike Skinner eighth, Parker Kligerman ninth and Ricky Carmichael rounding out the top-ten finishers.

Todd Bodine (who leads the point standings by 230 points over Aric Almirola) can clinch his second championship in next weekend’s race (the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 12th @ 8:00 PM EST) by finishing fourth with no laps led, fifth if he leads a lap and sixth if he leads the most laps.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 132.366 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 39 Mins, 57 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.386 Seconds
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Attendance: 58,500

Unofficial Top-10 in the Point Standings: 1. Todd Bodine – 3645; 2. Aric Almirola – 3415 (-230 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Johnny Sauter – 3341 (-304) 4. Matt Crafton – 3237 (-408) 5. Austin Dillon # – 3153 (-492) 6. Timothy Peters – 3107 (-538) 7. Ron Hornaday Jr. – 3059 (-586) 8. Mike Skinner – 2964 (-681) 9. David Starr – 2898 (-747) 10. Jason White – 2813 (-832).

2010 NCWTS WinStar World Casino 350k Race Results

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	3	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries / Iamsecond.com / Toyota Toyota	147	195	10	Running	3	80
2	7	13	Johnny Sauter	FarmPaint.com / Curb Records Chevrolet	147	175	5	Running	1	31
3	1	88	Matt Crafton	McGuire-Nicholas / Menards Chevrolet	147	165		Running
4	5	30	Todd Bodine	Valvoline Toyota	147	165	5	Running	2	23
5	2	2	Elliott Sadler	Realtree Outfitters Chevrolet	147	155		Running
6	21	31	James Buescher	Wolf Pack Rentals Chevrolet	147	150		Running
7	12	51	Aric Almirola	Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota	147	151	5	Running	1	2
8	24	5	Mike Skinner	Exide / International Trucks Toyota	147	142		Running
9	13	29	Parker Kligerman	Brad Keselowski Racing Dodge	147	138		Running
10	11	4	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Chevrolet	147	134		Running
11	14	23	Jason White	GunBroker.com / RMEF Toyota	147	135	5	Running	1	2
12	16	17	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing Toyota	147	127		Running
13	10	47	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Lilly Trucking Chevrolet	147	129	5	Running	1	8
14	19	60	Stacy Compton	SafeAuto Insurance / Courtyard Chevrolet	147	121		Running
15	15	81	David Starr	Zachry Toyota	146	118		Running
16	25	39	Ryan Sieg	S&W Towing Chevrolet	146	115		Running
17	18	73	Rick Crawford	County Building Centers Chevrolet	146	112		Running
18	30	86	Jamie Dick	VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet	145	109		Running
19	27	50	T J Bell	Liberty Tire Recy / Pinnacle Mulch Chevrolet	145	106		Running
20	28	12	Mario Gosselin	Accell Const / Tire Monkey / J Carter Chevrolet	145	103		Running
21	20	25	Tayler Malsam	Coinstar / HEB Toyota	144	100		Running
22	17	7	Justin Lofton #	visitPIT.com Toyota	144	97		Running
23	23	9	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	142	94		Running
24	31	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb #	Guier Fence / Ford F-150 Ford	141	91		Running
25	6	3	Austin Dillon #	Bass Pro / Remington / Tracker Chevrolet	140	88		Running
26	35	57	Norm Benning	Centramatic Chevrolet	134	85		Running
27	32	6	Lance Fenton	KidsEmbrace.com Chevrolet	134	82		Running
28	22	46	Jason Bowles	Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota	124	79		Transmission
29	26	82	Paddy Rodenbeck	Integrity Global Security Chevrolet	105	76		Engine
30	34	93	Shane Sieg	S&W Towing Chevrolet	73	73		Overheating
31	33	85	Brent Raymer	Ford Drive one. Ford	55	70		Handling
32	4	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Georgia Boot Chevrolet	52	72	5	Accident	1	1
33	8	11	Miguel Paludo	Stemco Duraline Toyota	52	64		Accident
34	36	16	Wes Burton	Green Burton Motorsports Chevrolet	17	61		Ignition
35	29	7	Butch Miller	Zachry / ASI Limited Toyota	5	58		Engine
36	9	20	Johanna Long	Panhandle Grading and Paving Toyota	1	55		Accident

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