Catchfence

Kyle Busch captured his first win of the 2011 NCWTS season, as he took the checkered flag (0.291 seconds) ahead of pole sitter Clint Bowyer in the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.

This was Busch’s 25th series career win, his 2nd series win at Phoenix International Raceway and his 87th all-time win in all three NASCAR national series (Busch is now tied with Jeff Gordon for being sixth on the all-time wins list).

Following Busch and Bowyer to the drop of the checkered flag were Ron Hornaday finishing third, Johnny Sauter finishing fourth and outside pole sitter Austin Dillon finishing in the fifth position.

Raybestos Rookie contender, Cole Whitt, finished sixth, while Matt Crafton (new points leader) seventh, Raybestos Rookie contender Justin Johnson eighth, Raybestos Rookie contender Joey Coulter ninth and Jason White rounds out the top-ten finishers.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 89.330 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 40 Mins, 45 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.291 Seconds
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
Attendance: 28,500

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings: 1. Matt Crafton – 71; 2. Clay Rogers – 70 (-1 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Cole Whitt # – 68 (-3) 4. Johnny Sauter – 67 (-4) 5. Timothy Peters – 66 (-5) 6. Austin Dillon – 63 (-8) 7. Jeffrey Earnhardt # – 62 ( -9) 8. Max Papis – 61 (-10) 9. Miguel Paludo # – 59 (-12) 10. Ron Hornaday – 57 (-14).

Next Up: The “Too Tough To Tame 200″ at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, March 12th at 5:00 PM (EST).

2011 NCWTS Lucas Oil 150 Race Results

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	3	18	Kyle Busch(i)	Dollar General Toyota	150	0		Running	1	107
2	1	2	Clint Bowyer(i)	Tide / Kroger Chevrolet	150	0		Running	1	43
3	4	33	Ron Hornaday	Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Chevrolet	150	41		Running
4	8	13	Johnny Sauter	Safe Auto / Curb Records Chevrolet	150	40		Running
5	2	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro / Remington / Tracker Chevrolet	150	39		Running
6	9	60	Cole Whitt #	Red Bull Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	6	88	Matt Crafton	Ideal Door / Menards Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	14	51	Justin Johnson #	Vision Airlines / Wounded Warrior Toyota	150	36		Running
9	10	22	Joey Coulter #	RCR / Rip-It Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	17	23	Jason White	GunBroker.com Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	21	32	Brad Sweet	Great Clips Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	11	17	Timothy Peters	GearWrench Toyota	150	32		Running
13	22	8	Nelson Piquet Jr. #	Qualcomm / Nelson Piquet Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	7	30	Todd Bodine	Germain.com Toyota	150	30		Running
15	18	9	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	150	29		Running
16	13	92	Clay Rogers	Fleet HQ / BTS Tire & Wheel Distributor Chevrolet	150	28		Running
17	12	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel and Casino Toyota	149	27		Running
18	27	66	Justin Marks	GoPro Chevrolet	148	26		Running
19	29	1	Jeffrey Earnhardt #	Fuel Doctor Chevrolet	148	25		Running
20	25	20	Johanna Long	Panhandle Grading and Paving Toyota	148	24		Running
21	23	39	Ryan Sieg	S&W Chevrolet	148	23		Running
22	30	93	Shane Sieg	S&W Chevrolet	148	22		Running
23	31	46	Craig Goess #	Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota	148	21		Running
24	36	45	Mike Skinner	PaytasHomes.com Toyota	148	20		Running
25	28	7	Miguel Paludo #	K & N Toyota	147	19		Running
26	19	15	Dusty Davis #	Vision Airlines / Emerald Coast Toyota	145	18		Running
27	35	57	Norm Benning	Desert Autoplex Chevrolet	145	17		Running
28	16	44	Greg Pursley	Gene Price Motorsports Chevrolet	144	16		Running
29	5	19	David Mayhew	MMI Services / Ron's Rearends Chevrolet	143	15		Fuel Pump
30	24	77	Justin Lofton	Lofton Cattle Toyota	139	14		Running
31	26	4	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Chevrolet	132	13		Accident
32	20	29	Parker Kligerman #	Brad Keselowski Racing Dodge	132	12		Accident
33	34	10	Chase Mattioli #	CollegeComplete.com Ford	128	11		Running
34	15	81	David Starr	Zachry Toyota	112	10		Accident
35	32	7	B J McLeod	Boggy Creek Air Boat Rides Chevrolet	104	9		Accident
36	33	5	Travis Kvapil	International Truck / Monaco RVs Toyota	99	8		Accident

# Denotes Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series.