NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

The 24-year-old driver has now won Truck Series races the last five times he has buckled the seat belts of the No. 51 Tundra. Along with his victory Friday evening in Texas, Busch had previously picked up first-place trophies in his last four series starts at Talladega (Oct. 31), New Hampshire (Sept. 19), Chicagoland (Aug. 28) and Bristol (Aug. 19).

In addition to his own winning streak, Busch also helped Toyota achieve a series milestone. When the Las Vegas-native crossed the finish line first at the one-and-a-half-mile Texas oval, it was the 14th series win for Toyota in a single season -- bettering the previous record of 13 wins by Tundra drivers in a single season, set in each of the past two years (2007 and 2008).

“That’s cool man -- what a Tundra tonight,” said Busch, following the race. “This Tundra was awesome and Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and these guys have really done their homework lately. It’s an accomplishment to beat the 33 (Ron Hornaday, Jr.) bunch here, that’s for sure. We got it done today. It was a great race and it was a lot of fun. It’s a pretty proud accomplishment to be here in victory lane -- and to win five in a row. That’s pretty sweet.”

Busch started 12th and led twice for 54 (of 147) laps around the Texas track to record his seventh series victory of the season and his 10th career win behind the wheel of a Tundra. He took the lead for the final time on lap 98 and led the final 50 circuits on his way to victory lane.

“Late in the race, I was trying to stay away from the 88 (Matt Crafton) from catching me -- I was trying to stay away from him,” explained Busch. “He was running me down. He had a great truck. Those lapped trucks that I had to get by in the last 10 to 15 laps -- that really hurt our performance and we were just able to hold him off. We made some good changes on this Tundra today and really brought the thing to life. This is an awesome race truck -- it’s the same one we won with at Chicago -- and all these guys do a great job.”

Tundra drivers recording top-10 results behind Busch were Todd Bodine (fourth), Brian Scott (seventh), Mike Skinner (eighth) and David Starr (ninth). Other Tundra drivers in the field included Aric Almirola (14th), Tayler Malsam (18th), Timothy Peters (19th), Stacy Compton (22nd), T.J. Bell (23rd) and Terry Cook (24th).

Toyota drivers have now won 65 NCWTS races since the start of the 2004 season.

Skinner remains third in the unofficial NCWTS point standings following Texas and now trails leader Ron Hornaday, Jr. by 355 points. Tundra drivers Bodine (fourth), Scott (sixth), Peters (eighth) and Starr (ninth) are also in the top-10 in points with two races -- Phoenix and Miami – remaining this season.

The next NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on the schedule is at Phoenix International Raceway, Nov. 13.

Toyota NCWTS Driver Finishing Positions at Texas Motor Speedway
1st, KYLE BUSCH
4th, TODD BODINE
7th, BRIAN SCOTT
8th, MIKE SKINNER
9th, DAVID STARR
14th, ARIC ALMIROLA
18th, TAYLER MALSAM
19th, TIMOTHY PETERS
22nd, STACY COMPTON
23rd, T.J. BELL
24th, TERRY COOK

Toyota Drivers in NCWTS Point Standings -- following Texas Motor Speedway**
3rd, MIKE SKINNER 3,302 points
4th, TODD BODINE 3,150 points
6th, BRIAN SCOTT 3,050 points
8th, TIMOTHY PETERS 3,009 points
9th, DAVID STARR 2,987 points
11th, STACY COMPTON 2,890 points
12th, TERRY COOK 2,835 points
13th, TAYLER MALSAM 2,796 points
16th, T.J. BELL 2,509 points
18th, KYLE BUSCH 2,279 points
20th, ARIC ALMIROLA 2,005 points
** unofficial point standings