NASCAR Nationwide Series

Busch, who started fifth in the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 18 Fleet Locate Camry, led the field four times for a total of 144 (of 201) laps. Busch held off a late-charging Carl Edwards in the final laps en route to victory lane.

“It was a good, clean hard-fought battle,” said Busch, following the race. “When you treat people with respect, that’s what you get -- you get respect back. Carl (Edwards) was awesome tonight. I can’t thank the rest of these competitors. I had a tough battle there at the beginning with Trevor Bayne. I had to do what I had to do to get by him. I can’t thank FleetLocate.com enough along with these guys at Joe Gibbs Racing. Of course I have to thank the fans. It’s fun to come out here and put on a great show like this and hopefully they enjoy it.”

It was the 10th victory for a Toyota driver in 20 Nationwide Series races this season, and the 47th series win for a Camry racer since the start of the 2007 season. Toyota now has three wins at ORP as it was the site of Toyota’s first NNS triumph with Jason Leffler in 2007 and again with Busch in 2008. In addition, Busch picked up his 38th career Nationwide Series victory -- including 27 wins behind the wheel of a Camry.

“The race car was good too,” added Busch. “I can’t thank Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) and Brad (Coleman, practice driver) enough and the rest of the guys that worked so hard today in the heat and sweated their behinds off.  It was a fun night.  I knew we had a really good car.  That thing was fast and it felt like 2008 all over again.  We almost led all the laps.  It was cool to see Toyotas up front with myself and Trevor Bayne.  Real proud of the effort tonight by the guys and I’m glad we were able to win another one.”

Trevor Bayne (fourth) and Reed Sorenson (fifth) also finished in the top-five for Toyota. Bayne started from the pole in the Diamond-Waltrip Racing No. 99 Out! Pet Care Camry and led twice for a total of 55 laps. It marked the second straight week that the 19-year-old has sat on the pole -- also starting from the front of the field at last week’s race at Gateway International Raceway. Bayne also started from the pole at ORP last year -- his first career series pole position.

Other Toyota drivers in the field at the 0.686-mile Indiana oval included Brendan Gaughan (sixth), Steve Wallace (10th), Brian Scott (17th), Michael Annett (19th), Jason Leffler (30th), Matt DiBenedetto (31st) and Derrick Griffin (36th).

Busch -- who has only run 16 of 20 events in 2010 -- sits fourth in the unofficial NNS point standings following ORP. Wallace (seventh), Gaughan (eighth), Bayne (ninth), Leffler (10th), Sorenson (11th), Joey Logano (12th), Scott (13th) and Annett (14th) are also in the top-15 in points with 15 races left on the schedule.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to action at Iowa Speedway, July 31.

Toyota NNS Driver Finishing Positions at O’Reilly Raceway Park
1st, KYLE BUSCH
4th, TREVOR BAYNE
5th, REED SORENSON
6th, BRENDAN GAUGHAN
10th, STEVE WALLACE
17th, BRIAN SCOTT
19th, MICHAEL ANNETT
30th, JASON LEFFLER
31st, MATT DIBENEDETTO
36th, DERRICK GRIFFIN

Toyota Drivers in NNS Point Standings -- following O’Reilly Raceway Park**
4th, KYLE BUSCH 2,681 points
7th, STEVE WALLACE 2,338 points
8th, BRENDAN GAUGHAN 2,277 points
9th, TREVOR BAYNE 2,205 points
10th, JASON LEFFLER 2,161 points
11th, REED SORENSON 2,112 points
12th, JOEY LOGANO 2,108 points
13th, BRIAN SCOTT 2,103 points
14th, MICHAEL ANNETT 2,079 points