Busch Wins 600, Claims Victory At Every Track

May 31, 2018 by Toyota

Camry driver Kyle Busch used a dominant performance to capture victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' longest race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday and set a new NASCAR record in the process.

NASCAR

Busch triumphed in the Coca-Cola 600 by leading 377 laps (of 400) and winning the race's first three stages en route to the checkered flag in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event on Sunday night. With his victory, Busch became the only driver to have won on each active NASCAR Cup Series track.

Busch started from the pole and led the field on four occasions before taking the checkered flag for one of the Cup Series' four 'crown jewel' events.

'This one's very special,' said Busch. 'The Coca-Cola 600, I've dreamt of this race since I was a kid and being able to win this race. It's a little boy's dreams come true and, man, I just want to say that I thank NASCAR, for one, for giving me a chance to come out here and have this opportunity to race for my dreams and to accomplish those things.

'I don't know if it's ever been done before, but the first one to check off all the tracks and get it all done,' said Busch of winning on his 23rd different track at the Cup level. 'I don't want to go to any new ones. That would just have to start the whole process over.'

Busch led a 1-2-3 finish for Toyota, as he was trailed to the checkers by Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, who led nine laps in the race.

The Cup Series points leader also set a pair of additional marks with his first-place finish – he became just the 10th driver in Cup Series history with more than 15,000 laps led and he has now paced 15,256 circuits in his Cup career, while also claiming his 100th pole position in a Toyota for the Cup race. Busch is the only Toyota driver to reach the century mark and he has claimed 28 poles in Cup competition, 53 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) and 19 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).

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In NXS action at Charlotte on Saturday afternoon, Christopher Bell had the top-finishing Toyota with a third-place result.

'I had better tires than race-winner Brad Keselowski and just didn't execute,' said Bell. 'I'm going to be curious to look at the restart there and see if – see what happened and why I couldn't get going. Bottom line, just didn't do a good job accelerating there and that's all she wrote.'

Bell currently sits second in the series point standings after seven finishes of fourth or better through 11 races in his Xfinity Series rookie campaign.

Busch finished eighth on the 1.5-mile track, while Brandon Jones was 15th.

ARCA

Jones captured an ARCA Racing Series victory to continue Toyota's season win streak at Charlotte on Friday night as Toyota drivers secured all of the top-five finishes in the event.

Jones led 32 laps (of 100) to give Toyota its sixth-straight ARCA triumph to start 2018 and also claimed the fifth ARCA win of his career.

The 21-year-old driver now has nine top-10 finishes across 14 starts in the NXS, NCWTS and ARCA in 2018. Jones currently ranks seventh in points in NXS, his full-time competition focus for the year.

While Jones took the checkered flag, four additional Toyota drivers filled out the top-five finishers – Riley Herbst (second place), Sheldon Creed (third), Todd Gilliland (fourth) and Zane Smith (fifth).

Smith continues to lead the ARCA point standings.

What's Next

Toyota Racing drivers will compete in six racing series in the upcoming week, including stock car, drag racing and drift action.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfiniy Series will visit Pennslyvania's Pocono Raceway on Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3. The Cup Series will compete on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. ET with live coverage on FS1, while the Xfinity Series competes on Saturday at 1:00p.m.. The ARCA Racing Series will accompany NASCAR at Pocono where driverswill compete on Friday, June 1 at 5:45 p.m. ET with live coverage on FS2.

In NASCAR regional series action, the the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will race at Memphis International Raceway on Saturday, June 2 with the action tape delayed for broadcast on NBCSN on Wednesday, June 6.

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes at Illinois' Route 66 Raceway from Friday to Sunday, June 1-3 with television coverage on FS1.

Formula DRIFT takes to New Jersey's Wall Stadium Speedway on Friday and Saturday, June 1-2 with coverage tape delayed for broadcast on CBS Sports Network.