Kyle Busch cruises to fourth truck victory of season

JOLIET, Ill. -- Kyle Busch held off Todd Bodine on a restart with seven laps to go, then cruised to a victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday night.

It was the second truck victory in two weeks for Busch, who also won at Bristol Motor Speedway last week. With Friday's win, the Sprint Cup regular has four truck victories this season and 13 in his career.

Busch previously won at Chicagoland in NASCAR's top two series, sweeping the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series races there last season.

Bodine finished second, giving Toyota the top two spots.

They were followed by Ford drivers Colin Braun and Rick Crawford, with Johnny Sauter finishing fifth in a Chevrolet.

It was a disappointing night for the series' top two championship contenders -- Ron Hornaday Jr. and Matt Crafton. Both drivers spent much of the race a lap behind the leaders, with Hornaday making up his lap in the late stages to finish 11th and Crafton finishing a lap down in 14th.

Hornaday entered the race with a 211-point lead over Crafton in the standings.

Busch credited his crew for good pit strategy, taking fresh tires early in the race.

"We made it look like we knew what we were doing," Busch said in a TV interview.

Asked if there was anything else he could do to run down Busch in the late stages, Bodine said "not really."

Busch dominated most of the race but was shuffled back on a late round of pit stops.