Move over, Mark Martin; Kyle Busch claims record-setting Nationwide win

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kyle Busch edged teammate Joey Logano at the Bristol Motor Speedway finish line Friday to become the driver with the most all-time wins in the Nationwide Series.

The victory was the 50th of Busch's career in NASCAR's second-tier series and broke a tie the 26-year-old Las Vegan had with Mark Martin.

"It's awesome," Busch said in Victory Lane. "Just phenomenal to come at one of my favorite places and one of the team's favorite places."

It was fitting for Busch to break the mark at Bristol, where he has been practically unbeatable lately. The win was his 12th at Bristol spanning all three NASCAR national series, and he became the first driver to win three consecutive Nationwide races on the Tennessee bullring.

Busch, who has 102 total wins in NASCAR's top three divisions, will try to win his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol tonight. Busch is the Cup points leader, and his victory Sunday at Michigan was his series-best fourth of the season.

"Well, we all hate him by now," third-place finisher Clint Bowyer said jokingly, "but he's really good. To win that many races at this young of age is really remarkable. He's one of the best drivers this sport has ever seen, and he's going to win a lot of races, unfortunately."

To get the Nationwide record, though, he had to hold off a strong challenge from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Busch and Logano drove door-to-door for the final two laps, and Logano briefly surged ahead before Busch beat him by a nose to the checkered flag.

The 0.019-second margin of victory was the closest in series history at Bristol and left Logano frustrated.

"I did everything besides wrecking him. I wish I was in Victory Lane now instead of sitting here in second by like three inches," Logano said. "I knew I was really going to have one shot at it. I got underneath him, door-to-door, I ran him up the race track, we bounced the doors a couple of times, and looking at the replays, I needed to bounce the door just one more time."

Bowyer finished third. He said he had been sitting back waiting for Busch and Logano to make a mistake.

Carl Edwards finished fourth and Aric Almirola fifth.