Kyle Busch Wins 2009 O’Reilly 300

Kyle Busch, driver of the number 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota, won the NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.  This is his third victory in a row at TMS.  Busch dominated the race, leading a series record 178 laps, while becoming the first driver to win from the pole in 17 Nationwide series races at Texas.

Tony Stewart finished second.  It is his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Texas Motor Speedway.  Brad Keselowski finished third. Series leader Carl Edwards ran in the top-10 until he scraped the wall with four laps to go and had to make a pit stop. Edwards finished 18th, with his series lead decreasing to just 38 points over Busch.