| Kyle Busch led four times for 144 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in tonight’s Kroger 200. Busch has now led 19 times in 16 races for a total of 1,153 laps. In 36 career short track races he has led 23 times for 1,665 laps.
Busch won tonight’s race at O’Reilly Raceway Park, edging Carl Edwards by .198 seconds in a green-white-checkered finish. The victory was the eighth for Busch in 16 races this season and his 12th top-five. He claimed his seventh career short track win and his 38th victory in 189 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts.
DID YOU KNOW? Busch has led at least one lap in all 16 races that he has started this season. He has finished seventh or better (including FIVE victories) in his eight most recent Nationwide Series starts.
UNOFFICIALLY Busch leads the WIX Filters Lap Leader standings by seven races (10-3) over Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick.
UNOFFICIALLY Busch is fourth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, 10 points behind third-pace Justin Allgaier and 176 ahead of fifth-place Paul Menard.
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Kyle Busch 10
Joey Logano 3
Kevin Harvick 2
Tony Stewart 1
Denny Hamlin 1
Brad Coleman 1
Reed Sorenson 1
Trevor Bayne 1
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE
EVENT/DRIVER
DRIVE4COPD 300 Tony Stewart, 38 laps
Stater Bros. 300 Joey Logano, 130 laps
Sam’s Town 300 Kevin Harvick, 82 laps
Scotts Turf Builder 300 Kyle Busch, 59 laps
Nashville 300 Joey Logano, 122 laps
Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Kyle Busch, 126 laps
O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Kyle Busch, 153 laps
Aaron’s 312 Kevin Harvick, 51 laps
BUBBA Burger 250 Kyle Busch, 62 laps
Royal Purple 200 Denny Hamlin, 111 laps
Heluva Good! 200 Kyle Busch, 191 laps
TECH-NET Auto Service 300 Kyle Busch, 64 laps
Federated Auto Parts 300 Reed Sorenson, 15 laps
Meijer 300 Joey Logano, 106 laps
The Bucyrus 200 Brad Coleman, seven laps
New England 200 Kyle Busch, 126 laps
Subway Jalapeno 250 Kyle Busch, 19 laps
Dollar General 300 Kyle Busch, 110 laps
Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Trevor Bayne, 19 laps
Kroger 200 Kyle Busch, 144 laps
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