Filed under: Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, NASCAR Fights, Nationwide Series, NASCAR

Kyle Busch dominated the Food City 250 Nationwide race at Bristol Friday night, surviving a tangle with Brad Keselowski and spinning him out in retaliation before going on to a victory by about 10 car lengths over Jason Leffler.

It was Busch's 10th victory of the season in 20 starts, tying a Nationwide record set by himself in 2008 and also by Sam Ard.

And judging from the boos of the crowd, it was one of the least popular wins of his love-to-be-hated career.

After winning the truck race here, Busch now has a chance to sweep all three Bristol races if he can win the Sprint Cup event Saturday night.

Behind Busch and Leffler, Elliott Sadler finished third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards.

With about 40 laps to go in the 250-lap race, Busch caught up with Keselowski, who had taken the lead somewhat late in the race, and the two began battling side by side for the lead. Busch held the inside line and could get a nose ahead of Keselowski, but couldn't make it stick for several laps.

When he finally did get ahead, Keselowski hit the back of his car, nearly knocked Busch out of control and retook the lead.

 

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