Sorry I’m late in writing this review. I got distracted on Tuesday and ended up writing my preview for this weekend when I meant to be writing my review for last weekend. Never done that before. Anyway.

Martin Truex Jr. started on the pole for the GoBowling.com 400, and it quickly became evident that he belonged out front. It took Truex just twenty laps to open up a 4 second lead over second place. That’s impressive.

The race had several early cautions, all of which were for debris. Briefly during a cycle of pit stops Kyle Busch took the lead, but he was quickly passed by Truex. To put it simply, Truex was in a league all his own on Saturday night.

So it seemed that the race was really for second. The interesting fact was that Kyle Busch held that position. Kyle and Kansas do not mix. Kyle has never won at Kansas, and it seemed unthinkable that he would be running second for most of the night. After all, this the place where he has an average finish well outside the top fifteen.

Well, he wouldn’t be second all night. Martin Truex Jr. has the worst luck of anyone in Nascar. No matter the track, if he dominates the race, he never wins. Something always goes wrong. Well, on lap 215, something happened. Truex was exiting pit road after a scheduled stop, when he felt a loose wheel on his car. Truex was forced to come back down pit road, and he lost the lead and a lap in the process.

This left the lead in the hands of Tony Stewart. Stewart had yet to pit, and was betting on a caution. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch was rapidly closing on Stewart. After leading 12 laps, Stewart was passed by Kyle, and he came to pit road on lap 233. Just as Stewart was exiting pit road, a caution flew. One might think this was bad for Tony, but it actually helped him. He was the lucky dog, which means he gets back on the lead lap. Unfortunately for Truex, he was a mere hundred feet behind Stewart. This meant Truex was still one lap down. Truex was frustrated, saying, “They threw that caution for Tony.” (It was actually because Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hit the wall).

Kyle Busch and teammate at Kenseth led the field to the green flag on the ensuing restart. Kyle and Matt hadn’t pitted during the caution, but the drivers behind them had. During the chaos that comes with a restart, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keslowski got loose while racing each other and spun. Brad was able to avoid collecting other cars, but Hamlin wasn’t so lucky. He spun up the track into Kyle Larson, and then was pounded in the door by Joey Logano. This ended Logano and Larson’s day, and it left Hamlin and Brad well behind. Truex was the free pass car, but he didn’t have enough time to rally. He finished 14th.

Kyle Busch once again led the field to green, and again Kenseth was beside him. However, Kenseth was quickly passed by Stewart-Hass teammates Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch. Harvick surged right Kyle’s back bumper, and began to try to pass him. But Kyle Busch is quite literally the most skilled driver in Nascar, and passing him isn’t easy. Lap after lap Harvick tried to get around Kyle, but he just couldn’t do it.

Kyle Busch won the race. It was Kyle’s third win of the year, his 37 career Cup Series win, and his first at Kansas. This year Kyle has won at two of the four tracks he’s never won at, and we have yet to go to his other two winless tracks (Pocono and Charlotte). Needless to say, Kyle Busch is on a roll.

By the way, Tony Stewart wound up 12th, a solid showing when you have a car that was vibrating all race long. Stewart is now just 59 points behind 30th place in the point standing, and should he get there and win a race, he will be in the Chase. That would be awesome. (Yes, I am a Stewart fan)