Kyle Busch desperately wanted the 100th victory for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team, and on the final lap of Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 150 at Pocono Raceway, he showed just how badly he wanted it.
Battling with Corey Heim, who had held the lead for 27 laps, Busch sliced his No. 51 Chevrolet Silverado to the inside of Heim heading into the troublesome tunnel turn.
Somehow, Busch was able to make the move stick, and he scooted past Heim for the lead, and the win. Here is a video of the incredible race-winning move by Busch:
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. @KyleBusch had the will to get the 100th win for @KBMteam, and in the last lap of Saturday’s @NASCAR_Trucks race, he found a way around @CoreyHeim_ for the win. pic.twitter.com/kTRguyBT3t
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) July 22, 2023
Busch led just seven laps in the 60-lap NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event, but one of those seven was the most important lap of the day, the last one.
“This Silverado today was really fast, just mired in traffic,” Busch said of his day. “Couldn’t find a way to make a clean move, so had to make a little bit of a racy one, a little bit of a dicey one getting into [Turn] 2. Heim ran a great race, but we needed this 100th win to get it over with.”
Heim said from inside the truck, he felt the move was a little over aggressive, but once he saw a replay, he felt that the move was the exact move he would have made in Busch’s shoes.
