BUSCH: First win for Toyota.
Jason Leffler gave Toyota its first NASCAR Busch Series win on Saturday night at the Indianapolis Raceway Park as the Busch Series regulars inflicted a rare defeat on the visiting Cup drivers.
Leffler's historic triumph came in Saturday's Kroger 200 at the six-tenths of a mile O'Reilly (Indianapolis) Raceway Park and was made even sweeter by the fact that he had to out-duel and beat half a dozen 'Busch-wackers' before he could make it to victory lane.
Jason Leffler gave Toyota its first NASCAR Busch Series win on Saturday night at the Indianapolis Raceway Park as the Busch Series regulars inflicted a rare defeat on the visiting Cup drivers.
Leffler's historic triumph came in Saturday's Kroger 200 at the six-tenths of a mile O'Reilly (Indianapolis) Raceway Park and was made even sweeter by the fact that he had to out-duel and beat half a dozen 'Busch-wackers' before he could make it to victory lane.
Leffler passed Greg Biffle inside the final ten laps after a late restart to score a rare win for Braun Racing, which has been one of the leading non-Cup teams for several years.
Biffle claimed second with fellow Cup regulars David Reutimann and championship leader Carl Edwards third and fourth. Reutimann skimmed a couple of points off Edwards' overall lead but is still more than 850 markers in arrears with Leffler now in third and the only other driver within 1000 points of Edwards.
Veteran Ron Hornaday survived a nasty pit road incident in which one of his crew members broke his nose to finish fifth with Aric Almirola, Scott Wimmer, Kevin Hamlin, Mike Bliss and Brad Keselowski completing the top ten.
Australian Marcos Ambrose finished 32nd after losing more than 25 laps with driveline issues.
