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Over the past two months Kyle Busch has been the hottest driver in the Sprint Cup series.

Busch isn't too bad in the Camping World Truck Series, either.

The driver of the No. 51 Dollar General Toyota took home his second checkered flag in as many starts following Saturday's Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway. The win is Busch's 44th career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series but his first in a truck at Michigan.

Busch, who overcame a pit road speeding penalty early in the race to lead 44 laps, was the beneficiary of a push from his KBM teammate Erik Jones on the race's final restart with six laps to go. 

Busch admitted the penalty put him in a precarious situation.

"We were trying something new today with our tach settings and that just didn't quite work," Busch said. "We got busted early but no big deal. We just lined back up and was able to restart and come back through. That part of the race was actually pretty hairy for us because we were really loose, super loose getting into the corners. I was barely hanging on there a few times. Thankfully these trucks tend to put on a good show, you can draft back up on guys and use the bottom, use the top and work around a little bit. 

"Our truck was really good on the long runs when everything would single file out a little bit we were really good. The Dollar General Tundra was fast and had good feel and speed on long runs."

Ryan Blaney, who will also compete in Sunday's Sprint Cup race, took home a second place finish. It's the first time in Blaney's Truck series career in which he's notched a top ten finish at Michigan.

Blaney knew the KBM teammates being lined up together was going to be the deciding factor in the race's waning laps.

"When we got the lead, I knew it was going to be hard to keep them behind us," Blaney said. "He (Kyle Busch) could lay back to the No. 4 (Erik Jones), get a run and get by you. There's nothing, as a leader, you can do about it. You're wide open. You can break the draft all you want but when he's got a partner, it's just like speedway racing he can go by you.

"When we got to second, I knew there was a slim to none chance for us to win just because he's not going to push us by his boss. He's not going to do that. It was going to be kind of tough to do but that's the way it is here at Michigan. That's what makes it so exciting."

Erik Jones led 16 laps during the race but only managed a third place finish following the race's final restart. Jones notched his eighth top five finish of the 2015 season in his first start at the track closest to his hometown of Lansing, Michigan.

Jones admitted the race car was just a bit off during the race.

"We just missed it a little bit from yesterday to today," Jones said. "We were so free in practice and kind of worked on that to get it tighter and better in traffic. It turned out we went a little bit too far. Bad set of tires, whatever you want to call it, kind of threw us off and we just missed it. Just too tight all day and ended up having to really fight with the truck most of the day on the right adjustment."

Defending Michigan race winner Johnny Sauter piloted his No. 98 Nextant/Curb Records Toyota to a fourth place finish after leading 24 laps. 

Sprint Cup series regular and former Truck series champion Austin Dillon finished in fifth place followed by Matt Crafton, Daniel Hemric, Timothy Peters, Tyler Reddick and Cameron Hayley rounding out the top ten.

Tyler Reddick's lead in the NCWTS points standings is now at eight points over two time defending series champion Matt Crafton.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 13
Unofficial Race Results for the 16Th Annual Careers For Veterans 200 - 
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI - 2 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 100 Laps - 200 Miles - Purse: $602,661
Leader
Fin    Str    Trk    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Winnings    Status    Tms    Laps
1    10    51    Kyle Busch(i)    Dollar General Toyota    100    0        134.6    $43,447    Running    5    44
2    12    29    Ryan Blaney(i)    Cooper Standard Careers for Vets Ford    100    0        123.7    $36,614    Running    3    8
3    7    4    Erik Jones #    Toyota Toyota    100    42    1    115.9    $26,735    Running    2    16
4    9    98    Johnny Sauter    Nextant/Curb Records Toyota    100    41    1    120.2    $20,254    Running    1    24
5    3    33    Austin Dillon(i)    Rheem/Young Supply Company Chevrolet    100    0        111.1    $15,653    Running    3    4
6    1    88    Matt Crafton    Ideal Door/Menards Toyota    100    38        97.6    $19,792    Running        
7    2    14    Daniel Hemric #    California Clean Power Chevrolet    100    38    1    92.1    $16,325    Running    1    4
8    5    17    Timothy Peters    Red Horse Racing Toyota    100    36        97.8    $16,241    Running        
9    11    19    Tyler Reddick    Draw Tite Ford    100    35        93.0    $16,185    Running        
10    6    13    Cameron Hayley #    Carolina Nut/Cabinets by Hayley Toyota    100    34        84.8    $17,107    Running        
11    16    00    Alex Bowman(i)    Haas Automation Chevrolet    100    0        80.9    $13,852    Running        
12    17    8    John H. Nemechek #    Chevrolet    100    32        72.0    $15,934    Running        
13    23    74    Jordan Anderson    Tri-Analytics/Impact Race Products Chevrolet    100    31        59.8    $15,850    Running        
14    19    63    Garrett Smithley    SegPay/Mittler Bros Machine & Tool Chevrolet    100    30        64.1    $15,795    Running        
15    13    02    Tyler Young    Randco Industries/Young's Building Systems Chevrolet    100    29        66.5    $16,138    Running        
16    14    23    Spencer Gallagher #    Allegiant Travel Chevrolet    99    28        71.3    $15,711    Accident        
17    8    05    John Wes Townley    Zaxby's Chevrolet    99    27        79.6    $15,799    Running        
18    20    1    Travis Kvapil    Burnie Grill Chevrolet    98    26        59.3    $15,572    Running        
19    28    10    Jennifer Jo Cobb    Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet    98    25        50.5    $15,515    Running        
20    18    54    Cody Coughlin    JEGS Toyota    96    24        66.9    $15,988    Running        
21    15    30    Chad Finley    Auto Value Ford    96    23        54.3    $13,210    Running        
22    27    08    Korbin Forrister #    Trump for President Chevrolet    95    22        45.8    $15,404    Running        
23    30    94    Wendell Chavous #    Testoril Chevrolet    95    21        42.3    $15,376    Running        
24    22    15    Mason Mingus    Call 811 Before You Dig Chevrolet    87    20        46.1    $14,099    Accident        
25    4    11    Ben Kennedy    Local Motors Toyota    82    19        60.8    $14,220    Accident        
26    21    07    Ray Black Jr. #    ScubaLife.com Chevrolet    66    18        33.0    $13,042    Running        
27    31    6    Norm Benning    Chevrolet    40    17        32.7    $12,987    Rear Gear        
28    25    0    Caleb Roark    Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet    19    16        30.0    $12,747    Vibration        
29    32    50    Tyler Tanner    Shane Duncan Band Chevrolet    16    15        35.5    $12,692    Clutch        
30    26    45    BJ McLeod    Tilted Kilt Chevrolet    15    14        34.3    $12,192    Electrical        
31    29    40    Todd Peck    Arthritis Foundation/OSS Health Chevrolet    12    13        28.2    $10,692    Rear Gear        
32    24    36    Justin Jennings    Mittler Bros Machine & Tool/Ski Soda Chevrolet    6    12        24.2    $9,692    Handling        
 Race Comments:    Kyle Busch won the Careers for Veterans 200 Presented by The Cooper Standard Foundation & Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation, his 44th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, no trucks dropped to the rear of the field. 
 Failed to Qualify:    (1) 03 Timothy Viens.
 Time of Race:    01 Hrs, 33 Mins, 04 Secs.    Average Speed:    128.940 MPH    Margin of Victory:    0.157 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    6 for 26 laps: Laps: 2-4 (#07, 15 accident turn 4 [None]); 26-30 (#07 spin turn 3 [74]); 72-76 (Debris turn 2 [02]); 79-81 (Debris turn 2 [63]); 83-89 (#11, 15, 54 accident turn 4 [74]); 92-94 (Debris turn 4 [74]).
 Lead Changes:    15 among 6 drivers:  0; D. Hemric # 1-4; A. Dillon(i) 5-6; K. Busch(i) 7-26; A. Dillon(i) 27; E. Jones # 28-34; R. Blaney(i) 35; E. Jones # 36-44; J. Sauter 45-68; K. Busch(i) 69-76; R. Blaney(i) 77-81; K. Busch(i) 82-89; A. Dillon(i) 90; K. Busch(i) 91-94; R. Blaney(i) 95-96; K. Busch(i) 97-100.
Top 10 Driver Points:     (1) T. Reddick 514;(2) M. Crafton 506;(3) E. Jones # 505;(4) J. Sauter 461;(5) C. Hayley # 425;(6) D. Hemric # 420;(7) T. Peters 416;(8) J. Townley 414;(9) S. Gallagher # 394;(10) B. Kennedy 381.
Keystone Light Pole Award    : Matt Crafton, #88 184.502 mph    Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Joe Gibbs Racing Engines (JGE), #51 
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Kyle Busch, #51     Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Erik Jones, #4 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    Aug. 19, 2015 - Bristol Motor Speedway
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