FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch led 150 of 200 laps at Texas on Friday night to win for the fourth time in five NASCAR Xfinity starts this season.
Busch was the polesitter and led four times, including the last 81 laps, for his Xfinity-record 80th victory. It was his eighth win at the high-banked, 1 1/2-mile track in the Lone Star State.
Just like the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates started the race, Busch and Erik Jones were 1-2 in their Toyotas at the checkered flag. Jones finished 3.055 seconds back, with Brad Keselowski third and Chase Elliott fourth.
Busch was coming off a sweep of the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series races at Martinsville last weekend. That gives him a win in each of NASCAR's three top series over a seven-day period, and he has now won 25 percent of his 316 starts in the Xfinity Series.
Daniel Suarez, another JGR driver, held onto the series points lead despite finishing 16th. His 10-point lead over Elliott Sadler, who finished seventh, was trimmed to one point as the series returned to the track after a two-week break.
Busch has led 75 percent of the laps run (776 of 1,033) in the Xfinity Series this season, and that is even without him running the 120-lap opener at Daytona. He has led at least 119 laps in all five of his starts this season.
When he finished as the runner-up at California in the last race, he led 133 of 150 laps. He was about 2 miles from another win before a flat tire and still finished second to Austin Dillon.
Jones was leading when he came to pit road on lap 80 Friday night during a caution brought out after Suarez spun in Turn 4.
Busch led Jones off pit road, but Jones was dropped from second to 18th before the restart after a penalty for one of his crew members coming over the wall too quickly when he pulled up to his stall.
Kyle Larson took the lead off that restart, and stayed in front for 38 laps before Busch went low on the track for a pass — and he and Larson went on opposite sides of another car through Turn 4.
Jones led twice for 12 laps while that stretch was Larson's only in the lead before Busch took over for good.
Brandon Jones finished ninth in the No. 33 Chevrolet sponsored by the Texas Rangers. Jones threw out a ceremonial first pitch this week at one of the baseball team's games about 30 miles from the track.