Finally, after seven starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Kyle Busch got to pay a visit to victory lane. Until Saturday’s O’Reilly 300, Busch had led 345 laps in the series and finished second behind his teammate Tony Stewart in the first two races. A run of bad luck seemed to follow him until Texas. That’s when everything fell into place for the young driver and he pulled off his first win of the season making his 12th career win.

After a restart on lap194 of 200, Busch widened the gap over the last seven laps and was 1.041 seconds ahead of 2nd place driver Jeff Burton. Nationwide points leader Clint Bowyer finished third, followed by Bobby Labonte and Jamie McMurray. The rest of the top 10 were Brian Vickers, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Ragan, Jason Leffler and Tony Stewart. Busch was the leader four times for 126 laps, including the final 43. He also made a track record with an average speed of 151.707. (Kevin Harvick held the previous record with a 145.710 in 2006.) Busch had a lead of almost four seconds when a spin by Kyle Krisiloff brought out the fourth and final caution on lap 190. Eleven of the lead lap cars pitted but Busch and Jeff Burton stayed out. Busch said that was a hard choice. "It was tough," he said. "I know four tires would be fast, but I didn’t know if I’d be able to get back through traffic."

Apparently he made the right choice. Some of the other drivers weren’t as fortunate. Harvick broke an axle on his first pit stop and lost 21 laps and Stewart lost a lap making an unscheduled pit stop after cutting a tire. Only fourteen cars finished on the lead lap. "This feels so good," Busch said after the race. "It’s great to give DLP their first NASCAR win and it’s great to bring Toyota to victory lane here. It’s so hard to win at this place. I want to thank my fans for sticking with me. We’ve been through some tough times in the Nationwide Series."