May 15, 2026 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Busch Cruises to Convincing NASCAR Truck Win at Dover

DOVER, Del.—Kyle Busch did what Kyle Busch does best in a truck at Dover Motor Speedway. Win.

Busch claimed his record fifth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series trophy and 13th overall at the famous concrete one-miler, dominating Friday’s ECOSAVE 200 leading 147 of the 200 laps in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet and sweeping both stage victories en route to a 3.039-second victory over former series champ, ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski.

After a well-deserved, deep bow to the crowd at the finish line, a grateful Busch spoke of his fondness for the high-banked track where he will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series’ annual All-Star Race on Sunday. It marked his series best 69th career win – and second in four starts this season.

“You never know when the last one is,” Busch said of savoring the victory. “I know all too well unfortunately with the Cup stuff, but here with the Truck stuff now, it’s awesome to be part of Spire Motorsports.

“I’m sure it looked great out front, leading the race,” and, he added with a grin. “It wasn’t just Kyle Larson doing it. Feels good to have another Kyle able to do it and put ourselves in Victory Lane. Love coming to Dover, always one of my favorite places to race.

“Definitely some managing of the fuel there, managing the tires there. It was an interesting strategic battle I guess from the driver’s seat. Thanks to the fans and all the people for being here.”

“All in all, takes a lot of great people behind you and with you,” he added of the Spire Motorsports team. “It’s fun and want to keep doing it.”

The only other driver to truly challenge Busch in the series’ return to Dover after a six-year break was fellow NASCAR Cup Series regular, Ross Chastain, who led 49 laps but had to pit late in the race for fuel after a spirited side-by-side battle with Busch midway through the event.

Majeski did his best to keep Busch honest in earning his runner-up finish – which equaled his previous top effort of the season. Front Row Motorsports’ Layne Riggs finished third. Last week’s winner, TRICON Garage’s Kaden Honeycutt, finished fourth in the No. 11 Toyota after an impressive rally from an early-race pit stop penalty. NASCAR Cup Series driver, Christopher Bell rounded out the top-five.

With his work Friday, Honeycutt now holds a 38-point advantage on Riggs atop the championship standings. Chandler Smith is third, 39 points back.

Brandon Jones, Christian Eckes, Corey LaJoie, Jake Garcia and Justin Haley rounded out the top-10. Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer, who works fulltime in the FOX Sports NASCAR booth calling NASCAR Cup Series races made a spot start for Kaulig Racing’s RAM truck program, finishing 29th after a tire problem in the closing laps.

“I had a ton of fun,” Bowyer said. “This is a cool race track, a demanding race track and neat to see Kyle Busch in Victory Lane, NASCAR needs that and it gives him so much confidence moving into tomorrow’s event and Sunday.

“Proud of being a part of this, and who knows maybe I be a part of it again.”

The race was also significant in having three women drivers in the field – equaling a high mark last set in 2021.

Although she spun out 37 laps into the race, Dystany Spurlock became the first black woman to ever start a NASCAR national series race and although she spun and took a 36th-place finish, she was also encouraged by her debut.

“Today is a great day,” Spurlock said. “We did make history which is phenomenal. Of course I wanted to finish the race, but this is racing and things like this happen. Just going to get ready for the next race.”

Toni Breidinger finished 25th and Natalie Decker was 34th.

The Truck Series returns to action next Friday with the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The 2025 series champion Corey Heim is the defending race winner.


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the ECOSAVE 200 - Friday, May 15, 2026
Dover Motor Speedway - Dover, DE - 1. - Mile Concrete

Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 200. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/15/2026 @ 07:27 PM Eastern

                                                    Stage 1    Stage 2  
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts  Pos           Pos Status Tms Laps

1 1 7 Kyle Busch(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 1 1 0 Running 3 147
2 2 88 Ty Majeski Zevo/Menards Ford 200 2 3 52 Running
3 11 34 Layne Riggs Love's Travel Stops Ford 200 9 7 40 Running
4 4 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 200 9 35 Running 1 1
5 5 62 Christopher Bell(i) Halmar Infrastructure Development Toyota 200 8 5 0 Running
6 6 1 Brandon Jones(i) Spectracide Toyota 200 8 0 Running
7 27 91 Christian Eckes Cloyes/Rotomaster Chevrolet 200 30 Running
8 28 10 Corey LaJoie Mopar RAM 200 29 Running
9 7 98 Jake Garcia Quanta/Curb Records Ford 200 7 32 Running
10 26 16 Justin Haley Declaration of Deals Sales Event RAM 200 27 Running
11 13 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 200 26 Running
12 14 38 Chandler Smith The Pete Store Ford 200 25 Running
13 17 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins RAM 200 24 Running
14 23 5 William Sawalich(i) Starkey Toyota 199 0 Running
15 19 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 199 10 10 24 Running
16 21 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 199 21 Running
17 29 81 Kris Wright F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 199 20 Running
18 8 45 Ross Chastain(i) Delaware Office of Highway Safety Chevrolet 199 4 2 0 Running 1 49
19 12 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford 198 18 Running
20 3 17 Giovanni Ruggiero First Auto Group Toyota 197 6 4 29 Running
21 20 42 Parker Eatmon Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 197 16 Running
22 35 76 Spencer Boyd Tohatsu Chevrolet 196 15 Running
23 24 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 196 14 Running
24 31 33 Frankie Muniz Nico's Bagels & Brunch Ford 195 13 Running
25 30 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 195 12 Running
26 32 27 Toni Breidinger COACH Chevrolet 194 11 Running
27 16 14 Mini Tyrrell # Ram's Race for the Seat RAM 194 10 Running
28 9 44 Andres Perez De Lara Precision de Mexico Chevrolet 189 9 Running
29 22 25 Clint Bowyer Ram Trucks RAM 181 8 Hub
30 10 19 Daniel Hemric CRC Brakleen Chevrolet 177 7 Running
31 18 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 167 5 6 0 Suspension
32 25 2 Luke Baldwin Mohawk Northeast Inc Ford 116 5 Accident
33 15 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 84 3 12 Accident 1 3
34 33 22 Natalie Decker Nico's Bagels & Brunch Ford 81 3 Too Slow
35 36 93 Caleb Costner Piedmont Outfiters/Realtree Chevrolet 53 2 Vibration
36 34 69 Dystany Spurlock Foxxtecca Ford 36 1 Accident

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 50 Mins, 59 Secs. Average Speed: 108.124 MPH Margin of Victory: 3.039 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 88, 13, 45, 77, 17, 98, 62, 34, 9
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 45, 88, 17, 62, 77, 34, 1, 11, 9

Race Comments: Kyle Busch has won the ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway, his 69th victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: No. 52 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 5 for 28 laps; Laps: 41-44 (#69 Incident Backstretch [2]); 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [81]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [10]); 119-124 (#2 Incident Turn 4 [81]); 130-133 (#14 Incident Frontstretch [77]).

Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers; K. Busch(i) 1-40; K. Honeycutt 41; C. Butcher # 42-44; K. Busch(i) 45-93; R. Chastain(i) 94-142; K. Busch(i) 143-200.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: May 22, 2026 - Charlotte Motor Speedway

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CURRENT NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS

UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL

1. Kaden Honeycutt 11 9 0 347 0 0 1 1
2. Layne Riggs 34 9 1 309 -38 38 1 1
3. Chandler Smith 38 9 -1 308 -39 1 1 1
4. Giovanni Ruggiero 17 9 0 286 -61 22 0 0
5. Ty Majeski 88 9 2 277 -70 9 0 0
6. Christian Eckes 91 9 -1 271 -76 6 0 2
7. Ben Rhodes 99 9 -1 246 -101 25 0 3
8. Jake Garcia 98 9 4 213 -134 33 0 0
9. Stewart Friesen 52 9 2 208 -139 5 0 1
10. Tyler Ankrum 18 9 -1 206 -141 2 0 0

11. Corey Heim 4 -3 204 -143 2 2 3
12. Daniel Hemric 19 9 -2 196 -151 8 0 1
13. Brenden Queen # 12 9 0 196 -151 0 0 0
14. Justin Haley 16 9 0 195 -152 1 0 0
15. Andres Perez De Lara 44 9 0 166 -181 29 0 0
16. Tanner Gray 15 9 0 166 -181 0 0 0
17. Grant Enfinger 9 9 0 164 -183 2 0 0
18. Dawson Sutton 26 9 0 149 -198 15 0 0
19. Mini Tyrrell # 14 9 0 138 -209 11 0 0
20. Cole Butcher # 13 9 0 120 -227 18 0 0