When the field takes the green flag for Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery 200, Kyle Busch will be looking to cash in on his fifth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (CMS). In seven career Truck Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Busch has visited victory lane a track record four times, including in the 2005 event when he picked up his first of 30 career wins in NASCAR’s third division.
The Las Vegas native enters Friday night’s 134-lap event with wins in his last two Truck Series starts at Charlotte. In 2011, he spun near the halfway mark of the race and then rallied for an emotional victory as he was paying remembrance to Zahra Baker – a 10-year-old Hickory, N.C. girl who was found slain in 2010 shortly after meeting two of Kyle Busch Motorsports young drivers at a Speedway Children’s Charities event held at CMS. After Busch collected the checkered flag, he immediately walked to Bakers picture on the side of his truck and was “kissed by an angel.” In 2010, the Toyota Racing driver led a race-high 69 laps en route to the second victory for his newly established Truck Series program.
Unlike winners of the N.C. Education Lottery, NASCAR’s loop data shows that the driver of the No. 51 ToyotaCare Tundra hasn’t lucked into his wins at CMS. Busch leads all drivers over the last eight Truck Series events at the venue in almost every single loop data category, including the most telling ones: Driver Rating (129.2), Average Finish (3.6), Laps Led (335), Fastest Laps Run (205) and Green Flag Speed (174.556 mph).
If you’re looking to make millions of dollars, you can support Friday night’s race sponsor and take a one in 175,711,356 chance at winning the North Carolina Mega Millions jackpot. If you’re looking to win a friendly bet, or you happen to be in Busch’s hometown and in search of a safe bet, history says that Kyle Busch’s odds of winning Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery are four in seven.
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