Autos roundup: Kyle Busch turns back Logano

Kyle Busch turns back Logano Hornaday dominates for second straight week in truck series

LOUDON, N.H. - Kyle Busch finally figured out a way to win again in NASCAR's Nationwide Series.

After two straight frustrating runner-up finishes in the second tier series, Busch passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano near the end of the Camping World 200 yesterday and held off the precocious 19-year-old to earn the victory at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Logano, who started from the pole and led 108 of the 200 laps, beat Busch out of the pits by the length of a hood on the final pit stop by the two leaders. But, this time, Busch was able to stay with the leader and eventually drive past him with 36 laps left.

"We just kept adjusting on our car all day," Busch said. "Normally, when we're out front, we don't adjust on it. Today we didn't have the winning car, we made the winning car.

"[Crew chief] Jason [Ratcliff] and myself, we talked this past week about what we need in order to get better, in order to take this team to victory lane instead of finishing second week in and week out. This is a good step in the right direction."

Logano said the handling on his car changed too much during the final run and it slowed him up enough for Busch to move ahead.

"We had a pretty good car today," the teenager said. "Just not good enough. It's not like he beat us by a lot. [We were] just too tight at the end. The car just changed too much during the run."

Busch, 24, picked up his fifth Nationwide win of the year and 26th of his career. Busch, who also is a star in Sprint Cup and the Camping World Truck Series, has 52 NASCAR wins.

TRUCK Hornaday rolls to win

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Ron Hornaday dominated his second race consecutive race and won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Memphis Motorsports Park.

Hornaday, who won last week at Milwaukee by leading 180 of 200 laps, had a similar performance in the MemphisTravel.com 200 last night.

He started on the pole after a qualifying lap of 117.7 mph and led 176 of 200 laps on the three-quarter-mile oval.

A caution with five laps to go, caused when Dennis Setzer and Tayler Malsam collided, cut Hornaday's commanding lead with a restart and a green-white-checker finish.

Brian Scott, who was running second, stayed with Hornaday through much of the first extra period lap, but Hornaday pulled away on the final sweep. SHORT TRACK Dodson wins 75-lap feature at Southside

Late Model points leader Chris Dodson held off Chris Hopkins to take the checkered flag in the 75-lap feature Friday night at Southside Speedway.

Other winners were Chris Johnson (Modifed 50), James Loving (first Street Stock Twin 30), Justin Dunkum (second Street Stock Twin 30) and Brad Davis (Champ Kart 20).

The track will be closed for the Fourth of July weekend, and racing will resume July 10 with Late Model, Grand Stock, U-Car and Champ Kart events.

Late Model 75 (top 10): 1, Chris Dodson; 2, Chris Hopkins; 3, Shayne Lockhart; 4, Jeff Oakley; 5, Shannon Marano; 6, Greg Fernandez; 7, Brad Davis; 8, Roy Hendrick; 9, Andy Kemp; 10, Brandon Hendrick.

Modified 50 (top five): 1 , Chris Johnson; 2, Thomas Stinson; 3, Billy Morris; 4, Michael Johnson; 5, Mike Rudy.

Street Stock Twin 30 (top five, 1st race): 1, James Loving; 2, Justin Dunkum; 3, Ricky Stotler; 4, Gary Turner; 5, Paul Clemons.

Street Stock Twin 30 (top five, 2nd race): 1, Justin Dunkum; 2, Gary Turner; 3, Brian Smith; 4, Jim Loving; 5, Mike Sutphin.

Champ Kart 20 (top five): 1, Brad Davis; 2, Stanley Holmes; 3, Tommy Chambers; 4, Wesley Givens; 5, Stan Holmes.