By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(October 30, 2010)

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Kyle Busch surged past Aric Almirola a fraction of a second before the two drivers reached the finish line to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The victory was Busch’s sixth in 13 starts in the series this year, his second at Talladega and the 22nd of his career. Johnny Sauter ran third, followed by Matt Crafton and Ricky Carmichael.

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Busch’s margin of victory of .002 seconds tied Ricky Craven’s Cup win over Kurt Busch, Kyle’s brother, at Darlington in 2003 for the closest finish in any of NASCAR’s top three series since the introduction of electronic timing and scoring in 1993.

Chris Fontaine held the lead when Norm Benning’s No. 57 stalled on the track to cause the fourth caution of the race on Lap 86. Fontaine restarted at the front of the field on Lap 89 with Busch beside him. Busch surged into the lead moments later, only to be passed from the outside on Lap 90 by Almirola and Sauter.

Almirola was out front a lap later when Grant Enfinger turned series leader Todd Bodine and ignited a wild wreck that ended with polesitter Ron Hornaday Jr.’s No. 33 Chevrolet sliding through the tri-oval on its roof.

The accident ended an adventurous day for Bodine, who saw his points lead over Almirola trimmed to 216 points with three races left in the season.