SONOMA, Calif. — Though Kyle Busch is the winningest driver in NASCAR Truck Collection historical past, he was right down to his closing probability to increase his decade-long streak of annual victories on the circuit.

To utterly no person’s shock, Busch ended up elevating a celebratory glass in wine nation.

Busch emphatically held on to his lead after a late restart to assert his first Truck Collection victory of the season Saturday evening within the circuit’s long-awaited return to Sonoma Raceway.

Busch roared away from teammate Chandler Smith, aggressive Zane Smith and the remainder of the sector to win a two-lap sprint to the end after a pink flag. The Cup Collection veteran led 45 of the 75 laps and persevered by means of three late cautions so as to add his 62nd victory to the largest whole in Truck Collection historical past.

Busch has received a vans race each season since 2012, and he lastly secured his solely victory of 2022 in his final alternative after 4 earlier begins. Cup Collection drivers are restricted to 5 vans races per season.

“Feels good to get that win,” Busch stated. “Vehicles have not been right here in a protracted, very long time, so I wished to do it only for the historical past and the nostalgia of the Truck Collection in California, it being born in Bakersfield and simply at all times racing right here [at Sonoma]. … I like that facet of it.”

Busch was the predictable star of the race at Sonoma, which hadn’t hosted a vans race in 24 years. The rolling highway course in Northern California beforehand hosted the circuit from 1995 to ’98, and Busch added this win to his two Cup Collection victories on the identical observe.

The victory was additionally the second straight for the No. 51 Toyota: Corey Heim received in the identical truck at Gateway final week. Busch is the ninth winner in 12 Truck Collection races throughout this aggressive season.

Zane Smith held off Ty Majeski for second place, whereas Cup Collection driver Ross Chastain was fourth. Chandler Smith got here in fifth.

“Man, I hate ending second, particularly to him,” Zane Smith stated. “That final lap was the quickest lap of the race for me. I simply want I used to be somewhat nearer so I might have had a shot at him.”

Busch rolled again into the lead with 11 laps to go, and he stayed out in entrance even after Josh Bilicki hit the wall in Flip 1 arduous sufficient to maneuver the barrier with 4 laps left, forcing a pink flag whereas crews reset it. Stewart Friesen’s truck additionally caught on fireplace through the multitruck incident, which began when Bilicki and Friesen made contact on the entrance stretch.

In traditional Rowdy vogue, Busch mirrored on his decade-long streak of vans victories by lamenting the truth that the streak is not longer.

“I look again on the missed yr of 2012, the place I did not get a win,” Busch stated. “I feel we completed second like six instances that yr or one thing silly. That was irritating. That is extra bitter than this one [potentially] not successful, however it’s good to have the ability to rating a win.”

The winners of Sonoma’s earlier 4 Vehicles races from the Nineteen Nineties — Ron Hornaday Jr., Dave Rezendes, Joe Ruttman and Boris Stated — all attended the race to mark the circuit’s return.