Busch wins Nationwide race at Dover International Speedway, sets record for wins in a season

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Dover

DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch has set a single-season record for wins in the Nationwide Series, taking the checkered flag for the 11th time in only 23 races on Saturday at Dover International Speedway.

Busch held the record with Sam Ard with 10 wins. Busch set his mark in 2008 and Ard won 10 in NASCAR’s second-tier series in 1983.

Busch is closing in on Mark Martin’s career Nationwide mark of 48 wins. Busch is in second at 41.

He received a big ovation after the race and waved his index finger out the window.

Joey Logano was second and Carl Edwards third.