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UPDATE at 1:20 a.m. ET: Kyle Busch failed post-race technical inspection due to an underweight car

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Two days after snapping the longest winless streak of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career at Pocono Raceway, Kyle Busch broke an equally notable Super Late Model streak with a win in the Dixieland 250 on Tuesday night at the Wisconsin International Raceway.

Busch was dominant and led 137 laps en route to his first Super Late Model victory since 2014 for the CRA portion of the Kalamazoo Klash.

Busch controlled this event from the moment he walked through the gates, placing his Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 on the pole. An invert forced him to start eighth but he captured the lead by Lap 96. He only lost it due to pitting on a different cycle.

He regained the point on Lap 144 and held it through the end.

There was a caution with seven laps to go, that allowed Casey Johnson to make up a 1.2 second gap, but ARCA Midwest Tour rules state that all restarts are single-file with less than 10 laps to go. Busch won the race under caution when a crash took place after he took the white flag

“Yeah, it was a great race, I thought,” Busch said in Victory Lane over the public address system. “These guys in the Midwest are tough. (Johnson) was coming and had fresher tires late and it was almost the right call.”

Johnson had pit on Lap 190, while Busch took his tires at the Lap 125 halfway break.

But still second made for a pretty good day considering that Johnson wasn’t even supposed to run the race. He was a late substitute for Rich Schumann Jr., whom missed the race due to work obligations back home in Wisconsin.

“This was a last minute deal,” Johnson said. “Rich couldn’t drive his hot rod so to get the call and bring it home second was pretty cool.”

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Two-time and defending Midwest Tour champion Ty Majeski finished third and extended his championship lead over Paul Schafer Jr. due to his fourth-place result.

He too was pleased given the state of his car and strategy.

“Obviously we didn’t have the car we wanted tonight, and really struggled with it,” Majeski said. “We obviously struggled so third was pretty good considering what we had. We were a 7th-to-10th place car.

It was a good points day so congrats to Kyle Busch. It’s cool to race with him and Casey tonight. Overall, we just need to see where we’re missing it.”

As for Busch, he’s had similarly excellent cars over the past three years but just hasn’t been able to seak the deal or had something derail those efforts until Tuesday night.

Busch had fast cars in the Money in the Bank 150, Easter Bunny 150 and Speedfest 2016 but fell out due to attrition or parts failure. There’s also been a lot of crew chief turnover during that time with both Bond Suss and Steve Strasburg leaving the program. He was also injured for most of 2015 before his dramatic championship run in the NASCAR Cup Series.

So the win was significant for Busch, whom has regained momentum as both a Cup driver and a short tracker within a span of two days.

“I certainly enjoy running this series,” Busch said. “It’s a long way to go from North Carolina for a race, but hey I enjoy it. It’s my way to give back. These midweek races give me a chance to come out… My hats off to this team and what they’re doing right now.”

The complete results can be found below.

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Casey Johnson
  3. Ty Majeski
  4. Paul Shafer Jr
  5. Jeff VanOudenhoven
  6. Chris Weinkauf
  7. Cardell Potter
  8. Dalton Zehr
  9. Bobby Kendall
  10. Jason Weinkauf
  11. Travis Sauter
  12. Austin Nason
  13. Dan Fredrickson
  14. Dennis Prunty
  15. Matt Kocourek
  16. Travis Braden
  17. Jacob Goede
  18. Cory Kemkes
  19. John DeAngelis Jr
  20. Brandon Reichenberger
  21. Jonathan Elien
  22. Travis Dassow
  23. Braison Bennett
  24. Ricky Baker
  25. Nick Murgic
  26. Michael Ostidek
  27. Kyle Calmes
  28. Andrew Morrisey
  29. Derek Kraus
  30. Justin Mondeik

Note: Short Track Scene was not at this event but watched online via the Speed 51 Pay-Per-View broadcast

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Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.

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