Proud Las Vegas native and Truck Series‘ most winningest driver, Kyle Busch, was riding the hype of his Atlanta triumph into Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200, eyeing a second win to back his Cup Series race on Sunday.

Standing between the 2-time Cup Series champion and the division’s most winningest driver was Thorsport Racing’s Ty Majeski who took early wins to deny the veteran a free pass despite Busch surviving a set of early setbacks.

Ty Majeski gets his first stage win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

However, one man stood between Busch and the finish line, denying him a free pass. Thorsport Racing sensation Ty Majeski, for the first time in his career, won a stage in LVMS, beating the 2-time Cup Series champion to the punch after a rather fierce battle. In fact, the #98 Ford trucker survived the challenge from Busch and his Spire Motorsports teammate, Rajah Caruth, to ace the first two stages of the race.

On the other hand, “Rowdy” Busch, who started the 134-lap feature at the rear at P31, stormed to the front despite the early setbacks and remained competitive throughout the race even after the splitter issue pulled the champion back to the middle.

Majeski, who looked like he was poised to lift the trophy on Friday, was quickly brought back to reality as things went awfully wrong in the later laps, with the driver’s stellar run ending in absolute disaster.

Pit road woes cost Majeski a Las Vegas win

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Racing is a matter of seconds. Each second you lose or gain can play a decisive role in a race, especially when you are racing professionally in a high-stakes promotion like NASCAR. After winning the first two stages of the race and leading 40 laps, Majeski’s wheel hopped when slowing down to pit road speed at pit entry. He knew immediately that he was caught for speeding, as he lost track of his rpm’s.

The incident came in Lap 101 when he entered pit road. Reflecting on the mistake, Majeski said, “You just can’t make those mistakes. I tried to get a little bit too much. Had a little bit of wheel hop going into first gear and when that happens, you lose track of your rpm’s. And when it settled down, I knew I was speeding. I didn’t match the revs good enough. It was a little mistake and that was the end of our night. We had a shot to win — great truck.”

Despite the disappointing end, over the final 30-plus laps of the race, the #98 driver plowed through traffic and still rounded out the top 10, finishing ahead of three of his ThorSport teammates, racking up his second consecutive top-10 finish for the team. 

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