With sparks flying as the two trucks raced to the finish line, Cale Gale beat Kyle Busch by .014 seconds to win Friday night's Ford EcoBoost 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Homestead-Miami.
Behind the dramatic race to the checkers, James Buescher rolled to his first series championship, securing the title with a 13th-place run.
In a championship battle that generated little drama until the closing laps -- when rookie Ty Dillon made a move -- Buescher drove a methodical race en route to the championship. After Dillon wrecked with two laps left in regulation distance, Buescher finished six points ahead of series runner-up Timothy Peters, who ran eighth Friday.
Joey Coulter finished third, followed by Nelson Piquet Jr. and Miguel Paludo.
Gale claimed the first victory of his career in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race six laps beyond its scheduled distance of 134 laps.
Buescher started 17th, 14 spots behind Dillon (who entered the race 12 points...
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Cale Gale,
James Buescher,
Kyle Busch,
Timothy Peters,
Joey Coulter,
Nelson Piquet,
Miguel Paludo,
Bryan Silas,
Kyle Larson
TEAMS: Cincinnati Bengals
TEAMS: Cincinnati Bengals
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