Kyle Busch wins Denny Hamlin's Short Track Showdown for 3rd time in 6 years
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Kyle Busch has won Denny Hamlin's Short Track Showdown for the third time in six years.
Busch, a teammate of Hamlin's with Joe Gibbs Racing, grabbed the lead before the 5-minute pit stops that came after 46 laps, then pulled away when the race went back to green, easily holding off David Ragan on Thursday night.
With Hamlin sidelined by a compression fracture of a vertebra in his lower back and forced to watch the event at his home track, Busch once again made the 75-lap race his to lose in a car that was built by his team, Kyle Busch Motorsports.
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Ragan was second, and Ben Rhodes finished third.
The race benefits the Denny Hamlin Foundation, which is committed to helping children with cystic fibrosis.