Busch dominates Kroger 200

Kyle Busch led all but three laps Saturday night to win the Kroger 200 in Clermont, Ind., his sixth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season.

Busch’s win was Toyota’s 15th in 22 Nationwide races, but the first event since NASCAR’s mandate Wednesday to cut down the horsepower in Series engines knocked 15 horsepower out of Toyota’s engines. NASCAR changed the parameters after rival teams complained, even though Toyota was within the rules.

Busch also won the event at O’Reilly Raceway Park in 2004.

Polesitter Colin Braun finished second Saturday, and Mike Bliss moved up from 17th to finish third.

Carl Edwards was four laps down early in the race, but moved to the lead lap toward the end with the help of some cautions and finished 11th.

Joey Logano, the 18-year-old who finished in the top two in his previous three Nationwide races, finished eighth.

Last year’s race was Toyota’s first win in what then was called the Busch Series. Jason Leffler, who won that race, finished 16th this year.

Dixon gets fifth win

Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Edmonton Indy in Edmonton, Alberta.

Castroneves, still looking for his first win of the season, kept the pressure on Dixon lap after lap on the temporary airport circuit. But Castroneves nearly slid off course on worn out tires six laps from the end, allowing the New Zealander to cruise to his fifth victory of the season.

Castroneves led a race-high 35 laps and appeared to have the best car in the 27-car field most of the day. But Dixon, who had been running third behind Penske Racing teammates Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe, got past both during a pit stop under caution on lap 51.

Justin Wilson finished third. Former Champ Car star, Paul Tracy, making only his second start of the season, was fourth.