Kyle Busch wins Xfinity race at New Hampshire

Kyle Busch had an expected result in his unexpected NASCAR start.

Busch led all but a handful of laps and simply dominated in his latest Xfinity Series victory Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Busch raced to his sixth Xfinity victory of the season and record-extending 82nd of his career.

The 2015 Sprint Cup champion also won the last race at Kentucky Speedway and his six wins have come in just 10 races.

Busch has 164 career wins across all three of NASCAR’s national series, and is 36 wins shy of matching Richard Petty’s total of 200. Petty, of course, won all 200 in the Cup series to go with seven championships and a spot in the Hall of Fame.

Busch topped the 17,000 laps-led mark in his career and was never seriously challenged, pulling away off every restart and he eventually took his traditional victory bow.

“I guess they’re big numbers,” Busch said. “Running in this series is something fun for me to do, cool for me to do and it also helps me out and gets me a little more experience.”

Busch was not scheduled to drive this season at New Hampshire in the No. 18 Toyota. But he was pulled into duty when Joe Gibbs Racing developmental driver Matt Tifft was forced out following surgery last month to have a tumor removed.

“He’s going through some rehab right now, so can’t wait to see him come back,” Busch said.

Erik Jones was second, followed by Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez and Austin Dillon. Jones, who clinched a spot in Xfinity’s version of the Chase, said he bought a car with the $100,000 earned in the series’ “Dash 4 Cash” promotion for winning at Dover.

INDYCAR: Scott Dixon wins the pole at Toronto

Scott Dixon turned a lap of 59.9073 seconds to win the pole Saturday at Indy Toronto.

Dixon won his 24th career pole and first this season.

He nipped Helio Castroneves on the final lap of the fast six group to start first Sunday on the streets surrounding Exhibition Place.

“Whenever you can start on the pole, especially on the street courses, it’s a big help,” Dixon said.

Castroneves was second, followed by series points leader Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Sebastien Bourdais and James Hinchcliffe.

Dixon was the fifth driver to win a pole this season. “It’s definitely pretty bumpy here and the course is a lot tighter,” Dixon said. “I think even going off two-wide at the start is going to be difficult.”