Kasey Kahne battles his way to truck victory

Kasey Kahne became the second straight driver to deny Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Erik Jones a win in the Camping World Truck Series on Friday, as he beat the #4 Toyota by five one-thousandths of a second in a green-white-checker finish to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday evening. Kahne was driving the #00 Chevrolet owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his first series start in nearly three years (also a win, in nearby Rockingham). It was Earnhardt's first win as a truck owner after just a handful of starts. Kahne and Jones, who were supposed to start on the front row, had to move to the rear of the field prior to the start of the race and raced their way back up front. In the last few laps, which featured two cautions prompted by Mason Mingus spinning in the #15 Chevrolet and then Daniel Hemric crashing to set up the overtime finish, Kahne and Jones, who had the dominant truck during much of the race, were battling side-by-side for the lead.