Kyle Busch narrowly won the race of his life on Sunday afternoon at Texas Circuit of The Americas.

Busch, who entered the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on a 59-race winless streak, was more than hungry to finally break through.

For much of the 95-lap race, Busch looked to be the driver in control as he led a race-high 42 laps and would see himself filter back to the front of the field despite various strategies playing out.

However, a caution flag with 18 laps to go due to teammate Austin Dillon spinning into a gravel trap would stack the field back up to Busch, who was enjoying an over two-and-a-half-second lead prior.

With Busch not having as fresher tires as his closest competitors behind him in Christopher Bell and William Byron, he was in a vulnerable position.

Despite being at a disadvantage, the driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet held off heated pressure from Bell. That was, until six laps to go when Bell finally found a hole, which allowed the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to drive away.

That was all Buschs car could handle as hed eventually fall to fifth by races end.

That was it on pushing the car, Busch said. We had a really good No. 8 Rebel Bourbon Chevy to be able to push that hard. I just wish that maybe we had equal tires to the No. 20 (Bell). I dont know if that was all the difference. I know he was really fast and he had a good race car.

I feel like that might have been able to help hold me on a little bit better to him, but even that last yellow flag that we had, I felt like the gap that I had to the field, I was far enough out front that I could run the clean lines, the lines that I wanted, to preserve the tires and take care of them as much as I could to see if he could get there.

But once we had that yellow, then it was just defensive mode, Busch continued. Youre in complete and utter just beat the heck out of the tires at that point, and I just didnt have it over the No. 20. Hate it that the contact that we made between two and three ruined our race car too. It bent the right-rear toe link and knocked everything out of it. I just didnt have anything there at the end to compete with those guys.

As disappointed as Busch was, the two-time champion sees a silver lining from the day that he feels can turn into more stellar results as the season progresses.

Randall (Burnett, crew chief) and the guys did a great job adjusting it through practice, qualifying and into the race, and giving me a piece to go out there and do that well, and to get this Rebel Chevrolet up front like we did, Busch said.

Appreciate Zone, Cheddars, Lucas Oil, Chevrolet and everyone at RCR and ECR for a really good piece this weekend.

If we can keep getting top-fives and running in the top-five, the wins will be right there.