LONG POND – Kyle Busch didn’t need any extra motivation.

After watching a victory slip through his fingers last week at New Hampshire, Busch made sure it didn’t happen again Sunday.

Busch survived two late restarts to win the Gander Outdoors 400 Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his sixth victory of the season.

It took NASCAR’s Overtime for Busch to claim his 49th career win, which ties him with Tony Stewart for 13th on the all-time list.

The triumph was especially satisfying for Busch, who was bumped from the lead by Kevin Harvick with six laps to go last week.

“There’s no stop in (crew chief) Adam (Stevens) or myself, or (owner) Joe (Gibbs), or Toyota, or M&M’s, or none of us, so we want to be able to go out there and continue on and keep this pattern going for years to come,” said Busch, who led a race-high 52 laps en route to the victory.

A scary crash in Turn 1 by Bubba Wallace with six laps remaining brought out the red flag, delaying the race for over 10 minutes.

Once the race resumed, a spin by Aric Almirola in Turn 1 brought out another caution, extending the race past its scheduled 160-lap distance.

Busch held off Daniel Suarez, who scored a career-best second-place finish – and a host of others – on the ensuing restart to secure the win.

“I was just nervous for that fact that we were all going to race down into Turn 1 and not really know what grip level we all had, and just bombs going off everywhere and figuring out where we were all going to land at the end of it,” said Busch, who also scored his second-career win at Pocono.

“You know, fortunately they’re very, very talented young drivers with the 20 (Erik Jones) and the 19 (Suarez), Erik and Daniel both, and humbly I kind of feel bad I was the guy that was in front of Daniel when he finished second. He could have won. I mean, he was right there with us all day long. He trailed us that whole run, and I couldn’t shake him.”

Suarez started on the pole after 13 drivers failed post-qualifying inspection on Saturday and led three times for 29 laps.

“Yeah, actually I was just talking about that, how good is this result for our race team and for everyone in the 19 group because we know how good we run in the Glen, and we had a good result my first time there in the Cup car,” said the second-year Cup driver about next week’s race at Watkins Glen. “We are not expecting anything less. We have good momentum right now on our side, and hopefully we can keep that going.

“Today was a solid day. Yesterday was, as well, very positive. Just very proud of my team, and we just have to take advantage of that and keep working hard.”

Busch was one of the cars to fail post-qualifying inspection, forcing the team to start 28th. But he worked his way through the field quickly, driving up to fourth by the end of the first 50-lap stage.

“Well, you’re always thinking you have a chance to win. We have Joe Gibbs Racing equipment, we have Mars backing us, and we have Kyle Busch driving,” said Stevens. “I know if I do my job and keep my team focused that we’ll have a chance to win. Practice and qualifying don’t really play into the mental aspect of that at all, so I had high hopes we were going to have a good car, and we did.

“You know, we made quick work up there to the top 10, and once you get in the top 10, it’s just a regular race from there.”

Alex Bowman recorded his best-ever finish, coming home third in a Philadelphia Eagles-themed paint scheme.

“Yeah, obviously it was a great points day for us, but on top of that, it’s proof that we’re improving each and every week and continually getting better,” said Bowman. “Obviously we’re not doing it as quickly as we want to, but days like today make all the hard work for the guys back at the shop, the engine shop, the chassis shop, body shop, the whole road crew, days like today make it worth it.”

Harvick, who also failed post-qualifying inspection and started 29th, and Erik Jones rounded out the top-five.

Busch leads the standings, 48 points ahead of Harvick.

SWEEP … Busch also won the truck race Saturday at Pocono. Jones was second.

WINNERS … Chase Elliott won the first stage of the race, his second stage victory of the season. Elliott led 14 laps and finished seventh. Harvick, who led twice for a total of 30 laps, won the second stage.

SAFE AND SOUND … Wallace was in good spirits after being evaluated and released from the infield care center following his frightening accident. “They gave me an ultrasound, no twins or anything,” he said to the media. Wallace sat briefly next to the car after the accident before walking to the ambulance under his own power.

STRONG SHOWING … William Byron was the highest finishing rookie, placing sixth. Byron led 10 laps.