TOWN OF RUTLAND — In the brief history of the ASA Midwest Tour, Dan Fredrickson is the only driver that has been victorious more than once.

Sunday night, Fredrickson went to Victory Lane for the fourth time in 13 Midwest Tour starts by winning the Echo Chain Saw 100 at Madison International Speedway.

"It's kind of like racing's become a challenge for me. I like coming to the tracks I'm not good at. I've never been good (at MIS)," Fredrickson said. "To beat (Steve) Carlson and (Kyle) Busch. ... It's cool."

The native of Elko, Minn., led the final 31 laps to earn his first victory at the half-mile oval, a track where he's had his share of struggles in the past.

"We're smarter as a team, more prepared. And more hungry to run good," Fredrickson said of the reasons behind his improved performance at MIS.

"Before we were doing it because it was fun. I don't know how much longer I'll be racing, really. I just wanted to make sure that I conquer any problem areas I have . ... just want to make sure I conquer any bad spots, so to speak."

Fredrickson, who started 10th, patiently picked up spots over the first half of the 100-lap event. He moved into second on Lap 45 and put the pressure on race leader Andrew Morrissey until making an inside pass for the lead on Lap 69.

"(Morrissey) was in the lead, he was racing real hard just like I would have been," Fredrickson said. "I thought I was inside him a few times. ... I'd give him a good bit of respect when he'd come down. He did his job, what he was supposed to do. A little bit of rubbing and stuff, but that's what this race is about."

But for Fredrickson, the race wasn't over.

Carlson issued a strong challenge over the final 17 laps, but the West Salem native was never quite able to get in position to get past Fredrickson.

"Over the last couple years, this is the best car I've had here," Carlson said. "I just came up a little short on Danny. He was good all the way around."

Busch, who leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup series points race, just managed to hold off Mark Eswein on the final lap to record a third-place finish in his third start at MIS.

"That was great racing there with (Eswein), a lot of fun. Something that you can expect here in this series is good, clean, hard racing, so that was cool. I almost didn't beat him to the line. I'm glad we did for third to get a podium finish," said Busch, who started 14th. "We struggled here last year at this place, but luckily we found a little bit of something better here today, but it wasn't anywhere close to (Fredrickson)."

Busch plans to run three more ASA Midwest Tour events this season — July 20 at Iowa Speedway, Aug. 5 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Buchanan and Aug. 24 at the Milwaukee Mile.

"I think the biggest thing about this tour is just that you've got guys that will race you clean, race you hard," Busch said.

And none raced harder, or better, than Fredrickson.

"We had a pretty sweet car here tonight," Fredrickson said. "And now Madison is one of my favorite tracks."

Busch back at MIS in June

Busch said he'll be back at MIS to compete in the June 24 All-Star Challenge featuring fellow Sprint Cup drivers Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart.

"It will be fun. Kenseth's got a good feel about this place, so he'll be fast, he'll be tough to beat. And a bunch of other guys that are going to be here are going to be hard to beat, too," Busch said. "(I'm) glad we've got a decent enough car to where we feel like we can come back (and be competitive)."

Big 8 Series

Defending series champion Jeremy Miller won the  Big 8 Series limited late model feature. Michael Bilderback finished second, with Orfordville's Bobby Wilberg third.

Ross Kenseth, Matt Kenseth's 14-year-old son, finished fifth.