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  • Busch Makes Last Lap Pass to Win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    Busch Makes Last Lap Pass to Win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    Kyle Busch, in the No.54 Monster Energy Toyota, made a last lap pass on Ryan Blaney, driver of the No.22 Discount Tire Ford, to score his 72nd career victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and his second win in four starts at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

    Blaney started 11th and ran in the top-3 most of the day before taking the lead from Busch on lap 75 of the 100 lap race. Blaney would lead the next 24 laps before Busch made the pass on lap 99.

    After the race and his second place finish, Blaney was asked if this was his toughest loss in NASCAR.

    “Yeah, pretty easy. Not many can say they had a chance to win at the Brickyard and gave it away, but I did just that,” he said. “I think I’m the only one in that category, so I’m leading that category but that’s definitely gonna sting for a long time.”

    Busch started on the pole with a qualifying lap of 180.527 mph and led 53 laps.

    “I just got close enough to make him mess up and made him get tight off two and then I was able to capitalize underneath him with him losing his momentum off of two and being able to get under him,” said Busch following the race.

    Daniel Suarez, driving the Joe Gibbs Racing, No.18 ARRIS Toyota, started second and finished in the third position in his first start at the famed speedway. His second place finish was his 8th top-10 finish in 18 starts this year.

    Suarez said, “First of all I want to congratulate my teammate and good friend Kyle (Busch). He’s been doing amazing and I’ve been learning a lot from him. I think thanks to that, we are where we are right now. We have to keep working, keep learning and I’m pretty sure we’re going to get our checkered flag soon.”

    Paul Menard finished in the fourth position in his No.33 Menards Chevrolet, followed by fifth place finisher, Elliott Sadler in the No.6 OneMain Financial Ford.

    Chris Buescher retains his points lead over Chase Elliott and Ty Dillon. Buescher finished in 16th place, Elliott finished 10th, and last year’s winner, Ty Dillon, finished in the 9th position.

    There were eight lead changes among six drivers and three caution flags for 16 laps.

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series travel to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend. All Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra as indicated.

    NASCAR will debut a new aero race package at Indianapolis with increased downforce that is designed to add drag to the car and create a drafting effect that will increase opportunities for closer racing and lead changes. The new setup includes a 43-inch radiator pan (increased from 38 inches), a two-inch splitter leading edge, a one-inch wicker bill and a nine-inch spoiler (increased from six inches).

    Qualifying will consist of two rounds with each driver posting a single timed lap. The qualifying order for the first round will be set by a random draw. NASCAR will release drivers at intervals to prevent a second vehicle from impeding or helping another vehicle.

    There will be a 10-minute break between rounds. During this break, teams can make adjustments but will only be allowed to adjust tape and use a cool-down fan during the break.

    The top 12 drivers from round one will advance to the second and final round. Positions 1-12 will be determined by the fastest laps in this final session.

    The full schedule is listed below.

    All times Eastern.

    Friday, July 24:

    On Track:

    9-10:25 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – NBC Sports Live Extra
    11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series practice – NBC Sports Network
    1-2:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – NBC Sports Network
    2:30-3:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice – NBC Sports Network
    4-5:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series final practice – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    8:15 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    10:45 a.m.: Ty Dillon
    11:15 a.m.: Joey Logano
    2:45 p.m.: Jamie McMurray

    Saturday, July 25:

    On Track:

    11:35 a.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBC Sports Network
    1:10 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBC Sports Network
    3:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Lilly Diabetes 250 (100 laps, 250 miles) – NBC

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    10 a.m.: Richard Petty Motorsports/Eckrich Announcement
    10:30 a.m.: Kyle Busch
    2:15 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series qualifying press conferences
    5:15 p.m. (approx.): Post-XFINITY Series race press conferences

    Sunday, July 26:

    On Track:

    3:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard (160 laps, 400 miles) – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    6:15 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series race press conferences

  • Christopher Bell Slings to Dramatic Win at Eldora Speedway

    Christopher Bell Slings to Dramatic Win at Eldora Speedway

    By Chris Knight
    NASCAR Wire Service

    In one of the most anticipated races of the year, Christopher Bell scored a dramatic win in the third annual 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic on the famed Eldora Speedway dirt. It was the first victory for Bell in just his third career start. Bell’s triumph marked back-to-back victories for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 54 Toyota Tundra at Eldora.”It’s just unbelievable,” said Bell in Victory Lane. “I’ve been coming here quite a few times and if you would have told me two years ago that my first win at Eldora was going to be in a truck, I would have told you, ‘you’re crazy.’ This is just fantastic. I’m just thrilled to be here.”

    Veteran dirt late model ace Bobby Pierce scored the Keystone Light Pole Award earlier in the day, giving MB Motorsports, one of the longest running teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, its first-ever pole. Pierce lost the lead on Lap 1 to John Hunter Nemechek but took it back on Lap 2.

    Pierce maintained control of the race, until a Lap 42 restart when Bell, also a dirt veteran, swiped the lead from Pierce in Turn 1. Bell led through Lap 60.

    When Spencer Gallagher spun on lap 53, NASCAR utilized the yellow flag to serve as the competition caution originally scheduled for Lap 60, allowing teams to come in for tires and fuel. Brad Keselowski elected to stay out during the caution, inheriting the lead alongside Bell for the Lap 61 restart.

    Bell quickly slid by Keselowski a lap later and stretched his advantage by 1.5 seconds until a debris caution on Lap 72 brought the field to his bumper.

    Through the race’s then-longest green flag stretch, Bell increased his lead on Pierce, but when Chris Fontaine spun on Lap 94, it once again bunched up the field.

    On the restart, Pierce attacked Bell and stole the lead on the backstretch and kept it through a yellow for John Wes Townley on Lap 94. Bell slid in front of Pierce two laps after the restart and held the point until the end of segment two for the second competition caution of the night.

    Under the yellow, most of the field elected to stay out, setting up for the start of segment three, a 40-lap dash.

    Showcasing his dirt track skills, Bell checked out from the field with Pierce, Ty Dillon, Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick chasing. The opportunity to pull away would be denied when the 11th caution flag of the night waved.

    Chasing his first career win in his truck series debut, Pierce stalking Bell for the lead, made contact with the Turn 4 wall with about 15 laps remaining, causing significant rear-end damage. Even with a battered truck, Pierce stayed on the throttle. The challenge for the lead would be slowed with 11 laps remaining when Timothy Peters went for a solo spin in Turn 2.

    A five-lap sprint to the finish set up for the winner of the 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic with Bell and Pierce up front on the restart.

    Bell would accelerate hard while a slow restart for Pierce put him in the clutches of Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick. Pierce escaped them and set his sights on Bell.

    When Korbin Forrister spun with two laps to go, the drama meter pegged even more, setting up for a green-white-checkered finish.

    On the final restart of the night, Bell refused to give up the race lead and withstood an attempted pass by Pierce on the last lap to earn the win.

    “I’ll tell you that’s pretty awesome that Bobby and I could come here and run 1-2,” added Bell. “I never heard of him until I was at a sprint car race last year and he was running his late model. It’s pretty cool that a couple of dirt guys could run 1-2 at a dirt race track.”

    Tyler Reddick finished third ahead of Erik Jones and Daniel Hemric. Inaugural Eldora winner Austin Dillon was sixth followed by Nemechek, Cameron Hayley, Matt Crafton and Ty Dillon.

    The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to action on Aug. 1 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway for the running of the Pocono Mountains 150 (1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1).

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – 1-800-CarCash Mud Summer Classic
    Eldora Speedway
    Rossburg, Ohio
    Wednesday, July 22, 2015

    1. (4) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 154, $37273.
    2. (1) Bobby Pierce, Chevrolet, 154, $27697.
    3. (5) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 154, $23646.
    4. (19) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 154, $18870.
    5. (17) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 154, $16430.
    6. (10) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 154, $13086.
    7. (2) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 154, $14794.
    8. (9) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 154, $14745.
    9. (12) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 154, $15695.
    10. (15) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 154, $13346.
    11. (3) Ken Schrader, Toyota, 154, $12347.
    12. (27) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 154, $14548.
    13. (6) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 154, $14498.
    14. (20) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 154, $14450.
    15. (23) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 154, $15000.
    16. (21) Chris Fontaine, Chevrolet, 154, $12100.
    17. (18) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 154, $14302.
    18. (30) Jody Knowles, Ford, 154, $14252.
    19. (13) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 154, $14050.
    20. (25) Sean Corr, Ford, 154, $12251.
    21. (22) Matt Tifft, Toyota, 154, $13952.
    22. (7) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 153, $13902.
    23. (8) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 153, $13853.
    24. (16) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 153, $12554.
    25. (26) Cody Erickson, Chevrolet, 153, $11654.
    26. (32) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet, 152, $12456.
    27. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 151, $11406.
    28. (11) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 144, $11063.
    29. (38) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 136, $10964.
    30. (28) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, Accident, 119, $10464.
    31. (14) Chad Boat, Chevrolet, Accident, 110, $8964.
    32. (31) Stewart Hayward, RAM, Engine, 79, $7964.

    Average Speed of Race Winner: 44.602 mph.
    Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 35 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.761 Seconds.
    Caution Flags: 13 for 61 laps.
    Lead Changes: 9 among 4 drivers.
    Lap Leaders: B. Pierce 0; J. Nemechek # 1; B. Pierce 2-5; A. Dillon(i) 6-12; B. Pierce 13-22; A. Dillon(i) 23; B. Pierce 24-41; C. Bell 42-98; B. Pierce 99-105; C. Bell 106-154.
    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Bell 2 times for 106 laps; B. Pierce 4 times for 39 laps; A. Dillon(i) 2 times for 8 laps; J. Nemechek # 1 time for 1 lap.


    Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 452; T. Reddick – 438; E. Jones # – 428; J. Sauter – 381; J. Townley – 360; C. Hayley # – 351; D. Hemric # – 347; T. Peters – 343; S. Gallagher # – 335; B. Kennedy – 329. 

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Eldora Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Eldora Speedway

    Wednesday, July 22:

    On Track:

    10:30-11:25 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series practice – FOX Sports 1
    11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series final practice – FOX Sports 1
    5:15 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 2
    7 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #1 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:09 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #2 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:18 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #3 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:27 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #4 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:36 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #5 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    8:15 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Last Chance Race (15 laps) – FOX Sports 1
    9 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series 1-800-Car-Cash Mud Summer Classic (150 laps; three segments: 60-50-40 for 75 miles) – FOX Sports 1

    Qualifying and Race Format for Eldora Speedway

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  • Kyle Busch Continues March Toward Chase with New Hampshire Win

    Kyle Busch Continues March Toward Chase with New Hampshire Win

    By Reid Spencer

    LOUDON, N.H. – The odds in Kyle Busch’s favor made another dramatic surge on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

    In winning for the third time in eight starts since returning from an 11-race injury absence, Busch solidified his chances of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a serendipitous victory in the 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at the Magic Mile.

    Two critical moves were essential to Busch’s winning for the second time at New Hampshire and the 32nd time in his career. First, with the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota sliding in a patch of oil and thinking he had a tire going flat, Busch brought his car to pit road on Lap 244, sooner than planned.

    That allowed Busch to gain time on the track while other contending cars stayed out on old tires. The spur of the moment “strategy” ultimately played out in his favor.

    Second, Busch got back on the lead lap with a gutsy pass of race leader Kevin Harvick and second-place Brad Keselowski, weaving through traffic on the frontstretch seconds before NASCAR called a caution for fluid on the track on Lap 251 of 301.

    Busch inherited the top spot when the rest of the lead-lap cars came to pit road on Lap 253, and he stayed up front the rest of the way. After taking the white flag, Busch won the race under yellow when Alex Bowman’s accident in Turn 2 on the final lap caused the race’s seventh caution.

    Given the discussion on team radios about the probability of that Lap 251 caution being called, Busch felt a strong sense of urgency to make what proved to be the decisive pass.

    “I knew I’d been running it hard and I’d been trying to catch (Matt) Kenseth in front of me that entire run, and I had just been so tight that I couldn’t get going and couldn’t get a rhythm going to close in on Kenseth. And I figured I just chewed the right front off of it, because I went into the corner and the thing just went straight one time so I was like, ‘Man, I’m down to cords now, that’s it, it’s done.’

    “We shot to pit road and got it changed there, and evidently it was oil on the race track that just made the car slip so bad from out from under me. We got a lucky break and I hauled butt, man, those five laps I ran were five qualifying laps through traffic trying to get back up to the front and pass Harvick to stay on the lead lap. That was our saving bucket right there. That was what we needed to do.”

    The offshoot of the victory is that Busch’s hopes of making the Chase now are better than realistic. To qualify, he must finish the first 26 races in the top 30 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. With seven races left before the cutoff, Busch is 33rd, trailing 30th-place David Gilliland by 58 points.

    “This is such an awesome win and such an awesome comeback,” Busch said. “I just can’t say enough about everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing, the work that they’ve put in. Our cars are a lot better than what they were last year.

    “It’s so much fun to win these races and to win with this group of guys – (crew chief) Adam Stevens and this bunch, all my pit crew since 2008, they deserve all this.”

    Keselowski, who got two fresh tires on the last pit stop, was closing on Busch at the end of the race but ran out of time and finished second. For the second straight week, Keselowski failed to win in what was arguably the best car.

    “We had a really fast car and led a lot of laps (a race-high 100),” Keselowski said tersely. “I’m really proud of the team for bringing me two fast cars these past two weekends.”

    “It’s a joy to drive cars that fast,” added Keselowski, looking less than joyful.

    Asked whether he was frustrated, Keselowski replied, “I’m ready to go home.”

    Asked whether taking four tires instead of two on the last pit stop might have made a difference, Keselowski said, “It probably didn’t matter, so it’s hard to say. It is what it is.”

    Harvick came home third, followed by Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kenseth, polesitter Carl Edwards, Austin Dillon, Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch completed the top 10.

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race – 5-hour ENERGY 301

    New Hampshire Motor Speedway

    Loudon, New Hampshire

    Sunday, July 19, 2015

                   1. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 301, $271031.

                   2. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 301, $214416.

                   3. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 301, $184550.

                   4. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 301, $161258.

                   5. (19) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 301, $127600.

                   6. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 301, $144026.

                   7. (1) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 301, $107315.

                   8. (24) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 301, $137601.

                   9. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 301, $137901.

                   10. (6) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 301, $107415.

                   11. (26) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 301, $124590.

                   12. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 301, $117485.

                   13. (22) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 301, $121898.

                   14. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 301, $102615.

                   15. (29) Aric Almirola, Ford, 301, $125251.

                   16. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 301, $111548.

                   17. (32) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 301, $95515.

                   18. (3) David Ragan, Toyota, 301, $115309.

                   19. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 301, $100590.

                   20. (25) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 301, $113804.

                   21. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 301, $112898.

                   22. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 300, $129826.

                   23. (16) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 300, $81665.

                   24. (20) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 300, $92965.

                   25. (28) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 300, $92665.

                   26. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 300, $114356.

                   27. (14) Greg Biffle, Ford, 299, $115048.

                   28. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 299, $95373.

                   29. (27) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 299, $109685.

                   30. (13) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 299, $84590.

                   31. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 299, $110298.

                   32. (31) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 299, $124190.

                   33. (34) Brett Moffitt #, Ford, 297, $80890.

                   34. (18) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 297, $113348.

                   35. (35) Matt DiBenedetto #, Toyota, 296, $88537.

                   36. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 296, $78760.

                   37. (41) Eddie MacDonald, Ford, 295, $78542.

                   38. (43) Timmy Hill(i), Ford, 292, $73727.

                   39. (42) Derek White(i), Chevrolet, 290, $69655.

                   40. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 284, $73655.

                   41. (36) Jeb Burton #, Toyota, 239, $61655.

                   42. (40) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 230, $57655.

                   43. (39) JJ Yeley(i), Toyota, Rear Gear, 202, $54155.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  108.504 mph.

    Time of Race:  02 Hrs, 56 Mins, 06 Secs. Margin of Victory:  Caution.

    Caution Flags:  7 for 34 laps.

    Lead Changes:  9 among 7 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:   C. Edwards 1-19; Kyle Busch 20-66; B. Keselowski 67-88; J. Gordon 89-90; A. Allmendinger 91-103; B. Keselowski 104-178; J. Logano 179-190; B. Keselowski 191-193; K. Harvick 194-252; Kyle Busch 253-301.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  B. Keselowski 3 times for 100 laps; Kyle Busch 2 times for 96 laps; K. Harvick 1 time for 59 laps; C. Edwards 1 time for 19 laps; A. Allmendinger 1 time for 13 laps; J. Logano 1 time for 12 laps; J. Gordon 1 time for 2 laps.

    Top 16 in Points: K. Harvick – 734; J. Logano – 665; D. Earnhardt Jr. – 655; J. Johnson – 646; M. Truex Jr. – 628; B. Keselowski – 603; M. Kenseth – 578; Kurt Busch – 576; J. Mcmurray – 574; J. Gordon – 573; D. Hamlin – 552; K. Kahne – 538; R. Newman – 530; P. Menard – 528; A. Almirola – 502; C. Bowyer – 500.

  • Denny Hamlin’s XFINITY Win at New Hampshire Leaves Austin Dillon Steaming

    Denny Hamlin’s XFINITY Win at New Hampshire Leaves Austin Dillon Steaming

    By Reid Spencer

    LOUDON, N.H. – To Denny Hamlin, it was just hard short-track racing for the win.

    To runner-up Austin Dillon, it was unnecessarily aggressive driving that led to Hamlin’s victory in the Lakes Region 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

    On Lap 179 of 200 at the Magic Mile, Hamlin drove his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to the inside of Dillon’s No. 33 Chevrolet. Hamlin slid up the track into Dillon, broke the No. 33’s momentum and took the lead.

    Eventual third- and fourth-place finishers Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch also passed Dillon, who later regained the positions he lost to Keselowski and Busch but ran out of time in his pursuit of Hamlin.

    Earlier in the race Hamlin had two similar incidents with Busch, his teammate. And though Busch didn’t appear particularly annoyed with Hamlin’s tactics, Dillon was incensed.

    “He got to me, and I figured he was going to race, but he never even wanted to,” Dillon said. “He wrecked his teammate and then proceeded to try and wreck me, and if I had gotten back to him, it would have happened to him.”

    Hamlin wrote off the contact to all-out racing at a one-mile flat track.

    “The bottom line is, if you don’t have any air on the outside of you, you just can’t hold it,” Hamlin said. “There was an example of that about three times today … I want to thank ‘Wheels’ (crew chief Mike Wheeler) for giving me the dominant car. We had the best car, and just, wow, what a day.”

    In Hamlin’s view, Dillon wasn’t blameless either.

    “Well, he jumped the restart, for one,” Hamlin said. “I’m the control car, but that’s fine. Eventually I was going to get back around him anyway. Same thing—I was a fender ahead, and he drove in there knowing that he was going to have to hold me low to hold the position, and I just washed up into him.

    “But that’s two guys on a short track racing for the win.”

    Dillon clearly had a different opinion.

    “What is racing, if you can’t race side-by-side for more than a corner?” Dillon asked rhetorically. “He never even went through a corner with me, the whole race. He didn’t want to. He just moved me. Missed the corner. Wrecked me.

    “I’m fine with racing rough. I promise you, I can do it to anybody. But if we’re going to race like that, I need to know before you get to the first corner. Give me a corner at least.”

    Dillon indicated there might be some payback in the offing but wouldn’t reveal how or when.

    “I’m not going to talk about it,” Dillon said. “He won’t be ready.”

    Hamlin’s reply? “We’ve both got race cars.”

    Dillon got the lead on Lap 175 moments after a restart following the sixth and final caution for Brian Scott’s blown engine.

    Both Hamlin and Dillon had stayed out on old tires under the previous yellow, but Keselowski came to pit road for fresh rubber on Lap 142. As it turned out, the new tires made little difference.

    “It was the right call and probably got us to third, instead of fourth or fifth,” Keselowski said. “We just weren’t as fast as the 33 and 20 were. … We just weren’t fast enough this weekend.”

    Rookie Daniel Suarez ran fifth, followed by Ty Dillon, Regan Smith, Darrell Wallace Jr., Chase Elliott and Brennan Poole. Series leader Chris Buescher finished 14th, one lap down, and saw his lead in the standings shrink to 31 points over second-place Elliott.

     NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – Lakes Region 200

    New Hampshire Motor Speedway

    Loudon, New Hampshire

    Saturday, July 18, 2015

                   1. (1) Denny Hamlin(i), Toyota, 200, $52101.

                   2. (6) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200, $32261.

                   3. (4) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 200, $27038.

                   4. (2) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 200, $26186.

                   5. (3) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 200, $27768.

                   6. (7) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, $23909.

                   7. (8) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, $23253.

                   8. (11) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Ford, 200, $24948.

                   9. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, $23720.

                   10. (13) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 200, $23494.

                   11. (10) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, $22467.

                   12. (14) Ben Rhodes, Chevrolet, 199, $22341.

                   13. (21) Ryan Reed, Ford, 199, $22188.

                   14. (20) Chris Buescher, Ford, 199, $21935.

                   15. (19) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 199, $22209.

                   16. (15) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 199, $21681.

                   17. (17) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 199, $21755.

                   18. (28) Eric McClure, Toyota, 198, $21402.

                   19. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 198, $21352.

                   20. (16) Blake Koch, Toyota, 198, $21802.

                   21. (25) Cale Conley #, Toyota, 198, $21200.

                   22. (24) David Starr, Toyota, 198, $21144.

                   23. (18) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 198, $21093.

                   24. (26) Dylan Lupton, Chevrolet, 198, $21028.

                   25. (27) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, 197, $21142.

                   26. (31) Peyton Sellers #, Chevrolet, 195, $20957.

                   27. (36) Derek White, Dodge, 195, $20921.

                   28. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Clutch, 174, $20885.

                   29. (5) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, Engine, 165, $20850.

                   30. (35) Todd Peck(i), Chevrolet, Fuel Pump, 156, $21115.

                   31. (37) Mike Harmon, Dodge, Brakes, 111, $20779.

                   32. (38) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, Brakes, 98, $14744.

                   33. (29) Matt Wallace, Toyota, Vibration, 84, $14723.

                   34. (12) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, Brakes, 46, $20703.

                   35. (40) Matt Frahm, Chevrolet, Brakes, 42, $14651.

                   36. (34) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Brakes, 40, $13234.

                   37. (22) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, Accident, 36, $18234.

                   38. (39) Josh Reaume #, Dodge, Brakes, 24, $11234.

                   39. (32) Harrison Rhodes #, Chevrolet, Engine, 16, $16234.

                   40. (30) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 3, $9234.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  98.342 mph.

    Time of Race:  02 Hrs, 09 Mins, 06 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.516 Seconds.

    Caution Flags:  6 for 38 laps.

    Lead Changes:  12 among 7 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:   D. Hamlin(i) 0; K. Busch(i) 1-22; B. Keselowski(i) 23-39; D. Lupton 40-42; D. Hamlin(i) 43-44; K. Busch(i) 45-47; D. Hamlin(i) 48-119; B. Scott 120-121; A. Dillon(i) 122-123; D. Wallace Jr. # 124; D. Hamlin(i) 125-173; A. Dillon(i) 174-178; D. Hamlin(i) 179-200.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  D. Hamlin(i) 4 times for 145 laps; K. Busch(i) 2 times for 25 laps; B. Keselowski(i) 1 time for 17 laps; A. Dillon(i) 2 times for 7 laps; D. Lupton 1 time for 3 laps; B. Scott 1 time for 2 laps; D. Wallace Jr. # 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 623; C. Elliott – 592; T. Dillon – 585; R. Smith – 564; E. Sadler – 555; D. Wallace Jr. # – 547; D. Suarez # – 516; B. Gaughan – 506; R. Reed – 502; B. Scott – 494.

  • Edwards Earns Coors Light Pole Award at Loudon

    Edwards Earns Coors Light Pole Award at Loudon

    By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

    LOUDON, N.H. — As Carl Edwards put it, “things just feel right.”

    That was Edwards’ take on the state of affairs at Joe Gibbs Racing, after he put his No. 19 Toyota on the pole for Sunday’s 5-hour ENERGY 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN).

    “Right now it just feels right,” said Edwards, who toured the Magic Mile in 28.179 seconds (135.164 mph) in Friday’s qualifying session to earn his first Coors Light Pole Award of the season, his first at New Hampshire and the 14th of his career.

    “It’s just cool, man. My expectation is to do the best we can (on Sunday). My hope is that we win this thing. … We’ve been working very hard to bring this team together to be the best that we can be. It just feels right. This is cool. It’s a lot of fun.”

    With JGR teammate Kyle Busch winning last Saturday’s event at Kentucky, the organization placed all its drivers in the top five, with Denny Hamlin, Edwards and Matt Kenseth trailing second-placeJoey Logano of Team Penske.

    Coincidentally, Logano (135.021 mph) qualified second to Edwards on Friday, withMichael Waltrip Racing’s David Ragan third (also at 135.021 mph) and Busch (134.025 mph) and Hamlin (134.601 mph) fourth and fifth, respectively.

    Edwards, who improved dramatically on his previous average starting position of 14.9 at New Hampshire, didn’t believe initially that he had won the pole until he got reassurance from crew chief Darian Grubb.

    On the other hand, Logano wasn’t particularly thrilled to run second to a Gibbs driver for the second time in six days.

    “Second — it seems like the story of our week, coming off Kentucky with a strong second-place run and then qualifying second here as well,” Logano said. “Not that I’m complaining about it, but it’s not much fun finishing second, being so close to getting trophies and pole flags and all the fun stuff.

    “There’s not really much fun that happens when you finish second, but we’re close. We’ve got speed in our race car once again.”

    Danica Patrick advanced to the second round of knockout qualifying and will start 20th, one spot behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jeff Gordon, still seeking his first victory in his last season of full-timeSprint Cup racing, will start 23rd.

    “Yeah, it’s not been a good day for us with the No. 24 car,” Gordon acknowledged. “We’ve been struggling getting the car to do what we need it to do. Just real tight through the center, need to get it to rotate, need some front grip, so we will go to work on it (Saturday in practice).

    “It’s disappointing that we didn’t qualify better. We typically qualify well here and perform well here. We’ll put this day behind us and go work on it tomorrow and get it ready for Sunday.”

    Reed Sorenson, this week’s driver in the Premium Motorsports No. 62 Chevrolet, failed to qualify for the 43-car field for the fifth time this season.

    Complete Starting Lineup:

    New Hampshire Starting Lineup July 2015

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for New Hampshire Motor Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for New Hampshire Motor Speedway

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. All Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra as indicated. The full schedule is listed below. The Camping World Truck Series will race on Wednesday, July 22 at Eldora Speedway.

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, July 17:

    On Track:

    11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – NBC Sports Network
    1-1:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series practice
    3-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice – NBC Sports Network
    4:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBC Sports Network
    6 p.m.: K&N Pro Series East Granite State 70 (70 laps, 74.06 miles)

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    9:25 a.m.: Joey Logano
    10:15 a.m.: Greg Biffle
    10:30 a.m.: Chris Buescher
    10:45 a.m.: Kyle Busch
    11 a.m.: Anthony Kumpen
    6:15 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Press Conference (Time approx.)

    Saturday, July 18:

    On Track:

    10-10:55 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – CNBC
    11:15 a.m.: XFINITY Series qualifying – NBC Sports Network
    12:30-1:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series final practice – NBC Sports Network
    2 p.m.: Whelen Modified Tour New England 100 (100 laps, 105.8 miles)
    4 p.m.: XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 (200 laps, 211.6 miles) – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    9:15 a.m.: Kyle Larson
    9:30 a.m.: Daniel Suarez
    6:15 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race Press Conference (Time approx.)

    Sunday, July 19:

    On Track:

    1:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series 5-hour ENERGY 301 (301 laps, 318.46 miles) – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    4:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race Press Conference (Time approx.)

     

  • Kyle Busch Masters New Aero Package in Sprint Cup Win at Kentucky

    Kyle Busch Masters New Aero Package in Sprint Cup Win at Kentucky

    July 11, 2015
    By Reid Spencer

    SPARTA, Ky. – Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.

    Busch won for the 31st time in his career and the second time at the 1.5-mile track. Race runner-up Joey Logano was the only interloper in a top five that also included all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers—Busch, Denny Hamlin in third, Carl Edwards in fourth and Matt Kenseth in fifth.

    Busch grabbed the lead from Logano after several laps of intense racing, taking the point at the stripe on Lap 248 and clearing Logano’s Ford through Turn 2 on Lap 249 of 267. From that point, Busch pulled away to win by 1.594 seconds.

    The new aero package, in Busch’s view, was a benefit as he closed on Logano in a race that saw a track-record 22 green-flag passes for the lead.

    “All the drivers were kind of striving for this,” Busch said. “I felt like it was a positive thing when I was chasing Joey down. Right when I got to him, he moved up and tried to block my lane. With the old package, you’d get stalled out, and get stuck behind the guy. I just moved down and went a little bit lower and got my Camry to stick and was able to power through and get back by him.

    “We swapped the lead back and forth a couple times. I thought it was pretty good racing. You don’t want to spend too much time racing around and putting on too good of a show for the fans to take yourself out of a win. I thought that was a really good race, at least it wasn’t a guy who checked out on the last run and you didn’t see a pass for the lead coming down the final stretch.”

    Long a proponent of lower downforce, Edwards was even more effusive in his praise of the new package.

    “This package, we need to keep going in this direction,” Edwards said. “We could race closer together—I was steering right. We were using the whole car. We just need to keep taking downforce away. It was an awesome show. Just an awesome, fun day and I’m glad Kyle got the win.”

    Busch led a race-high 163 laps, scoring a maximum 48 points and moving to 35th in the standings, 87 points behind Cole Whitt in 30th. Busch must finish the first 26 races in the top 30 in order to be eligible for the Chase.

    It didn’t take long for NASCAR’s new lower-downforce aero package to have a visible effect on the racing. On Lap 95, after he had trimmed Kyle Busch’s four-second lead to a car-length, Keselowski tucked behind Busch’s Camry, took the air off the shorter 3.5-inch spoiler and shot into the lead.

    Three laps later, Kurt Busch spun off Turn 4 when the rear of the No. 41 Chevrolet stepped out.

    The new package also had an ostensible effect on brakes, putting more stress on the smaller rotors and calipers that have been in vogue with higher-downforce configurations. On Lap 136, Dale Earnhardt Jr. slapped the wall, unable to slow his car adequately in the corner.

    Beyond that, the absolute dominance of the Hendrick Motorsports armada—including the Stewart-Haas Racing affiliates—was nowhere in evidence on Saturday night. Jimmie Johnson struggled and salvaged a ninth-place finish. Jeff Gordon (seventh) fell short in an ill-fated attempt to complete a career sweep of active Sprint Cup tracks.

    Kevin Harvick (eighth) was good, but the reigning series champion was not up to his usual untouchable standard. Kurt Busch (10th) was fast, but not fast enough.

    Overall, based on a sample size of one race, the new package seemed to shift the balance of power in the series, at least marginally, from the Chevys of Hendrick and Stewart-Haas to the Fords of Team Penske and the Toyotas of Joe Gibbs Racing.

    Emblematic was a late-race restart on Lap 192. Logano got past Harvick immediately. Edwards followed in the No. 19 JGR Toyota 12 laps later, right before the race-record-tying 10th caution for Danica Patrick’s crash in Turn 4 (after a tap from Earnhardt, whose brakes were still malfunctioning) brought the field to pit road with 58 laps left.

    Hamlin won the race off pit road and led JGR teammates Kyle Busch and Edwards to green on Lap 213. By the time the teammates got back to the stripe, they were three-wide barreling toward Turn 1. Hamlin shot ahead into the lead, Logano surged past Busch and Edwards into second, and Keselowski grabbed fifth place from Kenseth before Kyle Larson’s cut tire caused the 11th caution on Lap 219.

     Logano and Kyle Busch roared to the front moments after the restart on Lap 225, and, 23 laps later, Busch had the lead for good.

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race – Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts

    Kentucky Speedway

    Sparta, Kentucky

    Saturday, July 11, 2015

                   1. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, $209316.

                   2. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, $161118.

                   3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, $125335.

                   4. (20) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 267, $124295.

                   5. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, $136511.

                   6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, $135256.

                   7. (3) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, $135176.

                   8. (15) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, $137640.

                   9. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, $132151.

                   10. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, $102715.

                   11. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 267, $95890.

                   12. (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, $123951.

                   13. (28) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 267, $126790.

                   14. (7) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, $116156.

                   15. (14) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, $93915.

                   16. (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, $116523.

                   17. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, $111035.

                   18. (25) David Ragan, Toyota, 267, $111479.

                   19. (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, $118123.

                   20. (26) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, $121290.

                   21. (10) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, $99365.

                   22. (18) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 267, $109660.

                   23. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 267, $109248.

                   24. (32) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 267, $106998.

                   25. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, $119526.

                   26. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 267, $111423.

                   27. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 266, $97090.

                   28. (36) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 266, $82065.

                   29. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 266, $101523.

                   30. (29) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 266, $83290.

                   31. (31) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 266, $90772.

                   32. (38) Brett Moffitt #, Ford, 266, $80115.

                   33. (22) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 265, $105779.

                   34. (23) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 265, $86515.

                   35. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 265, $112373.

                   36. (42) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 264, $78410.

                   37. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 264, $78352.

                   38. (40) Will Kimmel III, Ford, 263, $73752.

                   39. (41) JJ Yeley(i), Toyota, 260, $69680.

                   40. (43) Alex Kennedy #, Chevrolet, 247, $65680.

                   41. (35) Jeb Burton #, Toyota, Suspension, 175, $61680.

                   42. (39) Matt DiBenedetto #, Toyota, Accident, 145, $57680.

                   43. (37) Josh Wise, Ford, Accident, 17, $54180.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  129.402 mph.

    Time of Race:  3 Hrs, 05 Mins, 42 Secs. Margin of Victory:  1.594 Seconds.

    Caution Flags:  11 for 49 laps.

    Lead Changes:  13 among 8 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:    0; B. Keselowski 1-32; R. Sorenson 33; Kyle Busch 34-94; B. Keselowski 95-124; Kyle Busch 125-188; R. Newman 189-190; Kyle Busch 191-208; A. Bowman 209-210; D. Hamlin 211-212; C. Edwards 213; D. Hamlin 214-224; J. Logano 225-247; Kyle Busch 248-267.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Kyle Busch 4 times for 163 laps; B. Keselowski 2 times for 62 laps; J. Logano 1 time for 23 laps; D. Hamlin 2 times for 13 laps; A. Bowman 1 time for 2 laps; R. Newman 1 time for 2 laps; R. Sorenson 1 time for 1 lap; C. Edwards 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 16 in Points: K. Harvick – 692; J. Johnson – 624; J. Logano – 624; D. Earnhardt Jr. – 616; M. Truex Jr. – 596; B. Keselowski – 559; J. Mcmurray – 556; Kurt Busch – 542; M. Kenseth – 540; J. Gordon – 537; D. Hamlin – 522; K. Kahne – 513; P. Menard – 509; R. Newman – 497; C. Bowyer – 490; A. Almirola – 473.

     

  • Keselowski Holds Off Jones and Busch for XFINITY Win at Kentucky

    Keselowski Holds Off Jones and Busch for XFINITY Win at Kentucky

    July 10, 2015

    By Reid Spencer

    SPARTA, Ky. – Brad Keselowski held off Erik Jones and a charging Kyle Busch after a restart with 31 laps left and collected his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory of the season in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

    A late two-tire call put Keselowski in front for a restart on Lap 170, and though the No. 22 Team Penske Ford ceded the lead to Jones for 22 circuits, Keselowski regained the top spot with a daring move to the inside through traffic entering the tri-oval on Lap 92 and held on to win by less than a quarter-second.

    The victory was Keselowski’s third at Kentucky and the 33rd of his career. Behind Keselowski, Jones and Busch, Daniel Suarez ran fourth, followed by Elliott Sadler and Paul Menard.

    Over the final run, Jones injected himself into what had been a two-way battle between Keselowski and Busch for the majority of the race.

    Keselowski made the winning move after Jones’ progress was impeded by a lapped car in Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 92.

    “I just caught a little break, to be honest,” Keselowski said. “One of the lapped cars locked in Erik. He had done a heck of a job and still was doing a heck of a job, and sometimes things don’t go your way.

    “I kind of thought it might happen and went into the corner high, just ready for something to happen, and it did, and I was able to make the most of it coming off Turn 4 and make the pass for the lead.

    “This team, the 22 team since it started in 2010, has been really a dream ride and an honor for me to be a part of it.”

    Jones got the lead on the final restart when Busch shoved Keselowski and caused the No. 22 Ford to spin its tires.

    “I wish I would have known the lapped car was going to the bottom and he would have went to the top,” Jones said. “Getting the lead on the restart, we had a shot at it at that point. It was good enough to maintain, and it’s a bummer it didn’t work out.

    “But it’s nice to be running with those guys, with Kyle and Brad, and to be mixing it up with ‘em. We’ll keep building and see what we can do next time.”

    At the outset, it didn’t take Busch long to move up from his sixth starting position to the lead. On Lap 16, the No. 54 Toyota shot past Ty Dillon through Turns 1 and 2 and took over the top spot for the first time in the race.

    With the exception of the restart lap after a competition caution on Lap 25—with Paul Menard surging ahead by a nose at the stripe to lead Lap 31—Busch stayed firmly in control of the proceedings until a caution for Ryan Sieg’s spin in Turn 4 on Lap 71 slowed the field for the third time.

    After pit stops under yellow, Keselowski wrestled the lead from Busch on Lap 79, moments before the No. 13 of Derek White clobbered the outside wall between Turns 3 and 4 to cause the fourth caution.

    Undeterred by the yellow, Keselowski sped away after the subsequent restart on Lap 85 as Busch fell back to third behind Suarez. Busch, however, regained the second position on Lap 97 and narrowed his gap to the leader to a half-second before Keselowski pulled away to a 1.8-second advantage when Busch ran afoul of lapped traffic.

    But Busch grabbed the top spot from Keselowski during an exchange of green-flag pit stops on Laps 136 and 137, leaving Keselowski at a half-second disadvantage. With both drivers saving fuel in the event of a green-flag run to the finish, Busch opened a one-second edge and maintained it until John Wes Townley’s brush with the wall on Lap 163 brought out the fifth caution.

    Busch and Keselowski led the top cars to pit road on Lap 165, with Busch opting for four tires and Keselowski, Jones and Suarez for right sides only.

    That left Keselowski in the lead and Busch in fourth for a restart on Lap 170. And on this night, two tires won the day, as Keselowski led Jones to the stripe by .241 seconds.

    Note: Eleventh-place finisher Chris Buescher extended his series lead to 36 points over Chase Elliott, who ran 13th, the first driver one lap down.

    NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – Kentucky 300

    Kentucky Speedway

    Sparta, Kentucky

    Friday, July 10, 2015

                   1. (4) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 200, $88227.

                   2. (7) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, 200, $64594.

                   3. (6) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 200, $54681.

                   4. (10) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 200, $39154.

                   5. (11) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 200, $34718.

                   6. (5) Paul Menard(i), Chevrolet, 200, $24272.

                   7. (8) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Ford, 200, $28858.

                   8. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr.(i), Chevrolet, 200, $21645.

                   9. (3) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, $26609.

                   10. (13) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, $26978.

                   11. (15) Chris Buescher, Ford, 200, $25522.

                   12. (17) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 200, $24991.

                   13. (14) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 199, $25435.

                   14. (12) Ryan Reed, Ford, 199, $23879.

                   15. (2) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 199, $26452.

                   16. (21) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 199, $23624.

                   17. (20) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 199, $23297.

                   18. (1) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 198, $23146.

                   19. (9) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 198, $23019.

                   20. (18) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, 197, $23393.

                   21. (29) David Starr, Toyota, 196, $22767.

                   22. (28) Blake Koch, Toyota, 196, $22636.

                   23. (22) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 196, $22484.

                   24. (26) Timmy Hill(i), Toyota, 194, $22332.

                   25. (32) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 194, $22356.

                   26. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 194, $22080.

                   27. (27) Eric McClure, Toyota, 192, $21953.

                   28. (31) Tyler Young(i), Chevrolet, 190, $21826.

                   29. (24) Cale Conley #, Toyota, 189, $21674.

                   30. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 180, $15848.

                   31. (34) Peyton Sellers #, Chevrolet, Brakes, 166, $21422.

                   32. (19) John Wes Townley(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 158, $21295.

                   33. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, Engine, 116, $15185.

                   34. (33) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, Vibration, 107, $15073.

                   35. (25) Harrison Rhodes #, Chevrolet, Electrical, 90, $20947.

                   36. (35) Derek White, Toyota, Accident, 75, $19460.

                   37. (38) Josh Reaume #, Dodge, Suspension, 10, $12460.

                   38. (37) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Carburetor, 10, $11460.

                   39. (40) Ryan Ellis(i), Chevrolet, Vibration, 3, $10460.

                   40. (30) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 3, $9460.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  136.054 mph.

    Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 12 Mins, 18 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.241 Seconds.

    Caution Flags:  5 for 24 laps.

    Lead Changes:  10 among 6 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:    0; T. Dillon 1-15; K. Busch(i) 16-30; P. Menard(i) 31; K. Busch(i) 32-78; B. Keselowski(i) 79-137; D. Wallace Jr. # 138-139; K. Busch(i) 140-165; B. Keselowski(i) 166-169; E. Jones(i) 170-191; B. Keselowski(i) 192-200.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  K. Busch(i) 3 times for 88 laps; B. Keselowski(i) 3 times for 72 laps; E. Jones(i) 1 time for 22 laps; T. Dillon 1 time for 15 laps; D. Wallace Jr. # 1 time for 2 laps; P. Menard(i) 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 593; C. Elliott – 557; T. Dillon – 547; E. Sadler – 528; R. Smith – 527; D. Wallace Jr. # – 510; B. Scott – 478; D. Suarez # – 477; B. Gaughan – 473; R. Reed – 471.