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[media-credit name=”Brad Keppel” align=”alignright” width=”257″][/media-credit]Joey Logano won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his eighth win of the season and the 1 7th NNS victory of his career.  Logano led a race-high 62 laps of 200 en route to his first NNS victory at the mile-and-a-half Charlotte oval.

“We had to work really hard for this.  The 22 (Brad Keselowski) was pretty good the mid-part of the race. He made some good adjustments, I found a new line and was able to make this GameStop Toyota fast enough to win. It was really cool to win a Dollar General race — that is one of our sponsors here at Joe Gibbs Racing. Cool to win that race for them.” Logano said.

Kevin Harvick finished second, Elliott Sadler third, Kyle Busch fourth and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top 5.

“Tonight, you just got back in traffic and couldn’t really do much. Mike Beam (crew chief) and the guys did a good job and everybody at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports).  They’ve produced some good cars and we’ve been finishing up front. Top-three, top-four, top-five week in and week out. It’s all we had here in Charlotte.” Busch said.

Sadler started on the pole and led the field into turn 1 and cleared Austin Dillon, then the caution came out for the No.00 of Angela Cope smashed her radiator when everybody checked up on she ran into the back of another car.

The green flag waved on lap 10 with Sadler back in the lead. He got a okay restart but Stenhouse Jr. got up to second and tried to take the lead but Sadler shut the door. The second caution waved when the No.12 of Sam Hornish Jr. and the No.31 Justin Allgaier both got into each other. Hornish was trying to take the over the spot but got two high and forced Allgaier into the wall which sent Hornish Jr. into the wall. Hornish went to the garage while Allgaier tried to fix it on pit road. They found out they had two much damage and sent him behind the wall.

They went back to green on Lap 15 with Sadler leading it. Stenhouse Jr got a good restart and shot to the lead. Sadler was clearing Harvick for second while Stenhouse began to pull away. Stenhouse led for 35 laps but got in some lap traffic and Harvick took the lead. Sadler overtook Stenhouse Jr. as well.

Green Flag pit stops started to occur with the No.7 car of Danica Patrick. she got four tires and fuel and was away. all of the leaders came in on lap 55 with the No.33 car starting the cycle. Harvick said he was a tick tight, so they gave him a air pressure and four tires with fuel and he was away. His Teammate, Sadler, said he was mostly loose and need grip off the corner. He got a Air Pressure, along with four tires and fuel and was away. It was a very long pitstop for the No.2 team. Stenhouse went in and said he had no front turn and wanted four tires. They gave him that with fuel and tried to fix that with a round out of the right rear and was away.

Harvick took over the lead after pit stops cycled back. Sadler, who had the slow stop, fell back to 7th while Stenhouse Jr got passed by Brad Keselowski. Keselowski took over the lead from Harvick on lap 73.

The third Caution waved on lap 82 when the No.19 of Mike Bliss slammed into the wall in turn 2. He reported on his radio that something was not right so they came in and tried to fix it and sent him back out. It did not work. He got out of his car and was okay but had to go to the mandatory trip to the infield care center. all of the leaders pitted under this caution  Stenhouse Jr came in telling the crew he was loose. Logano came in and was tight and got 1 round up on the track-bar and tires with fuel. Denny Hamlin only got two tires and was the first one off pit road. Dillon got a penalty for a tire violation and had to go to the rear of the field for the restart.

They went back to green on lap 87 but that did not last long when the No.38 of Brad Sweet got loose in turn 4 and bumped into Michael Annett like a bumper car and spun out onto the front stretch grass. Dillon was one of the few cars that came in and got fuel only.

They went back to green on lap 95 with Hamlin leading but it did not last long as the No.20 of Logano took the lead while Hamlin was getting pushed back. Keselowski took the lead from Logano a couple laps later and pulled away.

Caution waved once again with 69 laps to go with Debris on the speedway. Keselowski really needed this caution as he had a huge piece of garbage on his splitter and he will get to remove it with coming down pit road.  All of the leaders came in with the No.22 bringing them down.  Keselowski got 4 tires with no chassis adjustment and got two pieces of tape off the grill. Stenhouse Jr told his crew chief that he was little tight, rolling in the center and was little free off. He got them to go down on the track bar and a slight air pressure in the right front. Logano got one up on the track bar and was wanting it to get the car turn into the corner. Sadler got a track bar for his tight condition and got a great pit stops and was the first one to leave pits.

Sadler led the field back to the green but Logano took it away in turn 1 when he was on the high side and cleared the #2. He had a 0.664 second lead over Sadler but was also having to keep Harvick away. Sadler also lost 3rd to Keselowski on lap 149.  Harvick took over the lead with 45 laps to go but everybody is 5-10 laps short of fuel.Logano did not give up and took the lead in turn 4 but Harvick made the slide job work perfectly and kept lead. Harvick got slowed up by a lap car and lost his momentum and fell back to third.

Everybody will have to come in for a little stop and go for fuel. Hamlin started the Green Flag pit stops and he took 2 tires with fuel instead of just taking fuel.  Dillon comes on to pit road with 19 to go and also took tires and fuel with a 7.3 pit stop time. Lagano come in 4 laps later and also takes 2 tires and fuel and leaves with a very fast pit stop of 6.4. Harvick comes in and only takes fuel as Sadler did. Stenhouse Jr took 2 tires and fuel and was off. Keselowski went in and took only fuel but there is some concern that they did not get all the fuel in.

Logano retook the lead after the green flag stops. Keselowski did not get enough fuel in and had to come in again with 4 laps to go.  He finished 18th, 1 lap down.

Sadler now holds a 13 point lead in the series standings over Stenhouse Jr.

“From a fan’s perspective, I think this was one of the best races of the year. When I was running fourth, the leaders were three wide the whole race. These cars put on such a good show with the rules package we have. I’m just really happy my family was here with me. My mom got to ride around in the truck with me when we got the pole. All in all, it’s been a really good night for the company.” Sadler said.

“We just made a mistake on the pit stop, and we will go back out there next week at Kansas and get them. We will come back and get them. There are still four races left, so there is still plenty of time.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Unofficial Race Results
Dollar General 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=29
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	–	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	0
2	–	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	0
3	–	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	42
4	–	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0
5	–	18	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	0
6	–	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	38
7	–	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	38
8	–	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	37
9	–	30	James Buescher	Chevrolet	0
10	–	43	Michael Annett	Ford	34
11	–	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	33
12	–	198	Reed Sorenson	Ford	32
13	–	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	31
14	–	136	Ryan Blaney	Chevrolet	30
15	–	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	29
16	–	44	Jeff Green	Toyota	28
17	–	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	28
18	–	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	0
19	–	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	25
20	–	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Chevrolet	24
21	–	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	23
22	–	86	Kevin Lepage	Ford	22
23	–	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	21
24	–	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	20
25	–	108	Kyle Fowler	Ford	19
26	–	124	David Starr	Toyota	0
27	–	39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Ford	17
28	–	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	16
29	–	15	Stanton Barrett	Ford	15
30	–	70	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	0
31	–	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	13
32	–	199	John Wes Townley	Toyota	0
33	–	41	Timmy Hill	Ford	0
34	–	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	10
35	–	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	9
36	–	19	Mike Bliss	Toyota	8
37	–	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	7
38	–	47	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	0
39	–	174	David Green	Chevrolet	5
40	–	175	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	0
41	–	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
42	–	10	Charles Lewandoski	Toyota	2
43	–	100	Angela Cope	Toyota	0

[media-credit name=”Adam Lovelace” align=”alignright” width=”216″][/media-credit]Austin Dillon, driver of the No.3 Advocare Chevrolet, started from the pole for the second time this year at Kentucky Speedway in the Kentucky 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, with a speed of 177.264 mph and scored his second career win at Kentucky. “We have a hot rod. This car runs good here. I’ve figured something out with the line. I’m just very confident at this track”, said Dillon after his pole winning run.

Points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started second in the No.6 EcoBoost Ford. Sam Hornish Jr., driving the No.12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge for Roger Penske, started third.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead on the opening lap from Dillon and would lead early. NASCAR announced before the race that there would be a competition caution on lap 30 after heavy rains washed the rubber off the track over night. When the caution waved on lap 30, Stenhouse lead the field buy 1.593 seconds. During the pit stops for the caution, Stenhouse Jr. made contact with Eric McClure in the No.14 Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota, causing damage to Stenhouse Jr’s right front. Stenhouse would have to come in the pits to repair the damage and restarted in 28th spot. Stenhouse would later have to pit again for a flat tire, ultimately losing 3 laps to the leaders and finishing in 17th.

Elliot Sadler, driving the No.2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing  passed Stenhouse for the points lead after Stenhouse Jr’s problems on the track. Sadler, who would experience steering problems during the race, ran in the top 5 most of the day and would go on to finish in fifth. Sadler now leads Stenhouse by four points followed by Dillon in third, 19 back from Sadler.

Drew Herring, making his first Nationwide Series start of the year and driving the No.18 SportClips Toyota for Joe Gibbs racing ran with the leaders most of the day and recovered from a spin to score the first top 5 finish of his career.

Sam Hornish, Jr. ran strong all day and finished in 2nd, followed by Brendan Gaughan in third. The rest of the top 10 were Cole Whitt in 6th, Michael Annett 7th, Justin Allgaier 8th, Ryan Blaney 9th, and Brad Sweet in 10th.

Johanna Long, driving the ML Motorsports No.70 Keen Parts Chevrolet had a good run and finished in 12th place. Danica Patrick, with new crew chief Ryan Pemberton, finished in 14th. Kurt Busch, driving his brother’s Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, started last on the field after missing qualifying due to the Sprint Cup Series racing in New Hampshire. He ran up towards the front of the field before burning up a rear gear and would finish the race in 28th position.

The race had six cautions for 26 laps, with eleven lead changes among seven different drivers. Austin Dillon’s margin of victory was 1.059 seconds and he lead 65 of the races 200 laps.

Unofficial Race Results
Kentucky 300, Kentucky Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=27
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	1	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	47
2	3	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	43
3	6	33	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	0
4	4	18	Drew Herring	Toyota	41
5	8	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	41
6	15	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	38
7	5	43	Michael Annett	Ford	38
8	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	36
9	20	22	Ryan Blaney	Dodge	35
10	13	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	34
11	7	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	33
12	12	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	32
13	19	30	James Buescher	Chevrolet	0
14	11	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	30
15	18	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	29
16	23	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	28
17	2	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	28
18	17	44	Mike Bliss	Toyota	26
19	16	23	Jamie Dick	Chevrolet	25
20	22	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	24
21	27	39	Josh Richards	Ford	23
22	24	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	22
23	33	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	21
24	30	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	20
25	9	199	Alex Bowman	Toyota	19
26	21	8	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Chevrolet	18
27	32	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	17
28	42	54	Kurt Busch	Toyota	0
29	40	41	Timmy Hill	Ford	15
30	25	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	14
31	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	13
32	29	124	Benny Gordon *	Toyota	12
33	36	50	David Starr	Chevrolet	0
34	34	86	Kevin Lepage	Ford	11
35	37	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	9
36	43	108	Mike Harmon	Ford	8
37	41	15	Carl Long	Chevrolet	7
38	38	100	Tanner Berryhill	Toyota	6
39	26	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	5
40	39	171	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	4
41	31	47	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	3
42	35	42	Matt Frahm	Chevrolet	2
43	28	10	Charles Lewandoski	Toyota	1

[media-credit name=”Credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images for NASCAR” align=”alignright” width=”237″][/media-credit]Austin Dillon won the Inaugural NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday. This is Dillon’s second win the the season and his NNS career.

“This one wasn’t easy; there were a lot of good teams out here. These guys built an awesome race car.” Dillon said.

Sam Hornish Jr. finished second, Brendan Gaughan third, Drew Herring fourth and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top 5.

Dillon led the field to the green flag in a very sunny day. He went down into turn 1 and got loose which allowed Stenhouse Jr. to get by him and lead the first lap.

The Caution waved on the next lap when the No.87 of Joe Nemechek spun on the back stretch and the yellow waved. He had to go to the back, as well as Kurt Busch, as they had to fly here from Loudon due to not qualifying the car. Busch made up all the way to 27th when the caution waved..

Green Flag waved for the second time on lap 5 with Stenhouse Jr. leading them. Stenhouse Jr., Dillon and Hornish were all battling for the lead but Stenhouse Jr. led that lap. Hornish passed Dillon for second and was going for Stenhouse Jr. when the second caution came out when the No.38 of Brad Sweet spun off of turn 4. Stenhouse Jr. got a warning on the radio from NASCAR to pick up the pace on the restarts. He was very slow on the last one and other drivers were complaining. None of the leaders pitted because only 9 laps have been completed.

Stenhouse Jr. led the field back to the green flag on lap 13 and was clear by the time he was in the backstretch. Busch was in 12th after he started in the back.  Stenhouse Jr. was pulling away from Dillon and Hornish Jr.

The third caution waved as the competition yellow on lap 30.  Sadler was in saying he was little tight and says he might be hitting the splitter. He got two tires and a chassis adjustment  and was away. Hornish pulled in to his pit box and they pulled a spring rubber and got two tires and was away. Dillon also took two tires. Stenhouse Jr. got two tires as well but when he was leaving he hit Eric McClure door and it hurt the front of his car. He backed up and got back and fixed it.

They restarted the race on lap 36 with Dillon taking the lead. Stenhouse Jr. was leading but got hit and restarted 28th. Dillon got a great restart and was racing with  Hornish as the two of them separated themselves from the other drivers.

The fourth caution waved when the No.18 of Herring was spinning into the grass off of turn 4. He got help from Michael Annett. Nobody pitted during the caution as they had just pitted during the previous yellow.

The green flag waved on lap 44 with a great restart! Dillon led the field but Justin Allgaier made it three wide with him and Hornish. Hornish took over the lead while Allgaier took second. Allgaier got loose in turn 1 the following lap and fell back to fourth. Hornish was cruising and thought he had a great lead but on lap 48.  Sadler took over the lead for the fifth lead change of the afternoon.

Stenhouse Jr. hit the wall coming off of turn 4 battling for position with Danica Patrick and just ran out of room. He was very slow coming off of that and went to pit road to fix it. He went back onto the track but was two laps down and in the 32nd position. Stenhouse Jr. battled back and finished 17th.

“Our first mistake was on pit road. The No. 14 came in there and knocked the right front end, which put us back in the pack. Then, we don’t handle very well, and I got loose and into the wall which cut a tire down. It was just one thing after another, but we rebounded to a 17th place finish.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

After 42 laps of green flag racing, the fifth caution came out when the #19 car of Taylor Malsam spun as he was trying to avoid Jason Bowles when Bowles was coming in to pit road. Bowles was on the apron and was going in but Malsam was battling with Mike Wallace and got bumped by Wallace and  spun the thing around. All of the leaders came to pit as they would of had to come in the next to 5-10 laps. Sadler came in as the leader and said he he was pretty happy with the car. He got a air pressure and a slight chassis adjustment with four tires and he was away. Busch came in and they told him they were making big changes to his Monster Energy Toyota. He got a spring rubber out of the right front and a air pressure along with four tires and fuel and was off.  Dillon was in saying he was tight in the center so he got a small adjustment and four tires with fuel and beat the others off pit road.

Dillon led the field back to the green with Sadler right behind him. Scott made it three wide with Hornish Jr. and made Hornish go very high and almost to the wall. Hornish almost hit him back but he is running for a championship. Dillon and Sadler were pulling away from the field as they were two and three wide. Sadler and Dillon went back and forth for the lead but Sadler eventually took over the top spot.

On lap 130, Sadler was leading and all of a sudden Busch started to slow and he was spewing smoke out of the exhaust pipe. He said its been smoking for a couple times and it was not right. He got to pit road and the team said there was fluid coming out of the back of the car. He went behind the wall.

Green flag pit stops started on lap 138 when the No.99 of Alex Bowman came in telling his team he was looking for more grip. This is second career start with last week being the first. He got four tires and fuel and was away. Allgaier also came in saying he was free in and tight in the middle and off.  He got a adjustment and four tires and fuel and was away.

A couple of laps later, Sadler, who was leading at the time, saying his steering was locking up. He said he had to come in right away. His crew chief, Luke Lambert, told him to come in right now and that is what he did. He got four tires and they said they hoped they fixed the problem and they were gone. Dillon came in right behind them and Dillon got told that he was going to be held for a couple more seconds to pack the tank with fuel. Bowman came back in with smoke coming from the back of his car.  Dillon took the lead after the pit stops cycled out because Sadler’s team had a long stop due to the locking of the power steering.

Right after green flag pit stops occurred, the No.14 of McClure spun coming out of turn 4 and spun into the grass on the front stretch. He drove away but this will bunch the field up. Sadler was one of the three cars that only came in. Sadler got two tires and was off. There was only nine cars on the lead lap so this didn’t hurt them.

They went back to green with 34 laps to go with Dillon in the lead. Cole Whitt got a good restart and took second from Gaughan. Gaughan then took it back and Whitt had to protect the third spot from Hornish Jr. Hornish Jr eventually got the spot and was fighting for second with Gaughan.

Sadler, who went in for tires on the last caution, restarted in 9th and drove up to fifth position.

Sadler now holds a four point lead in the series standings over Stenhouse Jr.

“We just lost power steering. Nobody could touch us today we were so freaking fast, but about 10 laps before that last green flag pit stop with about 50 laps to go, I lost power steering and the car was really locking up on me. It wouldn’t go left, it wouldn’t go right. I couldn’t correct the car, so I really had to drive it safe and straight into the corners. It’s hard to keep up that way, but I’m proud of my guys. We got the points lead back and we’ll head on to Dover.” Sadler said.

Unofficial Race Results
Kentucky 300, Kentucky Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=27
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	1	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	47
2	3	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	43
3	6	33	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	0
4	4	18	Drew Herring	Toyota	41
5	8	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	41
6	15	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	38
7	5	43	Michael Annett	Ford	38
8	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	36
9	20	22	Ryan Blaney	Dodge	35
10	13	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	34
11	7	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	33
12	12	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	32
13	19	30	James Buescher	Chevrolet	0
14	11	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	30
15	18	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	29
16	23	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	28
17	2	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	28
18	17	44	Mike Bliss	Toyota	26
19	16	23	Jamie Dick	Chevrolet	25
20	22	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	24
21	27	39	Josh Richards	Ford	23
22	24	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	22
23	33	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	21
24	30	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	20
25	9	199	Alex Bowman	Toyota	19
26	21	8	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Chevrolet	18
27	32	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	17
28	42	54	Kurt Busch	Toyota	0
29	40	41	Timmy Hill	Ford	15
30	25	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	14
31	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	13
32	29	124	Benny Gordon *	Toyota	12
33	36	50	David Starr	Chevrolet	0
34	34	86	Kevin Lepage	Ford	11
35	37	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	9
36	43	108	Mike Harmon	Ford	8
37	41	15	Carl Long	Chevrolet	7
38	38	100	Tanner Berryhill	Toyota	6
39	26	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	5
40	39	171	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	4
41	31	47	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	3
42	35	42	Matt Frahm	Chevrolet	2
43	28	10	Charles Lewandoski	Toyota	1

[media-credit name=”Noel Lanier” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday.  This was his fifth win this season and the seventh of his career.

“This is cool. I felt like we should have been here last time. It is good to get redemption after a dominating performance last time. We didn’t have a dominating car until that last run. Mike kept making good calls and I put us a little behind stalling it on pit road. We had to drive up to the front but Mike gave us a Blue Bird Mustang that could do it. I have to thank all the fans for coming out. It was a lot of fun out there today.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Stenhouse Jr. also captured Roush Fenway Racing’s first ever NASCAR win at the 1.5-mile tri-oval of Chicagoland Speedway.

“That was a lot of fun and to get Jack’s(Roush) first win at Chicago is pretty cool.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Kyle Busch finished second, Austin Dillon third, Brad Keselowski fourth and Paul Menard rounded out the top-5.

“We had a really good car. It ran well throughout the race. It was fast. I thought that there wasn’t anybody back there that we had to deal with and then the No. 6 (Ricky Stenhouse) came out of nowhere there at the end. I don’t know where he came from, but he had a fast race car. Really excited about that run. We had a solid run. Ran up front most of the race. Was able to capitalize on a good finish there.” Busch said.

Joey Logano brought the field down to the green flag as he won his 200th pole in NASCAR. Stenhouse Jr. started second but got loose and fell back to fourth on the first lap of the race. Stenhouse Jr. continued to fall as he was trying to find grip on the high side.

The first caution came out on lap 4 when the No.39 of Dexter Stacey spun on the front stretch and threw dirt all over the racetrack. He came in and got four new tires and was out and away. None of the front runners came in due to only four laps being run.

They went back to green on lap 8 with Logano back in front of the field. Sam Hornish Jr tried to take the top spot away on the backstretch but Logano took it back but Hornish Jr. took it back and lead that lap for that bonus point. Logano took over the top spot, while Dillon, Busch and Hornish went three wide on the start finish line. Logano stretched out to a 1.2 second lead on lap 12 while Sadler and Dillon, who are both in the title race, battling for the fourth spot.

The second caution waved when Brad Sweet spun coming out of turn four and spun into the grass. He was okay and came in and got tires and went back out. All of the leaders came in with Logano  leading them in. Stenhouse said he was tight off the center and got a air pressure, four tires and fuel. Busch got to his stall and said he was tight off and wanted a air pressure adjustment. He got that and four tires with fuel and was off. Logano said he was tight off the center and got a air pressure adjustment and four tires with fuel. Logano came in with the lead and out with the lead. Dillon gained two spots and came out second.

They restarted the race on lap 45 with Logano getting a great restart. Dillon did not and Busch was pushing him to get up to speed. Logano was pulling away as Cole Whitt got together with Justin Allgaier. Allgaier got away but his exhaust pipe touched Whitt’s left rear tire and cut it down. Whitt was slowing to get on to pit road but missed it and spun on the front stretch to cause the 3rd caution. Whitt came in and barley beat the pace car off pit road by about ten feet.

They went back to green on lap 51 with Logano getting another good restart. Stenhouse was on the high side and did not get a good restart. Logano was pulling away when Stenhouse Jr, Dillon, Hornish and Busch all battling for second place. Busch took over the spot. Busch then took over the race lead on lap 63 with Dillon right behind him. They battled for several laps with Logano a little ways back. Dillon took over the top spot five laps later and pulled away.

Green flag pit stop starting on lap 95 with Logano coming in reporting he was feeling a vibration. He couldn’t take it anymore and was coming in. He got four tires and fuel and was on his way. Sadler came in saying he was tight in the center but it was getting better. He got four tires and fuel and was away. Busch stopped in his pit stall and told his team he was tight in the center and was loose on the exit. He got a trackbar and air pressure along with four tires and fuel and drove away.  Stenhouse followed him into the pits saying he was mostly tight. He got a wedge and a air pressure adjustment and was off. The leader came in and told his crew chief his car was pretty good. He only wanted four tires. Dillon retained the lead with Logano, Busch, Stenhouse and Sadler in the top-5.

The forth caution waved on lap 120 when the No.24 of Benny Gordon was slowing on the apron in turns 3 and 4. It looked like he broke a suspension. All of the leaders came in with Dillon leading them in. Dillon said he was just about perfect and just give me four tires and fuel. Logano said he was too free on exit and want to turn better. He got four tires and a wedge adjustment and was off. Busch came in saying he wanted more turn in the front from the entry to the middle. He got a air pressure, four tires and fuel and was away. Stenhouse said he wanted more right side grip. He got wedge out and the trackbar went down as well as four tires. He was about to leave when he couldn’t no get it started and lost valuable positions. He went in the pits third and restarted in 11th.

They went back to green on lap 130 with Logano back on top. He led the field into turn 1 and was clear of them on the backstretch. Lap later, Michael Annett got loose and tapped Allgaier’s quarter panel and bumped him into the wall. Allgaier saved up but lost a lot of track position. Busch passed Dillon on lap 134 and took over the top spot one lap later. Dillon followed Busch passed Sadler but could not stay with Busch as he pulled away.

The fifth caution came out when Jason Bowles was slow and could not maintain minimum speed. All of the lead came in to pit road which could be there last stop of the day. Stenhouse Jr. came in saying he want to have this car stay the same but he wanted a little more grip. He got a track bar and was gone. Dillon got a round of wedge out of the right rear and a air pressure with four tires and fuel. Sadler said he was free on exit and was tight off the center of 3 and 4. He got a wedge with four tires and fuel and came out of the pits ahead of Dillon and Stenhouse Jr.

They green flag waved with 30 laps to go with Sadler leading. Busch took over when he got a great run off of one with Sadler getting challenged by Hornish Jr. and Dillon. Sadler got passed by both Stenhouse Jr. and Dillon and radioed to his team that his car was “junk”!

Stenhouse Jr. and Dillon both passed Hornish Jr. for second with there sights set on the race leader Busch. Stenhouse Jr. got to Busch’s back bumper and passed him for the lead with 19 laps remaining.  But Busch was not giving up. Busch tried to get around him but Stenhouse Jr. pulled away and never let go of the lead.

Sadler came into the race with a one point lead in the series standings and now trails Stenhouse Jr. by nine points.

Unofficial Race Results
Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=26
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	–	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	47
2	–	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0
3	–	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	42
4	–	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	0
5	–	33	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	0
6	–	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	39
7	–	43	Michael Annett	Ford	38
8	–	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	37
9	–	18	Joey Logano	Toyota	0
10	–	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	34
11	–	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	34
12	–	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	32
13	–	44	Mike Bliss	Toyota	31
14	–	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	30
15	–	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	29
16	–	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	29
17	–	30	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	27
18	–	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	26
19	–	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	25
20	–	199	Kenny Wallace	Toyota	24
21	–	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	23
22	–	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	22
23	–	23	Jamie Dick	Chevrolet	21
24	–	39	Dexter Stacey	Ford	20
25	–	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	19
26	–	41	Juan Carlos Blum	Chevrolet	18
27	–	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	17
28	–	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	16
29	–	124	Benny Gordon *	Toyota	15
30	–	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	14
31	–	10	Jeff Green	Toyota	13
32	–	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	12
33	–	15	Timmy Hill	Ford	0
34	–	28	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	0
35	–	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	9
36	–	100	Blake Koch	Toyota	8
37	–	171	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	0
38	–	171	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	6
39	–	174	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	5
40	–	47	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	0
41	–	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
42	–	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	2
43	–	108	Tim Andrews	Ford	1

[media-credit name=”Barry Albert” align=”alignright” width=”213″][/media-credit]Kevin Harvick won the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 in Richmond International Raceway. This was Harvick’s sixth Nationwide Series win at Richmond and his first in the series since going to victory lane here since 2010.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Harvick said in Victory Lane. ”I know the first 37 seemed a whole lot easier than No. 38.” Harvick said.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second, Kurt Busch third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Michael Annett rounded out the top-5.

“I gave it all I had on the outside with Kevin there and that was a lot of fun racing him, last week and this week, we gave each other a lot of room and had a lot of fun doing it. Congratulations to them. I know they deserve this one as well as last week.” Stenhouse Jr. said.

Stenhouse Jr. started on the pole but quickly lost it when he got a bad start and Dillon took the lead into turn 1. Dillon led the first lap and pulled away. Stenhouse Jr. got  shuffled back to seventh on lap 2 but quietly worked his way back up to second by lap 10. He took the spot away on lap 23 when Dillon got stuck trying to pass the lapped car of Derek White off turn 4.

The first caution came out for the first time when the No.17 of Tanner Barryhill cut a tire in turn 2 and slammed the wall on lap 35. Everybody came in for the first pit stops. Sam Hornish Jr. came in and was free and got a wedge adjustment with some air pressure and only seven gallons of fuel. Dillon got in and said it was a little bit loose and got a track bar with four tires. Ryan Blaney only took two tires and gained 12 positions. Johanna Long lost nine spots due to having very little pit crew.

Stenhouse Jr. lead the field back to the green flag on lap 45 with Dillon, Harvick and Hornish Jr. behind him. Stenhouse got a better restart and kept the lead after spinning his tires.  Hamlin lost a couple spots due to getting block in by Mike Wallace and had to back up to not hit him and his (Mike) pit crew. Stenhouse continued to lead but was getting challenged by Harvick on lap 67 in turn 1. Harvick got a little bit loose and moved up the race track but saved it and was still searching for the lead.  Harvick took the position when he pinned Stenhouse on the top side with lap traffic in front of him and could not go where. Harvick pulled away a little bit when he took over.

After a long green flag run, the second caution waved on lap 110 when the Long cut a tire and slammed the wall in turn 2. She was having a great run until the last pit stop where she lost nine spots. She went behind the wall for repairs. They went in for the 2nd round of pit stops with the No.33 of Harvick leading them onto pit road. Dillon was tight in the turns and got a air pressure and a track bar as well as four tires and fuel. Busch got four tires and fuel with a wedge adjustment and a air pressure. Harvick was loose and got a chassis adjustment and a air pressure and was off.

The restart happened on the lap 118 with Harvick leading. He cleared the field while they were, at one point, four wide on the front stretch. Hamlin got loose with Dillon and almost lost it on the front stretch but kept it together.

The third caution waved when the No. 7 car of Danica Patrick got into the wall on the front stretch after contact with Brad Sweet. Sweet was on high side and Patrick got into him and smacked the wall. The third round of pit stops occurred with all the leaders coming in. Sadler came in and was tight and free in the turns. Busch said he was little tight but overall it was pretty good. Harvick also told his team that he was loose but it was getting better and they almost got it perfect.

The green flag waved again on lap 150 with Harvick leaving. He got a great restart and pulled away from the field going into one and two. Hamlin looks like he has his car together and got second place and was looking for the lead. Busch passed Stenhouse Jr. for third and was looking for second.

The green did not last long as the caution waved on lap 156 when the No. 12 car of Hornish Jr spun after his tire went down and barley smacked the wall. When he was coming down the track, Timmy Hill was trying to avoid it and missed and got the back of the Hornish car. It tore off all of the foam and and the fenders of the right side with foam all over the track. They red flagged the field to get all the debris cleaned up and so the cars wont run over it. Nobody came in during the last stop.

The went back to green on lap 163 with Harvick leading.  Harvick clears in turn 3 and Stenhouse and Busch fight for second. Stenhouse cleared Busch in the next lap and set his sights on Harvick. Sadler got by Busch and was fighting with Stenhouse real hard for 2nd.

Elliott Sadler was the victim of the of the fifth caution when Stenhouse and him. It looked like Stenhouse was just there and Sadler got loose and spun and backed it into the fence. The leaders were in the pit stops with Harvick leading them onto pit road. He said he was still loose and got a chassis adjustment while Stenhouse got the same thing. Dillon got 3/10th’s of a air pressure and four tires. Harvick beat Stenhouse barley to get the lead off  pit road.

“I made a big mistake. I got in there a little bit too loose under Ricky.  We were in good position to win the race. I just got a little bit too impatient, I got a little too hard in my head.” Sadler said.

They went back to green flag racing on lap 182 but it only lasted two laps when Brian Scott spun after getting help from Ryan Truex. Truex is a teammate to Scott when he races for Joe Gibbs racing.

They went back to green on lap 201 with Stenhouse Jr. leading. Stenhouse, Harvick and Busch all went three wide into turn 3 with Busch taking the top spot. Harvick and Stenhouse continued to battle for multiple laps but Busch never pulled away. Harvick eventually got past Stenhouse and went to search for the top spot.

While he was searching for the top spot Busch tagged Dexter Stacey and spun him into the grass. While Stacey was spinning, Harvick moved past Busch before the caution flag came out and got the lead away from Busch.

The final restart occurred on lap 233 with Harvick leading. He got a terrific restart and never let go.

Unofficial Race Results
VA 529 College Savings 250, Richmond Int’l Raceway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=25
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	3	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	0
2	1	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	43
3	17	54	Kurt Busch	Toyota	0
4	6	18	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	0
5	13	43	Michael Annett	Ford	39
6	2	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	39
7	11	51	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	0
8	14	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	36
9	27	22	Ryan Blaney	Dodge	35
10	20	20	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Toyota	34
11	15	30	James Buescher	Chevrolet	0
12	12	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	32
13	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	31
14	19	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	30
15	9	44	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	29
16	33	199	Ryan Truex	Toyota	28
17	5	60	Travis Pastrana	Ford	27
18	28	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	26
19	30	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	25
20	23	38	Brad Sweet *	Chevrolet	24
21	31	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	24
22	39	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Chevrolet	22
23	21	81	Jason Bowles *	Dodge	21
24	22	4	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	20
25	26	108	Paulie Harraka	Ford	0
26	41	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	18
27	40	39	Dexter Stacey	Ford	17
28	7	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	16
29	24	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	15
30	4	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	14
31	32	41	Timmy Hill	Ford	0
32	8	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	12
33	35	86	Kevin Lepage	Ford	11
34	42	124	Derek White	Toyota	0
35	34	117	Tanner Berryhill	Toyota	9
36	37	175	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	0
37	43	100	Blake Koch	Chevrolet	7
38	38	171	Carl Long	Chevrolet	6
39	36	15	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	5
40	29	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
41	25	47	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	0
42	16	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	2
43	18	10	Jeff Green	Toyota	1

[media-credit id=99 align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stenhouse passed Kevin Harvick with one lap and half to go to win his fourth race this season and his first race at Atlanta.

“We had a great Cargill Beef Mustang and the engine was strong under the hood. Doug Yates has been working really hard on that. I just had to get down on him as tight as I could. I’m glad we could make the end of the race interesting because he killed us for the first 194 laps. He killed us, but it was cool to get him on that restart. Kevin is a great driver and it was fun to go up against him.” Stenhouse said.

Stenhouse Jr. now has six career NNS victories and all have come in Mustang (three at Iowa, one each at Las Vegas, Texas and Atlanta).

Brad Keselowski finished second, Kevin Harvick third, Elliott Sadler fourth and Justin Allgaier rounded out the top-5.

“I tried to make a move on Ricky (Stenhouse Jr.) coming to the white and he blocked it so I figured I’d just give him a push and he took that push and just ran with it and got in front of Kevin (Harvick). I couldn’t keep back up with him. Maybe if I had another lap but who knows.” Keselowski said.

Kyle Busch captured his first pole as a team owner and led the first lap. Harvick started third and was not happy because he felt Busch delayed the start of the race and told his crew chief that he would just wreck the No.54 if he did that again.

The No.52 car of Joey Gase slammed the wall into one and two.  It looked like it was a mechanical issue and nobody came into the pits only because only three laps had been run. Blake Koch took his No.00 to the garage.

They restarted the race with Stenhouse leading them to the green. Stenhouse cleared everybody into turn 1 with drivers going three wide to get as many positions as they could. The green flag did not last long when the No.41 car of Fain Skinner was spraying oil everywhere on the backstretch. Nobody went down to the pits because they only have five sets of tires and they didn’t want to waste them.

On lap 12, drivers Carl Long, Josh Wise, Mike Harmon, Chase Miller and J.J Yeley had already started and parked.

They restarted on lap 16 with Stenhouse being the on the top spot. Stenhouse gets a little ground on the leaders while Harvick, Busch and Kahne were fighting for second. Harvick ended up with the spot. Harvick was closing into turn 4 and on lap 18 he took the race lead coming out of two. Harvick just flew past everybody and by lap 45, he was over 10 seconds from second place of Stenhouse.

Green Flag Pit stops started to occur with the No.88 of Cole Whitt came in and got four tires. Stenhouse came in and got a chassis adjustment and four tires. He was two tight everywhere but especially in turns 1 and 2.  Sadler went down pit road complaining about his right rear was gone. He also said that he was too loose and he wanted a air pressure adjustment and four tires and he was gone. Keselowski took a trip down the pits and said he was free in to three and other then that, he was fine. He got four tires but was speeding on pit road and had to come down again. When he was coming down to serve the penalty, he was speeding again and had to come in for a stop and go. Harvick was on pit road and he was very happy! He got four tires and no changes and was on his way. Kahne came in saying he was loose in the right rear but other then that, he was tight everywhere. They fixed him and he was on his way. He also sped on pit road and all sped coming into to serve his penalty.

About five laps later after green flag stops, Caution cam out for the third time. Reed Sorenson and Robert Richardson Jr. were battling for position and it looked like Sorenson moved up and Richardson Jr. tapped his corner panel. There was only seven cars on the lead lap with Whitt making the eighth by getting the lucky dog.  Busch came in and got a rubber in the right front. Harvick stayed out and trapped all the people who were one lap down, due to green flag pit stops.

They restarted the race on lap 72 with Harvick still leading. He just has a rocket ship and just blew past everybody into turn 1. Travis Pastrana got up to 9th place and is having a very good run. Keselowski is running 17th and he has told his team he is bad loose.

They had the fourth caution of the race when the No.18 of Denny Hamlin blew a tire in turn 2. The leaders cam in to pit for their second stop of the night! Stenhouse came in wanting to put a rubber in saying he has no right rear grip. Allgaier came in and said he was tight and had no side bite. He got a wedge and a air pressure with four tires and was off. Sam Hornish Jr came in and was free and wanted a air pressure adjustment. He got that four tires and fuel. Our leader went in and said exactly what he said last time: He loves it! He got four tires, fuel and left.

Harvick lead them to the green flag and pulled away just like he has done the entire night! On lap 104  Harvick’s lead was about 6.5 seconds. He has had a magic car tonight.

The fifth caution cam out on lap 107 when the No.38 of Kahne cut a tire and shredded it all over the track. Kahne was two laps down due to the pit road penalties. – Allgaier, Michael Annett, Pastrana and a few others drop onto pit road under the caution. The leader of Harvick did not. They will all need to make one more pit stop before the night is over.

The green flag went back to green with Harvick leading and he pulled away like he has done all day. He has had amazing car and yesterday he wrote on twitter that he was having a okay car in cup and had to work on his NNS car. Well I think he worked on it!

Harvick lead for six more laps until the next caution came out when the No.14 of Eric Mcclure cut a tire in turn 2. This has been the third tire cut. The leaders came down to pit stop for their 2nd to last pit stop. Stenhouse Jr came in and got four tires and was a five on a scale of 1 to 10 loose. He also got fuel and was out of  there. The No.3 car of Austin Dillon says his car is the best that they have had today. He got four tires and fuel and was the second off pit road. Harvick got four tires telling the crew not to change anything but tires and fuel. Pastrana did not pit and will be the leader when we get back to green.

Pastrana lead the field back to the green but that didn’t last long. Harvick went three wide into one and gotten the top spot and started to pull away from the No.99. Stenhouse was trying to catch up but Harvick is too dang fast. Pastrana was running ninth with 32 laps to go when he hit the wall with a tire going down.  It was the fourth tire down tonight!

Final green flag pit stops came with 26 to go with the No.54 of Busch as the first one to come in. He said he just could not find the car today. He got some wedge and four tires with some fuel and was leaving right when Harvick was starting with his pit stop. Harvick said the car is amazing and all he wanted was four tires and fuel and he was gone. Stenhouse got in right behind Harvick and got a chassis adjustment with four tires and fuel. Sadler came in and got a chassis adjustment. He said he was still loose in and he didn’t want any changes.

Everybody went in to pit except for Keselowski and Allgaier. They were both trying to wait for a caution so they can come in and get fresher tires. They got it. The caution came out for debris in turn 1 with Allgaier breathing a sigh of relief on his radio. They down on pit road and got fresh tires.

They went back to green with eight laps to go with Kevin Harvick leading. Stenhouse was trying to catch him but there was wreck behind them. James Buescher got a little high, Patrick hit the bumper and turned him. Patrick then went down and collected Mike Bliss who spun and collected Kyle Fowler.

harvick had the dominate car all night, but Keselowski pushed Stenhouse to the lead in the final lap and Harvick drifted back to finish third.

“The 22 is gonna be a great Ford teammate next year. He pushed us down that front straightaway. He had the new tires on and definitely helped us get to the win.” Stenhouse said.

Unofficial Race Results
NRA American Warrior 300, Atlanta Motor Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=24
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	–	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	47
2	–	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	0
3	–	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	0
4	–	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	40
5	–	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	40
6	–	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	38
7	–	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0
8	–	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	36
9	–	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	35
10	–	43	Michael Annett	Ford	34
11	–	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	33
12	–	18	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	0
13	–	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	31
14	–	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	30
15	–	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	29
16	–	81	Jason Bowles *	Toyota	28
17	–	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	27
18	–	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	26
19	–	4	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	25
20	–	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	24
21	–	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	23
22	–	44	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	22
23	–	30	James Buescher	Chevrolet	0
24	–	124	Benny Gordon *	Toyota	20
25	–	108	Kyle Fowler	Ford	19
26	–	199	Travis Pastrana	Toyota	19
27	–	50	David Starr	Chevrolet	0
28	–	38	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	0
29	–	70	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	0
30	–	171	Matthew Carter	Chevrolet	14
31	–	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Chevrolet	13
32	–	198	Reed Sorenson	Ford	12
33	–	15	Timmy Hill	Ford	0
34	–	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	10
35	–	10	Jeff Green	Toyota	9
36	–	100	Blake Koch	Chevrolet	8
37	–	41	Fain Skinner	Ford	7
38	–	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	6
39	–	174	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	5
40	–	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
41	–	171	Carl Long	Chevrolet	3
42	–	47	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	0
43	–	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	1

[media-credit name=”David Yeazell” align=”alignright” width=”223″][/media-credit]Joey Logano won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway after a one hour delay due to rain.  Logano led three times for 81 laps and captured first career Bristol win. This is Logano’s sixth NNS win of 2012 and the 15th NNS victory of his career.

“Man, it feels like it’s been a long time coming, but we finally got a victory here at Bristol. There are a lot of tracks that I’d like to win at, like all of them, but this is one of those places where I’ve always wanted to win and we’ve been so close over the years. We should have won this race last year and we should have won here in the spring. Now, we can leave here and say we are Bristol winners.” Logano said.

The No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) Toyota extended its lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Owner’s point standings by 13-points over the No. 2 of Richard Childress Racing (RCR)and a 32-point lead over the No. 6 of Roush-Fenway Racing (RFR).

Ricky Stenhouse, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top-5.

“It was a real good night for the Monster Energy Camry. All these guys — they worked hard, they did a good job and we missed a little bit of something tonight — kind of like last year.” Busch said.

Trevor Bayne started on the pole with a colorful paint scheme in honor of Pat Summitt and her Lady Vols. Summitt was the grand marshal and waved the green flag for “her car” to start the race! Bayne led for about a turn when Logano took the lead from the high side and started to pull away.

Lap five was when the first caution flag when the No.31 of Justin Allgaier got turned into the wall from Dillon in turn 2. Allgaier was not happy and tried to run him down.  But he had a flat tire and spun into the outside wall in turn four and tore the back of his car off.  Allgaier came into the pits and his crew chief was not happy. “He just flat wrecked us!”.

Nobody came in to pit because they could not fuel the car till lap 50 due to the competition caution.

They restarted the race on lap 11 with Logano, Bayne, Brian Scott, Stenhouse Jr. and Dillon in the top-5. Everyone got a great restart and Bayne got a good run off of two and took the lead. He was getting challenged from his teammate of Stenhouse who is driving a NOS Energy paint scheme. Stenhouse Jr. was trying to get the lead but Logano was sneaking up and challenged Stenhouse Jr.

The second caution arrived on lap 25 when Brad Keselowski smacked the wall when he was behind the lap car of Brad Teague and Scott had a run and bumped him in 3 and 4. Keselowski went in and had tons of splitter damage but also got docked a lap because he fueled the car up before the competition caution.

They went back to green on lap 32 but it didn’t last long. One lap later the No.31 of Allgaier cut a tire and threw some debris on the track. The only person that hit pit road was the No.20 when he radioed his crew chief saying he thought a tire was going down. They took four tires and was on there way. He restarted in the 28th position.

They went back to racing on lap 40 with Sadler as the race leader with Bayne, Dillon, Stenhouse Jr.and Busch as the top-5. Sadler cleared Bayne for the lead with Stenhouse Jr. following.

The fourth yellow was waved on lap 45 when the No.81 car of Jason Bowles spun on the front stretch. Bowles drove away and went to pit road to get some fresh tires. The leaders went to pit road and NASCAR decided to make this the competition caution.  Bayne came in and was complaining of being two free and got only right side tires and was off. Busch could not drive in on the bottom and got a air pressure adjustment with four tires and fuel.  Sadler got an adjustment and fuel only.  Sadler won the race off pit road.

They got the green flag once again on lap 54 with Stenhouse Jr. leading. Stenhouse Jr. and Ryan Blaney did not pit and were first and second. Stenhouse Jr. cleared Blaney and was on his way. Blaney was getting freight trained and was out of the top-5 within 3 laps!

Brian Scott was in the wall on lap 63 when the No.54 of Busch just flat out turned him on the backstretch. Scott, who drives for Joe Gibbs racing, is kinda like a teammate to Busch since Busch drives for Joe Gibbs in the Sprint Cup Series. Scott went to the garage due to damage to the front bumper.

They went back to green on lap 69 with Stenhouse Jr., Sadler, Kevin Harvick, Kahne and Logano as the top-5. Stenhouse Jr. was opening a gap to second place of Kasey Kahne when Kahne passed Sadler and Harvick and was looking for the lead. Logano was getting more and more speed and passed Kahne for second and was challenging for the race lead. He was trying and trying but could not get it done. He finally took the lead when the lapped down cars were in front of the leaders and Logano made them as a pick for Stenhouse Jr.

They had a long green flag run until lap 113 when the No.41 of Fain Skinner spun and the caution came out. All the leaders came on to pit road in what could be the final stop of the night. Stenhouse Jr. came in and was reporting he was loose in and tight off and got four tires and fuel. Logano was too loose and got a air pressure and four tires and fuel. Bayne was describing his car as “snappy loose” and got also the four tires and was on his way. Blaney came in for his first stop and got four tires and fuel and said the car was fine. Harvick let the race off pit road with only taking two tires and fuel.

They went back to green on lap 122 with Harvick leading. Harvick was looking good but you can never count out the No.18 and his teammate Sadler.

Logano took the lead from Harvick on lap 170 but the caution waved on lap 173 when the No.24 of Benny Gordon spun out off turn 2.

They went back to racing on lap 180 with Logano and Harvick still battling side by side. They were beating and banging for multiple laps and Harvick was trying to hold him off but then Logano took over the top spot on lap 215 due to what else? Lap Traffic! He was pulling away till the caution came out on lap 228 when the No.99 of John Wes Townley cut a tire and was slowing on the backstretch.

Harvick had to go in during this caution due to being out of fuel and he would lose a lap. Harvick eventually got the lap back and finished 15th.

They went back to green on lap 235 with Logano leading. Logano pulled away with a dominant restart and looked to be on his way to victory until the caution came out on lap 242 when Dillon got loose and collected Bayne.

This set up a green white checkered where Logano pulled away for the final time for the victory.

Unofficial Race Results
Food City 250, Bristol Motor Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=23
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Pos.	St.	No.	Driver	Make	Points
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1	–	18	Joey Logano	Toyota	0
2	–	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	43
3	–	54	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0
4	–	3	Austin Dillon *	Chevrolet	40
5	–	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	40
6	–	88	Cole Whitt *	Chevrolet	38
7	–	136	Ryan Blaney	Chevrolet	38
8	–	43	Michael Annett	Ford	36
9	–	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	35
10	–	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	34
11	–	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	33
12	–	19	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	32
13	–	44	Mike Bliss	Toyota	31
14	–	38	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	0
15	–	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	0
16	–	60	Trevor Bayne	Ford	29
17	–	1	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	27
18	–	81	Jason Bowles *	Dodge	26
19	–	39	Josh Richards	Ford	25
20	–	86	Kevin Lepage	Ford	24
21	–	30	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Chevrolet	0
22	–	124	Benny Gordon *	Chevrolet	22
23	–	199	John Wes Townley	Toyota	0
24	–	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Chevrolet	20
25	–	15	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	0
26	–	4	Brad Teague	Chevrolet	18
27	–	14	Eric McClure	Toyota	17
28	–	41	Fain Skinner	Ford	16
29	–	70	Johanna Long *	Chevrolet	15
30	–	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	14
31	–	52	Joey Gase *	Chevrolet	13
32	–	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	0
33	–	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	11
34	–	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	10
35	–	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	9
36	–	174	Rick Crawford	Chevrolet	0
37	–	171	Carl Long	Chevrolet	7
38	–	175	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	0
39	–	50	David Starr	Chevrolet	0
40	–	42	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	0
41	–	108	Tim Andrews	Ford	3
42	–	10	Jeff Green	Toyota	2
43	–	46	Chase Miller	Chevrolet	1