Brad Keselowski was the surprise race winner in an ending we might not have easily seen coming."We had a great car, we put ourselves in position to win, we needed a break, and we caught a break," said Keselowski, who won his 3rd Nationwide Series race. "Don't feel guilty about it. Not one bit. I saw the 18 slow down and the 20 making a basic maneuver. I just saw a hole, went for the hole and I made it. I was there and ready for it, and it worked out."
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Once again, Kyle Busch led the most laps. And once again, Busch couldn’t seal the deal. On the final restart with 2 laps to go, his teammate Joey Logano ran his front bumper into the back of Kyle’s car. Kyle incidentally had a flat right front tire. He went from first to finishing 17th. Kyle led the race high 108 laps. He’s led the most laps in 5 consecutive races, but just one win to show for it.
Logano started from the pole and led 87 laps himself. “I was trying to stay right up on him,” Logano said. “I was going to stay with him through the first corner. I got right up on his bumper. I got in the back of him. Completely my fault.” Logano said he wanted to apologize to Busch. For much of the race, the two Joe Gibbs Toyotas ran 1-2. During the incident, Kyle’s crew chief Jason Ratcliff told his driver to “keep his mouth shut”. In a post-race interview, Ratcliff said, “It wasn’t Joey’s fault. It was just one of those things where everything lined up and turned into a bad deal in a split second.”
Logano was runner-up followed by Clint Bowyer, Brian Vickers and Carl Edwards – round out the top 5.
For the (unofficial) results, click here.
There were 9 cautions for 50 laps and 7 lead changes by 5 drivers: 7 among 5 drivers:
J. Logano 1-30; M. Annett # 31; J. Logano 32-56; K. Busch 57-74; K. Wallace 75-76; J. Logano 77-108; K. Busch 109-198; Brad Keselowski 199-200.
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