Saturday, April 11, 2009

NNS - Pepsi 300

5 laps to go and all eyes were on race leader Joey Logano as his teammate Kyle Busch was inching closer for the lead. In the end, there can be only one. It was Logano's day. Kyle's runner-up finish is surprisingly the best he's ever finished @ Nashville Superspeedway in a NASCAR event. It wasn't what we'd call a bad day for Busch, he was out in front for 77 of the 225 laps.

"I wasn't too nervous. I was just driving as hard as I could," Logano said in victory lane. "I knew I had to have a good restart but Kyle had one too. And he was bearing down on me in one and two, but he couldn't get out to a lead."


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Joey Logano started 2nd and challenged for the lead almost immediately. He took the lead for the first time on lap 19 and would go on to lead 9 times for a combined race-high 95 laps.

It's Logano's 2nd victory in 24 Nationwide Series races. His first win and 3rd top-10 finish of the season. It's also the 8th time there has been a first-time winner @ Nashville Superspeedway in 15 races at the track.

Carl Edwards led 45 laps in the race. A worry of a lose wheel forced him to go back in for an unscheduled pit stop which sent him to the middle of the pack and on a mission to get back up front before the end of the race. Edwards finished 5th.

Brad Keselowski finished 3rd followed. Kelly Bires finished 4th.

For 'unofficial' race results, click here.

Carl Edwards remains on top of the series standings by 23 points over Kyle Busch.

There were 10 cautions for 40 laps and 19 lead changes among 5 drivers:

C. Edwards 1-18; J. Logano 19-32; C. Edwards 33-48; J. Logano 49-80; K. Busch 81-82; J. Logano 83; K. Busch 84-86; J. Logano 87-97; K. Busch 98-123; J. Logano 124; C. Edwards 125-135; J. Logano 136-141; K. Busch 142-150; J. Logano 151-169; K. Busch 170-185; J. Logano 186; M. Annett # 187; M. McDowell # 188-194; K. Busch 195-215; J. Logano 216-225.

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