Saturday afternoon at Phoenix, Kyle Busch demonstrated why he has visited victory lane 12 times in the Nationwide Series – Domination. Busch had little competition throughout the afternoon allowing him to abolish the rest of the field en route to victory. Busch also closed in on Penske Racing’s No.22 team in the owners point standings with one race remaining for the season.
Busch started the day on the pole and led until Brad Keselowski took the lead on lap 112. Busch was able to get back out front eight laps later.
A caution spree struck around lap 130 with five yellow-flags during a 23 lap part of the race. Brad Keselowski became involved in one of the cautions when Brian Scott ran into him and turned the No.22 up into the turn three wall.
Busch lost the lead for a bit during the cautions, but raced back to the lead with 47 laps left to run. That was the last lead change of the afternoon as Busch finished the race the same as he started – out front. This was Busch’s 12th win of the season and no doubt he’ll look to finish the season with 13 next weekend.
The Nationwide Series championship chase didn’t change much as Austin Dillon still leads Sam Hornish Jr. Eight points now separate the top-two with one race left at Homestead-Miami. Each driver will look to claim their first career Nationwide Series championships next weekend.
Results via ESPN.com
POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER |
LAPS |
MONEY |
START |
LED |
PTS |
BONUS |
PENALTY |
1 | Kyle Busch | Toyota |
200 |
1 |
169 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
2 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet |
200 |
12 |
17 |
43 |
1 |
0 |
||
3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet |
200 |
2 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
||
4 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet |
200 |
11 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
||
5 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Ford |
200 |
6 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
||
6 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota |
200 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
7 | Trevor Bayne | Ford |
200 |
14 |
6 |
38 |
1 |
0 |
||
8 | Elliott Sadler | Toyota |
200 |
16 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
||
9 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
200 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
10 | Ryan Blaney | Ford |
200 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
11 | Alex Bowman | Toyota |
200 |
15 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
||
12 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota |
199 |
8 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
||
13 | Brian Scott | Chevrolet |
199 |
5 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
||
14 | Michael Annett | Ford |
199 |
27 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
||
15 | Ryan Reed | Ford |
199 |
18 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
||
16 | Drew Herring | Toyota |
199 |
10 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
||
17 | Mike Bliss | Toyota |
199 |
17 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
||
18 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chevrolet |
199 |
21 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
||
19 | Brad Keselowski | Ford |
198 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
20 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ford |
198 |
22 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
||
21 | Travis Pastrana | Ford |
197 |
19 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
||
22 | Jamie Dick | Chevrolet |
196 |
30 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
||
23 | Timmy Hill | Chevrolet |
196 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
24 | Chad Hackenbracht | Toyota |
196 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
25 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet |
196 |
34 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
||
26 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet |
195 |
37 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
||
27 | Eric McClure | Toyota |
193 |
28 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
||
28 | Brad Sweet | Chevrolet |
191 |
26 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
||
29 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet |
189 |
29 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
||
30 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota |
171 |
33 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
||
31 | Kelly Admiraal | Toyota |
162 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
32 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet |
156 |
13 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
||
33 | Daryl Harr | Chevrolet |
149 |
38 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
||
34 | Kevin Swindell | Ford |
148 |
20 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
||
35 | Derrike Cope | Toyota |
104 |
39 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
||
36 | Carl Long | Dodge |
63 |
24 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
||
37 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet |
13 |
36 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
||
38 | Blake Koch | Toyota |
9 |
40 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
||
39 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet |
6 |
25 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
||
40 | Jeff Green | Toyota |
4 |
31 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |