Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 200 at Dover International Speedway on October 3, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory LanVictory Laneafter winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 200 at Dover International Speedway on October 3, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermmilk/Getty Images
Regan Smith charged from fourth to first during a restart on lap 121 and stayed there for the rest of the Hisense 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Dover International Speedway Saturday, posting his second victory of the season and working his way back into championship contention.
After a 31-minute rain delay, Smith passed Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and leader Elliott Sadler on the restart on lap 121 of 200, staved off intense pressure from Hamlin midway through the last green-flag run and pulled away as the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates battled for second place. Continue reading →
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2015 Photo – Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2015 Photo – Jeff Curry/Getty Images
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 Juniper Toyota, celebrates winning a segment of the Dash 4 Cash at the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 Juniper Toyota, celebrates winning a segment of the Dash 4 Cash at the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2015 Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images
When Chris Buescher’s Ford faltered on a green-white-checkered restart on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch took full advantage, as is his custom.
In a Food City 300 that went to two laps of overtime at the .533-mile short track, Busch finished 0.427 seconds ahead of Kyle Larson, as Buescher faded to 11th after his car failed to pick up fuel off turn two of the next-to-last lap.
The victory was Busch’s third of the season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, his eighth at Bristol and the 73rd of his career, extending his own series record. Continue reading →
