In much the same way that Jimmie Johnson beat Denny Hamlin a day earlier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Kevin Harvick tapped Kyle Busch to slip by for the win in the Kroger 250 Monday at Martinsville Speedway.
Busch had led for 139 laps in the Kroger 250 before Harvick got to the inside heading into the third turn and pulled ahead after dueling side-by-side to the flag stand. Harvick’s pass came after several laps running his Chevrolet right on the bumper of Busch’s Toyota.
After a crash brought out the 13th of 14 cautions, Harvick outran Ron Hornaday Jr. on the restart on lap 249 until another crash allowed him to coast to the victory under a caution.
The victory was the fourth for Harvick in 97 starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER 1 6 2 Kevin Harvick 2 4 33 Ron Hornaday 3 9 5 Mike Skinner 4 3 1 Johnny Benson 5 1 14 Rick Crawford 6 21 60 Stacy Compton 7 17 8 Dennis Setzer 8 12 16 Brian Scott 9 8 88 Matt Crafton 10 24 52 Ken Schrader 11 25 10 James Buescher * 12 20 129 Mikey Kile 13 7 9 Max Papis 14 18 81 Tayler Malsam * 15 32 40 Mike Bliss 16 13 25 Terry Cook 17 11 51 Kyle Busch 18 19 30 Todd Bodine 19 31 148 Hermie Sadler 20 27 248 Chris Fontaine 21 28 7 J.R. Fitzpatrick * 22 10 17 Timothy Peters 23 30 23 Jason White 24 22 24 David Starr 25 34 157 Norm Benning 26 36 47 Brett Butler 27 14 13 Johnny Sauter * 28 23 7 Chad McCumbee 29 29 4 Ricky Carmichael * 30 35 189 Dillon Oliver 31 15 11 T.J. Bell 32 2 15 Shane Sieg 33 26 85 Brent Raymer * 34 16 121 Ryan Sieg 35 5 6 Colin Braun 36 33 8 Sean Murphy
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