An aggressive Brad Keselowski won his fourth Nationwide Series race of the season, banging his way to victory in the Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon.
Keselowski picked up an extra $75,000 from Nationwide as part of its Dash 4 Cash program. He won a $25,000 bonus for winning the race and $50,000 for scoring the most points in the four Dash 4 Cash races. NASCAR
His aggressive driving on the 0.75-mile track led to several incidents, including one with Carl Edwards in the closing laps.
“That’s short track racing,” Keselowski said. “I got into the back of Carl and that was the one I feel worse about. I didn’t know he was going to make that move.”
Busch’s second-place finish allowed him to pad his lead to 215 points over Edwards with just three races to go.
“I should be happy with what we had here with a second-place finish,” Busch said. “We didn’t have the car that shouldn’t have finished in the top-10, but I broke another record and lost a lot of money today.”
Edwards rebounded nicely from his spin to finish sixth. MiamiHerald.com
Jason Leffler finished third. Mike Bliss, who led the most laps but also was involved in an incident with Keselowski, finished fourth.
NASCAR Nationwide Series Race at Memphis Motorsports Park - Race Results
Brendan Gaughan finished fifth, though he was leading comfortably when the yellow waved for debris with 23 laps remaining. Gaughan lost track position during pit stops.
Neither Edwards nor Bliss were that angry with Keselowski, though they both said if that’s the way he wants to race, they will race him the same way. Keselowski admitted to driving hard throughout the race.
“[Saturday], I was very aggressive and put myself in a lot of those situations that led to contact,” Keselowski said. “Two of them led to spins. I didn’t do myself any favors by that. It’s not like I came out on top with that. I tore my car up and slowed it down. It wasn’t like that was what won me the race.
“What won me the race was being aggressive throughout. The specific contact didn’t win me the race. They actually hurt.” NASCAR
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