Brad Keselowski doesn’t get easy victories. Even after leading 188 laps, the win came down to one gutsy decision.
Keselowski chose right, Kyle Busch chose wrong and Keselowski, the driver of the No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge, took the checkered flag in the BUBBA burger 250 last night at Richmond International Raceway.
Keselowski had led most of the Nationwide Series race and with six laps left, he had a big lead and was poised to win easily.
“The whole time I was running I thought, ‘How is this going to fall apart?’” Keselowski said.
It fell apart for Paul Menard, the driver of the No. 98 car, blowing a tire and hitting the wall. He caused the seventh caution, and suddenly Keselowski’s lead was gone. Richmond Times Dispatch
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But Keselowski reasserted his dominance by powering through the field on new tires to pass Busch and teammate Justin Allgaier, who had also stayed out, to win by 0.261 seconds.
“We made the right moves today,” Keselowski said. “We had the car to beat.”
Greg Biffle rallied from fifth on the restart to finish second. Jamie McMurray was third, followed by Busch and Carl Edwards. Allgaier was hurt by his late strategy, falling to 15th.
Biffle, who also pitted before the last dash, had no chance to slow Keselowski.
“The 22 was coming like gangbusters. I held him off as long as I could,” Biffle said.
The dramatic ending served only to reinforce that Keselowski had the best car. Yahoo! Eurosport
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 2 27 Greg Biffle Ford 3 88 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 5 60 Carl Edwards Ford 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota 7 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 8 10 Reed Sorenson Toyota 9 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 10 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 11 10 Kelly Bires Toyota 12 1 James Buescher * Chevrolet 13 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 14 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 15 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 16 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 17 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 18 23 Coleman Pressley Chevrolet 19 98 Paul Menard Ford 20 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 21 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 22 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 23 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 24 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 25 7 Steve Arpin Chevrolet 26 15 Michael Annett Toyota 27 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 28 11 Brian Scott * Toyota 29 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 30 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 31 24 Eric McClure Ford 32 9 Hermie Sadler Ford 33 26 Johnny Chapman Dodge 34 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford 35 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 36 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 37 61 Josh Wise Ford 38 156 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 39 91 David Gilliland Chevrolet 40 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 41 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 42 73 Derrike Cope Dodge 43 92 Brian Keselowski Dodge
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