Kyle Busch continued his domination of the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Saturday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, winning the CampingWorld.com 300.
Busch posted his 12th victory in the Nationwide Series in 2010.
Strong on short runs but no match for Harvick on longer ones, Busch rallied from a pit-road speeding penalty to beat Nationwide points leader Brad Keselowski to the finish line by 1.034 seconds.
Harvick ran third, despite leading a race-high 86 laps. Carl Edwards, second in the series standings, came home fourth and trails Keselowski by 384 points with five races left. Joey Logano finished fifth. NASCAR.com
“Pit road probably won this race, so I can’t thank this team enough,” said Busch, who led at total of 38 laps. “For us to come out here and get number twelve, it’s awesome, and this team enjoys doing this.”
It’s the third time this season that Busch rebounded from a pit road speeding penalty to win a Nationwide race.
“I don’t know, maybe I should do it more often,” he added. MiamiHerald.com
Patrick seemed to have it together in her eighth Nationwide race.
The IndyCar icon qualified 14th and was on pace for a top-15 finish, only to get taken out in a hard wreck with two other cars with 10 laps. She wasn’t hurt, but was clearly frustrated, throwing her arms in the air after driving her car to the garage.
“The frustrating part is that I feel like we had a really good car on those last two restarts,” she said after finishing a probably-should-have-been-better 30th. “I got into the car that spun on the lap before, but I didn’t mean to. Next time, I got pretty close, but I came off and gave him room. Looking at the replay, it looks like it could have been avoidable.” The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 3 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 4 60 Carl Edwards Ford 5 20 Joey Logano Toyota 6 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 7 1 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 8 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 9 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 10 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 11 17 Trevor Bayne Ford 12 98 Paul Menard Ford 13 16 Colin Braun * Ford 14 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 15 9 Brian Scott * Ford 16 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 17 11 James Buescher * Toyota 18 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 19 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 20 15 Michael Annett Toyota 21 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 22 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 23 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 24 183 John Borneman III Ford 25 99 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 26 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 27 70 Mark Green Chevrolet 28 21 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 29 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 30 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 31 10 Ricky Carmichael Toyota 32 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 33 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 34 27 Brad Baker Ford 35 90 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 36 91 David Gilliland Chevrolet 37 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 38 52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 39 107 Danny Efland Chevrolet 40 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 41 182 Chase Miller Dodge 42 92 Dennis Setzer Dodge 43 136 Jeff Green Chevrolet
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