Capitalizing on Kevin Harvick’s attempt to stretch his gas mileage beyond the capacity of his fuel cell, Kyle Busch won his sixth Nationwide Series race of the season Saturday night and his first at Gateway International Raceway.
In a 19-lap green-flag run to the finish, Busch held off Reed Sorenson to win the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at the 1.25-mile racetrack. The victory was Busch’s 27th in the series, tying him with Jeff Burton for fourth place on the career win list. NASCAR.com
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has now won at 17 different tracks on NASCAR’s second-tier series. He also extended his streak of finishing first or second to seven races.
“That’s pretty cool,” Busch said. “It goes back to this team. They gave me a great car all weekend long.”
“I couldn’t catch him,” Sorenson said. “During the last run, I did all I could do.”
Carl Edwards finished third, followed by Mike Bliss and Brad Coleman, who drove the No.20 car for JGR.
Stephen Leicht, Michael Annett, Brad Keselowski, the pole sitter, Jason Keller and Erik Darnell completed the top-10. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 3 60 Carl Edwards Ford 4 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 5 20 Brad Coleman Toyota 6 29 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 7 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 8 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 9 27 Jason Keller Ford 10 6 Erik Darnell * Ford 11 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 12 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 13 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 14 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 15 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 16 150 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 17 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 18 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 19 61 Matt Carter Ford 20 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 21 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 22 0 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 23 24 Eric McClure Ford 24 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 25 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 26 7 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 27 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 28 87 Kevin Conway Toyota 29 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 30 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 31 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 32 81 Michael McDowell * Dodge 33 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 34 5 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 35 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 36 10 Chad Blount Toyota 37 178 Kevin Lepage Dodge 38 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 39 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 40 47 Kelly Bires Toyota 41 196 Willie Allen Dodge 42 91 Chase Miller Chevrolet 43 42 Kevin Hamlin Dodge
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