Just when it appeared that Saturday’s “Heluva Good! 200” NASCAR Nationwide Series race was going to end quietly – by Dover International Speedway standards – things got very interesting.
Fortunately for Kyle Busch, his car was running fast enough to stay ahead of the mayhem and he was able to survive a green-white-checkered finish to win the “Heluva Good! 200.” The win made up for some recent bad luck that Busch has had at Dover, the most recent of which came on Friday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
“It was a really good race for us today,” Busch said. “We came out here and fine-tuned on the car a little bit yesterday, and came out with a great qualifying run. Our guys on pit road were unbeatable. They had great race stops. We just made fine adjustments to it on pit road, and it seemed to work out for us.”
Busch, who started on the pole and led 191 of the 205 laps, avenged a Friday NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race where he led 176 laps but finished 16th after vapor lock struck on a late restart and rendered him helpless. He also atoned for a similar situation in the same NASCAR Nationwide Series race a year ago, where he ran up front all day but got tangled up with teammate Joey Logano in the final laps which handed the race win over to Brad Keselowski.
“I was just trying to get to that white flag and couldn’t get there,” Busch said. “It seems like we can always find something in the last 10 laps to get a caution. But it is what it is. I knew we had a great race car… if we could just get through the restarts and not have someone turn me sideways, we’d be okay.”
“From my standpoint, [Hamlin] just never checked up,” Newman, finishes second, said after the race. “I hope that they don’t penalize Clint Bowyer because that’s what every driver wants to do. Nobody wants to hurt anybody, but when you take someone out of the race like that, [it’s frustrating.]”
Jamie McMurray drove from a 27th place starting position to finish third. Reed Sorenson and Jason Leffler rounded out the top-five.
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Kyle Busch Wins Heluva Good! 200 NASCAR Nationwide Race at Dover International Speedway
Fin CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 1 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 3 88 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 4 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 5 10 Jason Leffler Toyota 6 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 7 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 8 27 Greg Biffle Ford 9 11 Brian Scott * Toyota 10 16 Colin Braun * Ford 11 60 Carl Edwards Ford 12 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 14 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 15 15 Michael Annett Toyota 16 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 17 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 18 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 19 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford 20 7 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 21 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 22 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 23 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 24 24 Eric McClure Ford 25 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 26 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 27 38 Kasey Kahne Toyota 28 98 Paul Menard Ford 29 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 30 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 31 70 Mark Green Chevrolet 32 9 Chad McCumbee Ford 33 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 34 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 35 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 36 61 Josh Wise Ford 37 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 38 156 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 39 73 Johnny Chapman Dodge 40 90 Chase Miller Chevrolet 41 52 Kevin Hamlin Chevrolet 42 92 Brian Keselowski Dodge 43 91 David Gilliland Chevrolet
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