Regular drivers on the NASCAR Nationwide Series were in a skid against their Sprint Cup counterparts, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finally put the brakes to it.
The 23-year-old out-drove the only two Sprint Cup drivers in the field to achieve it.
Stenhouse jockeyed with Carl Edwards for most of the final 100 laps before taking the lead with 18 laps remaining and capturing the checkered flag for the Nationwide Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. KCRG
“During that last caution, I was praying for a good restart,” Stenhouse said. “My restarts haven’t been that great all year, but it came through.”
Stenhouse became the first Nationwide regular to win a race in this series since March 2010 when Justin Allgaier took the checkered flag for the first time in his career at Bristol Motor Speedway.
When the series most recently competed at Iowa last July, Stenhouse wrecked his primary car in practice and then crashed his backup vehicle in qualifying. He managed to finish the race in 14th in his second backup car.
“Iowa was definitely not my favorite place; now it is,” he said. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 4 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 5 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 6 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 7 18 Michael McDowell Toyota 8 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 9 30 James Buescher Chevrolet 10 33 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 11 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 12 20 Drew Herring Toyota 13 62 Michael Annett Toyota 14 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 15 70 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 16 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 17 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 18 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 19 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 20 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 21 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 22 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Dodge 23 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 24 52 Daryl Harr Chevrolet 25 28 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 26 113 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 27 11 Brian Scott Toyota 28 44 Angela Cope Chevrolet 29 7 Josh Wise Chevrolet 30 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 31 39 Luis Martinez Jr. Ford 32 193 Amber Cope Chevrolet 33 38 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 34 99 Ryan Truex * Toyota 35 141 Carl Long Ford 36 175 Johnny Chapman Ford 37 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 38 49 Brad Teague Chevrolet 39 146 Tim Andrews Chevrolet 40 168 Chase Miller Chevrolet 41 40 Charles Lewandoski * Chevrolet 42 0 Tim Schendel Chevrolet 43 55 Brett Rowe Chevrolet
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