Brad Keselowski jumped ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on a green-white-checkered restart Saturday night and went on to win the Kroger 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway.
It was the second victory of the year for Keselowski, who won the series championship last season.
Keselowski had earned the pole in his previous two races but hadn’t won. This time he qualified second, put himself in position to challenge, then finished.
“It was an amazing break, an amazing opportunity, and as a team, we were able to capitalize on it and close out,” he said.
It was a good overall day for Keselowski, who earlier in the day qualified fifth for Sunday’s Brickyard 400.
James Buescher finished second after also finishing second in the Trucks Series race on Friday night.
“It was a really solid weekend,” he said. CBSSports.com
“It’s frustrating,” said Stenhouse, who was attempting to win his second Nationwide race this season. “I’ve been working on my restarts all year, but it got us tonight. Our car was pretty fast, but you couldn’t say it was dominant since we didn’t win the race.”
Aric Almirola took the fourth spot, while Carl Edwards rebounded from a late- race pit-road speeding penalty to finish fifth.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 2 30 James Buescher Chevrolet 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 4 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 5 60 Carl Edwards Ford 6 38 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 7 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 8 20 Drew Herring Toyota 9 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 10 18 Michael McDowell Toyota 11 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 12 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 13 70 David Stremme Chevrolet 14 33 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 15 11 Brian Scott Toyota 16 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 17 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 19 7 Josh Wise Chevrolet 20 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 21 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 22 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 23 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 24 52 Tim Schendel Chevrolet 25 39 Matt Frahm Ford 26 141 Fain Skinner Ford 27 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 28 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 29 62 Michael Annett Toyota 30 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 31 40 Tim Andrews Chevrolet 32 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 33 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 34 23 Dennis Setzer Dodge 35 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 36 104 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Ford 37 175 Johnny Chapman Ford 38 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 39 142 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 40 147 Charles Lewandoski * Chevrolet 41 146 Chase Miller Chevrolet 42 113 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford
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