Mike Bliss raced to his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory since 2004, catching a break to claim the rain-shortened event Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Bliss’ win was the second in five weeks for owner James Finch, who picked up his first Cup victory when Brad Keselowski won at Talladega. Bliss gave Finch his 12th Nationwide win in 19 years, but first since 2005. The Associated Press
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Bliss’ only other win in the series also came at Charlotte, on Oct. 15, 2004. The second-place finish was a career-best for Gaughan.
“The only thing that could have been better for us was for [the rain] to come about three laps earlier, after we passed Mike Bliss,” said Gaughan, who got past Bliss in traffic on Lap 165 but surrendered the lead two laps later.
The two best cars in the race, the Toyotas of Busch and Brian Vickers, finished third and fourth. Busch led a race-high 98 laps after streaking from the rear of the field to the front in the first 41 laps. Joey Logano was fifth, followed by Jason Leffler, David Ragan and Keselowski. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 2 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 5 20 Joey Logano Toyota 6 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 7 6 David Ragan Ford 8 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 9 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 10 60 Carl Edwards Ford 11 99 Scott Speed Toyota 12 16 Greg Biffle Ford 13 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 14 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 15 42 David Gilliland Dodge 16 27 Jason Keller Ford 17 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 18 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 19 24 Eric McClure Ford 20 47 Michael McDowell * Toyota 21 198 Paul Menard Ford 22 10 Burney Lamar Toyota 23 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 24 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 25 31 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 26 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 27 150 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 28 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 29 61 Brandon Whitt Ford 30 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 31 177 Peyton Sellers * Chevrolet 32 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 33 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 34 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 35 81 Kevin Hamlin Dodge 36 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 37 219 J C Stout Chevrolet 38 196 Dennis Setzer Dodge 39 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 40 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 41 0 Mark Green Chevrolet 42 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 43 7 Donny Lia Toyota
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