One to go.
With a convincing victory in Friday night’s Royal Purple 200 at Darlington Raceway, Kyle Busch scored his fifth Nationwide Series win of the season and the 48th of his career, leaving him one behind Mark Martin for the career victory lead in the series.
Busch beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin to the finish line by 3.677 seconds. Elliott Sadler was third, followed by Nationwide points leader Justin Allgaier and Steve Wallace.
Pit strategy moved Sadler to the front of the field, as crew chief Jimmy Elledge elected to keep the No. 2 Chevrolet out on the track under caution for Michael Annett’s backstretch crash on Lap 89.
Sadler passed Allgaier for the lead on Lap 108, but that didn’t last. Busch, who had restarted ninth on Lap 104—after an eight-car wreck caused the fifth caution of the race—worked his way through the field and passed Sadler for the top spot on Lap 124.
The eight-car melee on Lap 95 collected the cars of Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne, both of whom had battled for the lead early in the race.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 4 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 5 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 7 38 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 8 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 9 30 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 11 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 12 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 13 23 Scott Riggs Dodge 14 7 Josh Wise Chevrolet 15 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 16 39 Danny Efland Ford 17 16 Chris Buescher Ford 18 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 19 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 20 60 Carl Edwards Ford 21 52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 22 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 23 70 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 24 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 25 99 Ryan Truex * Toyota 26 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 27 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 28 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 29 11 Brian Scott Toyota 30 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 31 62 Michael Annett Toyota 32 113 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 33 141 Carl Long Ford 34 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 35 79 Tim Andrews Ford 36 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 37 175 Johnny Chapman Ford 38 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 39 168 Matthew Carter Chevrolet 40 172 John Jackson Toyota 41 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 42 49 David Green Chevrolet 43 0 James Hylton Chevrolet
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