So what else is new? Kyle Busch hit another milestone in Saturday’s Scotts EZ Seed 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Yes, he won the race. That’s almost a given in the NASCAR Nationwide Series these days. The victory was Busch’s second of the year and the 45th of his career, leaving him four behind Mark Martin (idle Saturday) for the career lead.
Perhaps even more impressive was what Busch accomplished on Lap 265 of 300. In his 206th start, Busch, the 2009 series champion, led his 10,000th lap in the series. No one else is close. Busch, who swept the Bristol weekend in August, is the first back-to-back winner at the track since 1993 series champ Steve Grissom in 1995.
Fast-closing Kasey Kahne finished second, .524 seconds behind Busch, followed by two-time series champion Dale Earnhardt Jr., Elliott Sadler—the higheset-finishing driver championship contender—and Joey Logano. Danica Patrick finished 33rd after wrecking late in her Bristol debut.
On Lap 248 Danica Patrick’s Chevrolet tangled with the Toyota of Ryan Truex, spun and slammed nose-first into the Turn 1 wall. Patrick, who was running two laps down in 17th at the time, thought Truex moved off the frontstretch wall into her racing line.
“It felt like to me that I came out of the corner, and I was running down the straight, and I felt like he came off the wall. … I know I was running him early, and he just runs hard. He’s run hard every time I’ve been around him, and it just seems like overkill.”
Jason Leffler finished eighth and took over the points lead by two over polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who finished 14th
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 38 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 3 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 4 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 5 20 Joey Logano Toyota 6 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 7 60 Carl Edwards Ford 8 30 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 9 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 10 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 11 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 12 11 Brian Scott Toyota 13 134 James Buescher Chevrolet 14 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 15 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 16 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 17 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 18 39 Josh Wise Ford 19 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 20 99 Ryan Truex * Toyota 21 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 22 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 23 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 24 62 Michael Annett Toyota 25 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 26 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 27 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 28 141 Carl Long Ford 29 15 Timmy Hill * Ford 30 81 Blake Koch * Dodge 31 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 32 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 33 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 34 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 35 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 36 52 Tim Schendel Chevrolet 37 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Dodge 38 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 39 27 J.J. Yeley Ford 40 55 Brett Rowe Chevrolet 41 79 Chris Lawson Ford 42 49 Brad Teague Chevrolet 43 25 Kelly Bires Ford
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