Kyle Busch held off a frenetic challenge from Carl Edwards in the closing laps of Saturday’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway and collected his 44th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory.
Busch seemed untouchable until the final 25 laps when Carl Edwards chased him down and at one point ran side-by-side with him.
Edwards made an attempt to pass Busch with 20 laps to go, but Busch pulled away a couple of laps later and then finished a half-second ahead of Edwards.
Kevin Harvick ran third, followed by Ryan Newman and Reed Sorenson, who took the series lead by five points in front of seventh-place finisher Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Sorenson and Stenhouse were the highest-finishing drivers eligible for the Nationwide title.
Keselowski, who had finished 102 consecutive Nationwide races before falling out of last week’s Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona, suffered his second straight DNF.
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Reed Sorenson 78 Leader 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 73 -5 3 Jason Leffler 71 -7 4 Danica Patrick 58 -20 5 Joe Nemechek 58 -20 6 Aric Almirola 56 -22 7 Mike Bliss 55 -23 8 Justin Allgaier 53 -25 9 Kenny Wallace 50 -28 10 Jeremy Clements 50 -28 11 Trevor Bayne 48 -30 12 Brian Scott 45 -33 13 Landon Cassill 41 -37 14 Josh Wise 39 -39 15 Elliott Sadler 38 -40 16 Steve Wallace 38 -40 17 Shelby Howard 38 -40 18 Scott Wimmer 37 -41 19 Robert Richardson Jr. 32 -46 20 Ryan Truex* 30 -48 21 Michael Annett 30 -48 22 Eric McClure 30 -48 23 Morgan Shepherd 29 -49 24 Bobby Santos, Iii 27 -51 25 Mike Wallace 26 -52 26 Charles Lewandoski* 23 -55 27 Donnie Neuenberger 21 -57 28 Derrike Cope 21 -57 29 Patrick Sheltra 20 -58 30 Derrike Cope(i) 19 -59 31 Blake Koch* 17 -61 32 Timmy Hill* 15 -63 33 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 12 -66 34 Kevin Lepage 10 -68 35 Carl Long 8 -70 36 Sam Hornish Jr. 8 -70 37 Kelly Bires 7 -71 38 Brett Rowe 5 -73 39 Jeff Green 4 -74 40 J R Fitzpatrick 2 -76
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