Make it two wins in two nights for Denny Hamlin at his home track.
Hamlin grabbed the lead for the first time 44 laps into the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night and dominated the rest of the 250-lap race.
The victory is the 11th of Hamlin’s career in the Nationwide Series and came one night after he passed Kyle Busch on the last lap to win his charity race at the track. The Canadian Press
Menard finished second, while Justin Allgaier, Elliott Sadler and Brad Keselowski, who won this race one year ago, completed the top-five.
Josh Wise took the sixth spot, followed by Sam Hornish Jr., Ryan Truex, David Stremme and Jason Leffler.
Allgaier took over the points lead, as he holds a six-point advantage over Sadler, who turns 36 years old on Saturday. MiamiHerald.com
Stenhouse, who shared the points lead with Allgaier coming into the race, wound up 21st.
“We hated to see Ricky have the trouble he had tonight,” said Allgaier, who leads No. 2 Sadler by six points. “You never want to take something on somebody else’s misfortune.”
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Bubba Burger 250 at Richmond - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Justin Allgaier 305 Leader 2 Elliott Sadler 299 -6 3 Aric Almirola 297 -8 4 Jason Leffler 295 -10 5 Reed Sorenson 292 -13 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 288 -17 7 Trevor Bayne 260 -45 8 Brian Scott 257 -48 9 Kenny Wallace 246 -59 10 Josh Wise 215 -90 11 Steve Wallace 213 -92 12 Michael Annett 212 -93 13 Mike Bliss 198 -107 14 Joe Nemechek 194 -111 15 Jeremy Clements 189 -116 16 Ryan Truex* 169 -136 17 Mike Wallace 167 -138 18 Scott Wimmer 166 -139 19 Derrike Cope 152 -153 20 Eric McClure 151 -154 21 Robert Richardson Jr. 145 -160 22 Morgan Shepherd 142 -163 23 Timmy Hill* 137 -168 24 Blake Koch* 125 -180 25 Danica Patrick 109 -196 26 Sam Hornish Jr. 104 -201 27 Shelby Howard 84 -221 28 Donnie Neuenberger 63 -242 29 Charles Lewandoski* 56 -249 30 Carl Long 56 -249 31 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 53 -252 32 Kevin Lepage 49 -256 33 J R Fitzpatrick 43 -262 34 Dennis Setzer 42 -263 35 Landon Cassill 41 -264 36 Tim Andrews 36 -269 37 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 35 -270 38 Kelly Bires 31 -274 39 Bobby Santos, Iii 27 -278 40 Chris Buescher 27 -278
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