Brad Keselowski’s victory Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway says as much about this season as it does about the next one.
Keselowski held off Martin Truex Jr. to win the Dollar General 300 and earn his fifth Nationwide Series win of the season and 11th of his career.
Truex finished second, while Keselowski’s Penske Racing teammate, Justin Allgaier, took the third spot. Joey Logano and pole sitter Clint Bowyer rounded out the top-five.
With the win, Keselowski extended his lead to 450 points over Carl Edwards with just four races remaining.
“We quite honestly weren’t very good on test day [Wednesday] and wasn’t very good the first half of the race, and I’ve got to give credit to Paul. That guy’s amazing. He gave me the car I needed to win with at the end. This Challenger flew.”
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Dollar General 300 at Charlotte - Race Results
Brad Keselowski Extends Nationwide Series Points Lead With Charlotte Race Win
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 4954 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 4504 -450 3 Kyle Busch 4439 -515 4 Justin Allgaier 4103 -851 5 Paul Menard 3929 -1025 6 Kevin Harvick 3902 -1052 7 Joey Logano 3557 -1397 8 Trevor Bayne 3503 -1451 9 Jason Leffler 3433 -1521 10 Steve Wallace 3427 -1527 11 Brendan Gaughan 3346 -1608 12 Michael Annett 3242 -1712 13 Reed Sorenson 3162 -1792 14 Brian Scott* 3098 -1856 15 Tony Raines 3033 -1921 16 Mike Bliss 2978 -1976 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 2887 -2067 18 Mike Wallace 2846 -2108 19 Kenny Wallace 2796 -2158 20 Joe Nemechek 2623 -2331 21 Michael McDowell 2557 -2397 22 Jason Keller 2356 -2598 23 Colin Braun* 2252 -2702 24 Eric McClure 2167 -2787 25 Josh Wise 2010 -2944 26 Shelby Howard 1746 -3208 27 Robert Richardson Jr. 1697 -3257 28 Mark Green 1665 -3289 29 Willie Allen 1605 -3349 30 Morgan Shepherd 1601 -3353 31 Clint Bowyer 1433 -3521 32 Brian Keselowski 1420 -3534 33 Ryan Newman 1393 -3561 34 Greg Biffle 1368 -3586 35 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -3626 36 Jamie McMurray 1234 -3720 37 James Buescher* 1193 -3761 38 Jeremy Clements 1099 -3855 39 Tayler Malsam 1045 -3909 40 Kelly Bires 1019 -3935
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