Jamie McMurray won the Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, holding off this season’s 10-time winner, Kyle Busch, in front of one of the largest crowds at a Nationwide Series race in the track’s history.
Busch, trying to become the first driver in the 28-year history of the Nationwide Series to win 11 races in a season, fell short in his late attempt to catch McMurray.
Carl Edwards finished third, Kevin Harvick fourth and Matt Kenseth fifth, while former Alpharetta resident Joey Logano ended the night in sixth.
“When we unloaded today, we had the fastest car,” McMurray said. “It was just loose. Pops [crew chief Tony Eury Sr.] made an adjustment. It was really strong. It was running so well I didn’t think I was running that hard. At the end it felt like I was running about 95 percent. We just had the best car today.”
Keselowski finished 12th but has a 332-point lead over the second-place Edwards.
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300 at Atlanta - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 4127 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 3795 -332 3 Kyle Busch 3576 -551 4 Justin Allgaier 3385 -742 5 Paul Menard 3309 -818 6 Kevin Harvick 3073 -1054 7 Trevor Bayne 2946 -1181 8 Steve Wallace 2915 -1212 9 Joey Logano 2872 -1255 10 Jason Leffler 2866 -1261 11 Brendan Gaughan 2784 -1343 12 Michael Annett 2743 -1384 13 Brian Scott* 2628 -1499 14 Tony Raines 2536 -1591 15 Reed Sorenson 2512 -1615 16 Mike Bliss 2512 -1615 17 Kenny Wallace 2368 -1759 18 Mike Wallace 2344 -1783 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 2245 -1882 20 Michael McDowell 2156 -1971 21 Joe Nemechek 2156 -1971 22 Colin Braun* 1928 -2199 23 Jason Keller 1916 -2211 24 Eric McClure 1860 -2267 25 Josh Wise 1731 -2396 26 Shelby Howard 1506 -2621 27 Robert Richardson Jr. 1478 -2649 28 Mark Green 1397 -2730 29 Greg Biffle 1368 -2759 30 Morgan Shepherd 1357 -2770 31 Willie Allen 1338 -2789 32 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -2799 33 Brian Keselowski 1300 -2827 34 Jamie McMurray 1234 -2893 35 Clint Bowyer 1127 -3000 36 Tayler Malsam 981 -3146 37 James Buescher* 903 -3224 38 John Wes Townley 866 -3261 39 Ryan Newman 865 -3262 40 Jeremy Clements 846 -3281
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