On Saturday night, Busch repelled Edwards’ final two-lap rally and edged him by .198 seconds to win at O’Reilly Raceway Park in a green-white-checkered finish that went one lap beyond the scheduled distance. Busch earned his eighth victory in 16 starts on the Nationwide Series this season.
Aric Almirola finished third in the No. 88 J.R. Motorsports Chevrolet. Polesitter Trevor Bayne and Georgian Reed Sorenson rounded out the top five.
“It’s always there, especially at a short track and especially here at ORP,” Busch said. “You’re so vulnerable running around the top side like you do, that people can dive bomb you on the bottom and slide up into you.
Ron Hornaday, who won Friday night’s Truck Series race here, ran in the top five for most of the race until he and the lapped car of J.C. Stout got together in Turn 2 on Lap 161.
“Lapper just turned left,” Hornaday said after he drove his damaged car behind the wall.
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 at O’Reilly Raceway Park - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 3189 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 2984 -205 3 Justin Allgaier 2691 -498 4 Kyle Busch 2681 -508 5 Paul Menard 2505 -684 6 Kevin Harvick 2434 -755 7 Steve Wallace 2338 -851 8 Brendan Gaughan 2277 -912 9 Trevor Bayne 2205 -984 10 Jason Leffler 2161 -1028 11 Reed Sorenson 2112 -1077 12 Joey Logano 2108 -1081 13 Brian Scott* 2103 -1086 14 Michael Annett 2079 -1110 15 Tony Raines 2041 -1148 16 Mike Bliss 1825 -1364 17 Mike Wallace 1816 -1373 18 Kenny Wallace 1804 -1385 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 1678 -1511 20 Eric McClure 1644 -1545 21 Joe Nemechek 1634 -1555 22 Michael McDowell 1582 -1607 23 Colin Braun* 1536 -1653 24 Jason Keller 1501 -1688 25 Greg Biffle 1368 -1821 26 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -1861 27 Josh Wise 1310 -1879 28 Shelby Howard 1191 -1998 29 Robert Richardson Jr. 1177 -2012 30 Morgan Shepherd 1122 -2067 31 Willie Allen 1080 -2109 32 Jamie McMurray 1044 -2145 33 Brian Keselowski 1035 -2154 34 Mark Green 932 -2257 35 James Buescher* 903 -2286 36 Clint Bowyer 855 -2334 37 Scott Riggs 741 -2448 38 Kelly Bires 740 -2449 39 Brian Vickers 733 -2456 40 Kevin Lepage 704 -2485
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