Kevin Harvick found out that two tires were enough as he outlasted cars with four fresh tires over the final 35 green-flag laps as he captured the Nationwide Series’ Nashville 300 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.
Harvick won for the second time this year and the 36th time in his career.
“I really thought a lot more people would put two tires on because the tires really didn’t fall off that much,” Harvick said. “Ours didn’t fall off that much. I hate putting two tires on. Tonight, we put two tires on and it worked out for us. ... Track position was more important than the handling of the car.”
Carl Edwards, who finished sixth, retained the points lead, 16 points ahead of Brad Keselowski and 21 points ahead of Keselowski’s Penske Racing teammate, Justin Allgaier. NASCAR
The owner/driver beat Reed Sorenson by 0.199 seconds with Kyle Busch finishing third, Justin Allgaier in fourth and Brad Keselowski in fifth. Auto Racing Daily
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 820 Leader 2 Brad Keselowski 804 -16 3 Justin Allgaier 799 -21 4 Kyle Busch 764 -56 5 Kevin Harvick 759 -61 6 Paul Menard 658 -162 7 Joey Logano 589 -231 8 Mike Wallace 570 -250 9 Greg Biffle 563 -257 10 Michael Annett 544 -276 11 Steve Wallace 527 -293 12 Scott Lagasse Jr. 521 -299 13 Trevor Bayne 520 -300 14 Brian Scott* 504 -316 15 Jason Leffler 501 -319 16 Brendan Gaughan 491 -329 17 John Wes Townley 484 -336 18 Tony Raines 475 -345 19 Joe Nemechek 472 -348 20 Scott Riggs 465 -355 21 James Buescher* 463 -357 22 Brian Vickers 457 -363 23 Kenny Wallace 446 -374 24 Eric McClure 442 -378 25 Kelly Bires 431 -389 26 Mike Bliss 431 -389 27 Josh Wise 401 -419 28 Michael McDowell 398 -422 29 Brian Keselowski 395 -425 30 Colin Braun* 374 -446 31 Willie Allen 343 -477 32 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 337 -483 33 Robert Richardson Jr. 331 -489 34 Reed Sorenson 316 -504 35 Scott Wimmer 290 -530 36 Shelby Howard 279 -541 37 Jason Keller 234 -586 38 Danny Efland 234 -586 39 Derrike Cope 219 -601 40 Kasey Kahne 210 -610 41 Morgan Shepherd 203 -617 42 Tony Stewart 195 -625 43 Danica Patrick 183 -637 44 Denny Hamlin 175 -645 45 Kevin Lepage 175 -645 46 Johnny Sauter 173 -647 47 Parker Kligerman* 155 -665 48 Mark Green 147 -673 49 Stanton Barrett 143 -677 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 123 -697
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