With a last-lap pass of Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch stole a win in the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway—a victory that came at the expense of the race’s dominant driver, Busch’s teammate, Joey Logano.
Busch finished .051 seconds ahead of Biffle, who sent Logano—then the leader—up the track after the restart for a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race two laps beyond its scheduled distance of 150 laps.
Busch locked onto Biffle’s rear bumper to start the final lap, and when Biffle slipped slightly, Busch dived to the inside. Third-place finisher Brad Keselowski took it three-wide below Busch in Turn 3 but couldn’t sustain his momentum, and Busch won a drag race off Turn 4 to edge Biffle. NASCAR.com
Patrick was 31st in her second Nationwide race, three laps off the pace and ahead of six other cars that were still running at the end.
Patrick started the day 36th and quickly dropped to the back of the field. She was passed by Logano only 17 laps into the race. Yet, it took another 43 laps before Logano lapped her again.
On her first two stops, Patrick was penalized for speeding on pit road. So was veteran driver Carl Edwards, who finished fourth.
“It’s always disappointing when something isn’t perfect, but it’s not what ruined our day,” Patrick said. The Canadian Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 27 Greg Biffle Ford 3 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 4 60 Carl Edwards Ford 5 20 Joey Logano Toyota 6 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 7 88 Kelly Bires Chevrolet 8 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 9 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 10 11 Brian Scott * Toyota 11 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 12 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 13 1 James Buescher * Chevrolet 14 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 15 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford 16 9 Scott Riggs Ford 17 15 Michael Annett Toyota 18 16 Colin Braun * Ford 19 98 Paul Menard Ford 20 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 21 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 22 42 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 23 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 24 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 25 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 26 10 David Reutimann Toyota 27 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 28 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 29 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 30 21 John Wes Townley Chevrolet 31 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 32 70 Mark Green Chevrolet 33 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 34 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 35 24 Eric McClure Ford 36 73 Derrike Cope Dodge 37 61 Josh Wise Ford 38 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 39 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 40 156 Kevin Lepage Toyota 41 107 Danny Efland Chevrolet 42 96 Dennis Setzer Dodge 43 183 John Borneman III Ford
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