Kevin Harvick put on a dominating performance, but had to hold off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski in the final laps to win Friday’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
It was Harvick’s third win of the season and the 37th of his career. Harvick also tied Mark Martin for the most Nationwide victories at Richmond with five.
In April, Keselowski passed Greg Biffle on the final lap of a green-white- checkered finish to win the spring Nationwide race at Richmond.
Trevor Bayne finished a career-best third, while Ricky Stenhouse and Reed Sorenson rounded out the top-five. MiamiHerald.com
“This is the future of our company, so we put a lot of effort into this program, knowing that all the other cars were going to go away, and knowing that we had to be good with this car,” said Harvick, who gets his new chassis from Richard Childress Racing and his power from Earnhardt-Childress engines.
“RCR’s been a big part of this, as well, with the engines, the chassis and the engineering. Everybody’s been working together. It’s easy when you get started in the right direction to keep it going that way.” NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 2 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 3 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 4 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 5 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota 6 20 Denny Hamlin Toyota 7 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 8 98 Paul Menard Ford 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 60 Carl Edwards Ford 11 7 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 12 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 13 88 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 14 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 15 26 Parker Kligerman Dodge 16 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 17 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 18 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 19 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 20 15 Michael Annett Toyota 21 1 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 22 16 Erik Darnell Ford 23 35 Jason Keller Chevrolet 24 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 25 23 Coleman Pressley Chevrolet 26 100 Ryan Truex Toyota 27 25 Kelly Bires Ford 28 9 Landon Cassill Ford 29 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 30 24 Eric McClure Ford 31 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 32 5 Willie Allen Chevrolet 33 10 Tayler Malsam Toyota 34 104 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 35 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 36 27 Hermie Sadler Ford 37 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 38 11 Brian Scott * Toyota 39 168 Carl Long Chevrolet 40 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 41 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 42 73 Derrike Cope Dodge 43 156 Kevin Lepage Toyota
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