Kyle Busch survived a crash-filled night of racing at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway to win Friday’s Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver led 137 of 200 laps and held off a hard-charging Jeff Burton at the finish.
The 300-mile race featured 13 cautions, mostly for accidents, and halted twice for rain.
The first caution came quickly when Bryan Clauson looped around and smacked the wall on the second lap. Five laps later, Jeff Green lost control of his car and slid in the infield grass.
While under caution on the ninth lap, a shower moved through the area, delaying the event for 10 minutes.
After starting 16th, Busch knifed his way through the field as he cracked the top-five by Lap 25.
Burton moved to the outside of Logano to grab the top spot on Lap 48. Jason Leffler made slight contact with the wall and cut a tire the following lap. Logano was the quickest off of pit road during the caution and reclaimed the lead.
On Lap 81, Chase Miller got loose coming out of turn two and spun, triggering a multi-car accident. Bobby Hamilton and Jason Keller sustained heavy damage to their cars.
David Stremme crashed on Lap 96 when Mike Wallace’s car wiggled and made contact with Stremme’s left-rear fender. On the restart four laps later, McMurray spun in the grass after being bumped from behind by Edwards. Wallace also spun during the incident. Busch was warned by NASCAR officials for his slow restarts.
Jimmie Johnson went for a wild ride on Lap 117 when he lost control of his car in turn two. Johnson suffered heavy damage to his Chevrolet after hitting the inside retaining wall. He finished 33rd in his fourth Nationwide start this season.
Brian Vickers took on two tires only during his stop and came out of the pits first. Vickers led the field for the restart on Lap 121, but Busch charged to front two laps later.
On Lap 126, Green and Steve Wallace made contact, causing another a multi-car crash. Green spun and got airborne before his car landed on Wallace’s machine. David Reutimann and Justin Allgaier, who made his first career Nationwide start, were also involved in the incident.
“We were going to make a night of it, but (Steve Wallace) ran over me,” Green, the 2000 Nationwide champion, said. “It was just a bad night for us.”
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