Kevin Harvick thoroughly dominated Saturday’s Degree V12 Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading 131 of 195 laps en route to a win.
Harvick and Kyle Busch each went into the pits for gas and four tires with 14 laps remaining. Earnhardt and Brad Keselowski stayed on the track, gambling they had enough gas to finish the race.
Earnhardt and Keselowski had enough gas, but were still passed by Harvick and Busch, who finished second. Earnhardt was third, followed by Keselowski and Jeff Burton.
“Kyle was a little better on the short runs there, but after about eight or 10 laps, this thing was just flat-out awesome,” Harvick said of his No. 33 Chevrolet, which led 131 laps. “We cut it a little bit closer than I would have liked to there at the end. ...
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kyle Busch 4209 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 3988 -221 3 Brad Keselowski 3917 -292 4 Jason Leffler 3532 -677 5 Justin Allgaier* 3010 -1199 6 Steve Wallace 2994 -1215 7 Jason Keller 2873 -1336 8 Brendan Gaughan* 2857 -1352 9 Mike Bliss 2835 -1374 10 Michael McDowell* 2796 -1413 11 Michael Annett* 2619 -1590 12 Kenny Wallace 2617 -1592 13 Joey Logano 2609 -1600 14 Tony Raines 2576 -1633 15 Kevin Harvick 2428 -1781 16 David Ragan 2202 -2007 17 Scott Lagasse Jr.* 2194 -2015 18 Eric McClure 2182 -2027 19 Scott Wimmer 2141 -2068 20 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 1985 -2224 21 Brian Vickers 1833 -2376 22 Greg Biffle 1553 -2656 23 Jeff Burton 1462 -2747 24 Morgan Shepherd 1450 -2759 25 Paul Menard 1428 -2781 26 Brian Keselowski 1412 -2797 27 Matt Kenseth 1318 -2891 28 Joe Nemechek 1304 -2905 29 Erik Darnell* 1294 -2915 30 John Wes Townley* 1282 -2927 31 Brandon Whitt 1260 -2949 32 Shelby Howard 1224 -2985 33 Trevor Bayne 1151 -3058 34 Mark Green 1101 -3108 35 Ken Butler III* 1060 -3149 36 Clint Bowyer 1047 -3162 37 Stephen Leicht 1047 -3162 38 Casey Atwood 1028 -3181 39 David Reutimann 1010 -3199 40 Burney Lamar 957 -3252 41 Scott Speed 953 -3256 42 Robert Richardson Jr. 920 -3289 43 Matt Carter 910 -3299 44 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 901 -3308 45 Kelly Bires 889 -3320 46 Brad Coleman 873 -3336 47 Ryan Newman 826 -3383 48 David Green 807 -3402 49 Johnny Chapman 779 -3430 50 Kertus Davis 743 -3466 51 Peyton Sellers 683 -3526 52 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 673 -3536 53 Michael Waltrip 661 -3548 54 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 634 -3575 55 D.J. Kennington 625 -3584 56 Kenny Hendrick 624 -3585 57 Terry Cook* 624 -3585 58 Mike Wallace 622 -3587 59 Mike Harmon 612 -3597 60 Derrike Cope 573 -3636 61 Kevin Lepage 569 -3640 62 Reed Sorenson 499 -3710 63 Kevin Conway 485 -3724 64 Jeff Green 483 -3726 65 Dennis Setzer 459 -3750 66 Brian Scott 449 -3760 67 Jeremy Clements 444 -3765 68 Kevin Hamlin 417 -3792 69 Marcos Ambrose 375 -3834 70 Tony Stewart 365 -3844 71 Benny Gordon 363 -3846 72 John Borneman III 361 -3848 73 Austin Dillon 355 -3854 74 Kasey Kahne 337 -3872 75 Stanton Barrett 337 -3872 76 David Gilliland 318 -3891 77 Aric Almirola 312 -3897 78 Marc Davis 307 -3902 79 Ron Hornaday 293 -3916 80 Sean Murphy 279 -3930 81 Travis Kittleson 256 -3953 82 Chase Austin 255 -3954 83 Denny Hamlin 233 -3976 84 Boris Said 218 -3991 85 Ron Fellows 213 -3996 86 J C Stout 196 -4013 87 Dave Blaney 192 -4017 88 J.R. Fitzpatrick 191 -4018 89 Chad Blount 190 -4019 90 Andy Ponstein 180 -4029 91 Chase Miller 178 -4031 92 Kerry Earnhardt 176 -4033 93 Donnie Neuenberger 171 -4038 94 Andrew Ranger 170 -4039 95 Bobby Gerhart 167 -4042 96 Willie Allen 166 -4043 97 Jacques Villeneuve 165 -4044 98 Patrick Carpentier 161 -4048 99 Jeffrey Earnhardt 161 -4048 100 Jean Francois Dumoulin 146 -4063 101 Mark Martin 146 -4063 102 Justin Marks 140 -4069 103 Jeff Fuller 128 -4081 104 Antonio Perez 124 -4085 105 Scott Gaylord 122 -4087 106 Victor Gonzalez Jr. 121 -4088 107 Robby Gordon 121 -4088 108 Justin Lofton 115 -4094 109 Chris Cook 110 -4099 110 Elliott Sadler 109 -4100 111 Max Papis 103 -4106 112 J.J. Yeley 100 -4109 113 Brett Rowe 100 -4109 114 Sean Caisse 97 -4112 115 Coleman Pressley 86 -4123 116 Alex Tagliani 85 -4124 117 Brad Baker 83 -4126 118 Tom Hubert 74 -4135 119 Cale Gale 70 -4139 120 Chase Mattioli 67 -4142 121 Brian Ickler 67 -4142 122 Tim Andrews 64 -4145 123 Brad Teague 61 -4148 124 Chris Lawson 55 -4154 125 Daryl Harr 52 -4157 126 Andy Lally 52 -4157 127 Chris Horn 49 -4160 128 Tony Ave 46 -4163 129 Colin Braun 43 -4166 130 Justin Hobgood 40 -4169 131 Patrick Sheltra 40 -4169 132 Justin Ashburn 40 -4169 133 Kris Szekeres 37 -4172 134 Donny Lia 34 -4175 135 Steve Grissom 34 -4175 136 Larry Foyt 0 -4209 137 Jason White 0 -4209 138 Josh Wise 0 -4209 139 Joe Ruttman 0 -4209 140 Ryan Hackett 0 -4209 141 Blake Bjorklund 0 -4209 142 Jack Smith 0 -4209
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