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Kyle Busch never trails in Nationwide victory at Richmond

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RICHMOND, Va. - Kyle Busch led from start to finish, usually by plenty, and ended an eight-race winless streak in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with his fifth career victory at Richmond International Raceway.

Busch started on the pole, routinely built leads of several seconds and was never really challenged Friday night.

Kevin Harvick appeared to be closing in on him with about 40 laps to go, then began to fade again.

The sixth caution bunched the field for a restart with 18 laps to go, and Busch again made quick work of his competition, cruising to his record-extending 67th victory in the series.

It was the fourth victory of the season for Busch, but first since May 31 at Dover.

Nationwide Series points leader Chase Elliott overtook Harvick to claim second.

Your final UNOFFICIAL results:

Pos. No. Driver Pts.
1 54 Kyle Busch 0
2 9 Chase Elliott 42
3 5 Kevin Harvick 0
4 22 Ryan Blaney 0
5 2 Brian Scott 39
6 7 Regan Smith 38
7 43 Dakoda Armstrong 37
8 11 Elliott Sadler 36
9 3 Ty Dillon 35
10 60 Chris Buescher 34
11 31 Dylan Kwasniewski 33
12 20 Matt Kenseth 0
13 42 Kyle Larson 0
14 01 Landon Cassill 30
15 6 Trevor Bayne 29
16 16 Ryan Reed 28
17 33 Cale Conley 0
18 62 Brendan Gaughan 26
19 99 James Buescher 25
20 10 Mike Bliss 24
21 51 Jeremy Clements 23
22 29 Kelly Admiraal 22
23 39 Ryan Sieg 21
24 93 Ryan Ellis 20
25 44 Will Kimmel III 19
26 40 Matt DiBenedetto 18
27 19 Hermie Sadler 17
28 52 Joey Gase 16
29 23 Cody Ware 15
30 14 Jeff Green 14
31 28 J.J. Yeley 13
32 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt 12
33 87 Josh Reaume 11
34 84 Chad Boat 10
35 72 John Jackson 9
36 89 Morgan Shepherd 8
37 55 Jamie Dick 7
38 91 Blake Koch 6
39 46 Matt Frahm 5
40 74 Kevin Lepage 4

With files from theScore.

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