Kyle Busch never trails in Nationwide victory at Richmond
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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