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 In a Food City 300 that went to two laps of overtime at the
.533-mile short track, Busch finished .427 of a second ahead of Kyle
Larson, as Buescher faded to 11th after his car failed to pick up
fuel off Turn 2 of the next-to-last lap.
The victory was Busch's third of the season in the NASCAR Xfinity
Series, his eighth at Bristol and the 73rd of his career, extending
his own series record.
"This is home -- this is where I'm supposed to be," Busch said,
standing outside the car in Victory Lane. "I wish I was here
Wednesday night (after the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race),
so we could continue the sweep lookout for (Saturday), but that was
a second place. Oh, well."
Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin ran third, followed by Ty Dillon and Daniel
Suarez, who got a bonus for his top-five run. As the highest
finishing eligible driver in the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program, Suarez
picked up an extra $100,000.
Pit strategy put Buescher at the front of the field under the fourth
caution of the race, caused by Cale Conley's spin in Turn 4. On
older tires, Buescher nevertheless pulled away from Busch during a
succession of restarts, as Busch saved his equipment for what he
thought would be the inevitable late-race caution.
"I let the 60 (Buescher) go," Busch said. "He ran out there to about
a straightaway on us, and I was just trying to save and do what I
could to keep my tires underneath me. I knew we were going to get
some cautions at the end to bunch us back up, and fortunately we
did.
"I wasn't sure they were going to make it on fuel (having pitted on
lap 131 of 302), and obviously they cut it close -- a little too
close."
Busch got the yellow he needed just in time. Brad Teague's wreck on
the frontstretch with five laps left set up the
green-white-checkered and gave Busch the chance he needed.
Buescher, who saw his series lead shrink to 19 points over Ty
Dillon, knew he could have made it to the end on fuel had the race
not gone to overtime.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - Food City 300
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
Friday, August 21, 2015
1. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 302, $53821.
2. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 302, $39921.
3. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 302, $40792.
4. (11) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 302, $34852.
5. (9) Daniel Suarez Toyota, 302, $34467.
6. (4) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 302, $30854.
7. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 302, $31485.
8. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 302, $24344.
9. (12) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 302, $30097.
10. (15) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 302, $30769.
11. (5) Chris Buescher, Ford, 302, $31717.
12. (14) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 302, $29516.
13. (13) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 302, $29416.
14. (27) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 302, $29350.
15. (16) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 302, $29904.
16. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 302, $29269.
17. (21) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 302, $29224.
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18. (20) Cale Conley, Toyota, 301, $29178.
19. (18) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 299, $29143.
20. (32) David Starr, Toyota, 298, $29603.
21. (29) Blake Koch, Toyota, 298, $29037.
22. (6) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 297, $28987.
23. (24) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 297, $28926.
24. (22) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 297, $28865.
25. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 295, $28955.
26. (40) Brad Teague, Toyota, 291, $28739.
27. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 289, $28678.
28. (37) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 288, $28588.
29. (25) Hermie Sadler III, Toyota, 287, $28547.
30. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 275, $22802.
31. (8) Elliott Sadler, Ford, Accident, 254, $28461.
32. (28) Dylan Kwasniewski, Chevrolet, Accident, 253, $28391.
33. (34) Eric McClure, Toyota, 252, $28366.
34. (23) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, Accident, 247, $28345.
35. (30) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, Handling, 180, $28318.
36. (38) Jordan Anderson, Dodge, 170, $20227.
37. (26) Benny Gordon, Toyota, Electrical, 65, $19227.
38. (39) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Brakes, 28, $18227.
39. (35) Carl Long, Dodge, Handling, 22, $17227.
40. (31) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 3, $16227.
Average speed of race winner: 86.27 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 57 seconds.
Margin of victory: 0.426 seconds.
Caution flags: 8 for 52 laps.
Lead changes: 10 among 4 drivers.
Lap leaders: D. Hamlin 1-2; K. Busch 3-12; D. Hamlin 13-26; K. Busch
27-54; D. Hamlin 55; K. Busch 56-104; D. Hamlin 105-124; K. Harvick
125; D. Hamlin 126-194; C. Buescher 195-300; K. Busch 301-302.
Leaders summary (Driver, times lead, laps led): D. Hamlin 5 times
for 106 laps; C. Buescher 1 time for 106 laps; K. Busch 4 times for
89 laps; K. Harvick 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher - 800; T. Dillon - 781; C. Elliott -
777; R. Smith - 749; E. Sadler - 718; D. Suarez - 697; D. Wallace
Jr. - 697; B. Scott - 681; B. Gaughan - 676; R. Reed - 606.
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