Busch Sets Record In Closest Bristol Finish

Kyle Busch (18) beats Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano (20) to the finish line by .019 seconds, the closest NASCAR Nationwide Series finish at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday. PHoto by Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR

At age 26, Kyle Busch made history in Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In beating Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano to the checkered flag in a near dead heat (.019 seconds), Busch won his 50th race in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, breaking a tie with 52-year-old Mark Martin for the top spot on the career victory list.

The margin of victory was the smallest for a race at Bristol since the institution of electronic timing and scoring in 1993.

“It’s awesome,” Busch said of the 50th win, his 23rd in his last 51 Nationwide starts. “We had Mark with us there in Loudon (when Busch tied the record July 16), and it was a phenomenal way to win 49 races and tie Mark Martin. And then to come here and to be able to beat his record here at Bristol, one of my favorite places and one of the team’s favorite places, it was certainly an awesome race.”

Behind Busch and Logano, Clint Bowyer ran third, followed by Carl Edwards and Aric Almirola.

“I don’t know where he (Logano) came from,” said Busch, the first driver to win three straight Nationwide races at the .533-mile track. “He had a rocket ship there at the end. I just kept getting a little bit looser and a little bit looser the more we ran there.

“I thought maybe the top (lane) was going to win the thing, and I was just trying to pinch him down a little bit—he used me up.”

On pit road after the race, Logano eyed Busch’s celebration in victory lane with envy.

“I did everything I could possibly do, looking back at it,” said Logano, whose ploy to stay out on old tires during the final caution nearly paid off with a win. “I did everything I could have done besides wrecking him, but that ain’t the right thing to do when he’s your teammate—so we did everything we could do.”

Michael Annett, Jason Leffler, Elliott Sadler, Parker Kligerman and Brian Scott completed the top 10. Sadler trimmed the series lead of 11th-place finisher Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to five points.

Busch led the first 112 laps of the 250-lap race, until Bowyer passed him in traffic for the top spot on lap 113. Bowyer was still out front when Jeremy Clements’ blown tire brought out the second caution of the race on lap 124. That gave Bowyer and Busch, who had not yet pitted, a chance to come to pit road for tires and fuel on lap 127.

Bowyer led the field to a restart on lap 132, but three laps later, Kenny Wallace blew a tire in turn 3 and smacked the outside wall to cause caution No. 3. It was the second of three quick yellow flags, the last of which was for Kligerman’s spin in turn 2 on lap 145.

Bowyer again led the field to green on lap 151, but Busch powered past Bowyer’s No. 33 Chevrolet at the start/finish line on lap 163. On lap 187, Bowyer retook the lead but surrendered it two laps later. The top two cars ran side by side until David Starr plowed into the turn 1 wall on lap 191 to force the fifth caution.

Busch, Bowyer and Edwards all came to the pits for tires on lap 193, while Logano, Leffler and Sadler stayed on the track and inherited the top three positions for a restart on lap 198. Logano grabbed the lead on the restart, with Busch surging into second behind him. Those two cars pulled away, with Bowyer in pursuit.

Busch soon dispatched Logano, and the top three drivers—Busch, Logano and Bowyer—opened a wide gap over Leffler and Edwards in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Story by Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

NASCAR Nationwide Series
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN
Food City 250 Unofficial Results – Aug. 26, 2011

Fin Start No. Driver Points Car Laps Completed Status Earnings
1 1 18 Kyle Busch 0 Toyota 250 Running $46,575
2 2 20 Joey Logano 0 Toyota 250 Running $31,600
3 9 33 Clint Bowyer 0 Chevrolet 250 Running $27,025
4 6 60 Carl Edwards 0 Ford 250 Running $25,000
5 16 88 Aric Almirola 39 Chevrolet 250 Running $29,918
6 21 62 Michael Annett 38 Toyota 250 Running $27,868
7 5 30 Jason Leffler 37 Chevrolet 250 Running $25,078
8 3 2 Elliott Sadler 36 Chevrolet 250 Running $24,938
9 12 22 Parker Kligerman 0 Dodge 250 Running $25,218
10 11 11 Brian Scott 34 Toyota 250 Running $25,518
11 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 33 Ford 250 Running $24,843
12 18 32 Reed Sorenson 32 Chevrolet 250 Running $24,143
13 7 16 Trevor Bayne 31 Ford 250 Running $24,493
14 15 66 Steve Wallace 30 Toyota 250 Running $23,978
15 8 31 Justin Allgaier 29 Chevrolet 250 Running $24,558
16 19 7 Josh Wise 28 Chevrolet 249 Running $24,398
17 13 70 David Stremme 0 Chevrolet 249 Running $25,353
18 20 19 Mike Bliss 26 Chevrolet 249 Running $24,558
19 17 38 Kasey Kahne 0 Chevrolet 248 Running $17,305
20 14 64 David Reutimann 0 Toyota 248 Running $17,990
21 22 97 Joe Nemechek 23 Toyota 247 Running $17,200
22 30 15 Timmy Hill 22 Ford 247 Running $24,623
23 40 81 Blake Koch 21 Dodge 247 Running $24,163
24 37 40 Scott Wimmer 20 Chevrolet 246 Running $17,060
25 33 28 Derrike Cope 19 Chevrolet 246 Running $24,093
26 39 01 Mike Wallace 18 Chevrolet 245 Running $23,403
27 36 14 Eric McClure 17 Chevrolet 245 Running $23,743
28 26 04 Benny Gordon 16 Ford 244 Running $16,805
29 34 87 Kevin Conway 15 Toyota 243 Running $23,238
30 41 39 Fain Skinner 14 Ford 242 Running $23,493
31 42 52 Kevin Lepage 13 Chevrolet 241 Running $16,685
32 25 51 Jeremy Clements 12 Chevrolet 219 Running $23,083
33 24 05 David Starr 0 Chevrolet 187 Accident $16,595
34 38 89 Morgan Shepherd 10 Chevrolet 161 Vibration $23,043
35 32 23 Dennis Setzer 9 Chevrolet 137 Suspension $23,028
36 4 09 Kenny Wallace 8 Toyota 136 Accident $23,008
37 23 03 Scott Riggs 7 Chevrolet 19 Overheating $16,520
38 27 49 Mark Green 6 Chevrolet 11 Rear Gear $16,480
39 28 42 Tim Andrews 5 Chevrolet 11 Electrical $16,455
40 29 46 Chase Miller 4 Chevrolet 7 Brakes $16,430
41 31 71 Matthew Carter 3 Ford 7 Brakes $16,405
42 35 47 Brian Keselowski 0 Chevrolet 6 Brakes $16,375
43 43 44 Jeff Green 1 Chevrolet 4 Vibration $16,330

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