Kyle Busch Pulls Away For 51st Nationwide Victory

Kyle Busch (18) and Carl Edwards (60) battle for position in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide race at Richmond International Raceway. Busch would go on to collect the win, his eighth of the season. Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Kyle Busch found a way to stay out front with a car set up for short runs and pulled away during the final green-flag run to win Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway.

Busch got the opportunity for his career-best 51st Nationwide Series victory and his eighth of the season in 19 starts when Carl Edwards, who had dominated the race, lost three spots during the final round of pit stops under caution.

Edwards ran second, .696 seconds behind Busch. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. retained the series points lead with a third-place finish. Ryan Truex came home fourth, followed by Kenny Wallace.

Elliott Sadler, Aric Almirola, Reed Sorenson, Justin Allgaier and Joe Nemechek completed the top 10.

“Carl was certainly really, really good there, and I thought at first we were probably a third- or fourth-place car, and then kind of worked on it and made it a second- or third-place car,” Busch said. “We were keeping up with Carl, and then, on that final pit stop, my guys really put the pressure on, knowing how quick they’d been on pit road all night—and they did it once again.

“We were able to get off first, and I think Carl came off fourth, so when we had the restart there, he got mired up in traffic there, and that gave us some room to get out … (Crew chief) Jason (Ratcliff) and these guys made some awesome adjustments all night, making the car a little bit better—just be able to make it a little more drivable. Every run we got closer, and then, there on that last run, we had track position and a good car.”

Brad Keselowski (22) was sent spinning after Danica Patrick (7) made contact with Keselowski's car during Friday night's Nationwide event. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

The race followed a consistent pattern: a caution, followed by a restart with Busch in the lead, followed by a pass by Edwards for the top spot a few laps later. As long as the race stayed green, Edwards was in control.

Edwards led Busch by a half-second when an ongoing fracas between Kevin Harvick and Trevor Bayne erupted into a full-blown wreck in turn 3. Frustrated by Harvick’s efforts to block him—and by contact that wrinkled the hood of Bayne’s Ford—Bayne rubbed Harvick into the wall on lap 210.

Harvick retaliated immediately, turning Bayne nose-first into the SAFER barrier in turn 3. The incident caused the sixth caution of the race, and during pit stops under yellow, Busch regained the lead and Edwards lost three positions in the pits because of problems with the right front tire.

“It was going to be a battle if Kyle and I started side by side,” said Edwards, who led 160 of 250 laps. “I thought it was going to be tough enough that way, but we had a tire get stuck on the fender, I guess, on the right front.

“The guys did a really good job, only losing three spots with that. I just couldn’t get to him, and by the time I was in second, I had worked my tires over pretty badly, and I needed a caution to start next to him again. But Kyle and those guys definitely earned it—we didn’t give it to ’em with that pit stop. I think they were going to be tough either way.”

The field restarted on lap 221, with Busch out front, followed by Stenhouse, Truex and Edwards. After that final restart, Busch began to pull away.

Stenhouse now leads second Sadler by 16 points in the series standings.  Stenhouse also won the $100,000 Nationwide Dash4Cash bonus. Stenhouse, Truex, Wallace and Sadler earned eligibility for the Dash4Cash bonus in the Oct. 14 race at Charlotte.

Story by Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

NASCAR Nationwide Series
Richmond International Raceway – Richmond, VA
Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Unofficial Results – Sept. 9, 2011

Fin Start No. Driver Points Car Laps Completed Status Earnings
1 3 18 Kyle Busch 0 Toyota 250 Running $33,725
2 2 60 Carl Edwards 0 Ford 250 Running $36,125
3 6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 41 Ford 250 Running $31,268
4 10 20 Ryan Truex 40 Toyota 250 Running $24,043
5 5 09 Kenny Wallace 39 Toyota 250 Running $24,693
6 8 2 Elliott Sadler 38 Chevrolet 250 Running $24,043
7 16 88 Aric Almirola 37 Chevrolet 250 Running $21,753
8 17 32 Reed Sorenson 36 Chevrolet 250 Running $23,913
9 22 31 Justin Allgaier 35 Chevrolet 250 Running $21,293
10 15 87 Joe Nemechek 34 Toyota 250 Running $23,843
11 26 62 Michael Annett 33 Toyota 250 Running $20,993
12 18 19 Mike Bliss 32 Chevrolet 250 Running $21,668
13 14 70 David Stremme 0 Chevrolet 250 Running $21,318
14 28 51 Jeremy Clements 31 Chevrolet 250 Running $20,618
15 24 01 Mike Wallace 29 Chevrolet 250 Running $22,093
16 7 66 Steve Wallace 28 Toyota 250 Running $20,693
17 38 15 Timmy Hill 27 Ford 250 Running $21,618
18 32 7 Danica Patrick 26 Chevrolet 249 Running $20,568
19 1 22 Brad Keselowski 0 Dodge 249 Running $18,350
20 13 33 Kevin Harvick 0 Chevrolet 249 Running $14,725
21 37 28 Derrike Cope 23 Chevrolet 247 Running $20,418
22 39 23 Robert Richardson Jr. 22 Chevrolet 247 Running $20,318
23 40 52 Kevin Lepage 21 Chevrolet 246 Running $14,165
24 41 89 Morgan Shepherd 20 Chevrolet 246 Running $13,650
25 42 39 Luis Martinez Jr. 19 Chevrolet 246 Running $20,693
26 27 30 Ricky Carmichael 0 Chevrolet 245 Running $19,968
27 35 81 Blake Koch 17 Dodge 211 Running $20,318
28 4 16 Trevor Bayne 16 Ford 209 Accident $19,768
29 11 30 Jason Leffler 15 Chevrolet 178 Running $19,718
30 20 14 Eric McClure 14 Chevrolet 158 Accident $19,918
31 9 1 Jamie McMurray 0 Chevrolet 155 Ignition $13,095
32 12 11 Brian Scott 12 Toyota 145 Accident $19,478
33 21 40 Josh Wise 11 Chevrolet 69 Oil Pressure $12,950
34 25 41 Johnny Chapman 10 Chevrolet 42 Brakes $12,915
35 30 71 Matthew Carter 9 Ford 37 Brakes $12,865
36 23 44 Jeff Green 8 Chevrolet 27 Brakes $12,805
37 36 75 Carl Long 7 Ford 24 Rear Gear $12,745
38 43 42 Tim Andrews 6 Chevrolet 9 Power $12,665
39 34 48 Dennis Setzer 0 Chevrolet 9 Brakes $12,620
40 19 49 Mark Green 4 Chevrolet 8 Brakes $12,580
41 31 03 Scott Riggs 3 Chevrolet 7 Overheating $12,515
42 33 46 Chase Miller 2 Chevrolet 4 Transmission $12,470
43 29 47 Brian Keselowski 0 Chevrolet 2 Ignition $12,409

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