Fast Facts:

-          Pole Position: Austin Dillon

-          5 Sprint Cup Series regulars in the race: Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth

-          Points Leader Regan Smith headed into Charlotte with 7 straight Top-10 finishes

Green Flag: Pole Sitter Austin Dillon chooses the outside lane and leads the first lap followed by Busch and Brian Scott.

Lap 2: Kyle Busch takes the lead.

Lap 7: Kyle Busch puts a large gap between 2nd place Joey Logano and it keeps growing.

Lap 9: The No16 of Chris Buescher gets loose and slaps the wall, race stays green.

Lap 18: Brian Vickers gets around Logano for second but is still trailing Busch my 2.4 seconds.

Lap 20: The battle for 4th between Kenseth and Scott and 8th Kahne and Dillon are heating up.

Lap 33: Logano and Dillon have handling issues and are threatening to drop them from the Top-10.

Lap 39: Debris is Turn 3 brings out the first caution and brings Busch’s 3.6sec lead to zero. Johanna Long is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 43: Green Flag! Busch, Vickers, Smith, Hornish, Dillon are your Top-5

Lap 44: 3-wide in the front lets Hornish take the lead.

Lap 45: Caution 2: Robert Richardson gets loose and hits the wall collecting Johanna Long. Both take their cars to the garage.

Lap 52: Hornish chooses the inside lane and is taken over by Busch.

Lap 87: Jon Wes Townley hits the wall and brings out the 3rd Caution:

Lap 89: Vickers beats Busch off of pit road… just barely.

Lap 92: Busch takes the lead on the restart.

Lap 95: Justin Allgaier battles his racecar and loses 5 spots in 3 laps.

HALFWAY! Surprise! Kyle Busch is dominating this race!

Lap 115: Busch Vickers, Hornish, Kahne, Dillon, Smith, Harvick, Logano, Larson, Scott run Top-10

Lap 120: Long green flag leaves ample time for Clint Bowyer to make funny comments up in the booth.

Lap 125: Vickers, Kahne and Hornish battle hard for 2rd.

Lap 130: Yup, Kyle Busch is still leading.

Lap 154: Caution for debris takes away Busch’s almost 4 second lead. Very few lead lap cars pit.

Lap 157: Restart with Busch and Kahne up front. Busch takes the lead.

26 to go: Annette and Hornish get lose and somehow miss the wall… and each other.

23 to go: Caution 4 for a spin by Reed Sorenson.

17 to go: Restart: Busch leads and caution flies for Dakoda Armstrong hitting the wall.

13 to go: Restart: Busch leads again with Kahne close behind.

10 to go: Busch and Kahne break away from the pack. Can Kahne catch Busch?

5 to go: Busch begins to pull away from Kahne. Hornish in 3rd is 3 seconds back from Kahne.

WINNER: Kyle Busch takes his 6th win of the season in the Nationwide Series after dominating the race like only Busch does. Busch ties Mark Martin for most wins in the Nationwide Series in a season.

Top-10:

54 Kyle Busch (186 laps led)

5 Kasey Kahne

22 Joey Logano

4 Kyle Larson

5 Kevin Harvick

6 Trevor Bayne

31 Justin Allgaier

18 Matt Kenseth

7 Regan Smith

77 Parker Kligerman

He may only be 11 races into his career with Joe Gibbs Racing, but Matt Kenseth seems to be hotter than ever. With three wins already this season and seven top-10 finishes, can anyone stop him?

Matt Kenseth spent his entire Sprint Cup Career with Roush Fenway Racing behind the wheel of the No. 17 Ford. He had 24 wins, 126 top-5 and 232 top-10 finishes with RFR yet he felt the need to change teams. Now he finds himself behind the wheel of a Toyota, driving the No. 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing and he is off to the hottest start of his career.

Kenseth started off the season with a strong showing at the Daytona 500 until his engine decided it just wasn’t his time to win the Great American Race. Two races later, he was standing in Victory Lane in Las Vegas, just three races into his career with JGR.

He followed up his Vegas win with a wrecked car at Bristol, but came back to win a few races later at Kansas from the Pole. The next weekend at Richmond, he won the Pole again and finished seventh. Moving ahead to last weekend’s race at Darlington, Kenseth brought home his first victory at the Lady in Black, without his Crew Chief.

Despite his team’s troubles with their illegal engine part which cost them 12 points and one race without Crew Chief Jason Ratcliff, this team has been flawless. Take away Kenseth’s two worst finishes this season, one due to an engine and the other due to a wreck, he has finished outside the top-10 twice; the lowest being 14th. Could he be a contender for the Sprint Cup Series Championship?

Jimmie Johnson may be leading the current points standing by a full race, but don’t think that lead will be there for long. Kenseth is sitting third in standings, 59 points behind Jimmie Johnson and just 15 behind second place Carl Edwards. If Kenseth continues on the path that he is on, he could very well be on top of the point’s standings before you know it.

Kenseth’s biggest competition this season will be Johnson. Johnson, after barely missing out on the Championship last season, is out to prove he still has it and has been stronger than ever this season. If Kenseth and his team keep doing what they have been doing and continue to build on their chemistry, they will be well on their way to keeping Johnson from his sixth Championship.

The VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 from Darlington Raceway lap by lap breakdown.

Pre-Race Facts:

12 drivers who have never raced at Darlington

Joe Gibbs Racing is starting 1-2-3-4

Kyle Busch is starting on Pole

Lap-By-Lap:

Lap 1: Green flag. Kyle Busch on Pole

Lap 23: Caution. Contact between No6 of Bayne and No24 of Silas (Leader Busch)

Lap 28 restart: Busch Sadler but Sadler quickly taken over by Kenseth

Lap 33: McClure in the wall

Lap 38: restart Busch and Kenseth. Kenseth quickly taken over by Sadler

Lap 50: Sadler spins from 2nd place, keeps it from hitting the wall.

Lap 55: Kahne is the leader after a round of pit stops under caution after Busch’s jackman loses footing, costing him the lead. Kahne loses the lead to Kenseth.

Lap 70: After being bumped to 6th after a bad pit stop, Busch fights his way back up to 2nd, catching up with race leader Kenseth

Lap 73: Pastrana gets his Darlington Stripe dropping him one place to 16th

Lap 75: After a spin on lap 50, Sadler fights his way back into the top-10, running P10

Lap 78: Kahne and Vickers fight hard for 3rd, Pastrana hits pit road after hitting the wall on Lap 73

Lap 82: Busch takes over the lead after Kenseth gets caught behind lapped car No70 of Raines

Lap 90: Busch has contact with Wallace while trying to get around him: Kenseth to get to his bumper.

Lap 91: Vickers pits from 3rd under green for a vibration

Lap 93: Busch and Kenseth complain about loose racecars. Running 1-2

Lap 108: Green flag pit stops start. Rookie Alex Bowman running in the top-10

Lap 112: Green Flag stops complete. Busch still leads over Kenseth

Lap 119: JGR is running 1-2-3-4 again; No 79 of Kyle Fowler spins, hitting the wall. Caution flies

Lap 121: Leaders pit under caution. Busch and Kenseth both change 4 tires.

Lap 121: Sadler emerges as the leader off of pit road after only taking 2 tires.

Lap 124: A. Dillon and Logano lead take the green after foregoing pit stops. Logano passes Dillon to lead.

18 to go: After a slight error by Logano, Busch retakes the lead.

14 to go: Bayne hits the wall again, running outside the top-20.

13 to go: battle for 7th: Dillon, Smith, Hornish heats up leading to contact between Dillon and Hornish.

10 to go: After taking 2nd from Logano, Sadler is gaining on race leader Busch.

9 to go: Vickers takes 3rd from Logano. Logano on old tires.

5 to go: Sadler is slowly losing ground on race leader Busch.

4 to go: Kenseth and Larson battle hard for 5th. Larson gets his Darlington Stripe.

Checkered Flag: Kyle Busch gets his 5th win this season in the Nationwide Series making JGR the winner of 6 of the last 7 races at Darlington Raceway. Busch led 107 of the 147 laps. Points leader Regan Smith increased his lead to 28 points over second place Sam Hornish Jr. With his win, Busch scored a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0, his 16th perfect rating since NASCAR started keeping the statistic in 2005.

Final Running Order:

1: Kyle Busch (54)

2: Elliott Sadler (11)

3: Brian Vickers (20)

4: Joey Logano (22)

5: Matt Kenseth (18)

6: Kyle Larson (32)

7: Regan Smith (7)

8: Sam Hornish Jr (12)

9: Kasey Kahne (5)

10: Justin Allgaier (31)

11: Austin Dillon (3)

12: Chris Buescher (16)

13: Ty Dillon (33)

14: Brian Scott (2)

15: Parker Kligerman (77)

16: Nelson Piquet Jr (30)

17: Alex Bowman (99)

18: Reed Sorenson (43)

19: Mike Bliss (19)

20: Jeremy Clements (51)

21: Josh Wise (40)

22: Blake Koch (00)

23: Landon Cassill (4)

24: Joe Nemechek (87)

25: Mike Wallace (01)

26: Eric McClure (14)

27: Danny Efland (74)

28: Travis Pastrana (60)

29: Hal Martin (44)

30: Dexter Stacey (92)

31: Harrison Rhodes (23)

32: Trevor Bayne (6)

33: Tony Raines (70)

34: Kyle Fowler (79)

35: Kevin Lepage (52)

36: Bryan Silas (24)

37: Jeff Green (10)

38: J.J. Yeley (42)

39: Chase Miller (46)

40: Tanner Berryhill (17)

The Nationwide Series heads to Darlington this weekend to take on the Lady in Black. The VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 will run Friday night under the lights at 7:30 PM ET and it will be one of the races this season that you do not want to miss.

In the last 10 Nationwide Series races that have been held at the track, the win has gone to a Sprint Cup Series regular. Brian Vickers, back in 2003, was the last Nationwide Series regular to come home victorious from Darlington.

Last season, the highest finishing Series contender was Sam Hornish Jr who finished fourth behind race winner Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski. Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, and Brian Scott rounded out the top-7. This season, there are four Sprint Cup Series regulars scheduled to hit the track for Friday’s race.

Defending winner Joey Logano returns to the No22. Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth will all be fighting for the win Friday night as well. The question is, with Kyle Busch getting behind the wheel of the No54 after taking a break last weekend, will he be once again get back to his winning ways?

Busch has three Poles at Darlington as well as a win in 2011. With four wins already this season, Darlington isn’t out of the question for Busch. There are a few Nationwide Series regulars who are looking for that Darlington win as well. Hornish raced well here last season and recorded his best finish of 4th at the track. After a rough weekend at Talladega that cost him the points lead, Hornish will be fighting hard for the win, and the return to the top of the standings.

Regan Smith will be looking to increase the point’s lead that he took from Hornish last weekend when he came out victorious at Talladega. His last start at the track in the Nationwide Series was back in 2007 where he finished 12th. That was also his highest finish at the track to date. Smith is going to have to improve that finish by quite a bit to take the win but he JR Motorsports team has been strong this season.

Austin Dillon is also another to watch this weekend. With a top-10 finish last season, this guy knows how to get around this track. He needs a few good finishes and even a win or two to have a chance at the Nationwide Series Championship at the end of the year.

Darlington is known as being “Too Tough to Tame” for many reasons which is why the Sprint Cup Series regulars are so good here. At Darlington, it’s not your competitiors that you race, it’s the track itself. Can a Nationwide Series contender come out on top this Friday? It is very possible. The one who can tame the Lady in Black is the driver who walks home with the shiny trophy at the end of the day.

Talladega Super Speedway; it’s the sister track to Daytona and the home to some of the biggest wrecks in NASCAR. This weekend, the Nationwide Series hits the pavement and knowing who will come out victorious is anybody’s guess.

With speeds over 192 miles per hour, Truck Series regular Ty Dillon, with a push from Nationwide Series regular Trevor Bayne, topped the speed charts during yesterdays practice sessions. Travis Pastrana, Reed Sorenson and Regan Smith rounded out the top-5 in practice, all with speeds around 190mph.

Kasey Kahne, the highest ranked Sprint Cup Series regular, was sixth in practice. There are four Cup Series regulars scheduled to appear in Saturday’s Nationwide Series Race. Joey Logano and Kurt Bush both showed speed during the two practice sessions and so did Danica Patrick. Patrick will be making her second start with Turner-Scott Motorsports this weekend and was one of the fastest cars doing single car runs.

Talladega is any drivers race to win. Riding in a pack and drafting allows for large groups of cars running very close together, which also causes the “big one.” It’s who can come out on top and miss the “big one” who will come out on top with the checkers. But who has the best chance at doing that?

One driver on many teams radar is Patrick. She excels at the Super Speedway races and has held the Pole for two races at Daytona. With a good team and a strong car, both of which she has this weekend, she could come out with her first stock car win on Saturday.

He won the Daytona 500 in 2011 as a Rookie in the Sprint Cup Series and he was near the top of the speed charts during both practice sessions yesterday. Trevor Bayne is running for the Nationwide Series Championship and excels at plate racing as well. He could arise out of the (probable) last lap crash with the checkered flag in his grasp.

Points Leader Sam Hornish Jr is in need of a good race. He has had some rotten luck these last few weeks and can’t afford to wreck out of Talladega. He was fast in practice and is a good Speedway racer. If he wants a chance at the checkers to increase his very small points lead, he needs to team up with someone like Joey Logano to get him to the front and get him his second victory of the season.

Both of the Dillon brothers showed that they had speed yesterday and the younger brother even topped the speed charts in second practice. Could a Dillon brother one-two finish come at Talladega tomorrow? It is entirely possible. One brotherly duo who will be missing in action this weekend is the Busch pair. Older brother Kurt will be in the field but missing from the pack will be recent Nationwide Series dominator, Kyle Busch. Driving the No. 54 this weekend instead will be Joey Coulter, who finished second practice P10.

Talladega will be as exciting as ever and sure not to disappoint. Make sure you tune in to the Aaron’s 312 this Saturday on ESPN at 3PM EST. Who will come out of the smoke with the checkers? Well, your guess is just as good as mine.