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
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