CP MOTORSPORTS - BUSCH SKATES BY AS BUESCHER RUNS DRY AT BRISTOL
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Chris Buescher just didn't have enough in the tank to beat Kyle Busch.
Buescher's fuel ran dry on the race's green-white-checkered finish allowing Busch to take the checkered flag in Friday night's Food City 300. While Buescher just managed a 11th place finish, Busch celebrated his third win on the season and his eighth career Xfinity series win at Bristol.
ìI was just hoping (Buescher) would run out of gas and obviously that happened," Busch said. "It was fun. I was trying and giving it everything I had, we were just fortunate it worked out for us,î
The victory also marks the 150th time Busch has been to victory lane in NASCAR's three major touring series.
Buescher, who led 109 laps, was frustrated with his finish.
"I just ran out of gas," Buescher said. "I'm mad. It sucks. We were so good.."
Kyle Larson notched a runner up finish in the No. 42 Eneos Chevrolet followed by fast qualifier Denny Hamlin, Ty Dillon and Daniel Suarez rounding out the top five.
With the fifth place finish Suarez won the $100,000 bonus in this edition of the Dash4Cash program.
"That was a difficult race," Suarez said. "I felt like our Juniper Networks Toyota Camry was strong, very strong actually, in the long runs. But for some reason, I wasn't very strong on the short runs with cold tires I wasn't as good as some of the guys up front but as you guys know track position was very important so we gained a lot in the last pit stop where we took just right side tires and some took four tires."
Brian Scott took home a sixth place finish followed by Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Regan Smith and Brendan Gaughan in the top ten.
Despite the 11th place finish Buescher still managed to maintain his lead in the points standings over Ty Dillon, now at just 19 points.
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 22
Unofficial Race Results for the 34Th Annual Food City 300 - Friday, August 21, 2015
Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN - .533 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length - 302 Laps - 160.966 Miles - Purse: $1,404,150
Leader
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps
1 2 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 302 0 140.3 $53,821 Running 4 89
2 7 42 Kyle Larson(i) ENEOS Chevrolet 302 0 113.9 $39,921 Running
3 1 20 Denny Hamlin(i) Hisense Toyota 302 0 128.9 $40,792 Running 5 106
4 11 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 302 40 99.6 $34,852 Running
5 9 18 Daniel Suarez # Juniper Toyota 302 39 97.4 $34,467 Running
6 4 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 302 38 104.5 $30,854 Running
7 10 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 302 37 96.4 $31,485 Running
8 3 88 Kevin Harvick(i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 302 0 111.3 $24,344 Running 1 1
9 12 7 Regan Smith Dale's Pale Ale Chevrolet 302 35 89.7 $30,097 Running
10 15 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 302 34 83.8 $30,769 Running
11 5 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford 302 35 2 117.1 $31,717 Running 1 106
12 14 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 302 32 87.1 $29,516 Running
13 13 33 Brandon Jones(i) Tide/Menards Chevrolet 302 0 83.6 $29,416 Running
14 27 51 Jeremy Clements St. Clair Cafe/AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet 302 30 75.9 $29,350 Running
15 16 01 Landon Cassill GK Services Chevrolet 302 29 78.0 $29,904 Running
16 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 302 28 70.5 $29,269 Running
17 21 4 Ross Chastain # Flex Shot Chevrolet 302 27 66.9 $29,224 Running
18 20 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 301 26 66.1 $29,178 Running
19 18 28 JJ Yeley JGL Racing Toyota 299 25 70.2 $29,143 Running
20 32 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 298 24 60.7 $29,603 Running
21 29 8 Blake Koch Ingersoll Rand Toyota 298 23 55.6 $29,037 Running
22 6 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford 297 22 94.9 $28,987 Running
23 24 25 John Wes Townley(i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 297 0 54.7 $28,926 Running
24 22 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 297 20 54.7 $28,865 Running
25 17 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 295 19 66.2 $28,955 Running
26 40 13 Brad Teague SCAG Lawn Mowers/JD Metals Toyota 291 18 42.0 $28,739 Running
27 33 52 Joey Gase Donate Life Tennessee Chevrolet 289 17 46.6 $28,678 Running
28 37 15 Ryan Ellis(i) Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 288 0 40.8 $28,588 Running
29 25 26 Hermie Sadler III Virginia Lottery Toyota 287 15 43.6 $28,547 Running
30 36 70 Derrike Cope To The Point Apparel Chevrolet 275 14 35.5 $22,802 Running
31 8 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 254 13 72.8 $28,461 Accident
32 28 97 Dylan Kwasniewski VroomBrands Chevrolet 253 12 54.9 $28,391 Accident
33 34 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 252 11 40.7 $28,366 Running
34 23 0 Harrison Rhodes # Flex Seal Chevrolet 247 10 45.7 $28,345 Accident
35 30 90 Mario Gosselin Bucked Up/Habitations Dany Lagace Inc. Chevrolet 180 9 42.2 $28,318 Handling
36 38 74 Jordan Anderson(i) Skin and Bones Inc. Dodge 170 0 29.8 $20,227 Running
37 26 66 Benny Gordon SmrstRgnlWtrRsrcs/VSI Racing Toyota 65 7 30.8 $19,227 Electrical
38 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 28 6 28.5 $18,227 Brakes
39 35 40 Carl Long Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 22 5 25.3 $17,227 Handling
40 31 19 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 4 23.2 $16,227 Vibration
Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, his 73rd victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and his eighth at BMS. Prior to the start of the race the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 90 (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: N/A
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 51 Mins, 57 Secs. Average Speed: 86.270 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.426 Seconds
Caution Flags: 8 for 52 laps: Laps: 54-59 (#90 Accident in Turn 2 [14]); 130-136 (Debris in Turn 4 [62]); 140-145 (#25 and 52 Accident in Turn 1 [39]); 193-198 (#14 Spin in Turn 4 [4]); 215-221 (#28 and 43 Accident in Turn 2 [14]); 251-257 (#1 and 62 Accident in Turn 2 [4]); 259-266 (#16, 25 and 97 Accident in Turn 1 [14]); 296-300 (#0 and #13 Accident in Turn 4 [4]).
Lead Changes: 10 among 4 drivers: D. Hamlin(i) 1-2; K. Busch(i) 3-12; D. Hamlin(i) 13-26; K. Busch(i) 27-54; D. Hamlin(i) 55; K. Busch(i) 56-104; D. Hamlin(i) 105-124; K. Harvick(i) 125; D. Hamlin(i) 126-194; C. Buescher 195-300; K. Busch(i) 301-302.
Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Buescher 800;(2) T. Dillon 781;(3) C. Elliott 777;(4) R. Smith 749;(5) E. Sadler 718;(6) D. Suarez # 697;(7) D. Wallace Jr. # 697;(8) B. Scott 681;(9) B. Gaughan 676;(10) R. Reed 606.
3M Lap Leader : Denny Hamlin, #20 106 Laps Coors Light Pole Award : Denny Hamlin, #20 126.896 mph
Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race" : Kyle Busch, #54 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist, #20
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race : Chris Buescher, #60 Sunoco Rookie of the Race : Daniel Suarez, #18
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Aug. 29, 2015 - Road America
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