CP MOTORSPORTS - HAMLIN RUNS AWAY WITH DARLINGTON XFINITY WIN
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Denny Hamlin used a fast car and timely strategy to make sure the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 from Darlington Raceway was not a contest.
Hamlin, who started from the top spot, led 117 of the race's 147 laps en route to his third Xfinity series win on the season and his fourth win in the series at Darlington. The win also marks the third time this season which Hamlin has won the pole and the race.
In a familiar turn of events, the other front running drivers were Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing teammates. Kyle Busch, who started in 36th place due to an error in qualifying, finished in the runner up spot with rookie sensation Daniel Suarez finishing in third place.
With the third place finish, Suarez won in this round of Xfinity's Dash4Cash program.
Kevin Harvick, driving the No. 88 for JR Motorsports, brought home a fourth place finish with Chris Buescher finishing in fifth place.
Buescher was able to extend his stranglehold on the Xfinity points lead to 29 points over defending series champion Chase Elliott, who suffered from engine issues and had to settle for a 24th place finish.
Joey Logano finished in sixth place with Kyle Larson, Landon Cassill, Regan Smith and Ross Chastain rounding out the race's top ten.
Race Results
Darlington Raceway
33rd Annual VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Saturday, 9/5/2015 @ 5:30 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Fin Str Car Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd
1 1 20 Denny Hamlin(i) Sport Clips Toyota 147 0 Running 4 117
2 36 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 147 0 Running
3 2 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 147 42 1 Running 1 14
4 9 88 Kevin Harvick(i) Armour Sandwich Creations Chevrolet 147 0 Running 3 16
5 10 60 Chris Buescher AdvoCare Ford 147 39 Running
6 4 22 Joey Logano(i) Hertz Ford 147 0 Running
7 3 42 Kyle Larson(i) AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 147 0 Running
8 19 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 147 36 Running
9 8 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer Bowl Chevrolet 147 35 Running
10 14 4 Ross Chastain # South Carolina Education Lottery Chevrolet 147 34 Running
11 24 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 147 33 Running
12 12 2 Brian Scott Safeway/Sanderson Farms Chevrolet 146 32 Running
13 6 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 146 31 Running
14 15 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Scotchman Ford 146 30 Running
15 13 3 Ty Dillon Yuengling Light Lager Chevrolet 146 29 Running
16 11 28 JJ Yeley JGL Racing Toyota 146 28 Running
17 18 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet 146 27 Running
18 26 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 146 26 Running
19 21 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 146 25 Running
20 16 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RprblVhcls.com Chev 145 24 Running
21 20 97 Parker Kligerman VroomBrands Chevrolet 145 23 Running
22 25 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 145 22 Running
23 17 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 145 21 Running
24 7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 144 20 Running
25 5 33 Paul Menard(i) Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 144 0 Running
26 23 25 John Wes Townley(i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 144 0 Running
27 22 8 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota 143 17 Running
28 33 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 142 16 Running
29 28 90 Todd Bodine Chevrolet 141 15 Running
30 32 52 Joey Gase Agri Supply/DB Sales Company Chevrolet 141 14 Running
31 31 13 BJ McLeod(i) Braille Battery/Grafoid Chevrolet 138 0 Running
32 30 70 Derrike Cope Sammi's Best/Wheel Chill Chevrolet 134 12 Running
33 35 0 Harrison Rhodes # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 83 11 Vibration
34 38 74 Mike Harmon WCI Parts Dodge 82 10 Suspension
35 34 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 34 9 Brakes
36 27 26 TJ Bell(i) JGL Racing Toyota 23 0 Clutch
37 37 15 Carlos Contreras BYBExtreme.com Chevrolet 10 7 Accident
38 29 19 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 6 6 Suspension
39 39 40 Carl Long Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 4 5 Suspension
40 40 17 Ryan Ellis(i) Barcodemedia.net Ford 1 PE Suspension
# = Rookie, Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led. (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Average Speed: 141.355 MPH Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 25 Mins, 14 Secs. Margin of Victory: 2.058 Seconds
Lead Changes: 7 among 3 drivers Cautions: 2 for 8 laps