May 26, 2012
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
CONCORD,
N.C.—- Fuel miser Brad Keselowski got 73 laps out of his last tank of
fuel and had just enough left in the tank to outrun Denny Hamlin in
Saturday's History 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
The
victory was Keselowski's first in the series this year and the 18th of
his career. Hamlin crossed the finish line .838 seconds behind the 2010
Nationwide champion. Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Kevin Harvick and
Elliott Sadler.
Keselowski
pulled away after a caution for an accident off Turn 2 on Lap 147 of
200, when Brian Scott and Cole Whitt hit a patch of oil and slammed into
the inside wall.
Polesitter
Joey Logano took four tires during a pit stop on Lap 144, dropped from
third to 15th when the rest of the contenders stopped for fuel only and
came home sixth.
A
broken driveshaft sidelined series leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Lap
66, who spent 22 laps in the garage for repairs. Stenhouse finished 26th
but retained his lead by 13 points over Sadler, with Austin Dillon
(11th Saturday) in third place, 28 points back.
Danica
Patrick finished 13th, despite falling a lap down when an early cycle
of pit stops was interrupted by the third caution of the race for a
blown engine in Angela Cope's Chevrolet.
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