Kyle Busch leads 186 laps en route to record NNS win at Charlotte
May 25, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
CONCORD, N.C.--Another race. Another record.
Kyle
Busch held off Kasey Kahne during a closing, 13-lap green-flag run to
win Saturday’s History 300 Nationwide Series race at Charlotte
Motor Speedway and continue his wholesale revision of NASCAR’s record
books.
Busch
beat Kahne to the finish line by .939 seconds to claim a record seventh
NNS victory at Charlotte, breaking a tie with Mark Martin
for supremacy at the speedway. In winning for the sixth time in nine
starts this season, Busch extended his record for all-time NNS wins to
57.
Busch led 186 of 200 laps, a personal best on a 1.5-mile speedway.
Joey
Logano ran third, followed by rookie Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick.
Trevor Bayne, Justin Allgaier, Matt Kenseth, Parker Kligerman
and series leader Regan Smith completed the top 10.
With
50 laps left, Busch had a lead of 3.897 seconds over Sam Hornish Jr.
immediately after a round of green-flag pit stops, but a caution
on Lap 153 bunched the field for a restart on Lap 158.
Busch
pulled away again, but caution flew again on Lap 165 when Travis
Pastrana’s Ford spun off Turn 2 and plowed nose-first into the
inside wall. Busch and Kahne were among eight drivers who stayed out
under the yellow, but Harvick came to pit road for fresh tires,
restarted 10th on Lap 173 and was up to fourth when Reed Sorenson’s spin caused caution No. 6 on Lap 178.
Despite
the older rubber, Busch held the top spot after a restart with 17 laps
left, but a collision between Michael Annett and Dakoda
Armstrong on Lap 184 reset the field again, with Busch, Kahne, Harvick
and Kligerman running first through fourth for a restart on Lap 188.
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