Matt Kenseth wins at Kansas after Kyle Busch-Brad Keselowski dust-up
Oct. 5, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS
CITY, Kan.—Matt Kenseth may have won Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300
NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway, but Kyle Busch and
Brad Keselowski provided the
most explosive fireworks in a wild race that featured 11 cautions in
200 laps.
Kenseth
pulled away after a restart with five laps left and won going away, as
Paul Menard edged Regan Smith for second on the final lap. Busch ran
fourth after causing the
final caution by sending Keselowski into the fence on Lap 188.
Justin
Allgaier ran fifth, followed by Austin Dillon, who took the series lead
from Sam Hornish Jr., who came home 17th. Dillon leads Hornish by eight
points with four races
left in the season.
The
victory was Kenseth’s second of the season in the NASCAR Nationwide
Series, his first at the 1.5-mile speedway and the 28th of his career.
Keselowski
surged into the lead after a restart on Lap 151 but surrendered the top
spot to Kenseth on Lap 166. Busch caught Keselowski a few laps later,
and as the cars that
were 1-2 in the owners’ championship standings battled for the second
position, Kenseth’s lead expanded from 1.4 seconds to more than 2.5.
With
Kenseth streaking away, Busch closed up on Keselowski’s rear bumper.
Contact from Busch’s No. 54 Camry sent Keselowski’s No. 22 Ford spinning
toward the infield grass
and then back up the track rear-end-first into the outside wall.
“Really?!” Keselowski said incredulously on his radio as his car began to spin.
Keselowski
climbed from his car, which was unable to restart, ran toward Busch’s
pit and saluted his rivals’ crew, then headed full-speed toward the
infield care center, as
Busch and Kenseth rolled toward a five-lap shootout for the win.
But
Kenseth pulled away after the restart as Busch was shuffled back to
fifth, leaving Menard and Smith to settle second place between them on
the final lap.
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