CP MOTORSPORTS - ROWDY CRUISES TO ANOTHER XFINITY WIN IN THE DESERT
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Kyle Busch is no stranger to victory lane in the Xfinity series.
Busch is definitely not a stranger to victory lane at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway. With his dominating win in Saturday's DAV 200 he's now been to victory lane there eight times in Xfinity competition -- a track record. Busch started from the pole and led 190 of the race's 200 laps en route to his sixth victory of the season in Xfinity competition.
Busch said he hoped there was some way he could translate his success in the 200 lap affair to Sunday's all-important 312 lap Sprint Cup showdown.
"We've kind of struggled at this race track with Joe Gibbs Racing since they repaved it," Busch explained. "As a whole, Denny (Hamlin), Matt (Kenseth) and myself. We've maybe had a top eight here or there but we're nowhere near like the No. 4 (Kevin Harvick) or the No. 41 (Kurt Busch) and those guys that continue to run well here each time. I do feel like there are some things that I learned today that could possibly help us for tomorrow and I'm looking forward to sharing what I think I know with (crew chief) Adam (Stevens) here in a little bit, I felt as though we have made some gains as a company. I feel like we're better here than where we were last year. I didn't race here in the spring, so I wouldn't know about that.
"All things considered, I'm looking forward to having a good, solid day tomorrow."
Brad Keselowski finished a distant second place to Busch. The finish is Keselowski's 11th top ten finish in 17 career races at Phoenix and his ninth top-ten finish of the season.
Busch's JGR teammates Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez finished in third and fourth place, respectively.
Heading into next week's series finale at Homestead, the championship race is still anyone's for the taking. Current series points leader Chris Buescher struggled to a 13th place finish but his closest competitors, Chase Elliott and Ty Dillon, couldn't capitalize on it. Buescher now clings to an 18 point lead over defending series champion Elliott, Dillon is 22 points back and Regan Smith is a distant 24 points back.
Buescher is confident heading into the season finale.
ìEven though they gained some points, honestly, unless something crazy happens at Homestead," Buescher said. "Itís just not going to be enough."
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 32
Unofficial Race Results for the 17Th Annual Dav 200 Honoring America's
Veterans - Saturday, November 14, 2015
Phoenix International Raceway - Avondale, AZ - 1 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 200 Miles - Purse: $1,368,296
Leader
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps
1 1 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 150.0 $67,011 Running 3 190
2 4 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Ford 200 0 123.0 $43,740 Running 2 7
3 3 20 Erik Jones(i) GameStop/WWE2K16 Toyota 200 0 118.0 $43,997 Running
4 5 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 200 40 111.3 $40,608 Running
5 8 3 Ty Dillon WESCO Chevrolet 200 39 100.9 $35,344 Running
6 11 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 38 105.0 $32,557 Running
7 12 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 200 37 97.7 $32,297 Running
8 10 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 36 99.2 $32,312 Running
9 17 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 200 36 1 89.7 $29,844 Running 1 3
10 16 88 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 86.4 $24,330 Running
11 13 2 Brian Scott Albertsons/Kraft Singles Chevrolet 200 33 88.3 $29,278 Running
12 6 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 199 32 87.7 $29,127 Running
13 7 60 Chris Buescher AdvoCare Ford 199 31 80.7 $28,950 Running
14 2 33 Austin Dillon(i) Rheem Chevrolet 199 0 106.6 $24,090 Running
15 9 42 Kyle Larson(i) ENEOS Chevrolet 199 0 83.0 $23,103 Running
16 15 39 Ryan Sieg Huntinator/AntlerGrow.com Chevrolet 199 28 74.3 $28,592 Running
17 18 28 JJ Yeley JGL Racing Toyota 199 27 72.2 $28,380 Running
18 19 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 197 26 68.3 $28,219 Running
19 14 4 Ross Chastain # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 197 25 65.3 $28,308 Running
20 26 8 Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota 196 24 61.3 $28,497 Running
21 28 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 196 23 58.3 $27,885 Running
22 35 0 Harrison Rhodes # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 195 22 55.0 $27,770 Running
23 20 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 194 21 67.8 $27,634 Running
24 33 55 Anthony Kumpen Nexteer Automotive Chevrolet 194 20 52.2 $27,523 Running
25 32 52 Joey Gase Donate Life Chevrolet 194 19 49.0 $27,611 Running
26 34 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 192 18 44.5 $27,427 Running
27 31 56 Timmy Hill(i) KBS Enterprise Chevrolet 191 0 48.3 $27,391 Running
28 36 90 Mario Gosselin BuckedUp/Boot Barn Chevrolet 191 16 41.8 $27,320 Running
29 21 01 Landon Cassill K1Speed.com Chevrolet 188 15 59.7 $27,245 Engine
30 22 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles.com Chev 186 14 63.5 $27,510 Running
31 39 74 Mike Harmon Dodge 184 13 35.9 $27,154 Running
32 38 15 Korbin Forrister(i) Tilted Kilt Chevrolet 174 0 38.2 $27,119 Running
33 29 80 Ross Kenseth Toyota Genuine Parts/TACTI Toyota 149 11 48.8 $21,079 Running
34 24 97 Dylan Kwasniewski MagicCreeper.comVroom Brands Chevrolet 56 10 47.7 $27,042 Accident
35 23 14 Mike Bliss Toyota 35 9 37.5 $26,995 Suspension
36 37 26 TJ Bell(i) JGL Racing Toyota 19 0 34.0 $18,791 Brakes
37 27 92 BJ McLeod(i) CrashClaimsR.us Chevrolet 19 0 27.3 $17,791 Ignition
38 40 13 Ruben Pardo(i) Grafoid/Braille Battery Toyota 15 0 28.3 $22,791 Engine
39 30 40 Carl Long Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 9 5 26.5 $15,791 Engine
40 25 19 Jeff Green Premier Barter Exchange Toyota 3 4 23.2 $14,791 Rear Gear
Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the DAV 200 Honoring America's Veterans, his 76th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory.
Failed to Qualify: (2) 89 Morgan Shepherd, 70 Matt Waltz.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 45 Mins, 39 Secs. Average Speed: 113.583 MPH Margin of Victory: 3.097 Seconds
Caution Flags: 3 for 18 laps: Laps: 18-21 (#13 accident turn 2 [24]); 60-66 (#97 accident turn 2 [51]); 114-120 (#51 accident turn 3 [28]).
Lead Changes: 5 among 3 drivers: K. Busch(i) 1-63; E. Sadler 64-66; B. Keselowski(i) 67; K. Busch(i) 68-114; B. Keselowski(i) 115-120; K. Busch(i) 121-200.
Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Buescher 1,157;(2) C. Elliott 1,139;(3) T. Dillon 1,135;(4) R. Smith 1,133;(5) E. Sadler 1,044;(6) D. Suarez # 1,040;(7) D. Wallace Jr. # 1,037;(8) B. Scott 992;(9) B. Gaughan 991;(10) R. Reed 875.
3M Lap Leader : Kyle Busch, #54 190 Laps Coors Light Pole Award : Kyle Busch, #54 138.504 mph
Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race" : Kyle Busch, #54 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Joe Gibbs Racing Engines, #54
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race : Darrell Wallace Jr, #6 Sunoco Rookie of the Race : Daniel Suarez, #18
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: Nov. 21, 2015 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
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