Filed under: Kyle Busch, Nationwide Series, Danica Patrick, NASCAR
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Even
Kyle Busch acknowledged that his landmark victory in Friday's
NASCAR Nationwide series race at Chicagoland Speedway probably wouldn't have happened if not for
Brad Keselowski's costly mistake.
With
Joey Logano out front and an overtime restart looming, Keselowski ran out of gas just before the green flag fell. Busch was able to move closer to Logano, then pounced on the restart and held on for the win.
"I don't think I would have had a shot to win the race, because it was going to take too much to get alongside Joey had the restart gone with Keselowski in place," Busch said.
It was Busch's 37th victory in NASCAR's second-tier series, moving him into sole possession of second place in the series' career wins list. Only
Mark Martin has more, with 48.
Toyotas swept the top five spots as Logano finished second, followed by
Brian Scott,
David Reutimann and
Jason Leffler.
Danica Patrick finished 24th, her first finish inside the top 30 in five Nationwide races this season. Patrick was two laps behind the leaders at the finish.
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