Series rookie Austin Dillon won his first
NASCAR Nationwide race on Friday evening with a dominant victory over Kurt Busch at the end of the two-hour Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway. It was his first win in 26 series starts.
Dillon led 192 of the 200 laps of the race, and his final margin of victory over Kurt Busch was a whopping 9.828s. Dillon narrowly takes over the lead of the Nationwide points standings from Elliott Sadler as a result, but the car failed post-race inspection and may be penalised mid-week.
Earlier, Dillon had won pole position with a time of 31.359s (172.199mph) just 0.146s faster than Kevin Harvick on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway oval. It was Dillon's second pole in Nationwide, and his first at Kentucky.
Race results1.
#3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 200 laps 1hrs 58mins 42secs (48/2 pts)2.
#54 Kurt Busch Toyota 200 laps + 9.828s (0pts)3.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 200 laps + 11.425s (0pts)4.
#43 Michael Annett Ford 200 laps + 13.077s (41/1 pts)5.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 200 laps + 17.963s (40/1 pts)6.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 200 laps + 18.508s (38/0 pts)7.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 200 laps + 19.722s (0pts)8.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 200 laps + 21.958s (37/1 pts)9.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 200 laps + 1 lap (35/0 pts)10.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet 200 laps + 1 lap (0pts)11.
#199 Kenny Wallace Toyota 198 laps + 2 laps (33/0 pts)12.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (32/0 pts)13.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford 198 laps + 2 laps (31/0 pts)14.
#88 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (30/0 pts)15.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (29/0 pts)16.
#38 Brad Sweet * Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (28/0 pts)17.
#44 Mike Bliss Toyota 197 laps + 3 laps (27/0 pts)18.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 197 laps + 3 laps (26/0 pts)19.
#70 Johanna Long * Chevrolet 196 laps + 4 laps (25/0 pts)20.
#39 Josh Richards Ford 196 laps + 4 laps (24/0 pts)21.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 196 laps + 4 laps (23/0 pts)22.
#81 Jason Bowles * Toyota 195 laps + 5 laps (22/0 pts)23.
#19 Tayler Malsam Toyota 195 laps + 5 laps (21/0 pts)24.
#23 Jamie Dick Chevrolet 195 laps + 5 laps (20/0 pts)25.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 193 laps + 7 laps (19/0 pts)26.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota 193 laps + 7 laps (18/0 pts)27.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 192 laps + 8 laps (17/0 pts)28.
#117 Tanner Berryhill Toyota 192 laps + 8 laps (16/0 pts)29.
#124 Jamie Mosley Chevrolet 182 laps + 18 laps (0pts)30.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota 176 laps Engine (14/0 pts)31.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 143 laps Accident (13/0 pts)32.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford 141 laps Rear Gear (0pts)33.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 132 laps Engine (0pts)34.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet 103 laps Ignition (10/0 pts)35.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 48 laps Fuel Pressure (9/0 pts)36.
#52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 32 laps Wheel Bearing (8/0 pts)37.
#174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 11 laps Ignition (0pts)38.
#108 Tim Andrews Ford 10 laps Rear Gear (6/0 pts)39.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet 6 laps Ignition (5/0 pts)40.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 5 laps Vibration (0pts)41.
#15 Blake Koch Chevrolet 5 laps Engine (3/0 pts)42.
#10 Jeff Green Toyota 4 laps Vibration (2/0 pts)43.
#47 Scott Speed Chevrolet 2 laps Engine (0pts)Qualifying times1.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
31.359s (Leader) 172.199mph2.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
31.505s (-0.146) 171.401mph3.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
31.651s (-0.292) 170.611mph4.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
31.732s (-0.373) 170.175mph5.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
31.742s (-0.383) 170.122mph6.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
31.803s (-0.444) 169.795mph7.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
31.847s (-0.488) 169.561mph8.
#54 Kurt Busch Toyota
31.894s (-0.535) 169.311mph9.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
31.948s (-0.589) 169.025mph10.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
31.989s (-0.630) 168.808mph11.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
32.036s (-0.677) 168.560mph12.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
32.061s (-0.702) 168.429mph13.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
32.212s (-0.853) 167.639mph14.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
32.223s (-0.864) 167.582mph15.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
32.293s (-0.934) 167.219mph16.
#23 Jamie Dick Chevrolet
32.339s (-0.980) 166.981mph17.
#44 Mike Bliss Toyota
32.434s (-1.075) 166.492mph18.
#39 Josh Richards Ford
32.445s (-1.086) 166.436mph19.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
32.491s (-1.132) 166.200mph20.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
32.496s (-1.137) 166.174mph21.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
32.620s (-1.261) 165.543mph22.
#47 Scott Speed Chevrolet
32.624s (-1.265) 165.522mph23.
#117 Tanner Berryhill Toyota
32.630s (-1.271) 165.492mph24.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
32.669s (-1.310) 165.294mph25.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
32.716s (-1.357) 165.057mph26.
#199 Kenny Wallace Toyota
32.717s (-1.358) 165.052mph27.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
32.913s (-1.554) 164.069mph28.
#10 Jeff Green Toyota
32.955s (-1.596) 163.860mph29.
#174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
33.042s (-1.683) 163.428mph30.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
33.043s (-1.684) 163.423mph31.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
33.097s (-1.738) 163.157mph32.
#108 Tim Andrews Ford
33.138s (-1.779) 162.955mph33.
#19 Tayler Malsam Toyota
33.157s (-1.798) 162.861mph34.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
33.163s (-1.804) 162.832mph35.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
33.253s (-1.894) 162.391mph36.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
33.258s (-1.899) 162.367mph37.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
33.296s (-1.937) 162.182mph38.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
33.314s (-1.955) 162.094mph39.
#52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet
33.348s (-1.989) 161.929mph40.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
33.778s (-2.419) 159.867mph41.
#124 Jamie Mosley+ Chevrolet
50.395s (-19.036) 107.154mph42.
#70 Johanna Long+* Chevrolet
-s (-) -mph43.
#15 Blake Koch Chevrolet
33.404s (-2.045) 161.657mphDid Not Qualify44.
#172 John Jackson Toyota
35.724s (-4.365) 151.159mphPractice 21.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
30.982s (Leader) 174.295 mph2.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
31.007s (-0.025) 174.154 mph3.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
31.289s (-0.307) 172.585 mph4.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
31.302s (-0.320) 172.513 mph5.
#54 Kurt Busch Toyota
31.302s (-0.320) 172.513 mph6.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
31.330s (-0.348) 172.359 mph7.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
31.378s (-0.396) 172.095 mph8.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
31.449s (-0.467) 171.707 mph9.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
31.476s (-0.494) 171.559 mph10.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
31.490s (-0.508) 171.483 mph11.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
31.559s (-0.577) 171.108 mph12.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
31.587s (-0.605) 170.956 mph13.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
31.643s (-0.661) 170.654 mph14.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
31.650s (-0.668) 170.616 mph15.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
31.667s (-0.685) 170.525 mph16.
#23 Jamie Dick Chevrolet
31.732s (-0.750) 170.175 mph17.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
31.761s (-0.779) 170.020 mph18.
#44 Mike Bliss Toyota
31.896s (-0.914) 169.300 mph19.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
31.909s (-0.927) 169.231 mph20.
#39 Josh Richards Ford
31.917s (-0.935) 169.189 mph21.
#199 Kenny Wallace Toyota
31.997s (-1.015) 168.766 mph22.
#70 Johanna Long* Chevrolet
32.071s (-1.089) 168.376 mph23.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
32.094s (-1.112) 168.256 mph24.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
32.157s (-1.175) 167.926 mph25.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
32.177s (-1.195) 167.822 mph26.
#10 Jeff Green Toyota
32.215s (-1.233) 167.624 mph27.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
32.216s (-1.234) 167.619 mph28.
#19 Tayler Malsam Toyota
32.278s (-1.296) 167.297 mph29.
#117 Tanner Berryhill Toyota
32.287s (-1.305) 167.250 mph30.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
32.327s (-1.345) 167.043 mph31.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
32.413s (-1.431) 166.600 mph32.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
32.473s (-1.491) 166.292 mph33.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
32.600s (-1.618) 165.644 mph34.
#124 Jamie Mosley Chevrolet
32.649s (-1.667) 165.396 mph35.
#174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
32.684s (-1.702) 165.219 mph36.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
32.738s (-1.756) 164.946 mph37.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
32.792s (-1.810) 164.674 mph38.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
32.811s (-1.829) 164.579 mph39.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
32.875s (-1.893) 164.259 mph40.
#52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet
32.983s (-2.001) 163.721 mph41.
#15 Blake Koch Chevrolet
33.027s (-2.045) 163.503 mph42.
#172 John Jackson Toyota
33.754s (-2.772) 159.981 mph43.
#108 Tim Andrews Ford
44.
#47 Scott Speed Chevrolet
Practice 11.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
31.705s (Leader) 170.320 mph2.
#54 Kurt Busch Toyota
31.867s (-0.162) 169.454 mph3.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
31.943s (-0.238) 169.051 mph4.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
32.021s (-0.316) 168.639 mph5.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
32.024s (-0.319) 168.624 mph6.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
32.047s (-0.342) 168.503 mph7.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
32.125s (-0.420) 168.093 mph8.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
32.193s (-0.488) 167.738 mph9.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
32.287s (-0.582) 167.250 mph10.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
32.303s (-0.598) 167.167 mph11.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
32.337s (-0.632) 166.991 mph12.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
32.369s (-0.664) 166.826 mph13.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
32.390s (-0.685) 166.718 mph14.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
32.400s (-0.695) 166.667 mph15.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
32.404s (-0.699) 166.646 mph16.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
32.418s (-0.713) 166.574 mph17.
#23 Jamie Dick Chevrolet
32.552s (-0.847) 165.888 mph18.
#10 Jeff Green Toyota
32.620s (-0.915) 165.543 mph19.
#199 Kenny Wallace Toyota
32.645s (-0.940) 165.416 mph20.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
32.655s (-0.950) 165.365 mph21.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
32.663s (-0.958) 165.325 mph22.
#47 Scott Speed Chevrolet
32.684s (-0.979) 165.219 mph23.
#44 Mike Bliss Toyota
32.699s (-0.994) 165.143 mph24.
#19 Tayler Malsam Toyota
32.745s (-1.040) 164.911 mph25.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
32.748s (-1.043) 164.896 mph26.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
32.789s (-1.084) 164.689 mph27.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
32.799s (-1.094) 164.639 mph28.
#39 Josh Richards Ford
32.833s (-1.128) 164.469 mph29.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
32.870s (-1.165) 164.283 mph30.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
32.878s (-1.173) 164.244 mph31.
#70 Johanna Long* Chevrolet
32.948s (-1.243) 163.895 mph32.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
32.962s (-1.257) 163.825 mph33.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
32.967s (-1.262) 163.800 mph34.
#108 Tim Andrews Ford
33.052s (-1.347) 163.379 mph35.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
33.273s (-1.568) 162.294 mph36.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
33.285s (-1.580) 162.235 mph37.
#117 Tanner Berryhill Toyota
33.375s (-1.670) 161.798 mph38.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
33.412s (-1.707) 161.619 mph39.
#15 Blake Koch Chevrolet
33.602s (-1.897) 160.705 mph40.
#124 Jamie Mosley Chevrolet
33.921s (-2.216) 159.193 mph41.
#174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
34.233s (-2.528) 157.742 mph42.
#172 John Jackson Toyota
34.280s (-2.575) 157.526 mph43.
#52 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet
44.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
Nationwide Series championship standings1. (+1)
Austin Dillon* 554pts2. (-1)
Elliott Sadler 552pts (-2pts)3. (--)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 531pts (-23pts)4. (--)
Sam Hornish Jr. 521pts (-33pts)5. (+1)
Justin Allgaier 481pts (-73pts)6. (-1)
Cole Whitt* 472pts (-82pts)7. (--)
Michael Annett 455pts (-99pts)8. (--)
Mike Bliss 391pts (-163pts)9. (+1)
Danica Patrick 369pts (-185pts)10. (-1)
Brian Scott 353pts (-201pts)11. (+1)
Joe Nemechek 342pts (-212pts)12. (-1)
Tayler Malsam 340pts (-214pts)13. (--)
Mike Wallace 320pts (-234pts)14. (--)
Jason Bowles* 311pts (-243pts)15. (--)
Jeremy Clements 301pts (-253pts)16. (--)
Erik Darnell 267pts (-287pts)17. (--)
T.J. Bell 221pts (-333pts)18. (--)
Johanna Long* 215pts (-339pts)19. (+3)
Kenny Wallace 183pts (-371pts)20. (+1)
Eric McClure 183pts (-371pts)21. (-2)
Trevor Bayne 180pts (-374pts)22. (-2)
Timmy Hill 176pts (-378pts)23. (--)
Brad Sweet* 173pts (-381pts)24. (+4)
Jamie Dick 142pts (-412pts)25. (--)
Morgan Shepherd 141pts (-413pts)26. (-2)
Ryan Truex 136pts (-418pts)27. (--)
Danny Efland 132pts (-422pts)28. (-2)
Blake Koch 132pts (-422pts)29. (+4)
Josh Richards 126pts (-428pts)30. (-1)
Jeff Green 122pts (-432pts)31. (-1)
Casey Roderick* 119pts (-435pts)32. (-1)
Joey Gase* 118pts (-436pts)33. (-1)
Benny Gordon* 116pts (-438pts)34. (--)
Robert Richardson Jr. 96pts (-458pts)35. (--)
Travis Pastrana 87pts (-467pts)36. (--)
Tim Schendel 81pts (-473pts)37. (--)
Kyle Fowler 76pts (-478pts)38. (--)
Kevin Lepage 72pts (-482pts)39. (+9)
Reed Sorenson 69pts (-485pts)40. (+7)
Ryan Blaney 67pts (-487pts)41. (-2)
Steve Arpin 62pts (-492pts)42. (-2)
Daryl Harr 61pts (-493pts)43. (-2)
Mike Harmon 51pts (-503pts)44. (-2)
Chase Miller 51pts (-503pts)45. (-2)
Ron Fellows 42pts (-512pts)46. (-2)
Max Papis 41pts (-513pts)47. (-2)
Matt Frahm 40pts (-514pts)48. (-2)
Jacques Villeneuve 39pts (-515pts)49. (+3)
Tim Andrews 38pts (-516pts)50. (-1)
Jeffrey Earnhardt 37pts (-517pts)51. (-1)
Darrell Wallace Jr. 35pts (-519pts)52. (-1)
Steve Wallace 33pts (-521pts)53. (--)
Brad Teague 31pts (-523pts)54. (+9)
Tanner Berryhill 31pts (-523pts)55. (-1)
Derrike Cope 29pts (-525pts)56. (-1)
Kenny Habul 28pts (-526pts)57. (-1)
Victor Gonzalez Jr. 27pts (-527pts)58. (-1)
Angela Cope 24pts (-530pts)59. (-1)
Kelly Bires 22pts (-532pts)60. (-1)
David Green 22pts (-532pts)61. (-1)
Bill Prietzel 17pts (-537pts)62. (--)
John Young 16pts (-538pts)63. (-2)
Tim Bainey Jr. 16pts (-538pts)64. (--)
Alex Kennedy 11pts (-543pts)65. (+1)
Matthew Bell 10pts (-544pts)66. (-1)
Charles Lewandoski 10pts (-544pts)67. (--)
John Jackson 10pts (-544pts)68. (+1)
Kyle Kelley 9pts (-545pts)69. (-1)
Matthew Carter 9pts (-545pts)70. (--)
Michael Guerity 9pts (-545pts)71. (--)
Matt DiBenedetto 8pts (-546pts)72. (--)
Ryan Ellis 5pts (-549pts)* Denotes RookieOnly drivers registered for points in this series are shown