Kyle Busch won Friday night’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, but it was not won the easy way.
On lap 137, while restarting with the lead on the outside lane, Brad Keselowski was ahead of Busch before the start/finish line. This caused the cars behind of Busch to back up and then pile up behind him. A 10 car crash brought out the red flag and stopped the race for about 10 minutes.
NASCAR rules the Busch failed to restart the race in the designated area and gave Keselowski the lead. “When you get to the first line, you have to maintain your speed. Once you get to the second line, it’s free game.” Keselowski said. “I maintained my speed and he did not. When I got to the second line, I just went. That’s the rule, and the interpretation I have of it.”
Then on the restart on lap 145, Busch “jumped the restart” and NASCAR made Busch do a pass-through penalty. All of this placed Busch in 19th position with only 38 laps remaining.
A caution flag on lap 188 helped Busch catch back up to the front of the field.
Busch restarted 10th on Lap 193 and was passed then leader Keselowski for the lead on lap 196 of 200. This was Busch’s second Nationwide Series win of the season and the 32nd of his career.
“All I know is I paid NASCAR back by winning.” Busch said. “This is an issue. It will be a discussion (with NASCAR). It’s not done yet.” Busch added.
To add to his misery, Busch also made contact with his teammate, Joey Logano on the final pit stop of the night. “It’s pretty awesome to be here. First I have to say sorry to Joey on pit road there. I hate it that we made contact. I hurt his car with the right front fender and everything. We restarted 10th there and I said, ‘Here we go, going for broke.” Busch said.
“There was action everywhere. This was an awesome show. This is cool. I had a lot of fun. I had a shot at winning the race. I kind of had Kyle (Busch) upset in the car it looked like and he started making mistakes on restarts and was able to take advantage of that. Our Discount Tire Dodge was awesome.” Keselowski said.
Keselowski finished third, Brendan Gaughan fourth and Greg Biffle finished fifth.
Carl Edwards finished sixth and now trails series points leader Keselowski by four points.
Unofficial Results
2010 Unofficial Race Results
Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 | April 9, 2010 | Race 6 of 35
|
Pos.
|
St.
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Make
|
Pts.
|
Bon.
|
Laps
|
Status
|
|
1
|
2
|
18
|
Kyle Busch
|
Toyota
|
195
|
10
|
200
|
Running
|
|
2
|
10
|
33
|
Kevin Harvick
|
Chevrolet
|
170
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
3
|
3
|
22
|
Brad Keselowski
|
Dodge
|
170
|
5
|
200
|
Running
|
|
4
|
20
|
62
|
Brendan Gaughan
|
Toyota
|
160
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
5
|
4
|
27
|
Greg Biffle
|
Ford
|
155
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
6
|
1
|
60
|
Carl Edwards
|
Ford
|
150
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
7
|
5
|
98
|
Paul Menard
|
Ford
|
146
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
8
|
9
|
43
|
Scott Lagasse Jr.
|
Ford
|
142
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
9
|
14
|
6
|
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. *
|
Ford
|
138
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
10
|
6
|
20
|
Joey Logano
|
Toyota
|
139
|
5
|
200
|
Running
|
|
11
|
21
|
21
|
Clint Bowyer
|
Chevrolet
|
130
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
12
|
13
|
32
|
Reed Sorenson
|
Toyota
|
127
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
13
|
7
|
12
|
Justin Allgaier
|
Dodge
|
124
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
14
|
18
|
34
|
Tony Raines
|
Chevrolet
|
121
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
15
|
31
|
23
|
Johnny Sauter
|
Chevrolet
|
118
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
16
|
17
|
11
|
Brian Scott *
|
Toyota
|
115
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
17
|
16
|
88
|
Kelly Bires
|
Chevrolet
|
112
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
18
|
11
|
81
|
Michael McDowell
|
Dodge
|
109
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
19
|
22
|
38
|
Jason Leffler
|
Toyota
|
106
|
0
|
200
|
Running
|
|
20
|
23
|
26
|
Brian Keselowski
|
Dodge
|
103
|
0
|
199
|
Running
|
|
21
|
40
|
28
|
Kenny Wallace
|
Chevrolet
|
100
|
0
|
199
|
Running
|
|
22
|
35
|
35
|
Jason Keller
|
Chevrolet
|
97
|
0
|
198
|
Running
|
|
23
|
38
|
1
|
Mike Wallace
|
Chevrolet
|
94
|
0
|
198
|
Running
|
|
24
|
36
|
61
|
Josh Wise
|
Ford
|
91
|
0
|
198
|
Running
|
|
25
|
29
|
9
|
Jason Bowles
|
Ford
|
88
|
0
|
198
|
Running
|
|
26
|
15
|
87
|
Joe Nemechek
|
Chevrolet
|
85
|
0
|
197
|
Running
|
|
27
|
42
|
24
|
Eric McClure
|
Ford
|
82
|
0
|
197
|
Running
|
|
28
|
27
|
1
|
James Buescher *
|
Chevrolet
|
79
|
0
|
197
|
Running
|
|
29
|
41
|
5
|
Victor Gonzalez Jr.
|
Chevrolet
|
76
|
0
|
195
|
Running
|
|
30
|
12
|
66
|
Steve Wallace
|
Toyota
|
73
|
0
|
194
|
Running
|
|
31
|
19
|
10
|
Casey Mears
|
Toyota
|
70
|
0
|
180
|
Running
|
|
32
|
24
|
99
|
Trevor Bayne
|
Toyota
|
67
|
0
|
176
|
Running
|
|
33
|
33
|
15
|
Michael Annett
|
Toyota
|
64
|
0
|
160
|
Running
|
|
34
|
8
|
16
|
Colin Braun *
|
Ford
|
61
|
0
|
137
|
Accident
|
|
35
|
26
|
7
|
Landon Cassill
|
Chevrolet
|
58
|
0
|
136
|
Accident
|
|
36
|
43
|
183
|
John Borneman III
|
Ford
|
55
|
0
|
134
|
Accident
|
|
37
|
25
|
73
|
Derrike Cope
|
Dodge
|
52
|
0
|
134
|
Accident
|
|
38
|
39
|
40
|
Mike Bliss
|
Chevrolet
|
49
|
0
|
127
|
Accident
|
|
39
|
30
|
89
|
Morgan Shepherd
|
Chevrolet
|
46
|
0
|
56
|
Brakes
|
|
40
|
34
|
156
|
Kevin Lepage
|
Chevrolet
|
43
|
0
|
36
|
Vibration
|
|
41
|
28
|
91
|
David Gilliland
|
Chevrolet
|
40
|
0
|
19
|
Brakes
|
|
42
|
37
|
90
|
Danny O’Quinn Jr.
|
Chevrolet
|
37
|
0
|
18
|
Brakes
|
|
43
|
32
|
92
|
Dennis Setzer
|
Dodge
|
34
|
0
|
9
|
Oil Pump
|
