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[/media-credit]Kurt Busch wins the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 for the first win for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Lap 1 Denny Hamlin leads
Lap 2 Kevin Harvick to the lead past Hamlin
Lap 6 Harvick leads Hamlin, Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr., Cole Whitt and Ryan Blaney
Lap 12 Stenhouse Jr. and Kahne pass Dillon for third and fourth
Lap 13 Sadler passes Dillon for fifth
Lap 21 Harvick leads Hamlin, Stenhouse Jr., Kahne, Sadler, Busch, Hornish, Dillon, Blaney and Whitt
Caution Lap 23 debris…..leaders stay out as some in the back pit
Restart Lap 29 and Harvick keeps the lead off the restart
Lap 33 Harvick leads Hamlin, Stenhouse Jr., Sadler, Kahne, Hornish, Busch, Blaney, Dillon and Whitt
Lap 38 Busch and Blaney pass Hornish for sixth and seventh
Lap 56 Harvick leads Hamlin, Busch, Stenhouse, Blaney, Kahne, Dillon, Hornish Jr., Sadler and Joey Logano
Lap 61 Busch passes Hamlin for second
Lap 62 Blaney passes Stenhouse for fourth
Caution Lap 68 J.J Yeley into the wall with a flat tire…..most of the leaders make pit stops…….Harvick leads Busch, Hamlin, Hornish, Dillon, Logano and Scott off pit road.
Restart Lap 77 as Kurt Busch passes Harvick on the restart for the lead
Lap 79 Busch leads Harvick, Hamlin, Dillon, Hornish, Logano, Kahne, Sadler, Whitt and Brian Scott.
Lap 80 Harvick passes Busch for the lead
Lap 84 Stenhouse and Annett both pass Scott for 10th and 11th
Lap 87 Sadler passes Logano
Lap 88 Kahne passes Logano
Lap 89 Harvick leads Busch, Hamlin, Dillon, Hornish, Sadler, Kahne, Logano, Whitt and Stenhouse
Lap 98 Harvick leads Busch, Hamlin, Dillon, Hornish, Sadler, Kahne, Logano, Stenhouse Jr., Whitt
Lap 106 Stenhouse passes Logano for eighth
Lap 115 Caution as Jason Bowles spins off of turn two after contact from Robert Richardson. Danica Patrick gets the lucky dog……leaders pit…….Hamlin misses hit pit stall…..Harvick leads Busch off pit road
Lap 125 Restart as Harvick gets a good restart
Lap 129 Harvick leads Busch, Hornish, Sadler, Kahne, Dillon, Logano, Stenhouse, Whitt and Michael Annett
Lap 130 Sadler passes Hornish for third
Lap 131 Annett passes Whitt for ninth
Lap 138 Harvick leads Busch, Sadler, Hornish, Kahne, Stenhouse, Logano, Annett, Whitt and Dillon
Lap 140 Stenhouse passes Kahne for fifth
97 laps to go Harvick leads Busch, Sadler, Hornish, Stenhouse, Logano, Hamlin, Annett, Kahne and Blaney
96 to go Hamlin passes Logano for sixth
93 to go Annett passes Logano for seventh
91 to go Stenhouse passes Hornish for fourth
88 to go Harvick leads Busch, Sadler, Stenhouse, Hornish, Hamlin, Annett, Logano, Kahne and Blaney
84 to go Busch passes Harvick for the lead
71 to go Busch leads Harvick, Sadler, Stenhouse, Hamlin, Hornish, Annett, Blaney, Dillon and Steven Wallace
60 to go Allgaier hits pit road
54 to go Harvick pits
51 to go Sadler and Dillon pit
49 to go Travis Pastrana and James Buescher pits while Richardson takes her car behind the wall.
47 to go Busch pits, handing the lead over to Hamlin
44 to go Hamlin and Stenhouse pit, handing the lead to Annett.
42 to go Annett pits, handing over to Logano
36 to go Logano leads Keselowski, Harvick, Busch, Sadler, Hornish, Hamlin, Stenhouse, Dillon and Blaney
27 to go Keselowski pits
24 to go Busch leads Harvick, Sadler, Hamlin, Hornish, Stenhouse, Logano
12 to go Busch leads Hamlin, Harvick, Sadler, Hornish, Stenhouse, Blaney, Dillon, Annett, Kahne
9 to go Annett passes Dillon
6 to go Hornish and Stenhouse pass Sadler
Final Lap – Busch and Hamlin are side-by-side for the lead. They make contact but it’s Kurt Busch coming across the finish line first with Hamlin second, sliding sideways behind him.
