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[/media-credit]NEWTON — The last three NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races held at Iowa Speedway have more than a grandstand full of fans in common. The driver in victory lane has stayed the same as well.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Second annual Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday afternoon. Stenhouse won in convincing fashion, with a 1.465 second margin of victory.
Stenhouse Jr. 209 of the 250 laps ran in route to his third victory on the season, sixth of his NNS career and extended his series points lead over Elliott Sadler to 28.
“It feels good to win three in a row, and it was a lot of fun leading that many laps.” Stenhouse said.
Sadler finished second, Michael McDowell third, Austin Dillon fourth and Kurt Busch finished fifth.
Making his NNS debut, Darrell Wallace Jr. finished ninth.
Danica Patrick blew a right-front tire and hit the outside wall in turns 3 and 4 on lap 115. She took it to the garage and was unable to continue. She finished 30th.
“These are the things that happen. You can’t control it. You’ve got 34 weekends and they’re not all going to go perfect.” Patrick said.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Pioneer Hi-Bred 250, Iowa Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=10 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 48 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 3 | 4 | 18 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Austin Dillon * | Chevrolet | 40 |
| 5 | – | 54 | Kurt Busch | Toyota | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 39 |
| 7 | 12 | 88 | Cole Whitt * | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 8 | 10 | 22 | Parker Kligerman | Dodge | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 20 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Toyota | 35 |
| 10 | 13 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 11 | Brian Scott | Toyota | 33 |
| 12 | 2 | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 33 |
| 13 | 20 | 38 | Brad Sweet * | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 18 | 43 | Michael Annett | Ford | 30 |
| 15 | – | 44 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 29 |
| 16 | 11 | 30 | Steve Arpin | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 81 | Jason Bowles * | Toyota | 27 |
| 18 | 33 | 40 | Erik Darnell | Chevrolet | 26 |
| 19 | – | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 25 |
| 20 | 14 | 124 | Casey Roderick * | Chevrolet | 24 |
| 21 | 26 | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 23 |
| 22 | 19 | 70 | Johanna Long * | Chevrolet | 22 |
| 23 | 17 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 21 |
| 24 | 29 | 23 | Jamie Dick | Chevrolet | 20 |
| 25 | 21 | 41 | Timmy Hill | Ford | 0 |
| 26 | 15 | 199 | Travis Pastrana | Toyota | 18 |
| 27 | 27 | 50 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet | 17 |
| 28 | 36 | 4 | Daryl Harr | Chevrolet | 16 |
| 29 | 16 | 19 | Tayler Malsam | Toyota | 15 |
| 30 | 9 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 14 |
| 31 | 28 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 13 |
| 32 | 22 | 14 | Jeff Green | Toyota | 12 |
| 33 | 34 | 52 | Joey Gase * | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 32 | 39 | Josh Richards | Ford | 10 |
| 35 | 42 | 174 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 36 | 41 | 172 | John Jackson | Toyota | 8 |
| 37 | 37 | 108 | Tim Andrews | Ford | 7 |
| 38 | 40 | 42 | Matt Frahm | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 39 | 43 | 175 | Michael Guerity | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 40 | 38 | 15 | Blake Koch | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 41 | 30 | 10 | Kevin Lepage | Toyota | 3 |
| 42 | 39 | 47 | Tim Schendel | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 43 | 35 | 46 | Chase Miller | Chevrolet | 1 |
