Kevin Harvick won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. He led 43 laps en route to his fourth win of the season and the ninth for JR Motorsports. Harvick gave credit to his crew chief for making the the call to get only two tires during a late race pit stop which gave him critical track position.
“Ernie (crew chief Ernie Cope) won the race for us, and the car was fast, but when we got out front and the tires not having many laps, and the 54 (Busch) being buried in the field—that’s what won us this race today.” Harvick said.
Busch led the field six times for a race-high 141 laps of the 200 laps.
“It sucks to not be in victory lane where we should be, Busch said after the race. “You know what, this Monster Energy Camry was fast today and deserved to win, but can’t get through traffic.”
Kyle Larson finished second, Busch third, Ryan Blaney fourth and Trevor Bayne finished fifth.
Series leader Chase Elliott finished 10th and holds an 18-point lead in the series standings over Regan Smith who finished seventh. Ty Dillon (-40), Elliott Sadler (-51) and Brian Scott (-56) round out the top five in the points standings.
Unofficial Race Results
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Pos. No. Driver
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1 5 Kevin Harvick
2 42 Kyle Larson
3 54 Kyle Busch
4 22 Ryan Blaney
5 6 Trevor Bayne
6 11 Elliott Sadler
7 3 Ty Dillon
8 7 Regan Smith
9 2 Brian Scott
10 9 Chase Elliott
11 33 Paul Menard
12 60 Chris Buescher
13 62 Brendan Gaughan
14 98 Aric Almirola
15 29 Daniel Suarez
16 1 Landon Cassill
17 31 Dylan Kwasniewski
18 99 James Buescher
19 80 Ross Chastain
20 19 Mike Bliss
21 39 Ryan Sieg
22 43 Dakoda Armstrong
23 55 Brennan Newberry
24 16 Ryan Reed
25 28 J.J. Yeley
26 14 Eric McClure
27 40 Matt DiBenedetto
28 44 Will Kimmel III
29 23 Cody Ware
30 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt
31 93 Kevin Swindell
32 20 Denny Hamlin
33 51 Jeremy Clements
34 17 Tanner Berryhill
35 52 Joey Gase
36 70 Derrike Cope
37 87 Josh Reaume
38 90 Martin Roy
39 46 Ryan Ellis
40 10 Blake Koch
