Brad Keselowski won a side-by-side, bumping and grinding battle with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the final laps of Saturday nights NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Timothy Peters passed James Buescher for the lead with six laps to go and went on to win Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway.
The win was Dillon’s first of the 2011 season and the third of his 39 starts in the series. Johnny Sauter leads the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points following the race, 18 points ahead of Dillon.
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet, went from ‘Rocket Man’, qualifying on the pole for the start of the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 to ‘Magic Man’, scoring his first win of the season at the Magic Mile.
The race at New Hampshire would prove to be yet another shake up in the series points standings as the leader coming in would take a huge hit in the points dropping four spots.
Matt Crafton broke a 79 race winless streak and recorded his second win at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, nudging defending race winner Austin Dillon by two car lengths at the stripe.
Kyle Busch not only won the New England 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but he also tied Mark Martin as the record holder for Nationwide wins at 49.
Ryan Newman captured the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Lenox Industrial Tools 301 pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday with a track record lap of 135.232 MPH (28.165 SECS).
Richmond (Va.) Raceway, site of Saturday night’s Cook Out 400, will be the final time NASCAR Cup Series drivers have to split a 50-minute practice session, with two groups each getting 25 minutes of track time the day before the race.
Blaney settled into third and maintained his position to the checkered flag for another strong finish and valuable points day at the Midwest short track.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Menards/Masterforce Tools team turned a fast Ford Mustang Dark Horse and a late two-tire strategy call into a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway.
