Kyle Busch would dominate the Dollar General 200 Fueled By Amerigas, even overcoming a pit road speeding penalty, to win his first Nationwide Series race in 18 months.

Start of the race –  Kyle Busch takes the early lead

Caution lap 3 Jamie Dick, Johanna Long, Alex Bowman, Travis Pastrana, Sam Hornish Jr – Long hits the wall first, and then more hit behind her.

Restart lap 15. Kyle leads them off of turn two

Lap 16 Busch leads Vickers Kenseth Bayne and Dillon. Allgaier passes Dillon for fifth.

Lap 18 Kenseth by Vickers for second.

Lap 23 Busch leads Kenseth Vickers Bayne and Harvick

Lap 33 Busch leads Kenseth, Vickers, Bayne, Harvick, Allgaier, Keselowski, Dillon, Johnson and Smith.

Caution lap 37 Dexter Stacey goes around. Leaders pit. Kenseth leads Vickers, Harvick, Busch, Allgaier, Keselowski, Smith. Busch to the back after too fast entering

Restart lap 44 Kenseth to the lead ahead of Vickers and Harvick

Lap 49 Kenseth leads Vickers Harvick Allgaier Keselowski Smith Sadler Larson Johnson

Lap 50 Keselowski passes Allgaier; Vickers passes Kenseth

Caution lap 51 Joe Nemechek into the wall. Piquet Jr. gets into him after using the short cut and then getting loose.

Restart lap 56 Vickers spins the tire; Kenseth grabs the lead.

Lap 59 Kenseth Keselowski Vickers Allgaier Harvick Smith Ky Busch Larson Johnson Sadler

Lap 64 Busch passes Harvick and Smith to continue to move up

Lap 66 Busch passes Allgaier for fourth

Lap 78 Kenseth lead Keselowski Busch Vickers Allgaier Harvick Smith Larson Johnson Sadler

Lap 85 Busch passes Keselowski for second

Lap 89 Busch back to the lead following the lap 37 pit road speeding penalty.

Lap 90 Busch leads Kenseth, Keselowski, Vickers, Allgaier, Harvick, Smith, Larson, Johnson and Sadler

Caution lap 102 Harvick blows a tire, hits the wall. Goodyear reports Harvick hit the wall due to a melted bead as a result of excessive brake heat. Leaders pit. Busch leads Vickers Kenseth Keselowski off pit road. Kyle Busch leads Vickers, Kenseth, Keselowski, Allgaier, Hornish Jr., Johnson, Larson, Smith and Bayne.

Restart 92 to go

Caution 91 laps to go Hornish get loose off of turn two and spins by himself

Restart 87 to go Allgaier spins tires, Smith hits Allgaier, Sadler hits Smith, everybody escapes without wrecking. Busch leads Vickers and Keselowski.

84 to go Busch leads Vickers Keselowski Kenseth Johnson Allgaier Larson Scott Smith and Sadler

82 to go Kenseth passes Keselowski

81 to go Allgaier passes Johnson

80 to go Busch leads Vickers Kenseth Keselowski Allgaier Johnson Larson Smith Scott Sadler

75 to go Keselowski passes Kenseth back for third…..Allgaier passes Kenseth for fourth. Sadler passes Scott

73 to go Smith and Sadler pass Larson for eighth and ninth

72 to go Busch leads Vickers Keselowski Allgaier Kenseth Johnson Smith Sadler Larson and Scott

70 to go Sadler passes Smith

66 to go Kligerman on pit road with damage after contact with the wall while racing Almirola. He got loose and up into the wall.

64 to go Busch leads Vickers Keselowski Allgaier Kenseth Sadler Johnson Smith Larson and Scott

Caution 50 laps to go Larson gets up into the wall. That allows Scott to move up to ninth with Dillon now 10^th. Leaders pit. Some taking four, some taking two. Busch leads Vickers Dillon Allgaier Sadler Smith Johnson Scott Larson and Kenseth. Keselowski stayed out, takes over the lead.  Restart has Keselowski leading Bayne Almirola Hornish Busch Vickers Dillon Allgaier Sadler Smith. Top four stayed out.

Restart 44 laps to go Keselwoski clears with Bayne while three-wide behind them. Busch takes the short cut through the dog leg, moves up to third.

43 to go Keselowski leads Bayne Busch Vickers and Almirola

42 to go Keselowski leads Bayne Busch Vickers Hornish Dillon Almirola Allgaier Smith and Sadler.

41 to go Allgaier passes Almirola….Busch passes Bayne for second

38 to go Keselowski leads Busch Bayne Vickers Hornish Dillon Allgaier Sadler Almirola Smith…..Busch uses the short cut to take the lead

37 to go Keselowski stays under, uses the short cut, but can’t hold Busch behind him. Busch clears Keselowski.

34 to go Keselowski leads Busch Bayne Vickers Allgaier Hornish Sadler Dillon Almirola Smith

Caution lap 172 Vickers spins while running within the top five. Bayne and Vickers go three-wide with Harmon and Vickers gets squeezed in the middle, going for the spin. Some of the leaders pit.

Restart 24 to go as Busch leads Keselowski down the backstretch

21 to go Busch leads Keselowski Allgaier Bayne and Sadler

12 laps to go McClure blew up

Kyle Busch wins. Keselowski. Allgaier. Bayne. Sadler. Dillon. Hornish. Kenseth. Almirola. Scott.

It’s been a week since the horrifying accident on the last lap of the Nationwide Series race at Daytona, and NASCAR and the speedway are still hard at work investigating the event.

Kyle Larson’s car went airborne and hit the frontstretch fence near the start finish line in an accident that involved 12 cars. Leader Regan Smith made a block on Brad Keselowski as they came to the checkered flag and the two got together. Those behind them piled on.

All drivers walked away from the accident, but parts of Larson’s car made it through the fence and injured several fans. Speaking to the media Saturday at Phoenix, NASCAR Senior Vice President of racing operations Steve O’Donnell said that all but two fans have been realized from Halifax Medical Center, but there’s optimism those individuals will also be released.

“As everybody knows safety is first and foremost not only for NASCAR and our racetracks, but getting that right and making sure our fans can enjoy the most safe and entertaining environment possible,” O’Donnell said. “I think our history speaks for that. Moving forward based on what happened in Daytona, we met immediately with the folks at Daytona International Speedway.

“We’ve had multiple meetings this week. It’s been a truly collaborative effort with the goal of doing two things: obviously looking at what happened in this incident, but more importantly the go-forward plan of what we can learn and what we want to implement as we go forward.”

Following the crash Larson’s car, along with the pieces of it, were secured by NASCAR and thus far remain in Daytona. The reason was in order for DIS and their experts to have an opportunity to look at the car and conduct their own investigation. The hope is in learning anything that can be used towards the fencing around the racetrack in the future.

Eventually the car will be brought back to Charlotte and NASCAR’s R&D center.

“The first step for us as we reviewed it prior to going to the R&D center, important to note that most of the safety elements in that car did their job,” O’Donnell said. “The driver walked away. The car, however, got up into the fence. Our focus is going to be if the elements in the car did their job, what do we need to do to the impact to the fence, what happened once that car impacted the fence.”

O’Donnell also said that the Turner Scott Motorsports team will be brought in to look at the car. They have yet to be able to see it since the accident, NASCAR immediately impounded it. NASCAR will bring the team in to talk about how they built the car before going ahead and trying to put it back together.

In doing so, they’ll look to see how each part and piece held up in the accident. O’Donnell did reveal though, that the tethers did not break as some had speculated.

The focus however, will not just be on the car. With a race at Talladega approaching in May, anything that can be learned from the Daytona accident would be applied. And not just at the two superspeedway tracks, but at every racetrack with all fences.

“If there’s something that we find out tonight, we’ll apply that. If it’s two months from now, we’ll apply that as well,” he said. “No set timetable.”

In talking about restrictor plates moving forward, O’Donnell said that while nothing can be ruled out, he’s pretty comfortable with running them at Daytona and Talladega. Having raced there for 55 years, he said that they’ve run a number of safe races and hope that what happened on Saturday is a one-time incident.

As the process continues, NASCAR will be working with outside experts as well. O’Donnell mentioned Dr. Dean Sickling and the partnership they have with Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the SAFER barriers came together. Outside experts are able to take the information NASCAR provides and build safer products. The same will be done in this case.

“If you look at the history of safety, where walls have evolved, where we’ve put new foam in, the next evolution is the fence,” said O’Donnell. “It’s all part and parcel because our cars are unique. If you look at a Formula One car versus a NASCAR vehicle, you can say we’ll employ some of the things Formula One does. Car weighs half and the fencing is half.

“How does the car react to the wall? If the car gets into the fence, what load can it take? Having those experts as part of that panel to review it we think will add that much more. There are a lot of engineering firms out there. Some of it, I’ll tell you, is very new. There’s a lot of information out there.

“It’s a great time to bring all the experts together and look at this.”

In addition to talking about the last lap crash, O’Donnell spoke about the accident a few laps prior that injured Michael Annett. He recently had surgery for a dislocated and fractured sternum and will be out of his car indefinitely while he recovers. NASCAR will also be looking at Annett’s car to make sure everything did its job and if there’s anything that can be improved.

O’Donnell also noted, “I think we’re in a better position than ever to work with Michael, talk about what happened, what he experienced and the recovery phase, make sure we’re in tandem. We’ll certainly learn from that. We’ve learned from every incident we’ve had. It’s never something we want to go through.

“I think each time we’ve learned something new to apply to the racecar or the driver safety system.”