Kyle Busch Dominates Richmond Xfinity Race

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RICHMOND, VA – RIS – Kyle Busch didn’t qualify well and had a rough start, but in the end, he dominated the NASCAR Xfinity race for his sixth win at Richmond International Raceway. Kyle Busch took the lead on pit road after just over 50 laps and showed why he's the NASCAR Xfinity Series career victory leader with a dominant run at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night.

 The defending Sprint Cup Series champion led 197 of 250 laps en route to his 84th victory in the series. He also won for the eighth time in 14 starts this season, but for the first time since July 23 at Indianapolis.

The race suffered only two cautions which made the domination easy.  Bush built up leads as large as seven seconds.  His winning margin was over six seconds, with only 11 cars in the lead lap. 

 “I was down to begin with, never give up I guess,” Busch said after his win. “Just keep going, keep working and keep doing what we can do. Obviously an awesome job by my crew chief, Chris Gayle. A true testament to everyone on this NOS Energy drink Camry, this Toyota was awesome today.”

Keselowski didn’t have anything for the front two JGR Toyotas but was proud of his effort.

 “I think the guys did a good job tonight,” Keselowski said. “We had really good execution tonight to bring home the REV Ford Mustang third. It is a little improvement for us here. Of course we want to win, that is kind of our own expectations. We showed progress, which is a good thing, but we got to keep going. We are still quite a way behind the 18 and 20.”

 Ty Dillon, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suarez, Alex Bowman and Brennan Poole completed the first ten finishers.

Unofficial Results: 36th Annual Virginia529 College Savings 250, Richmond International Raceway

Fin, Str, Car, Driver, Lap, TLd, LLd, BPts, Pts, Status
1) 7, 18, No. Kyle Busch(i) NOS Toyota, 250, 2, 197, , 0, Running
2) 4, 20, No. Erik Jones # DEWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota, 250, 1, 2, 1, 40, Running
3) 6, 22, No. Brad Keselowski(i) Fleetwood RV/REV Group Ford, 250, , , , 0, Running
4) 8, 1, No. Elliott Sadler OneMain Chevrolet, 250, , , , 37, Running
5) 3, 7, No. Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet, 250, , , , 36, Running
6) 18, 3, No. Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, 250, , , , 35, Running
7) 1, 2, No. Austin Dillon(i) Ruud Chevrolet, 250, 1, 51, , 0, Running
8) 10, 19, No. Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota, 250, , , , 33, Running
9) 2, 88, No. Alex Bowman Cessna Chevrolet, 250, , , , 32, Running
10) 31, 48, No. Brennan Poole # DC Solar Chevrolet, 250, , , , 31, Running
11) 17, 16, No. Ryan Reed Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford, 250, , , , 30, Running
12) 14, 6, No. Darrell Wallace, Jr. Bleacher Report Ford, 249, , , , 29, Running
13) 11, 60, No. Gray Gaulding Krispy Kreme Ford, 248, , , , 28, Running
14) 19, 39, No. Ryan Sieg tcl Chevrolet, 248, , , , 27, Running
15) 5, 11, No. Blake Koch LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, 248, , , , 26, Running
16) 9, 28, No. Dakoda Armstrong JGL young Guns Toyota, 247, , , , 25, Running
17) 12, 51, No. Jeremy Clements Harrison's Workwear Chevrolet, 247, , , , 24, Running
18) 20, 62, No. Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet, 247, , , , 23, Running
19) 13, 98, No. Jeb Burton Estes Ford, 247, , , , 22, Running
20) 23, 44, No. JJ Yeley Zachry Toyota, 246, , , , 21, Running
21) 27, 93, No. David Starr Massimo Motors Chevrolet, 246, , , , 20, Running
22) 25, 42, No. Justin Marks Katerra Chevrolet, 246, , , , 19, Running
23) 33, 33, No. Brandon Jones # Roland Chevrolet, 245, , , , 18, Running
24) 15, 4, No. Ross Chastain Flex Seal Chevrolet, 245, , , , 17, Running
25) 29, 07, No. Ray Black, Jr. # Scuba Life Chevrolet, 245, , , , 16, Running
26) 16, 01, No. Ryan Preece # Flex Seal Liquid Chevrolet, 244, , , , 15, Running
27) 22, 52, No. Joey Gase Donate Life Chevrolet, 244, , , , 14, Running
28) 21, 14, No. Hermie Sadler III Virginia Lottery Toyota, 244, , , , 13, Running
29) 26, 86, No. Brandon Brown(i) Coastal Carolina University Chevrolet, 243, , , , 0, Running
30) 28, 15, No. Clint King J&L Wire/Warehouse Design, Inc. Ford, 243, , , , 11, Running
31) 32, 0, No. Garrett Smithley # Flex Shot Chevrolet, 243, , , , 10, Running
32) 39, 78, No. BJ McLeod # Short Traxs Ford, 239, , , , 9, Running
33) 34, 90, No. Mario Gosselin BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet, 238, , , , 8, Running
34) 35, 70, No. Derrike Cope E-hydrate/Acredale Vending Chevrolet, 236, , , , 7, Running
35) 36, 13, No. Brandon Hightower Operation Second Chance Dodge, 235, , , , 6, Running
36) 38, 97, No. Alli Owens Vroom Brands Chevrolet, 156, , , , 5, Clutch
37) 40, 25, No. Austin Theriault(i) Advance Communications Group Chevrolet, 84, , , , 0, Overheating
38) 37, 74, No. Mike Harmon truckersfilemile.org Dodge, 51, , , , 3, Oil Leak
39) 30, 40, No. Timmy Hill(i) Taiga Coolers/O.C.R. Gaz Bar Dodge, 21, , , , 0, Electrical
40) 24, 10, No. Matt DiBenedetto(i) Toyota, 4, , , , 0, Vibration

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series; # = Rookie
Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led.
Average Speed: 103.687 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 48 Mins, 30 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 6.453 Seconds
Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 14 laps