It was the first time all season that the three drivers who have dominated all season claimed the top three spots in a race.īusch and Brad Keselowski have already clinched spots in the next round of the playoff by winning the first two playoff races, and Truex joined them on points by winning the first two stages.īusch and Keselowski, a longtime rival seeking his fourth consecutive victory in the series, battled for the lead for much of the last 100-plus laps. … They rebounded well from the pit road mishap.” We needed more cautions so we could pit for tires. “We did really good for only having one caution thrown in there. “The problem is when you get back there, to pass those guys, you’ve got to really use up your tires,” Truex said. Martin Truex Jr., who swept the first two stages before a penalty forced him to play catch up, rallied for third, followed by Chase Elliott and Aric Almirola. Harvick closed a gap of more than 1.5 seconds over the final few laps, but was not able to deprive Busch of tying him with a season-best seven wins this season. “I finally won a fall race here at Richmond.” All for you, baby,” Busch said after climbing from his car. “To start dead last, come up through the field and win this thing? That’s right Rowdy Nation. I just cannot qualify here, but we’ve got a really good race car when it comes down time to have a race and especially the later it gets,” he said.īusch, sent to the rear of the field at the start because of unauthorized adjustments to his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, passed Brad Keselowski with 38 laps to go and held off hard-charging Kevin Harvick. “It’s a waste of time for us.”īesides, once the green flag flies, his fortunes change. “Yeah, I’m not going to qualify here anymore,” he said after his 50th career victory, sixth at Richmond and first in the fall. – Kyle Busch is starting to wonder why he even spends time trying to qualify well at Richmond Raceway.įive months after winning the spring race on the 0.75-mile oval from the 32nd starting spot, Busch did even better Saturday night, winning from 39th to complete a season sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series races. (P) 3 times for 163 laps, Kyle Busch (P) 3 times for 92 laps, B. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): M.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 54 minutes, 30 seconds.

(33) Gray Gaulding, Ford, Brakes, 289.Īverage Speed of Race Winner: 103.152 mph. (Starting position in parentheses P-playoff driver)ġ.

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