N'Wide: Meijer 300 by Ritz Results

The Nationwide standalone events are known as opportunity races because only a handful of Claim Jumpers make the long commute to compete with the Regulars. And in fact, eight of the top-10 positions were claimed by these racers, led by Brad Keselowski in third.

Unfortunately for them, the race was dominated by Cup drivers Joey Logano and Kyle Busch. These two racers provided what little excitement there was. At the end, the teenager Logano blasted past Busch with only a handful of laps remaining and cruised to an easy win. He became the first driver to win two wins and both of those victories came from the pole. He was also the first to driver to win two poles at Kentucky.

Next week will be another opportunity for the Nationwide Regulars to shine. The Cup drivers will be in Sonoma, Calif. for a road race while the second series is on the flat Milwaukee Mile. It's the toughest commute in NASCAR and only Busch and Carl Edwards will attempt it.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Status	Avg Fin
1	1	Joey Logano	200	Running	1.00
2	2	Kyle Busch	200	Running	11.50
3	9	Brad Keselowski	200	Running	3.50
4	6	Brendan Gaughan	200	Running	4.00
5	3	Justin Allgaier	200	Running	5.00
6	11	Jason Leffler	200	Running	16.60
7	4	Michael Annett	200	Running	7.00
8	18	Burney Lamar	200	Running	19.67
9	7	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	200	Running	9.00
10	42	Kelly Bires	200	Running	12.00
11	5	Erik Darnell	199	Running	11.00
12	8	Trevor Bayne	199	Running	12.00
13	15	Scott Lagasse Jr	199	Running	13.00
14	13	Steve Wallace	199	Running	16.00
15	27	Kevin Conway	199	Running	15.00
16	30	Scott Wimmer	198	Running	8.00
17	36	Ken Butler III	198	Running	17.00
18	33	Danny O'Quinn Jr	198	Running	26.33
19	22	Mark Green	197	Running	22.60
20	10	Carl Edwards	197	Running	22.00
21	38	Tony Raines	197	Running	11.00
22	28	Derrike Cope	197	Running	26.50
23	16	Jason Keller	196	Running	17.38
24	25	Brandon Whitt	196	Running	24.00
25	29	Morgan Shepherd	195	Running	38.80
26	24	Shelby Howard	195	Running	26.50
27	17	Bobby Hamilton Jr	192	In Pit	23.00
28	21	Mike Bliss	182	Accident	15.80
29	23	Michael McDowell	168	Handling	29.00
30	37	Eric McClure	154	Running	33.25
31	12	Stephen Leicht	137	Overheating	14.00
32	14	John Wes Townley	83	Accident	32.00
33	40	Mike Harmon	77	Handling	37.25
34	32	Kenny Hendrick	75	Accident	28.25
35	41	Brian Keselowski	38	Brakes	35.00
36	19	Kevin Hamlin	35	Electrical	28.50
37	20	Kenny Wallace	19	Engine	25.29
38	26	Chris Horn	17	Quit	38.25
39	31	Johnny Chapman	6	Quit	37.50
40	34	Brad Baker	2	Quit	29.00
41	43	Justin Hobgood	2	Quit	39.50
42	39	Chad Blount	1	Quit	32.00
43	35	Stanton Barrett	1	Quit	33.00
44		Jeff Green	0	Did Not Qualify	31.00
45		J C Stout	0	Did Not Qualify
46		Benny Gordon	0	Did Not Qualify
47		Blake Bjorkland	0	Did Not Qualify
48		Kevin Lepage	0	Did Not Qualify	18.00
49		Travis Kittleson	0	Did Not Qualify

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