Nationwide officials take a holiday

Perhaps the Nationwide officials left the track early on Saturday to beat the traffic.

Late in the Zippo 200, Robby Gordon tried to run Joey Logano into the inside of the frontstretch wall. No harm, no foul, but when they went into turn one, Gordon turned into Logano's No. 20 car. Gordon came out on the short end of that contact by cutting his tire and NASCAR did nothing about that contact. O.k., perhaps they felt he had penalized himself for his own stupidity.

Apparently he lost a lap while repairing the car that he himself had destroyed. Back on track, Gordon reportedly ran into Logano again and NASCAR did not take action. That wasn't on camera, so we only have Logano's word for it—so it’s hard to fault NASCAR completely.

Immediately on the restart—under green—Gordon rammed Logano in the bus stop chicane and made a pass on the No. 20. Again, NASCAR did not take action.

In the next turn, he allowed Logano to get to his outside so he could run him off course in precisely the same spot in which Jason Leffler had such a scary accident in Friday's practice. No only did NASCAR fail to take action again (during the fourth incident), but they gave Gordon a "Free Pass" for the incident he had caused—despite the fact that they have a rule stating a car that is involved in the caution cannot benefit from it.

One has to wonder who was officiating this race—if anyone.

Standing outside the infield care center, Logano told reporters "you can't fix stupid; it's for life." He was speaking about Gordon, but the same comment could apply to whoever was calling this race in the tower.

N'Wide: Dollar General 300 results, with avg. finish

You get the feeling that Joey Logano was playing with the field. In the first half of the race, he ran away from the field until NASCAR threw one of their legendary "debris" cautions—even though we never saw the debris. Kyle Busch beat him out of the pits and for a while it appeared the teenager would have some competition, but as the race started to wind down, the No. 20 charged to the front once more. Even on old tires in a 10-lap shootout versus nine other drivers on the lead lap with either two or four new tires, Logano not only held his advantage, he stretched it.

Busch held on for second, which was the fourth time this season that Joe Gibbs Racing finished 1-2. Logano has won three of these at Nashville, Kentucky and now Chicagoland, with Busch winning last week at New Hampshire. For the record, Roush Racing has also finished 1-2 on one occasion at Vegas, with Greg Biffle beating Carl Edwards to the line. In that race, Todd Braun finished third and fourth with Brian Vickers and Jason Leffler taking those spots respectively. Notably, those two drivers finished in the same position Friday night at Chicagoland.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	3	Joey Logano	200	96	Running	1.00
2	6	Kyle Busch	200		Running	16.33
3	2	Brian Vickers	200	2	Running	10.25
4	12	Jason Leffler	200		Running	18.83
5	10	Kevin Harvick	200		Running	13.86
6	1	Carl Edwards	200	17	Running	9.60
7	17	Greg Biffle	200	1	Running	19.63
8	13	David Reutimann	200		Running	15.50
9	15	Mike Bliss	200	1	Running	15.75
10	9	Justin Allgaier	200		Running	10.00
11	16	Jeff Burton	200		Running	4.86
12	8	Trevor Bayne	199		Running	12.00
13	25	Brendan Gaughan	199		Running	13.00
14	11	Paul Menard	198		Running	21.00
15	26	Scott Wimmer	198		Running	14.00
16	21	Steve Wallace	198		Running	24.00
17	18	Michael Annett	198		Running	17.00
18	14	Brad Keselowski	197		Running	11.67
19	35	Jason Keller	197		Running	14.13
20	30	Scott Lagasse Jr	197		Running	20.00
21	22	John Wes Townley	197		Running	21.00
22	4	Ryan Newman	197	5	Running	23.50
23	34	Tony Raines	196		Running	16.50
24	24	Joe Nemechek	196		Running	19.83
25	39	Michael McDowell	196		Running	25.00
26	29	Shelby Howard	196		Running	26.00
27	37	Kenny Wallace	196		Running	27.29
28	41	Robert Richardson	195		Running	28.00
29	23	Danny O'Quinn Jr	194		Running	30.00
30	27	Dennis Setzer	194		Running	30.00
31	38	Eric McClure	194		Running	34.67
32	40	Matt Carter	189		Running	32.00
33	42	Mike Harmon	185		Running	29.33
34	5	David Ragan	107		Running	22.00
35	43	Jeremy Clements	92		Steering	35.00
36	36	Derrike Cope	24		Start and Park	36.33
37	31	Casey Atwood	19		Start and Park	23.00
38	33	Mike Wallace	19		Start and Park	22.00
39	32	Kevin Lepage	15		Start and Park	27.17
40	7	Kelly Bires	8		Start and Park	25.33
41	19	Terry Cook	6		Start and Park	41.00
42	20	Kertus Davis	2		Start and Park	39.33
43	28	Mark Green	1		Start and Park	32.00
44		Johnny Chapman	0		Did Not Qualify	37.00
45		J C Stout	0		Did Not Qualify
46		Stanton Barrett	0		Did Not Qualify	29.20
47		Kevin Hamlin	0		Did Not Qualify
48		Morgan Shepherd	0		Did Not Qualify	42.00
49		Brian Keselowski	0		Did Not Qualify

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N'Wide: Camping World RV Sales 200 Results

One of the most amazing records in NASCAR was extended this week when Kyle Busch became the 23rd different winner of a Nationwide race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. If he stumbled, teammate Joey Logano was on his bumper ready to strike and he was also looking for his first victory on this track.

That Joe Gibbs Racing would win was never in question. Logano led the most laps even though Busch led the last one. These two drivers were the class of the field.

The remainder of the drivers was left to fight for third on back and Brad Keselowski was best in class. With a third in the Camping World RV Sales 200, he posted his fifth consecutive finish of third or better and that makes him the hottest driver on the circuit. Mike Bliss and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five.

Jason Leffler has his own streak going and he barely extended it this week. With a 10th-place finish at New Hampshire, he posted his 11th consecutive top-10 finish. He almost saw that streak end, however. On the final lap teammates Brian Vickers and Scott Speed got into a tangle that saw Vickers fall out of the top-10 on the final lap.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Status	Avg Fin
1	9	Kyle Busch	200	Running	11.25
2	1	Joey Logano	200	Running	2.00
3	7	Brad Keselowski	200	Running	6.50
4	10	Mike Bliss	200	Running	18.00
5	5	Kevin Harvick	200	Running	5.22
6	2	Carl Edwards	200	Running	3.20
7	6	Greg Biffle	200	Running	18.25
8	4	Scott Speed	200	Running	8.00
9	11	Erik Darnell	200	Running	9.00
10	12	Jason Leffler	200	Running	17.71
11	24	Steve Wallace	200	Running	15.67
12	8	Brian Vickers	200	Running	8.00
13	13	Justin Allgaier	200	Running	13.00
14	3	Clint Bowyer	200	Running	10.00
15	16	Michael McDowell	200	Running	15.00
16	14	Scott Lagasse Jr	200	Running	28.00
17	20	Scott Wimmer	200	Running	11.71
18	28	Elliott Sadler	200	Running	20.00
19	31	Michael Annett	200	Running	19.00
20	21	Kenny Wallace	199	Running	19.06
21	38	Brendan Gaughan	199	Running	21.00
22	43	Sean Caisse	198	Running	22.00
23	23	Jason Keller	198	Running	17.94
24	35	Matt Carter	196	Running	24.00
25	30	Ken Butler III	196	Running	25.00
26	39	Danny O'Quinn Jr	196	Running	25.67
27	18	Joe Nemechek	196	Running	18.75
28	36	John Wes Townley	196	Running	28.00
29	25	Bobby Hamilton Jr	196	Running	12.38
30	40	Tony Raines	196	Running	21.00
31	34	Benny Gordon	196	Running	31.00
32	42	Chase Mattioli	192	Running	32.00
33	41	Eric McClure	176	Engine	32.33
34	26	Brian Keselowski	92	Overheating	34.00
35	15	Paul Menard	50	Engine	16.00
36	32	Mark Green	23	Start and Park	27.43
37	33	Derrike Cope	19	Start and Park	29.71
38	29	Travis Kittleson	13	Start and Park	38.00
39	27	Kevin Lepage	13	Start and Park	20.00
40	22	Casey Atwood	8	Start and Park	23.14
41	19	Kelly Bires	4	Start and Park	29.00
42	37	Willie Allen	3	Start and Park	42.00
43	17	Johnny Chapman	2	Start and Park	37.00
44		Justin Hobgood	0	DNQ
45		Morgan Shepherd	0	DNQ	32.50
46		Kertus Davis	0	DNQ	34.67
47		Mike Wallace	0	DNQ	17.63

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Week 25 Unified Power Rankings

With Formula 1 taking another week off, no one has been able to challenge Jenson Button, so he remains the hottest driver in auto racing. It's hard to argue the point since he has won six of the first seven events on that calendar.

Tony Stewart remains second on the Unified Power Rankings after posting a solid seventh-place finish at Michigan International Speedway. He's been both consistent and strong with 10 consecutive Cup races in which he's finished on the lead lap. To prove his versatility, in recent months he's also won a dirt late model race at Paducah International Raceway and finished sixth in the Dream at his Eldora Raceway—one of the premier races for that type of car.

And in the Indy Racing League, Helio Castroneves continues to tower above his peers. Currently, Castroneves is about five percentage points better than Ryan Briscoe and eight better than Dario Franchitti, but there could be a shakeup in next week's standings since neither Castroneves nor Briscoe have been overly impressive on the IRL short tracks.

Castroneves was 14th at Iowa last year and since that is the next venue on the calendar, he's going to have to pick up the pace. He also finished outside the top 10 in Richmond in 2007, which outbalances his second-place result there last year.

In two short track starts last year, Briscoe finished seventh at Iowa and 15th at Richmond. In stark contrast, the last time Franchitti was on these two tracks, he swept victory lane.

The biggest mover inside the top 10 last week was Mark Martin. The aged veteran used a fuel mileage strategy to win his third NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season, which ties him with Kyle Busch. He's skipped the last four road races while running a part time schedule, but this driver once posted 23 top-10 finishes in 24 starts on that track type from 1989 through 2001, so you can expect him to keep his momentum.
Nationwide Regular Jason Leffler has done a great job of staying in the Unified Power Rankings' top 10. He finished sixth in the standalone race at Kentucky Speedway, but don't start thinking his strong effort was because there were so few Claim Jumpers in the field. That was his ninth consecutive top-10 finish in NASCAR's second series.
Unified Power Rankings
Top 50

Rank	Driver	Points	Last week	+/-
1	Jenson Button	110.57	1	0
2	Tony Stewart	97.15	2	0
3	Helio Castroneves	95.80	3	0
4	Ryan Briscoe	90.67	5	1
5	Mark Martin	88.77	10	5
6	Jason Leffler	88.09	6	0
7	Jimmie Johnson	88.08	4	-3
8	Dario Franchitti	87.67	7	-1
9	Rubens Barrichello	87.14	9	0
10	Mark Webber	85.29	11	1
11	Ryan Newman	85.19	8	-3
12	Scott Dixon	84.50	12	0
13	Kurt Busch	84.33	13	0
14	Brad Keselowski	84.00	15	1
15	Danica Patrick	83.33	14	-1
16	Erik Darnell	83.00	NR
17	Jeff Gordon	82.83	16	-1
18	Kyle Busch	80.48	17	-1
19	Denny Hamlin	80.42	23	4
20	Matt Crafton	79.67	19	-1
21	Carl Edwards	79.48	18	-3
22	Greg Biffle	78.47	26	4
23	Timo Glock	78.43	22	-1
24	Dan Wheldon	78.17	24	0
25	Matt Kenseth	77.76	20	-5
26	Juan Montoya	77.50	27	1
27	Joey Logano	76.95	25	-2
28	Jeff Burton	76.82	21	-7
29	Fernando Alonso	74.00	28	-1
30	Nico Rosberg	72.57	30	0
31	Kasey Kahne	72.17	29	-2
32	Sebastian Vettel	72.00	31	-1
33	David Reutimann	70.43	32	-1
34	Marco Andretti	70.00	33	-1
35	Tony Kanaan	69.83	34	-1
36	Justin Allgaier	69.82	38	2
37	Steve Wallace	69.45	36	-1
38	Jason Keller	68.00	35	-3
39	Dale Earnhardt Jr	67.80	39	0
40	Ron Hornaday Jr	67.33	42	2
41	Tayler Malsam	67.33	85	44
42	Brian Vickers	66.94	43	1
43	Clint Bowyer	66.87	44	1
44	Jamie McMurray	66.58	46	2
45	Jarno Trulli	66.29	40	-5
46	Johnny Benson Jr	66.00	41	-5
47	Marcos Ambrose	65.58	37	-10
48	Rick Crawford	64.83	45	-3
49	Burney Lamar	63.63	65	16
50	Kevin Harvick	63.28	49	-1

Previous Unified Power Rankings:

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Week 24 Unified Power Rankings

Yawn. Jenson Button won again in the Turkish Grand Prix, which is his sixth victory in seven races and picking a winner in that series is now officially a no brainer. Until Button stumbles—and at this point, it seems unlikely he's going to do so all season—place him on your roster and hold him there.

For the first time this year, however, his wingman Rubens Barrichello had a bad finish. A pair of spins in the Turkish GP caused him to finish outside the points for the first time this season and he plummeted seven spots in the Unified Power Rankings from second to ninth.

That allowed a pair of winners to climb the grid. Tony Stewart had to overcome rolling out a backup car and his shotgun to the field start, but after practice, he was confident he had the ponies under the hood to get the job done. Stewart used a little strategy and a lot of power to hold off Carl Edwards and earn his first victory as an owner driver. He's now second on this chart.

One of the keys to Stewart's success in the Pocono 500 was a strong pit stop, and that is also how Helio Castroneves got in front of Ryan Briscoe late in the going at Texas Motor Speedway. Once in the lead of the Bombardier Learjet 550k, he was untouched and scored his second victory in the last three races. Castroneves sits third.

Jason Leffler continues to be the strongest Nationwide Regular in NASCAR's second series. With most of the top spots typically going to Cup drivers, last week's Federated Auto Parts 300 in Nashville was an opportunity race. Only two Claim Jumpers made the long commute, so even though Kyle Busch won the race and Edwards finished third, Leffler was able to pick off a fifth-place finish and climb two spots on the Unified Power Rankings grid from eighth to sixth.

Success in any fantasy racing league is reliant on finding dark horses. In the Camping World Truck Series, check out Jason White, who has been 14th or better in his last four races. And on the strength of his eighth-place finish at Texas last week and a fourth at Dover the previous week, he jumped an amazing 28 spots last week and 10 spots the prior week to land in the top 50—50th to be exact. Matt Crafton is the highest ranked Truck driver. He sits 19th on the grid.

Unified Power Rankings
Top 50

Rank	Driver	Points	Last week	+/-
1	Jenson Button	110.57	1	0
2	Tony Stewart	97.33	3	1
3	Helio Castroneves	95.80	4	1
4	Jimmie Johnson	90.82	6	2
5	Ryan Briscoe	90.67	7	2
6	Jason Leffler	87.90	8	2
7	Dario Franchitti	87.67	9	2
8	Ryan Newman	87.20	11	3
9	Rubens Barrichello	87.14	2	-7
10	Mark Martin	87.00	10	0
11	Mark Webber	85.29	15	4
12	Scott Dixon	84.50	16	4
13	Kurt Busch	83.55	5	-8
14	Danica Patrick	83.33	13	-1
15	Brad Keselowski	83.20	14	-1
16	Jeff Gordon	80.55	17	1
17	Kyle Busch	79.46	18	1
18	Carl Edwards	79.24	21	3
19	Matt Crafton	79.00	27	8
20	Matt Kenseth	78.69	20	0
21	Jeff Burton	78.63	22	1
22	Timo Glock	78.43	19	-3
23	Denny Hamlin	78.18	12	-11
24	Dan Wheldon	78.17	23	-1
25	Joey Logano	77.15	24	-1
26	Greg Biffle	76.93	28	2
27	Juan Montoya	75.64	31	4
28	Fernando Alonso	74.00	25	-3
29	Kasey Kahne	73.27	26	-3
30	Nico Rosberg	72.57	33	3
31	Sebastian Vettel	72.00	36	5
32	David Reutimann	70.85	43	11
33	Marco Andretti	70.00	44	11
34	Tony Kanaan	69.83	35	1
35	Jason Keller	69.30	30	-5
36	Steve Wallace	69.10	38	2
37	Marcos Ambrose	68.36	54	17
38	Justin Allgaier	67.60	39	1
39	Dale Earnhardt Jr	67.07	32	-7
40	Jarno Trulli	66.29	53	13
41	Johnny Benson Jr	66.00	47	6
42	Ron Hornaday Jr	65.80	29	-13
43	Brian Vickers	65.40	34	-9
44	Clint Bowyer	65.36	40	-4
45	Rick Crawford	65.20	62	17
46	Jamie McMurray	64.91	45	-1
47	Sam Hornish Jr	64.73	63	16
48	Martin Truex Jr	63.82	42	-6
49	Kevin Harvick	63.00	37	-12
50	Jason White	62.80	78	28

Previous Unified Power Rankings:

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Week 20

N'Wide: Nashville Results

Finally, Kyle Busch won a race he dominated and scattered applause broke out in the grandstands. That was in stark contrast to the boos that usually accompany his victories, and then he tried to do a Rock Star impersonation in victory lane by smashing one of the most unique trophies in NASCAR—and may well have alienated those same fans. Busch doesn't mind, he loves being the villain.

Last year, when Brad Keselowski won his Sam Bass designed Gibson guitar, he fell asleep on the plan clutching it and he would probably have cherished this one as well, but he settled into second.

Only two Claim Jumpers were in the field, but they made the most of their long commute since Carl Edwards finished third.

Mike Bliss (fourth), Jason Leffler (fifth), and Stephen Leicht (sixth) were the only other drivers to finish on the lead lap.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	1	Kyle Busch	225	173	Running	15.38
2	10	Brad Keselowski	225	10	Running	14.67
3	6	Carl Edwards	225	1	Running	4.00
4	8	Mike Bliss	225	6	Running	12.36
5	12	Jason Leffler	225	26	Running	14.50
6	9	Stephen Leicht	225		Running	14.00
7	16	Steve Wallace	224		Running	14.25
8	3	Michael McDowell	224	1	Running	11.50
9	27	Erik Darnell	224	1	Running	9.00
10	4	Brad Coleman	224		Running	23.20
11	5	Scott Lagasse Jr	223		Running	10.50
12	35	Shelby Howard	223		Running	13.00
13	24	Justin Allgaier	223		Running	21.00
14	21	Bobby Hamilton Jr	223		Running	14.33
15	22	Burney Lamar	222		Running	13.00
16	28	Kenny Wallace	221	7	Running	15.38
17	43	Morgan Shepherd	221		Running	33.29
18	42	Danny O'Quinn Jr	219		Running	21.00
19	40	Tony Raines	219		Running	20.11
20	37	Brandon Whitt	218		Running	25.00
21	29	Robert Richardson	218		Running	29.25
22	30	Eric McClure	218		Running	30.38
23	18	Kevin Conway	213		Running	27.00
24	7	Brendan Gaughan	211		Running	20.50
25	38	Marc Davis	182		Electrical	25.00
26	11	Jason Keller	170		Running	15.25
27	31	Michael Annett	143		Running	23.00
28	2	Trevor Bayne	128		Accident	28.00
29	13	Sean Caisse	127		Accident	29.00
30	25	Brian Keselowski	127		Accident	35.50
31	15	Cale Gale	123		Accident	24.33
32	19	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	123		Accident	27.50
33	33	Scott Wimmer	79		Wheel	12.55
34	39	Kevin Lepage	64		Engine	26.67
35	26	Kertus Davis	30		Vibration	35.22
36	17	Willie Allen	16		Vibration	34.50
37	32	Kelly Bires	9		Quit	13.80
38	23	Johnny Chapman	8		Quit	39.25
39	41	Mike Harmon	4		Accident	37.67
40	34	Casey Atwood	4		Accident	22.25
41	36	Brad Baker	4		Accident	25.43
42	14	John Wes Townley	2		Accident	30.00
43	20	Mark Green	1		Quit	29.22
44		Justin Hobgood	0		Did Not Qualify	41.00
45		Daryl Harr	0		Did Not Qualify

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N'Wide: Edwards fastest in Nashville practice 2

With rain cancelling Friday activities at Pocono, Carl Edwards made his way to Nashville Superspeedway and posted the fastest time in Happy Hour for the Federated Auto Parts 300.

Our View: Brad Coleman in a Gibbs' car, Steve Wallace, Mike Bliss and Sean Caisse in a Childress car rounded out the top five. Kyle Busch also made the long commute from Pocono, but he was only 12th fastest. Jason Leffler—who won the first session—clocked in eighth best on this chart.

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N'Wide: Leffler tops Nashville practice 1

Jason Leffler posted the fastest lap of the first practice session. He posted a speed of 159.811 mph.

Our View: Leffler was followed by Michael McDowell, Stephen Leicht (practicing Clint Bowyer's car), Sean Caisse and Scot Lagasse Jr. With less than a handful of Claim Jumpers in the field this week, the Nationwide Regulars have a chance to shine.

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N'Wide: Leffler to make 200th start

Jason Leffler is scheduled to make his 200th career Nationwide start this week at Dover, according to NASCAR.com.

Our View: In his first 199 starts, Leffler has 57 top-10s, 29 top-fives and two victories. With the way he's run in this series this year, he could start his third hundred run with a third victory.

Week 22 Unified Power Rankings

The three major auto racing series ran one of the biggest races of their season last week when Formula 1 took to the streets of Monaco, the NASCAR Cup series ran the "Coke 341," and the IRL ran the granddaddy of them all: the Indy 500.

Each of those races carry bonus points. Instead of 110 points for a first-place finish, drivers receive 125, but we had to make some adjustments for the Cup race. Since several drivers remained on track and received better results than they earned through the strength of their cars, we based the Power Point system on average running position for this week.

No matter how count them, Jenson Button continues to be the hottest driver in auto racing having won his fifth Grand Prix in six starts. The twisty streets of Monaco make passing a near impossibility, so no one was surprised that he took the checkers after sitting on the pole. Rubens Barrichello continues to be his wing man and finished second in Formula 1 competition for the third time this season. He's going to be hard to dislodge from that spot, in fact, because he's swept the top-five alongside Button.

Tony Stewart had flashes of brilliance last week in the rain-shortened "Coke 341," but when the field was shuffled by the final rain storm he found his No. 14 Chevy stranded in 19th. Five top-fives in the previous six races, however, gave him enough momentum to stay third on the grid and first among Cup regulars.

Nationwide regular Jason Leffler ran a smart race in the Carquest Auto Parts 300 to finish sixth. That helped elevate him into the top 10 on the Unified Power Rankings scale since it was his sixth consecutive top-10 in recent races.

The Indy Racing League finally ran enough races to include them in this formula and despite winning the Indy 500, Helio Castroneves does not top their chart. There a reason for that; even though the series has run enough times, the driver has not since he was forced to sit out the Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg while being his trial for tax evasion was going on.

Dario Franchitti gets that honor. After winning the Grand Prix of Long Beach and finishing in the top 10 in three of the first four IRL races this year, he's the best of class. He shouldn't get too used to the position, however; unless Castroneves crashes early next week at Milwaukee, he is virtually guaranteed to dislodge the Scotsman.

Unified Power Rankings

Rank	Driver	Points	Last week	+/-
1	Jenson Button	110.67	1	0
2	Rubens Barrichello	99.83	2	0
3	Tony Stewart	91.67	3	0
4	Jason Leffler	88.50	7	3
5	Kurt Busch	88.45	5	0
6	Ryan Newman	85.93	10	4
7	Jimmie Johnson	85.91	8	1
8	Jeff Gordon	85.45	4	-4
9	Denny Hamlin	85.08	6	-3
10	Ron Hornaday Jr	83.75	11	1
11	Dario Franchitti	83.50	NR
12	Ryan Briscoe	83.50	NR
13	Mark Webber	82.00	14	1
14	Tony Kanaan	81.25	NR
15	Danica Patrick	81.00	NR
16	Dan Wheldon	80.75	NR
17	Jeff Burton	79.75	12	-5
18	Mark Martin	79.75	20	2
19	Kyle Busch	79.59	13	-6
20	Timo Glock	79.50	9	-11
21	Brad Keselowski	79.23	23	2
22	Carl Edwards	77.37	15	-7
23	Greg Biffle	76.54	16	-7
24	Fernando Alonso	76.17	21	-3
25	Joey Logano	74.89	31	6
26	Kasey Kahne	74.36	29	3
27	Matt Kenseth	74.19	18	-9
28	Scott Dixon	74.00	NR
29	Matt Crafton	73.75	27	-2
30	Juan Montoya	72.00	19	-11
31	Dale Earnhardt Jr	71.79	26	-5
32	Nico Rosberg	70.00	37	5
33	Brian Vickers	69.50	24	-9
34	Mike Skinner	69.50	32	-2
35	Johnny Benson Jr	68.75	34	-1
36	Jason Keller	68.25	30	-6
37	Scott Lagasse Jr	68.25	42	5
38	David Reutimann	68.23	28	-10
39	Sebastian Vettel	67.50	17	-22
40	Steve Wallace	67.38	43	3
41	Kevin Harvick	66.76	25	-16
42	Justin Allgaier	66.75	45	3
43	Clint Bowyer	65.92	22	-21
44	Jamie McMurray	65.91	46	2
45	Martin Truex Jr	64.00	38	-7
46	Rick Crawford	63.75	56	10
47	Lewis Hamilton	63.67	36	-11
48	Stacy Compton	63.00	53	5
49	James Buescher	62.00	62	13
50	Marcos Ambrose	61.91	35	-15

Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Results

Kyle Busch dominated the Diamond Hill Plywood 200, but he was denied the victory in the closing laps because of a cut tire from debris from a Scott Lagasse Jr. / Joe Nemechek crash late in the event. The accident occurred with two laps remaining.

Matt Kenseth was chasing him down at the time, however, and they would have had a heck of a battle.

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status
1	6	Matt Kenseth	153	4	Running
2	7	Jason Leffler	153		Running
3	3	Carl Edwards	153	5	Running
4	5	Erik Darnell	153		Running
5	16	Justin Allgaier	153		Running
6	2	Ryan Newman	153		Running
7	19	Mike Bliss	153		Running
8	9	Jeff Burton	153		Running
9	31	Scott Wimmer	153		Running
10	10	Brian Vickers	153		Running
11	8	Brad Keselowski	153		Running
12	4	Joey Logano	153		Running
13	24	Scott Speed	153		Running
14	14	Steve Wallace	153		Running
15	11	Jason Keller	153		Running
16	1	Kyle Busch	153	143	Running
17	23	Patrick Carpentier	153		Running
18	17	Kenny Wallace	153		Running
19	15	Brendan Gaughan	152		Running
20	21	Brian Scott	152		Running
21	18	Tony Raines	152	1	Running
22	13	Scott Lagasse Jr	152		Running
23	32	Jeff Green	151		Running
24	29	Brian Keselowski	151		Running
25	30	Brandon Whitt	150		Running
26	25	Kevin Hamlin	150		Running
27	28	Danny O'Quinn Jr	150		Running
28	27	Eric McClure	149		Running
29	20	Michael Annett	149		Running
30	26	Jeff Fuller	148		Running
31	33	Morgan Shepherd	148		Running
32	22	Joe Nemechek	142		Accident
33	12	Michael McDowell	140		Running
34	35	John Wes Townley	117		Throttle
35	37	Kevin Lepage	57		Accident
36	36	Kenny Hendrick	54		Accident
37	43	Mike Harmon	36		Brakes
38	38	Travis Kittleson	19		Overheating
39	40	Mark Green	17		Quit
40	39	Kertus Davis	15		Quit
41	41	Terry Cook	13		Quit
42	42	Johnny Chapman	12		Quit
43	34	Casey Atwood	11		Transmission

Nationwide regulars run strong at Darlington

A Cup veteran, Matt Kenseth may have won the Diamond Hill Plywood 200, but Nationwide Regulars acquitted themselves well. Jason Leffler finished second, rookie Erik Darnell was fourth, rookie Justin Allgaier was fifth, Mike Bliss was seventh and Scott Wimmer came home in 10th.

Our View: It's been quite some time before three Nationwide Regulars finished in the top five and since these drivers command a lower salary cap, fantasy owners got a lot of bang for their buck.