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Busch takes Gateway Nationwide win

Kyle Busch extended his lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series by taking his sixth victory of the season in Saturday night’s race at Gateway.

But the Gibbs Toyota driver was helped by misfortune for Kevin Harvick, who dominated most of the event only to run out of fuel in the closing stages.

Long-time leader Harvick (Kevin Harvick Inc Chevrolet) was at the head of the field with just 28 laps to go when his tank ran dry and he had to coast back to the pits, losing several laps in the process.

Busch emerged in front when the field pitted under yellow a few laps later, and then fended off Reed Sorenson’s Braun Racing Toyota to secure the win.

Carl Edwards, Busch’s main title rival, changed all four tyres on his Roush Fenway Ford at the final stops and rejoined fifth, from where he could only come back through to third, ahead of Mike Bliss, Brad Coleman and Stephen Leicht.

There was misfortune for Jason Leffler, who was running behind Harvick when the leader ran out of fuel, but chose to pit just before the yellow was called shortly afterwards, leaving him ninth at the flag.

Pos  Driver              Car        Laps
 1.  Kyle Busch          Toyota     200
 2.  Reed Sorenson       Toyota     200
 3.  Carl Edwards        Ford       200
 4.  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet  200
 5.  Brad Coleman        Toyota     200
 6.  Stephen Leicht      Chevrolet  200
 7.  Michael Annett      Toyota     200
 8.  Brad Keselowski     Chevrolet  200
 9.  Jason Keller        Ford       200
10.  Erik Darnell        Ford       200
11.  Justin Allgaier     Dodge      200
12.  Tony Raines         Chevrolet  200
13.  Shelby Howard       Chevrolet  199
14.  Jason Leffler       Toyota     199
15.  Scott Wimmer        Chevrolet  199
16.  Jeremy Clements     Chevrolet  198
17.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet  198
18.  Danny O'Quinn Jr    Chevrolet  198
19.  Matt Carter         Ford       198
20.  Brian Keselowski    Dodge      198
21.  John Wes Townley    Ford       197
22.  Mike Wallace        Chevrolet  196
23.  Eric McClure        Ford       195
24.  Steve Wallace       Chevrolet  191
25.  Ken Butler III      Chevrolet  191
26.  Mike Harmon         Chevrolet  190
27.  Trevor Bayne        Toyota     183
28.  Kevin Conway        Toyota     183
29.  Kenny Wallace       Chevrolet  182
30.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Ford       133
31.  Brendan Gaughan     Chevrolet  121
32.  Michael McDowell    Dodge      110
33.  Scott Lagasse Jr    Toyota     101
34.  Casey Atwood        Chevrolet  93
35.  Mark Green          Chevrolet  61
36.  Chad Blount         Toyota     12
37.  Kevin Lepage        Dodge      10
38.  Derrike Cope        Dodge      9
39.  Johnny Chapman      Chevrolet  5
40.  Kelly Bires         Toyota     2
41.  Willie Allen        Dodge      1
42.  Chase Miller        Chevrolet  1
43.  Kevin Hamlin        Dodge      0

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