Kyle Busch Wins at Richmond

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the Federated Auto Parts 400 from Richmond Raceway on Saturday night.

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Busch had a fast car from the drop of the green flag, and drove up through the field after starting in the back of the pack after damaging his car in qualifying.

Busch said the victory was a testament to his team’s ability to fix the car before the race.

“I had a dismal qualifying effort,” Busch said.  “I put us a little behind yesterday in qualifying…being able to start last and come up through the field to win this thing.”

Kevin Harvick was chasing Busch down over the final 20 laps, but Busch was able to keep himself ahead of Harvick as the two worked through lapped traffic.

Busch said he was surprised he wasn’t able to run away from Harvick over the final run.

“Harvick was getting me a little bit there at the end,” Busch said.  “That was too close for my comfort; I thought we were better than that on the long run.”

Harvick said he didn’t want to push his luck and risk losing points heading into next weekend’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Roval.

“I’m terrified of next week,” Harvick said.  “There are so many unknowns.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Kevin Harvick

3. Martin Truex Jr.

4. Chase Elliott

5. Aric Almirola

6. Austin Dillon

7. Kyle Larson

8. Jimmie Johnson

9. Brad Keselowski

10. Clint Bowyer

11. Erik Jones

12. Alex Bowman

13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

14. Joey Logano

15. Ryan Newman

16. Denny Hamlin

17. Daniel Suarez

18. Kurt Busch

19. Ryan Blaney

20. William Byron

21. Jamie McMurray

22. Paul Menard

23. David Ragan

24. Michael McDowell

25. Matt Kenseth

26. Cole Custer

27. Darrell Wallace Jr.

28. Ty Dillon

29. AJ Allmendinger

30. Chris Buescher

31. Regan Smith

32. Corey LaJoie

33. Ross Chastain

34. Matt DiBenedetto

35. Joey Gase

36. Landon Cassill

37. Jeffrey Earnhardt

38. Alon Day

39. Timmy Hill

40. Gray Gaulding

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