NNS: Keselowski claims the final checkered flag at LOR
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated..and I do mean dominated the final Kroger 200 race from Lucas Oil Raceway, only to see the win vanish in just the final 4 laps.
The race was relatively incident free (only 5 cautions; 2 of which were for debris) until an accident at lap 177 involving the cars of Steven Wallace, Michael Annett and Tim Andrews. The cameras missed the cause of the Annett and Andrews portion of the wreck but Wallace made contact with Buescher and wiggled, ending up in the wreck with Annett and Andrews. All three cars were destroyed and a red flag was displayed to clean up the debris.
Stenhouse lead a race high 189 laps and was contending for the win when he and Keselowski got into a shoving match, With 4 laps to go, Stenhouse Jr led the restart, only for another caution to come out after Elliott Sadler spun and wrecked. With 2 to go and a green-white-checkers finish, Keselowski was leading after a pass on Stenhouse and several times of rubbing and making contact. Keselowski went onto led the final laps with Stenhouse close on his bumper. After the white flag the 11 car of Brain Scott spun but no caution was thrown and the race remained under green flag conditions. Keselowski went on to collect the checkered flag.
In his post race interview Stenhouse said that Keselowski was just better than him on the restarts.
Race Results:
- Brad Keselowski
- James Buescher
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Aric Almirola
- Carl Edwards
- Jason Leffler
- Joe Nemechek
- Drew Herring
- Reed Sorenson
- Michael McDowell
- Mike Bliss
- Kenny Wallace
- David Stremme
- Austin Dillon
- Brian Scott
- Elliott Sadler
- Steven Wallace
- Jeremy Clements
- Josh Wise
- Blake Koch
- Eric McClure
- Derrike Cope
- Timmy Hill
- Tim Schendel
- Matt Frahm
- Fain Skinner
- Justin Allgaier
- Trevor Bayne
- Michael Annett
- Steven Wallace
- Tim Andrews
- Morgan Shepherd
- Jeff Green
- Dennis Setzer
- Mark Green
- Danny O’Quinn Jr.
- Johnny Chapman
- Mike Harmon
- Scott Wimmer
- Charles Lewandoski
- Chase Miller
- Jennifer Jo Cobb
NNS: Keselowski claims the final checkered flag at LOR
Reviewed by Unknown
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
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