NCWTS: Kevin Harvick wins at Bristol

Three in a row for Harvick in the NCWTS.
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Tempers flared at Bristol after the usually beating and banging occurred during the O'Reilly Auto Parts 200. Pulling away from the field was Kevin Harvick who secured his third NCWTS win in a row. Harvick has now won at Bristol in all three NASCAR series, he has also completed that feat at Michigan, Martinsville, Phoenix and Atlanta.

The aforementioned tempers, the contestants were Kyle Busch versus Elliott Sadler. Round one: Hard racing on track saw Sadler collide with Busch, Sadler said he thought he was clear of Busch. Busch smacked the wall and apparently blames Sadler. Round two: In retaliation, Busch rams into Sadler, further damaging Busch's truck. Sadler was able to continue the race. Busch's team took his truck behind the wall for repairs and was unable to fix the damage.  Afterwards, Busch commented on the incident saying "The guy is paid by KHI, what do you think? He ran into me 3 times prior." Sadler responded by saying that it was just "good hard racing" and suggested that Busch just "watch the tape, see what happened" also suggesting that it was an issue with Busch's spotter and not Busch himself.  


Race highlights:

• Elliott Sadler starts on pole, his first NCWTS pole of the year
• lap 11 - Ron Hornaday spins on backstretch for caution #1
• lap 32 - The No. 51 of Josh Richards spins after making contact with the No. 7 of Miguel Paludo bringing out caution number 2
• lap 53 - The No. 01 of Jake Chum and the No. 87 of Chris Jones collide for the third caution
• lap 63 - Upon restart a multi-truck accident with the trucks of Carmichael, Papis, Paludo, Chum and Rogers. Caution number 4
• lap 91 - The No. 20 Truck of Johanna Long spun at the entrance of pit road trying to avoid Miguel Paludo, who was losing an engine and at the same time the No. 66 of Ross Chastain spun as well. Caution number 5
• lap 103 - The aforementioned Kyle Busch versus Elliott Sadler incident brought out caution 6
• lap 114 - Again, after restart the trucks of Papis, Feese, Sieg and Richards were involved in a multi-truck accident for caution number 7
• lap 172 - The No. 70 truck of Jeff Agnew blew a right front tire to bring out the 8th caution
• lap 187 - Austion Dillon (No. 3) runs out of fuel on track to bring out the ninth and final caution of the race

Race results:

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Johnny Sauter
3. Todd Bodine
4. James Buescher
5. Timothy Peters
6. Joey Coulter
7. Justin Lofton
8. Nelson Piquet Jr.
9. Elliott Sadler
10. Parker Kligerman
11. David Starr
12. Cole Whitt
13. David Mayhew
14. Clay Rogers
15. Johanna Long
16. Jason White
17. Josh Richards
18. Blake Feese
19. Ross Chastain
20. Brendan Gaughan
21. Matt Crafton
22. Bryan Silas
23. Austin Dillon
24. Ron Hornaday
25. Ryan Sieg
26. Max Papis
27. Brian Johnson Jr.
28. Jeff Agnew
29. Ricky Carmichael
30. Kyle Busch
31. Miguel Paludo
32. John King
33. Jake Crum
34. Chris Jones
35. Mike Garvey
36. Brent Raymer