Kyle Busch wins at Kentucky

Kyle Busch’s push for a spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase has continued with victory at the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway.

Busch got by Joey Logano with 20 laps to go to win his second Sprint Cup race of the year and the 31st of his career.

Busch was the dominant driver of the race leading 163 of 267 laps.

“That right there is what we’ve got to do,” said Busch.

“Just to score as many points as we possibly can. To score those wins, that’s what’s going to get us to where we need to be. We led the most laps and we won the race, so that’s all you can score. We’ll just continue to push on and thrive.”

Logano held on to finish second in his Team Penske Ford, followed by Busch’s teammates, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth. In his final appearance at Kentucky, Jeff Gordon was seventh.

With the victory, Busch became the fifth driver this season to win multiple races, joining Jimmie Johnson, Kyle’s brother Kurt, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The younger Busch still must race his way into the top 30 in points to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

On a night that featured 11 caution periods (a record for Kentucky) one of the talking points was when Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had fought brake issues all night, tapped Danica Patrick.

VIDEO: Busch wins in Kentucky

VIDEO:Victory Lane

 

RESULTS: Quaker State 400 – Kentucky Speedway 

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MANUFACTURER	STARTING POS.	LAPS	LAPS LED	FINAL STATUS	POINTS	BONUS POINTS
1	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	9	267	163	Running	48	5
2	22	Joey Logano	Ford	4	267	23	Running	43	1
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	8	267	13	Running	42	1
4	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	20	267	1	Running	41	1
5	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	16	267	0	Running	39	0
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	2	267	62	Running	39	1
7	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	3	267	0	Running	37	0
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	15	267	0	Running	36	0
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	6	267	0	Running	35	0
10	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	13	267	0	Running	34	0
11	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	17	267	0	Running	33	0
12	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	12	267	0	Running	32	0
13	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	28	267	0	Running	31	0
14	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	7	267	0	Running	30	0
15	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	14	267	0	Running	29	0
16	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	27	267	0	Running	28	0
17	78	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	5	267	0	Running	27	0
18	55	David Ragan	Toyota	25	267	0	Running	26	0
19	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	30	267	0	Running	25	0
20	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	26	267	2	Running	25	1
21	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	10	267	0	Running	23	0
22	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Ford	18	267	0	Running	22	0
23	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	21	267	0	Running	21	0
24	51	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	32	267	0	Running	20	0
25	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	11	267	0	Running	19	0
26	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	24	267	0	Running	18	0
27	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	19	266	0	Running	17	0
28	40	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	36	266	0	Running	0	0
29	38	David Gilliland	Ford	34	266	0	Running	15	0
30	46	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	29	266	0	Running	14	0
31	7	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	31	266	2	Running	14	1
32	34	Brett Moffitt	Ford	38	266	0	Running	12	0
33	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	22	265	0	Running	11	0
34	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	23	265	0	Running	10	0
35	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	1	265	0	Running	9	0
36	62	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	42	264	1	Running	9	1
37	35	Cole Whitt	Ford	33	264	0	Running	7	0
38	32	Will Kimmel III	Ford	40	263	0	Running	6	0
39	23	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	41	260	0	Running	0	0
40	33	Alex Kennedy	Chevrolet	43	247	0	Running	4	0
41	26	Jeb Burton	Toyota	35	175	0	Suspension	3	0
42	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	39	145	0	Accident	2	0
43	98	Josh Wise	Ford	37	17	0	Accident	1	0

 

STANDINGS 

POS	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	DNF
1	Kevin Harvick	692	Leader	18	2	12	16	0
2	Jimmie Johnson	624	-68	18	4	10	13	0
3	Joey Logano	624	-68	18	1	10	13	0
4	Dale Earnhardt Jr	616	-76	18	2	9	11	1
5	Martin Truex Jr	596	-96	18	1	5	14	2
6	Brad Keselowski	559	-133	18	1	3	10	1
7	Jamie McMurray	556	-136	18	0	2	7	1
8	Kurt Busch	542	-150	15	2	7	10	0
9	Matt Kenseth	540	-152	18	1	6	10	1
10	Jeff Gordon	537	-155	18	0	2	10	1
11	Denny Hamlin	522	-170	18	1	5	8	1
12	Kasey Kahne	513	-179	18	0	2	6	1
13	Paul Menard	509	-183	18	0	2	4	1
14	Ryan Newman	497	-195	18	0	4	10	1
15	Clint Bowyer	490	-202	18	0	1	6	0
16	Aric Almirola	473	-219	18	0	1	1	1
17	Carl Edwards	449	-243	18	1	2	3	2
18	Greg Biffle	420	-272	18	0	1	2	0
19	Kyle Larson	404	-288	17	0	1	5	3
20	Casey Mears	399	-293	18	0	0	1	2
21	Austin Dillon	398	-294	18	0	0	2	2
22	Danica Patrick	396	-296	18	0	0	2	1
23	AJ Allmendinger	370	-322	18	0	0	2	3
24	David Ragan	362	-330	18	0	1	1	2
25	Trevor Bayne	350	-342	18	0	0	2	1
26	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	344	-348	18	0	1	1	1
27	Sam Hornish Jr	343	-349	18	0	0	2	2
28	Tony Stewart	342	-350	18	0	0	1	3
29	Justin Allgaier	306	-386	18	0	0	1	3
30	Cole Whitt	287	-405	18	0	0	0	1
31	David Gilliland	282	-410	18	0	0	0	2
32	Brett Moffitt	245	-447	15	0	0	1	0
33	Alex Bowman	242	-450	17	0	0	0	2
34	Michael Annett	208	-484	18	0	0	0	1
35	Kyle Busch	200	-492	7	2	2	3	2
36	Josh Wise	186	-506	17	0	0	1	4
37	Matt DiBenedetto	184	-508	15	0	0	0	1
38	Michael McDowell	111	-581	8	0	0	0	0
39	Jeb Burton	108	-584	14	0	0	0	3
40	Alex Kennedy	71	-621	8	0	0	0	0
41	Bobby Labonte	39	-653	3	0	0	0	1
42	Brian Vickers	32	-660	2	0	0	0	0
43	Reed Sorenson	31	-661	3	0	0	0	0
44	Michael Waltrip	26	-666	2	0	0	0	0
45	Mike Wallace	8	-684	1	0	0	0	0
46	Will Kimmel III	6	-686	1	0	0	0	0
47	Ron Hornaday Jr	2	-690	1	0	0	0	1
48	Ryan Blaney	0	-692	6	0	1	1	3
49	Landon Cassill	0	-692	18	0	0	0	4
50	Brian Scott	0	-692	5	0	0	0	3
51	Ty Dillon	0	-692	4	0	0	0	0
52	J.J. Yeley	0	-692	17	0	0	0	3
53	Regan Smith	0	-692	4	0	0	0	0
54	Chase Elliott	0	-692	3	0	0	0	0
55	Matt Crafton	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
56	Johnny Sauter	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
57	Chris Buescher	0	-692	5	0	0	0	0
58	Boris Said	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
59	Brendan Gaughan	0	-692	8	0	0	0	2
60	Justin Marks	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
61	Mike Bliss	0	-692	8	0	0	0	0
62	Joe Nemechek	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
63	Travis Kvapil	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
64	Joey Gase	0	-692	2	0	0	0	1
65	Jeff Green	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
66	Erik Jones	0	-692	1	0	0	0	0
67	Tanner Berryhill	0	-692	0	0	0	0	0