Keselowski takes maiden victory

The JR Motorsports driver ran a conservative fuel strategy in the final part of the race, pitting for fuel and taking four tyres during a late caution period, dropping down the order as others gambled on fuel by staying out.

Keselowski was able to make the most of his fresher rubber to charge back towards the front, arriving on the rear bumper of second-placed Clint Bowyer with thirteen laps remaining.

The caution flag came out with twelve laps to for a spinning Brad Teague, allowing leader David Reutimann to save fuel, as he had gambled on staying out when Keselowski and others pitted for the final time. However, Reutimann lost a healthy three-second lead over Bowyer.

On the final restart with eight laps to go Bowyer tapped the rear of Reutimann into turn four following the green flag, grabbing the lead of the race momentarily as three laps later Keselowski passed him on the inside of turn one and pulled away to take victory.

"I'm just lucky to be here and have such a good car," said Keselowski, who became the seventh driver to get his maiden Nationwide victory in fourteen races of NASCAR's second division at the mile-and-a-half concrete oval.

"David and Clint got together and just took advantage of it. I caught a break and took advantage of it. We had a little bit newer tyres and we could get by Clint there. Awesome car, awesome run, mistake-free day."

David Stremme came home in second place after running into the back of Bowyer's car on the last corner of the race. The contact also allowed Reutimann to go by the points' leader, who crossed the finish line in fourth place.

Pole-sitter Joey Logano had a disappointing day after starting first in just his second Nationwide Series race. The 18-year-old led early on but was caught in an incident later while running eighth, getting spun by Greg Biffle who was pushed by Kyle Busch.

The impact damaged the front end of Logano's Toyota, sending him to the garage for lengthy repairs that put him several laps down. He was classified 31st at the end of the race that he led for 64 laps.

Kyle Busch never seemed to have the pace to challenge for a victory on his second NASCAR race of the weekend, despite running a good portion of the race in the top-five in his Braun Racing Toyota.

After being involved in Logano's incident he was later forced to pit under green and dropped out of the lead lap, ending up a disappointing 20th and three laps down on the winner.

Keselowski's teammate, rookie Landon Cassill finished ninth and best among the rookies.

Clint Bowyer continues to lead the points but David Reutimann is now second ahead of Kyle Busch. Carl Edwards also slipped from third to fourth in the standing after finishing the race in a distant 13th place.

Pos  Driver              Make       Laps
 1.  Brad Keselowski     Chevrolet   225
 2.  David Stremme       Chevrolet   225
 3.  David Reutimann     Toyota      225
 4.  Clint Bowyer        Chevrolet   225
 5.  David Ragan         Ford        225
 6.  Mike Wallace        Toyota      225
 7.  Scott Wimmer        Chevrolet   225
 8.  Kelly Bires         Ford        225
 9.  Landon Cassill      Chevrolet   225
10.  Greg Biffle         Ford        225
11.  Chase Miller        Dodge       225
12.  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet   225
13.  Carl Edwards        Ford        225
14.  Mark Green          Chevrolet   225
15.  Jason Keller        Chevrolet   225
16.  Kenny Wallace       Chevrolet   225
17.  Stanton Barrett     Chevrolet   225
18.  Burney Lamar        Ford        224
19.  Marcos Ambrose      Ford        223
20.  Kyle Busch          Toyota      222
21.  Steve Wallace       Chevrolet   222
22.  Bryan Clauson       Dodge       222
23.  DJ Kennington       Dodge       222
24.  Morgan Shepherd     Dodge       221
25.  Travis Kittleson    Chevrolet   220
26.  Jason Leffler       Toyota      219
27.  Brad Teague         Chevrolet   217
28.  Eric McClure        Chevrolet   216
29.  Kevin Lepage        Ford        202
30.  Bobby Hamilton Jr   Ford        183
31.  Joey Logano         Toyota      183
32.  Kertus Davis        Chevrolet   170
33.  Josh Wise           Toyota      154
34.  Cale Gale           Chevrolet   143
35.  Brad Coleman        Ford         88
36.  Derrike Cope        Chevrolet    39
37.  Johnny Chapman      Chevrolet    30
38.  Andy Ponstein       Chevrolet    27
39.  Danny Efland        Chevrolet    23
40.  Kenny Hendrick      Chevrolet    21
41.  Justin Hobgood      Chevrolet    13
42.  Ruben Pardo         Dodge         2
43.  Shane Hall          Chevrolet     1