Busch dominates Dover Nationwide

'Rowdy' started from pole position and led almost the entire first half of the race. He then dropped back for a few laps before reclaiming the lead from Mike Bliss, to dominate the last sixty laps of racing.

"I knew it was a good race car, I was just trying to figure out where it would go," said Busch after winning his nineteenth NASCAR-sanctioned race of the season. "It would go anywhere. High, low, all over the place.

"We knew (Mike) Bliss was out there a ways, so once I got to second, I just rode there and bided my time. I knew there was going to be another caution. If not, he was going to have to stop, and I was going to have to stop under green for our final stops.

"I was just trying to be patient and ride our own race, and do what we needed to do to bring this thing home in first place."

Busch won with yet another crew chief, as Dave Rogers continues to serve his suspension following penalties issued after Michigan.

Joel Weidman called the race from the pits with some help from Busch's Cup crew chief Steve Addington, while over the wall, some Cup mechanics helped with great pitstops for the No. 18 JGR Toyota.

Mike Bliss was second and lamented that Busch had selected this race to compete in, as he felt otherwise he would've been able to take his first Nationwide series win in nearly four years. Despite that, he was proud to have been best of the rest, given Busch's dominant form.

"Why the hell did he pick this race to run?" said Bliss. "I wish he had skipped this race. I'm pretty happy, but these guys deserve a win. We were really fast on long runs, but the short runs just weren't quite there."

The race finished under a green-white-chequered following an incident involving Landon Cassill and Steve Wallace on the frontstretch on the penultimate lap. This forced officials to make the race seven laps longer, while providing a closer finish even if Bliss didn't have anything for Busch on the final sprint.

Brad Keselowski had a strong run to third place, which was best among the title contenders, as Carl Edwards was fifth, both gaining some ground on points leader Clint Bowyer, who minimized his losses with a tenth place finish.

The RCR driver made contact with the wall after colliding with Carl Edwards when David Reutimann came out of his pitstall ahead of both, forcing the Roush Fenway racer into Bowyer.

The points leader hit the wall dividing the pits from the track, damaging the front end of his car. He made repairs under caution and was able to finish on the lead lap to maintain a healthy lead in the standing, where he is 186 points ahead of Carl Edwards and 248 in front of Keselowski with only six races remaining.

Pos  Driver               Make        Laps
 1.  Kyle Busch           Toyota       207
 2.  Mike Bliss           Chevrolet    207
 3.  Brad Keselowski      Chevrolet    207
 4.  Scott Wimmer         Chevrolet    207
 5.  Carl Edwards         Ford         207
 6.  Denny Hamlin         Toyota       207
 7.  Jason Leffler        Toyota       207
 8.  Jamie McMurray       Ford         207
 9.  David Ragan          Ford         207
10.  Clint Bowyer         Chevrolet    207
11.  David Stremme        Chevrolet    207
12.  Mike Wallace         Toyota       207
13.  Josh Wise            Dodge        207
14.  Joey Logano          Toyota       207
15.  Bobby Hamilton Jr.   Ford         207
16.  Marcos Ambrose       Ford         207
17.  David Reutimann      Toyota       207
18.  Steve Wallace        Chevrolet    207
19.  Jason Keller         Ford         207
20.  Patrick Carpentier   Dodge        205
21.  Kevin Hamlin         Dodge        204
22.  Morgan Shepherd      Dodge        204
23.  Brandon Whitt        Ford         202
24.  Eric McClure         Chevrolet    201
25.  Landon Cassill       Chevrolet    199
26.  Danny Efland         Chevrolet    196
27.  Stanton Barrett      Chevrolet    191
28.  Kevin Harvick        Chevrolet    163
29.  Kenny Wallace        Chevrolet    149
30.  John Wes Townley     Ford         143
31.  Scott Lagasse Jr     Chevrolet    138
32.  Derrike Cope         Chevrolet    115
33.  Bryan Clauson        Dodge         97
34.  Kelly Bires          Ford          70
35.  Burney Lamar         Ford          26
36.  Larry Gunselman      Chevrolet     19
37.  Kertus Davis         Chevrolet     10
38.  Johnny Chapman       Chevrolet      9
39.  Kevin Lepage         Dodge          7
40.  Johnny Sauter        Dodge          4
41.  Kenny Hendrick       Chevrolet      2
42.  Justin Hobgood       Chevrolet      1
43.  Donnie Neuenberger   Dodge          1