Keselowski snatches Nationwide win

Keselowski was running third when the green flag waved for the last time with two laps remaining, following the last of nine caution periods. He suddenly found himself leading into Turn 2 when Joey Logano tapped the rear of his team-mate Kyle Busch as the leading duo entered Turn 1.

The pair slid up the track after they made contact, leaving the door open for Keselowski and others to get past, and losing Joe Gibbs Racing a certain victory as between Busch and Logano, they had led 195 out of the 200 scheduled laps. While Logano was able to recover and finish second, Busch ended up down in 17th place with a flat right-front tyre.

"I saw [Logano] make a move there, looked like something happened to [Kyle Busch], he might have had a flat tyre, I'm not sure, but we caught a break and as bad as the first half of the season was about not catching breaks, I finally caught a break," said Keselowski after taking his first Nationwide Series win of the season.

The victory was also the first for JR Motorsports this year, putting a smile on the face of team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr, following a turbulent week for NASCAR's most popular driver.

Logano felt devasted at having ruined the end of the race for both Gibbs cars. His battle with Busch had been race-long and they had swapped the lead between them three times. The 19-year-old had started from pole, then lost the lead on lap 57 when he caught traffic, then regained it in the pits on lap 77 and once again lost out to Busch on lap 109.

He said he had a good final restart and was simply caught out by Busch's slower entry speed into Turn 1.

"I just screwed up," said Logano. "[Busch] had been kicking my butt every restart and that one restart I got a good one at least and got up behind him. I figured he was going to drive off into the corner harder like he had been. He's been killing me in the first corner every time and he checked up early.

"Suddenly I was right on him. I got in the back of him and up the track he went. I mean, it's completely 100 per cent my fault, I take total blame for it. I've got to find him and apologise to him."

Busch, who has led nearly half the laps ran during the Nationwide season, was left with yet another near miss after looking to be on his way to what would have been his fourth victory of the season. Four times during the last five races he has led the most laps, but only once has he led through the chequered flag.

Clint Bowyer ran consistently in the top five and finished third without challenging the leading Gibbs' pair. Brian Vickers finished fourth for Braun Racing, while Carl Edwards had a quiet day and rounded out the top five.

Behind them Scott Speed made a great charge from the back of the grid, following an engine change, to score his best result of the season with seventh, and Penske's Justin Allgaier finished 10th as the best rookie of the day.

While Keselowski celebrated his third career victory in the Nationwide series, it was not a good day for the second JR Motorsports car driven by Ryan Newman, who was involved in two separate incidents, the last one putting an early end to his race on lap 126. Other Cup notables facing trouble were David Ragan and Kevin Harvick, who ended up against the barrier when the Roush Fenway racer lost control of his car ahead of Harvick.

Despite his disappointment, Kyle Busch can get some consolation out of looking at the drivers' standings, which he continues to lead by 40 points over Carl Edwards.

Pos  Driver             Car        Laps
 1.  Brad Keselowski    Chevrolet  200
 2.  Joey Logano        Toyota     200
 3.  Clint Bowyer       Chevrolet  200
 4.  Brian Vickers      Toyota     200
 5.  Carl Edwards       Ford       200
 6.  Paul Menard        Ford       200
 7.  Scott Speed        Toyota     200
 8.  Jason Leffler      Toyota     200
 9.  Jason Keller       Ford       200
10.  Justin Allgaier    Dodge      200
11.  Michael McDowell   Toyota     200
12.  Brendan Gaughan    Chevrolet  200
13.  Kevin Harvick      Chevrolet  200
14.  Mike Bliss         Chevrolet  200
15.  Bobby Hamilton Jr  Dodge      200
16.  Brian Keselowski   Dodge      200
17.  Kyle Busch         Toyota     200
18.  Scott Wimmer       Chevrolet  200
19.  Michael Annett     Toyota     198
20.  Brandon Whitt      Ford       198
21.  Danny O'Quinn Jr   Chevrolet  196
22.  Morgan Shepherd    Chevrolet  196
23.  Eric McClure       Ford       196
24.  Kevin Conway       Toyota     194
25.  Greg Biffle        Ford       191
26.  Mike Harmon        Chevrolet  175
27.  Scott Lagasse Jr   Toyota     158
28.  Tony Raines        Chevrolet  151
29.  Steve Wallace      Chevrolet  145
30.  David Ragan        Ford       143
31.  Peyton Sellers     Chevrolet  128
32.  Ryan Newman        Chevrolet  126
33.  Kenny Wallace      Chevrolet  97
34.  Marc Davis         Toyota     83
35.  Kevin Lepage       Chevrolet  65
36.  Kertus Davis       Chevrolet  43
37.  Ken Butler III     Chevrolet  26
38.  John Wes Townley   Ford       26
39.  Mark Green         Chevrolet  14
40.  Johnny Chapman     Chevrolet  13
41.  Terry Cook         Chevrolet  11
42.  Dennis Setzer      Dodge      8
43.  Casey Atwood       Chevrolet  8