Kyle Busch wins Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway

Busch wins Nationwide race at Dover

DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch has won the Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday, a day after he ran out of fuel at the end of the Trucks Series race.

Busch won from the pole in a race that needed a green-white checkered finish Saturday. And what a finish.

The final laps were marred by wrecks, including one in which Clint Bowyer intentionally hit Denny Hamlin in retaliation for an earlier accident. Bowyer was immediately parked and ordered straight to the NASCAR hauler.

The race was red flagged for 11 minutes, 43 seconds with less than 10 laps remaining after an accident left fluid and debris all over the track.

Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray, Reed Sorenson and Jason Leffler rounded out the top five.

“It got exciting for everybody at the end,” Newman said, laughing.

Bowyer was rear-ended by Hamlin on one of the late restarts. Bowyer took his car to the pits, but just before the green flagged dropped, he drove into Hamlin and spun the No. 20.

Hamlin said his hit on Bowyer was “nothing intentional.” Bowyer could lose points as part of a NASCAR punishment.

“I hope that they don’t penalize Clint Bowyer,” McMurray said. “That’s what every race car driver wants to do. You don’t want to hurt anybody, but when someone takes you out of a race like that and you have no chance of finishing, and they’re still going to finish, that is just the best gratification that a guy can have.”

Busch was in control the entire day in the second race of his weekend tripleheader. He was poised to win the Trucks race on Friday when he had to make an unexpected pit after running out of fuel. He’ll drive in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.

“Well, let’s see if it’s our week to win,” Busch radioed on the final laps.

It was, and he earned his fourth Nationwide win of the season.