Late pass gives Keselowski a win at Las Vegas

Mar 12, 2016, 19:57

Brad Keselowski tracked down Kyle Busch with five laps remaining on Sunday (Monday in Manila) and won the Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Busch scored a Cup victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2009, but was 0-for-11 in his previous starts in NASCAR's second tier series.

"That's just kind of how racing goes sometimes", said Keselowski. But on Sunday, he produced, even overcoming a pit road speeding penalty that dropped him well down the running order.

"They threw everything they had at us today but this Miller Lite Ford team was too strong, and we were able to fight them off and get to Victory Lane", he added. The JGR drivers went 1-2-3 in a sweep of the podium as Daniel Suarez finished second and Erik Jones came from two laps down to finish third. "Congratulations to Brad and also for Team Penske getting a 1-2 finish".

"It talks about the whole team and how strong we are, how we continue to push", Keselowski crew chief Paul Wolfe said.

"I don't think it really took a toll on him".

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Time of Race: 2 hours, 53 minutes, 55 seconds. You are so close and want it so bad, but I am so proud of the Pennzoil boys here with everything they did all week. "I got a run down the back stretch and then just dove it off into turn three and when you do that, you have a chance of getting into those other guys, or them getting into you or pinching you really tight and spinning out, but I thought I had enough momentum that we squeaked through there before we got to the load part of the corner in turn three and it all worked out".

Wallace led the only lap Busch didn't lead, taking the top spot on lap 55 during a cycle of green-flag pit stops.

He got past Logano with eight laps to go and passed Busch for the win two laps later. Edging Kyle Busch at the checkers to finish third in the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

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Kurt Busch: Pole victor was penalized early for speeding on pit road, finished ninth. Johnson was shooting for his fifth win at Las Vegas as he led the most laps with 76. Kenseth was unfortunately caught up in the four auto pile up which included Chase Elliott, Carl Edwards and Kurt. "I felt like we had a really good shot when we got out front like that, but the vibration just got so bad it wouldn't turn anymore". Suárez was closing fast over the final 20 laps, chopping a lead of almost three seconds to less than one.

The top five was the first of the season for Logano. Keselowski was settling in for a second-place finish, when race leader Kyle Busch began to falter.

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NOTES: The Kobalt 400 was the first of three consecutive races that make up NASCAR's West Coast swing.

Kyle Busch maintained the point lead by seven over Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.

He put a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Vegas victory lane for the first time in team history in the Xfinity Series.

"Every time I come out here, it reminds me of all the people that helped Kyle and I, especially our dad, Tom", Kurt Busch said after claiming the pole.

Busch was in line to pull off the win, but said after the race that a mechanical issue docked his speed and he fell down the leaderboard to fourth place. "When I saw his vehicle sliding, I knew after that lap we could win the race".

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