Busch tames Monster Mile with dominating victory

DOVER, Del. -- With a committee of crew chiefs -- and in the face of some wishful thinking on the part of Mike Bliss -- Kyle Busch won Saturday's Camping World RV Sales 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway in dominating fashion.

Busch led 157 of 207 laps in a race that ended with a green-white-checkered finish after Landon Cassill and Steve Wallace collided on Lap 199 to bring out the seventh and final caution and send the event seven laps beyond its scheduled distance.

Camping World 200

Official Results

Pos.	Driver	Make
1.	Kyle Busch	Toyota
2.	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet
3.	Brad Keselowski	Chevrolet
4.	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet
5.	Carl Edwards	Ford
6.	Denny Hamlin	Toyota
7.	Jason Leffler	Toyota
8.	Jamie McMurray	Ford
9.	David Ragan	Ford
10.	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet

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It was Busch's eighth Nationwide victory of the season, matching his total in the Cup Series, and the 19th of his career.

"Why the hell did he pick this race to run?" asked Bliss, who crossed the finish line in second place, .866 seconds behind the winner. "I wish he had skipped this race. I'm pretty happy, but these guys [on the No. 1 Chevrolet team] deserve a win.

"We were really fast on long runs, but the short runs just weren't quite there."

With regular No. 18 Toyota crew chief Jason Ratcliff suspended indefinitely -- the result of a rules infraction discovered at Michigan -- Joel Wideman made the pit calls for Busch on Saturday, with Busch's Cup crew chief, Steve Addington, serving in an advisory capacity. Wideman was the third different crew chief in the last three races with the No. 18 car.

"It was a great effort by this whole team," said Busch, who drove the same chassis his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, powered to victory at Dover in May. "Joel Wideman -- he did a great job calling the race. It wasn't easy for us, but it was a pretty flawless day. Just a phenomenal racecar and a lot of fun to drive."

Brad Keselowski finished third, followed by Scott Wimmer and Carl Edwards. Hamlin [driving the No. 32 Braun Racing Toyota this week], Jason Leffler, Jamie McMurray, David Ragan and series leader Clint Bowyer completed the top 10.

Bowyer's lead in the Nationwide championship took an unfortunate hit, thanks to a collision on pit road with Edwards, his closest pursuer. Exiting pit road on Lap 100, Bowyer's No. 2 Chevrolet was outside Edwards' No. 60 Ford when David Reutimann pulled out of his pit stall and forced Edwards wide.

Contact from Edwards' Ford knocked Bowyer into the outside pit wall, damaging both front fenders. But Bowyer remained on the lead lap and salvaged the 10th-place finish to keep his points loss to a minimum. Edwards gained 21 points on the series leader but remains 186 behind with six events remaining.