Saturday, March 12, 2016

Kyle Busch wins XFINITY race at Phoenix:

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

#18-Kyle Busch won the Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 at Phoenix International Speedway. It is his 79th XFINITY Series win and 3rd of the year. He lead 175 of the 200 laps. #20-Erik Jones finished second, followed by #19-Daniel Suarez, #7-Justin Allgaier, #88-Chase Elliott, #3-Ty Dillon, #2-Austin Dillon, #1-Elliott Sadler, #22-Brad Keselowski, and #48-Brennan Poole.
There were 3 cautions for 16 laps and 5 lead changes among 4 leaders.
The average speed was 114.087mph. Connecticut's #01 Ryan Preece started 24th completing 197 of the 200 lap race and finished running at 21st good for 20 points. Preece after the first 4 races sits 17th in the points race with 63 -81 behind the points leader. Next race will be on the west coast at Auto Club Speedway  on March 19, 2016

Phoenix XFINITY Race Fast Facts: Kyle Busch(i) won the 12th Annual Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200, his 79th victory in 314 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in 2016.
This is his ninth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 20 races at Phoenix International Raceway.
Erik Jones (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in four races at Phoenix International Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2016.
Daniel Suarez (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix International Raceway.
Erik Jones (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Daniel Suarez leads the point standings by 8 points over Elliott Sadler.

XFINITY Driver standings following Phoenix:
1) #19-Daniel Suarez, 144
2) #1-Elliott Sadler, 136, -8
3) #3-Ty Dillon, 135, -9
4) #7-Justin Allgaier, 132, -12
5) #33-Brandon Jones, 129, -15
6) #20-Erik Jones, 126, -18
7) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 119, -27
8) #16-Ryan Reed, 106, -40
9) #48-Brennan Poole, 102, -42
10) #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 96, -50
Source: (NASCAR INTERGRATED MARKETING)

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