Blaney Wins Xfinity Race at Kentucky

Posted by Wayne G. Barber 

Ryan Blaney wins XFINITY race at Kentucky Speedway: #22-Ryan Blaney won the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway for his 4th XFINITY Series win. He took the lead from #3-Ty Dillon on a green-white-checker finish to grab the win. Dillon held on for second, followed by #7-Regan Smith, #9-Chase Elliott, #33-Brandon Jones, #62-Brendan Gaughan, #60-Chris Buescher, #54-Erik Jones, #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., and #20-Matt Tifft (in his first NXS race).
Polesitter, #18-Daniel Suarez, ran up front early in the race, but had late transmission issues and finished 23rd.
There were 10 cautions [ties a track record] for 55 laps and 17 lead changes among 7 leaders. The race was red-flagged for 18 minutes for track cleanup after an accident on lap 100 between #42-Brennan Poole and #0-Harrison Rhodes.
The average speed was 110.238mph.

Kentucky Speedway XFINITY Race Fast Facts:
Ryan Blaney won the 4th Annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, his fourth victory in 41 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Kentucky Speedway.
Ty Dillon (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Kentucky Speedway. It is his 20th top-10 finish in 2015.
Regan Smith (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 11 races at Kentucky Speedway.
Darrell Wallace Jr (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chris Buescher leads the point standings by 19 points over Ty Dillon.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(9-26-2015)

XFINITY Driver standings following Kentucky Speedway:
[6 races remaining]
1) #60-Chris Buescher, 982
2) #3-Ty Dillon, 963, -19
3) #9-Chase Elliott, 957, -25
4) #7-Regan Smith, 935, -47
5) #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 874,-108