Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2008 Lipton Tea 250 at Richmond
Taking four tires when the leaders stayed out on a late caution, Denny Hamlin capitalized on that extra speed to score a memorable win in the Lipton Tea 250.
Taking four tires when the leaders stayed out on a late caution, Denny Hamlin capitalized on that extra speed to score a memorable win in the Lipton Tea 250.
Tony Stewart stayed out of trouble and held off good friend Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Saturday afternoon.
Scott Pruett got beaten, banged and finally passed with eight laps left in Mexico, becoming the latest victim of Kyle Busch’s Nationwide Series domination.
Scott Pruett held off Kyle Busch for a while, but used up his tires in the process, leaving Busch to score his third consecutive Nationwide Series win in the Corona Mexico 200, his first NASCAR win on a road course.
In what’s a running theme in the Nationwide Series , Busch led for 133 laps en route to his second consecutive win during Friday’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200.
Kyle Busch took the lead for the fourth and final time on lap 158 and was never seriously challenged down the stretch as he scored his first series win of the season in the O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
The last 60 laps then saw Wimmer slowly run down Bowyer, finally making the pass for the lead with 21 laps to go to win the Pepsi 300 at Nashville.
Scott Wimmer ran down, then passed teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go for his first Nationwide Series win in five years at Nashville.
With a little bit of luck and a whole lot of skill, Clint Bowyer led 122 of 171 laps run to score the win in the rain-shortened Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol.
In the end, Matt Kenseth was able to hold off a hard-charging Kevin Harvick through a green-white-checkered finish at Atlanta to take the Nicorette 300, his 24th career Nationwide Series win.