Kevin Harvick was victorious in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick’s win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge was his second in the Nationwide Series this season.
Kyle Busch started on the pole in the No. 54 Toyoyta. Busch led much of the early portions of the race but Harvick came on strong as the race developed. Ryan Blaney moved up to second as the race closed but had nothing for Harvick who led 227 laps.
The championship battle between Elliott Sadler and Rickey Stenhouse stayed close. Sadler entered the race with a six point lead, he will head to Phoenix tied with Stenhouse in the points.
As Harvick celebrated with a burnout on the front stretch drivers Denny Hamlin and Austin Dillon butted their cars together. Asked after the race about the incident Hamlin said the following about Dillon. “Well He’s gotta give room, that’s why he always gets wrecked at Bristol and some other tracks…. First of all he got his ride because of his name… He needs to learn a lesson.”
Hamlin said a few other words which you can see in the video below. No interview was aired with Austin Dillon during ESPN’s race coverage.
Full Race Results below
1. #33 Kevin Harvick
2. #22 Ryan Blaney
3. #54 Kyle Busch
4. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5. #18 Denny Hamlin
6. #3 Austin Dillon
7. #12 Sam Hornish Jr.
8. #31 Justin Allgaier
9. #98 Kevin Swindell
10. #20 Joey Logano
11. #2 Elliott Sadler
12. #88 Cole Whitt
13. #38 Brad Sweet
14. #7 Danica Patrick
15. #99 Kenny Wallace
16. #51 Jeremy Clements
17. #43 Michael Annett
18. #10 Mike Bliss
19. #30 Ryan Newman
20. #87 Joe Nemechek
21. #14 Eric McClure
22. #11 Brian Scott
23. #24 David Starr
24. #01 Mike Wallace
25. #40 Erik Darnell
26. #44 John Blankenship
27. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
28. #4 Danny Efland
29. #41 Juan Carlos Blum
30. #19 Hal Martin
31. #52 Joey Gase
32. #08 Scott Saunders
33. #81 Jason Bowles
34. #03 Scott Riggs
35. #39 Tim Andrews
36. #70 Johanna Long
37. #91 Jeff Green
38. #00 Blake Koch
39. #75 Kelly Bires
40. #86 Kevin Lepage
41. #47 J.J. Yeley
42. #42 Josh Wise
43. #50 T.J. Bell
