Motor Racing Digest

 

Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17

June 30, 2012

Austin Dillon was the class of the field, leading 192 of the 200 laps to win the Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway on Friday night.  The victory was Dillon’s first in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in just his 26th career start.

Dillon started from the pole in the No. 3 Bass Pro Chevrolet of Richard Childress Racing and set the pace early en route to a dominant performance from the initial drop of the green flag.

As an added bonus, Dillon also took over the series point lead from teammate Elliott Sadler, who finished the night in ninth-place.

“I’m really proud just to get these guys to victory lane,” said Dillon. “This is awesome. This is what we wanted. This was domination, man. … It’s so much fun to come to the track with a group of racers and that’s what they are.”

“The car was great. I’m having so much fun getting to do this. Our car was the strongest. It’s awesome for all these fans, I can’t thank my grandpa enough,” said Dillon.

In post-race inspection, roughly an hour after the celebration, Dillon’s car was found to be too low in the rear, but that took nothing away from his superb performance.  Any penalties, which are likely, will be issued next week by NASCAR.

Kurt Busch finished second in brother Kyle’s No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, followed by Kevin Harvick.  Busch managed to hold-off Harvick at the end despite running on just seven cylinders.  Michael Annett finished a career-best fourth-place, with Justin Allgaier taking home fifth.

“Austin Dillon was in his own zip code tonight,” said Busch, who finished 9.828 seconds behind Dillon.

There was not a lot of action on the track with Dillon never really being challenged for the lead at any point during the race.  There were just two cautions for 12 laps with just eight cars finishing on the lead lap.

Results from the Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway:

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Pts	Bpts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	3	Austin Dillon #	Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet	200	48	5	RUNNING	3	192
2	8	54	Kurt Busch(i)	Monster Energy Toyota	200	0		RUNNING
3	2	33	Kevin Harvick(i)	Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet	200	0		RUNNING
4	9	43	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Ford	200	41	1	RUNNING	2	3
5	7	31	Justin Allgaier	Brandt Chevrolet	200	40	1	RUNNING	2	4
6	4	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Wurth Dodge	200	38		RUNNING
7	3	22	Brad Keselowski(i)	Discount Tire Dodge	200	0		RUNNING
8	5	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Sam’s Club/Cargill Ford	200	37	1	RUNNING	1	1
9	12	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	199	35		RUNNING
10	13	30	James Buescher(i)	Fresh from Florida Gulf Seafood Chevrolet	199	0		RUNNING
11	26	99	Kenny Wallace	American Ethanol/Family Farmers Toyota	198	33		RUNNING
12	11	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	198	32		RUNNING
13	25	98	Reed Sorenson	Shelby Engine Co. Ford	198	31		RUNNING
14	10	88	Cole Whitt #	Degree MEN Chevrolet	198	30		RUNNING
15	14	36	Ryan Blaney	SealWrap Chevrolet	198	29		RUNNING
16	20	38	Brad Sweet #	Great Clips Chevrolet	198	28		RUNNING
17	17	44	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports Toyota	197	27		RUNNING
18	24	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	197	26		RUNNING
19	42	70	Johanna Long #	Keen Parts Chevrolet	196	25		RUNNING
20	18	39	Josh Richards	JOY Ford	196	24		RUNNING
21	21	51	Jeremy Clements	Clements Automotive Chevrolet	196	23		RUNNING
22	19	81	Jason Bowles #	American Majority Toyota	195	22		RUNNING
23	33	19	Tayler Malsam	G-Oil/Ryobi Toyota	195	21		RUNNING
24	16	23	Jamie Dick	Viva Auto Group Chevrolet	195	20		RUNNING
25	35	40	Erik Darnell	TheMotorsportsGroup.com Chevrolet	193	19		RUNNING
26	40	14	Eric McClure	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota	193	18		RUNNING
27	37	50	TJ Bell	Beaver Bail Bonds Chevrolet	192	17		RUNNING
28	23	17	Tanner Berryhill	New Gulf Resources/Excel Therapy Specialists Toyota	192	16		RUNNING
29	41	24	Jamie Mosley	Telmate Chevrolet	182	15		RUNNING
30	15	11	Brian Scott	Dollar General Toyota	176	14		Engine
31	34	01	Mike Wallace	G&K Services Chevrolet	143	13		Accident
32	30	41	Timmy Hill	Poynt.com Ford	141	12		Rear Gear
33	6	18	Denny Hamlin(i)	Dollar General Toyota	132	0		Engine
34	27	4	Danny Efland	TradeBank Chevrolet	103	10		Ignition
35	36	89	Morgan Shepherd	A+ Building Services Chevrolet	48	9		Fuel Pressure
36	39	52	Kevin Lepage	Metro Ministries Chevrolet	32	8		Wheel Bearing
37	29	74	Scott Riggs(i)	Koma Unwind Chevrolet	11	0		Ignition
38	32	08	Tim Andrews	Randy Hill Racing Ford	10	6		Rear Gear
39	31	46	Chase Miller	TheMotorsportsGroup.com Chevrolet	6	5		Ignition
40	38	42	Josh Wise(i)	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	5	0		Vibration
41	43	15	Blake Koch	RWR Chevrolet	5	3		Engine
42	28	10	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Toyota	4	2		Vibration
43	22	47	Scott Speed(i)	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	2	0		Engine