Motor Racing Digest

 

Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17

July 14, 2012

Brad Keselowski’s late-race pass of Kevin Harvick led him to victory in Saturday’s F.W. Webb  200 Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Keselowski started the race from the pole and put on a dominating performance until a restart with roughly 45 laps remaining when Harvick took over the lead for his first time in the race.

Harvick had built a one-second advantage over Keselowski until the No. 33 encountered lapped traffic in the form of Amber Cope.  Harvick was unable to quickly get around Cope, leaving the door open for Keselowski to catch and pass Harvick for the lead with 21 laps to go.

Keselowski, who led a total of 131 laps, earned his first Nationwide Series victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Austin Dillon third-place finish allowed him to claim the Nationwide “Dash 4 Cash” award of $100,000 over three other Nationwide regulars that were eligible for the prize.

Sam Hornish Jr., Keselowski’s teammate at Penske Racing, placed fourth with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rounding out the top-five.  With the ambient temperature well over 90 degrees during the race, Stenhouse collapsed after exiting his car on pit road at the end of the race.  Stenhouse was taken to the infield care center for treatment of heat exhaustion where he was reported alert and awake.

During the cool-down lap after the race, Harvick patiently waited for Cope to make her way down pit road before lightly tapped the front of her car to express his displeasure for the earlier incident that likely cost Harvick the win.

Elliott Sadler finished in seventh-place, enough to keep him at the top of the point standings, but not by much.  Sadler hold just a three point lead over Richard Childress Racing teammate Dillon.  Stenhouse narrowed his distance behind Sadler and now sits only 13 points behind.

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Pts	Bpts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	22	Brad Keselowski(i)	Snap-on Dodge	200	0		RUNNING	4	131
2	4	33	Kevin Harvick(i)	Barber Foods Chevrolet	200	0		RUNNING	1	24
3	12	3	Austin Dillon #	AdvoCare Chevrolet	200	42	1	RUNNING	1	1
4	6	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alliance Truck Parts Dodge	200	40		RUNNING
5	3	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Cargill Beef Ford	200	39		RUNNING
6	2	38	Kasey Kahne(i)	Great Clips Chevrolet	200	0		RUNNING	1	43
7	7	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	200	37		RUNNING
8	13	31	Justin Allgaier	Brandt Chevrolet	200	36		RUNNING
9	9	30	Jamie McMurray(i)	LiftMaster Chevrolet	200	0		RUNNING
10	11	18	Ryan Truex	Grime Boss Toyota	200	34		RUNNING
11	14	43	Michael Annett	Pilot / Flying J Ford	200	33		RUNNING
12	8	11	Brian Scott	Dollar General Toyota	200	32		RUNNING
13	15	44	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports Toyota	200	31		RUNNING
14	18	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	200	30		RUNNING
15	27	01	Mike Wallace	Team Fox Chevrolet	200	29		RUNNING
16	16	81	Jason Bowles #	American Majority Toyota	199	29	1	RUNNING	1	1
17	25	51	Jeremy Clements	Phoenix Automotive Cores Chevrolet	199	27		RUNNING
18	10	88	Cole Whitt #	TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet	199	26		RUNNING
19	19	87	Joe Nemechek	Wildco Petroleum Equipment Sales Toyota	197	25		RUNNING
20	22	19	Tayler Malsam	G-Oil / Ryobi Toyota	196	24		RUNNING
21	28	41	Timmy Hill	Poynt.com Ford	196	23		RUNNING
22	37	14	Eric McClure	Hefty / Reynolds Wrap Toyota	196	22		RUNNING
23	33	70	Tony Raines(i)	ML Motorsports Chevrolet	196	0		RUNNING
24	32	39	Josh Richards	NSWKids.com Ford	194	20		RUNNING
25	21	08	Matt Frahm	Harvey Building Products / Maui Jim Ford	194	19		RUNNING
26	42	24	Amber Cope	Maxelence / Luichiny Chevrolet	167	18		RUNNING
27	40	52	Joey Gase #	BBB.org / Chamber of Commerce Chevrolet	130	17		Vibration
28	5	54	Kyle Busch(i)	Monster Energy Toyota	121	0		Fuel Pressure
29	36	4	Danny Efland	TradeBank Chevrolet	116	15		Accident
30	17	23	Jamie Dick	VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet	79	14		Sway Bar
31	20	99	Travis Pastrana	Boost Mobile Toyota	77	13		Accident
32	34	89	Morgan Shepherd	PPG / Racing with Jesus Chevrolet	47	12		Handling
33	30	86	Kevin Lepage	Deware Racing Group Ford	19	11		Wheel Bearing
34	29	71	Scott Riggs(i)	Poynt.com Ford	9	0		Ignition
35	38	50	TJ Bell	CrashClaimsR.Us Toyota	6	9		Brakes
36	43	74	Mike Harmon	Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink Chevrolet	6	8		Overheating
37	39	75	Matt Carter	RWR Chevrolet	5	7		Vibration
38	35	46	Chase Miller	TheMotorsportsGroup.com Chevrolet	5	6		Brakes
39	41	15	Charles Lewandoski	RWR Chevrolet	4	5		Brakes
40	26	40	Erik Darnell	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	3	4		Engine
41	24	42	Josh Wise(i)	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	3	0		Rear Gear
42	31	47	Stephen Leicht(i)	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	3	0		Transmission
43	23	10	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Toyota	2	1		Vibration