Austin Dillon won the 2016 TreatMyClot.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway today in a race dominated by Kyle Busch. In a frantic last lap pass coming to the flag Austin Dillon stole win #4 of the season from Kyle Busch after Busch blew a tire. Busch still managed to pull a 2nd place in the race but ended the streak Kyle Busch had in the Xfinity Series. In the final few laps contenders began to fall faster than bags of wet cement. Erik Jones was the first driver to run out of fuel surrendering 2nd place to Daniel Suarez. Kyle Busch began to John Wes Townley it around the track at half throttle or he was running on fumes. As Suarez took the lead He too ran out of fuel leaving the win in the hands of Kyle Busch. It's unaware on if Kyle Busch hit debris but he then blew a left front tire with Austin Dillon coming at him full speed. Dillon passed Busch coming to the checker but Busch let out one last desperate move to maybe slow Austin's run but it wasn't enough. Darrell Wallace Jr., Daniel Suarez, and Elliott Sadler rounded out the Top 5 in this wild Hollywood Ending.Names Are Made Here Driver Of The Race (Xfinity Reg.)
Bubba Wallace went on a road trip with Ryan Blaney to the race in Southern California which is something that he should do more. Especially after finishing a season best 3rd place in today's race! Bubba conserved his fuel and kept all four corners of the car in tact and that is what made Bubba the best finishing NASCAR Xfinity Regular and the newest Names Are Made Here Driver Of The Race Award Winner. This week we will have a piece about Bubba Wallace's 2015 and 2016! Be sure to tune in!
Results
1 2 Austin Dillon
2 18 Kyle Busch
3 6 Darrell Wallace Jr.
4 19 Daniel Suarez
5 1 Elliott Sadler
6 88 Kevin Harvick
7 62 Brendan Gaughan
8 42 Kyle Larson
9 33 Brandon Jones
10 7 Justin Allgaier
11 98 Aric Almirola
12 11 Blake Koch
13 48 Brennan Poole
14 16 Ryan Reed
15 20 Erik Jones
16 43 Jeb Burton
17 3 Ty Dillon
18 24 Corey Lajoie
19 4 Ross Chastain
20 22 Ryan Blaney
21 51 Jeremy Clements
22 28 Dakoda Armstrong
23 0 Garrett Smithley
24 21 Spencer Gallagher
25 01 Ryan Preece
26 90 Mario Gosselin
27 14 J.J. Yeley
28 52 Joey Gase
29 39 Ryan Sieg
30 15 Todd Peck
31 25 Cody Ware
32 74 Mike Harmon
33 78 B J McLeod
34 70 Derrike Cope
35 97 Harrison Rhodes
36 93 Dylan Lupton
37 07 Ray Black Jr.
38 44 David Starr
39 40 Josh Wise
40 10 Matt DiBenedetto
Next Race
The NASCAR Xfinity Series, Cup Series take the week off. The Xfinity Series takes 2 weeks off after a wild West Coast Swing and then will return to the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX. Next Sunday is Easter Sunday and used to the NASCAR Xfinity Series and ARCA Series would have the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Since 2011 The Speedway has laid with no action. Wouldn't we enjoy having Racing before Easter? Now onto the Cup Race tomorrow before the Easter Off Week!
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