KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ricky Stenhouse rallied from two laps down to win Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway and tighten the battle for the series championship.
During a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race six laps beyond its scheduled distance of 200 laps, Stenhouse surged to the front in the final turn after Kyle Busch ran out of fuel.
Austin Dillon ran second, .288 seconds behind Stenhouse. Pole-sitter Joey Logano finished third, followed by Elliott Sadler and Cole Whitt, respectively.
In winning for the sixth time this season and the eighth time in his career, Stenhouse cut Sadler’s series lead from 13 points to six with three races left in the season.
To get to Victory Lane, Stenhouse had to survive a collision with Logano’s No. 18 Toyota — an incident team owner Jack Roush said was Stenhouse’s fault — just past the halfway point (watch).
“The guys did an awesome job getting the car back together, and we never gave up,” Stenhouse said. “Mike [Kelley, ...
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Ricky Stenhouse,
Kyle Busch,
Austin Dillon,
Joey Logano,
Elliott Sadler,
Cole Whitt,
Jack Roush,
Mike Bliss,
Hal Martin,
Danica Patrick,
Justin Allgaier,
Michael Annett,
Joe Nemechek,
Danny Efland,
Eric McClure,
Paul Menard,
Erik Darnell,
Kenny Wallace,
Jason Bowles,
Brad Sweet,
James Buescher,
Tony Raines,
Morgan Shepherd,
Jeremy Clements,
Blake Koch,
Carl Long,
Timmy Hill,
Chase Miller,
Scott Lagasse Jr.,
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.,
Jennifer Jo Cobb
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