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Austin Dillon broke Kyle Busch's stranglehold on the XFINITY Series on Saturday when Busch blew a tire while attempting to save fuel on the final lap, opening the door for Dillon to make a dramatic pass for the win.
Busch was attempting to make it four consecutive XFINITY victories on Saturday, once again dominating NASCAR's second-tier series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and appeared to have it secured when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones, ran out of fuel with three laps to go.
That put Busch, who was on the same pit cycle, in complete fuel-conversation mode -- and then he tried to finish the race despite the flat tire.
But Dillon eventually passed him even as Busch's other JGR teammate, Daniel Suarez, ran out of fuel after grabbing the lead briefly himself.
Busch had come into the Treatmyclot.com 300 having led 493 of the last 563 laps run in the series after racking up wins at Atlanta, Las Vegas and Phoenix. That accounted for nearly 88 percent of the laps led over those three races.
The Busch domination continued unabated at ACS, where Busch led 133 of 150 laps. The only drama came when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones, ran out of fuel with three laps to go -- bringing into question whether Busch, who was on the same pit cycl
The only XFINITY race Busch has not won this year was the season opener at Daytona, when he didn't run. Busch now has led more laps in the first five races of the season than any other driver in the history of the series -- even without running at Daytona.
Dillon led only one lap, but it was the one that counted. He thus scored his seventh career XFINITY series.
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| Austin Dillon celebrates in victory lane after winning the TreatMyClot.com 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Auto Club Speedway on March 19, 2016. (PHOTO: @XFINITYRacing on Twitter) |
Busch was attempting to make it four consecutive XFINITY victories on Saturday, once again dominating NASCAR's second-tier series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and appeared to have it secured when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones, ran out of fuel with three laps to go.
That put Busch, who was on the same pit cycle, in complete fuel-conversation mode -- and then he tried to finish the race despite the flat tire.
But Dillon eventually passed him even as Busch's other JGR teammate, Daniel Suarez, ran out of fuel after grabbing the lead briefly himself.
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| (PHOTO: @NASCAR_XFINITY on Twitter) |
Busch had come into the Treatmyclot.com 300 having led 493 of the last 563 laps run in the series after racking up wins at Atlanta, Las Vegas and Phoenix. That accounted for nearly 88 percent of the laps led over those three races.
The Busch domination continued unabated at ACS, where Busch led 133 of 150 laps. The only drama came when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones, ran out of fuel with three laps to go -- bringing into question whether Busch, who was on the same pit cycl
The only XFINITY race Busch has not won this year was the season opener at Daytona, when he didn't run. Busch now has led more laps in the first five races of the season than any other driver in the history of the series -- even without running at Daytona.
Dillon led only one lap, but it was the one that counted. He thus scored his seventh career XFINITY series.
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