NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Knock Out Qualifying at Las Vegas & 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 Race Results

NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Knock Out Qualifying at Las Vegas

40 cars started in round # 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Knock out Qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The next session of Coors Light Knock out Qualifying was 24 cars for round # 2 and then 12 cars in the final round # 3. Car 3 Ty Dillon VF/Jiffy Lube Chevrolet won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 with a lap of 29.625 & speed of 182.278 mph.

2nd Place was Car 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford with a time of 29.719 & speed 181.702 mph, 3rd place Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet with a time of 29.810 & speed of 181.147 mph, 4th place Car 42 Kyle Larson Cartwheel Chevrolet with a time of 29.854 & speed of 180.880 mph, 5th place Car 2 Brian Scott Whitetail Chevrolet with a time of 29.884 & speed of 180.699 mph, 6th place Car 20 Matt Kenseth GameStop/Nyko Toyota with a time of 29.925 & speed of 180.451 mph, 7th  place Car 54 Kyle Busch Monster Energy Toyota with a time of 29.933 7 speed of  180.403 mph, 8th place Car 31 Dylan Kwasniewski Rockstar Chevrolet with a time of  29.972 & speed of 180.168 mph, 9th place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet with a time of 30.000 & speed of 180.000 mph, 10th place was Car 7 Regan Smith NAPA Synthetic Oil Chevrolet with a time of 30.093 & speed of 179.444 mph,

11th place Car 33 Matt Crafton Menards/Tarkett Chevrolet with a time of 30.195 & speed of 178.838 mph, lastly in round # 3 qualifying was Car 60 Chris Buescher Ford EcoBoost Ford in 12th place with a time of 30.221& speed of 178.684 mph.

Time Trial Results Las Vegas Motor Speedway 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300

Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, March 08, 2014 @ 01:36 PM Eastern

Qualifying Round: # 3 Position, Car #, Driver, Team, Time, Speed

1. Car 3 Ty Dillon, VF/Jiffy Lube Chevrolet 29.625 – 182.278 mph

2. Car 22 Brad Keselowski, Discount Tire Ford 29.719 – 181.702 mph

3. Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr, TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 29.810 – 181.147 mph

4. Car 42 Kyle Larson, Cartwheel Chevrolet 29.854 – 180.880 mph

5. Car 2 Brian Scott, Whitetail Chevrolet 29.884 – 180.699 mph

6. Car 20 Matt Kenseth, GameStop/Nyko Toyota 29.925 – 180.451 mph

7. Car 54 Kyle Busch, Monster Energy Toyota 29.933 – 180.403 mph

8. Car 31 Dylan Kwasniewski, Rockstar Chevrolet 29.972 – 180.168 mph

9. Car 9 Chase Elliott, NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 30.000 – 180.000 mph

10. Car 7 Regan Smith, NAPA Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 30.093 – 179.444 mph

11. Car 33 Matt Crafton, Menards/Tarkett Chevrolet 30.195 – 178.838 mph

12. Car 60 Chris Buescher, Ford EcoBoost Ford 30.221 – 178.684 mph

NASCAR Nationwide Series Las Vegas 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 Race

There were two major stories in Las Vegas Motor Speedway 18th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 Car 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford dominance & winning race. Car 54 Kyle Busch Monster Energy Toyota starting in 37th place due to a penalty for (unapproved adjustments) and then fighting his way to pressure the leader with 2 laps to go for the 2nd place finish and just missing the win by margin of .349 seconds. Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford had the lead 4 times and the last time from lap 163 – lap 200. The tense part of the race was when on lap 185 Keselowski reported potential electrical issues to his crew, but he still leads by nearly 1.5 seconds over Kyle Busch. Busch had the lead 3 times as he kept fighting to win in his hometown.

The race was 2  hours, 16 minutes & 26 seconds with a distance of 300 miles/200 laps and average speed of 131.995 MPH. There was 5 cautions for 27 laps but the different part of the race was on lap 64 Race control is stopped seven cars Ryan Seig, Chase Elliott, JJ Yeley, Jeremy Clements, Matt Crafton, Tanner Berryhill and Regan Smith — on the frontstretch to get everyone back on the correct lap from when the caution displayed. Lap 65 after that sorting-out, Chase Elliott is awarded the free pass for that last caution & pit road is opened.

NASCAR Nationwide Series Unofficial Race Results for the 18Th Annual Boyd Gaming 300 – Saturday, March 8, 2014 Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300 Miles

Finishing Position, Car, Driver, Team         

1. Car 22 Brad Keselowski, Discount Tire Ford

2. Car 54 Kyle Busch, Monster Energy Toyota

3. Car 42 Kyle Larson, Cartwheel Chevrolet

4. Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr, TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet

5. Car 9 Chase Elliott, NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet

6. Car 20 Matt Kenseth, GameStop/Nyko Toyota

7. Car 2 Brian Scott, Whitetail Chevrolet

8. Car 6 Trevor Bayne, AdvoCare Ford

9. Car 60 Chris Buescher, Ford EcoBoost Ford

10. Car 7 Regan Smith, NAPA Synthetic Oil Chevrolet

11. Car 3 Ty Dillon, VF/Jiffy Lube Chevrolet

12. Car 33 Matt Crafton Menards/Tarkett Chevrolet

13. Car 11 Elliott Sadler Interstate Batteries Toyota

14. Car 19 Mike Bliss, Toyota

15. Car 16 Ryan Reed, AmericanDiabetesAssoc./DriveToStopDiabetes Ford

16. Car 62 Brendan Gaughan, South Point Chevrolet

17. Car 98 David Ragan, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Ford

18. Car 99 James Buescher, Rheem Toyota

19. Car 01 Landon Cassill, G&K Services Chevrolet

20. Car 44 Blake Koch, Toyota

21. Car 93 JJ Yeley, Dodge

22. Car 39 Ryan Sieg, RSS Racing Chevrolet

23. Car 43 Dakoda Armstrong, WinField Ford

24. Car 31 Dylan Kwasniewski, Rockstar Chevrolet

25. Car 17 Tanner Berryhill, BWP Bats Dodge

26. Car 28 Mike Wallace, Dodge

27. Car 14 Eric McClure, Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota

28. Car 24 Ryan Ellis, SuperliteCars.com-Be/More Toyota

29. Car 55 Jamie Dick, Viva Auto Group Chevrolet

30. Car 87 Daryl Harri, World Chevrolet

31. Car 23 Robert Richardson, Jr. , Cornboard Chevrolet

32. Car 51 Jeremy Clements, Pawn Stars Chevrolet

33. Car 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt, teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet

34. Car 74 Kevin Lepage, WCIParts.com Dodge

35. Car 70 Derrike Cope, CharlieSoap.com Chevrolet

36. Car 52 Joey Gase, Toyota

37. Car 40 Josh Wise Curtis, Key Plumbing Chevrolet

38. Car 46 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis,  Key Plumbing Chevrolet

39. Car 76 Tommy Joe Martins, Cross Concrete Construction Ford

40. Car 10 Jeff Green, Supportmilitary.org Toyota

Next Race: March 15, 2014 – Bristol Motor Speedway

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