Ty Dillon wins the Nationwide 3rd Annual Lilly Diabetes 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and got to “kiss the bricks” at famed race track. Dillon also secured the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.
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Dillon passed Kyle Busch on a restart on lap 77 and held on to win his first career Nationwide race.
Dillon is the grandson of legendary race owner Richard Childress.
“I was doing a lot of praying,” said car owner Richard Childress when asked how he watched last laps of the race.
The race was all about strategy…..whether tires, fuel or the weather all were relevant in 100 lap Nationwide race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
But for Dillon it was all about fuel strategy. His car ran out of gas after his burnout celebration and had to be pushed to victory circle.
Kyle Busch finished second and was the race polesitter earning his 40th career NASCAR Nationwide Series and his series leading fourth this year. Busch won the Nationwide race at Brickyard last year.
“Overall our car was not as good as last year,” said Busch. “We gave it away in turn one [last restart] and he got the lead and it was over.”
Matt Kenseth finished third posting his second top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ty Dillon was the highest finishing rookie. Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 4 points over Regan Smith.
There were all three cautions, two for debris and one for fluid on the track when Jeffrey Earnhardt’s engine failed between turns three and four.
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Race Results:
Fin Driver Team
1 Ty Dillon
2 Kyle Busch(i)
3 Matt Kenseth(i)
4 Kevin Harvick(i)
5 Joey Logano(i)
6 Paul Menard(i)
7 Brian Scott
8 Kyle Larson(i)
9 Trevor Bayne
10 Regan Smith
11 Chris Buescher
12 Chase Elliott
13 David Ragan(i)
14 Dylan Kwasniewski
15 Elliott Sadler
16 Landon Cassill
17 Dakoda Armstrong
18 Ryan Sieg
19 Brendan Gaughan
20 Ryan Reed
21 James Buescher
22 Mike Bliss
23 Kevin Swindell
24 JJ Yeley
25 David Starr
26 Jeremy Clements
27 Chad Boat
28 John Wes
29 Josh Wise(i)
30 Tanner Berryhill
31 Joey Gase
32 Robert Richardson
33 Josh Reaume
34 Derrike Cope
35 Jeffrey Earnhardt
36 Eric McClure
37 Carl Long
38 Jamie Dick
39 Matt Dibenedetto
40 Blake Koch
Story and Photos by
Kevin Proot
Larry Vancil
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