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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 17, 2011)

JOLIET, Ill.—A full schedule of double-duty driving didn’t hurt Brad Keselowski, who won Saturday’s Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in a prelude to his debut Sunday in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Keselowski won his third Nationwide race of the season and the 15th of his career, cruising to a decisive victory over Carl Edwards, whose chances at a victory evaporated when his No. 60 Ford ran out of fuel moments before a scheduled pit stop on Lap 124 of 200.

Polesitter Brian Scott came home third, followed by Aric Almirola and Sam Hornish Jr. in a race that saw 10 cars finish on the lead lap. Series points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held the top spot in the standings with an eighth-place finish.

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1 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 29.469 183.243
2 27 Paul Menard ZECOL / Menards Chevrolet 29.488 183.125
3 22 Kurt Busch Shell Pennzoil Dodge 29.503 183.032
4 39 Ryan Newman US Army Medicine Chevrolet 29.507 183.007
5 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 29.522 182.914
6 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 29.531 182.859
7 16 Greg Biffle 3M Filtrete Ford 29.565 182.648
8 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 29.575 182.587
9 18 Kyle Busch Wrigley Doublemint Toyota 29.615 182.340
10 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 29.620 182.309
11 47 Bobby Labonte Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox Toyota 29.634 182.223
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 29.667 182.020
13 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 29.690 181.879
14 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet 29.696 181.843
15 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 29.729 181.641

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 16, 2011)

JOLIET, Ill.—With a two-tire call on a late-race pit stop, Austin Dillon stole Friday night’s Fast Five 225 Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway from Kevin Harvick, who had dominated the event until the last round of stops.

Dillon won his second race of the season and the fourth of his career. Harvick came home second, almost five seconds back. Nelson Piquet Jr., Parker Kligerman and Kyle Busch completed the top five.

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SHOW #174 – Kyle Petty joins us on this weeks show, as always he offers up some great insight. We also recap Richmond, rundown the Top 12 drivers, and preview the first Chase Race at Chicagoland. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop
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