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Nov. 10, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano smoked the field, while Elliott Sadler’s title dreams went up in smoke.

Logano, the polesitter, dominated Saturday’s Great Clips 200 Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, beating new Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Brian Vickers to the finish line to win for the ninth time in 21 starts this season, the first time at PIR and the 18th time in his career.

Sadler’s wreck forced the race to a green-white-checkered-flag finish and extended the length of the race from the scheduled 200 laps to 204.

Defending NNS champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third and opened his lead in the series standings to 20 points over Sadler, whose late crash led to a 22nd-place finish.

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1 18 Joey Logano(i) GameStop / Epic Mickey2 Toyota 27.145 132.621
2 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 27.181 132.445
3 3 Austin Dillon # AdvoCare Chevrolet 27.219 132.261
4 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 27.263 132.047
5 20 Brian Vickers(i) Dollar General Toyota 27.266 132.033
6 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 27.275 131.989
7 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 27.305 131.844
8 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Valvoline NextGen Ford 27.340 131.675

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9 30 Jason Leffler(i) FOE Chevrolet 27.357 131.593
10 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 27.416 131.310

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By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Tex. — Kevin Harvick had a lock on the front of the field in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, but there was plenty of action behind him.

The class of the field in the 200-lap, 300-mile Nationwide Series race, Harvick won handily, crossing the finish line 1.628 seconds ahead of 18-year-old Ryan Blaney, who made the most of a pit stop for tires on Lap 178.

Polesitter Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who erased the six-point series lead Elliott Sadler held when the race began. Stenhouse, the defending Nationwide champion, is tied with Sadler with two races left in the season.

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Fresh off the final open weekend on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule this season, Elliott Sadler and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., prepare to battle it out in the Lone Star state where both drivers will be looking to take home their second cowboy hat.

Sadler holds the advantage in the championship standings with a six-point lead over Stenhouse with three races remaining. And for all intents and purposes, this is a two-horse race. But lurking in the shadows is Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Austin Dillon, who has proven he can win in bunches, especially at 1.5-mile tracks, which make up two of the last three races. Dillon sits 26 points out of the standings lead.

Continue reading “Sadler, Stenhouse Set to Battle for Championship Points and Cowboy Hats”