(Editor’s Note: Due to an Internet failure at the 4ever3 residence I was not able get this up the last few days - sorry!). There’s never much that can be said when a Sprint Cup driver wins a Nationwide race. This time though, the winner caused a Championship contender to crash. Joey Logano caused Sadler to hit the wall during a late race re-start. Sadler finished a disappointing 24th but he only falls to second in points. Based on last year’s Nationwide campaign Elliott should be no stranger to getting spun by guys either not running for the championship or mathematically eliminated from contention.
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Travis Pastrana finished 17th, which was a pretty good run for a Darlington Rookie. Danica Patrick wound up 12th, which launched her into 10th place in points.
Results and more after the jump!
| Finish | Qual. | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | Status |
| 1 | 5 | Joey Logano | 20 Dollar General / Gillette Toyota | 151 | NP | Running |
| 2 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 18 Sport Clips / VFW Toyota | 151 | NP | Running |
| 3 | 13 | Brad Keselowski | 22 Snap-On / Dodge Dealers Dodge | 151 | NP | Running |
| 4 | 8 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 12 Alliance Truck Parts / Dodge Dealers Dodge | 151 | 40 | Running |
| 5 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 3 AdvoCare / American Ethanol Chevrolet | 151 | 39 | Running |
| 6 | 1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 6 Cargill / Valvoline Ford | 151 | 39 | Running |
| 7 | 7 | Brian Scott | 11 Dollar General / Gillette Toyota | 151 | 37 | Running |
| 8 | 4 | Kurt Busch | 54 Monster Energy Toyota | 151 | NP | Running |
| 9 | 14 | James Buescher | 30 AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet | 151 | NP | Running |
| 10 | 40 | Cole Whitt | 88 TaxSlayer / Press On Chevrolet | 151 | 34 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | Joe Nemechek | 87 SWM International Toyota | 151 | 33 | Running |
| 12 | 15 | Danica Patrick | 7 GoDaddy.com / Tissot Chevrolet | 151 | 32 | Running |
| 13 | 10 | Justin Allgaier | 31 Brandt Chevrolet | 151 | 32 | Running |
| 14 | 22 | Michael Annett | 43 Flying J / Pilot Ford | 151 | 30 | Running |
| 15 | 12 | Mike Bliss | 44 TriStar Motorsports Toyota | 151 | 29 | Running |
| 16 | 31 | Timmy Hill | 41 Poynt / Lilly Trucking Ford | 151 | 28 | Running |
| 17 | 25 | Travis Pastrana | 99 Boost Mobile / Samsung Toyota | 151 | 27 | Running |
| 18 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | 38 Great Clips Chevrolet | 151 | NP | Running |
| 19 | 26 | Jeff Green | 14 Hefty / Reynolds Wrap Toyota | 149 | 25 | Running |
| 20 | 36 | Danny Efland | 4 EMS Speak / Tradebank Chevrolet | 148 | 24 | Running |
| 21 | 32 | Jason Bowles | 81 American Majority Toyota | 148 | 23 | Running |
| 22 | 37 | Morgan Shepherd | 89 Racing with Jesus Chevrolet | 147 | 22 | Running |
| 23 | 28 | Jamie Dick | 23 Viva Auto Group Chevrolet | 144 | 21 | Running |
| 24 | 6 | Elliott Sadler | 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet | 143 | 21 | Out of race |
| 25 | 19 | Josh Richards | 39 NSW Kids / Joy Ford | 143 | 19 | Running |
| 26 | 11 | Brendan Gaughan | 33 South Point Chevrolet | 138 | NP | Out of race |
| 27 | 42 | Derrike Cope | 70 ML Motorsports Dodge | 138 | 17 | Running |
| 28 | 41 | Matt Frahm | 08 Maui Jim / New Lifestyle Diet Ford | 125 | 16 | Out of race |
| 29 | 20 | Erik Darnell | 40 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet | 91 | 15 | Out of race |
| 30 | 21 | Mike Wallace | 01 Restaurant.com Chevrolet | 81 | 14 | Running |
| 31 | 30 | Tayler Malsam | 19 G-Oil / NOYS Toyota | 60 | 13 | Out of race |
| 32 | 18 | T.J. Bell | 50 Twin Oaks Services / Liberty Chevrolet | 44 | 12 | Out of race |
| 33 | 23 | Jeremy Clements | 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet | 42 | 11 | Running |
| 34 | 35 | Blake Koch | 15 Capital Plastic Surgery Chevrolet | 29 | 10 | Out of race |
| 35 | 43 | Kevin Lepage | 52 Means Motorsports Chevrolet | 25 | 9 | Out of race |
| 36 | 34 | Tony Raines | 10 TriStar Motorsports Toyota | 14 | NP | Out of race |
| 37 | 39 | Mike Harmon | 74 Koma Unwind Chevrolet | 10 | 7 | Out of race |
| 38 | 38 | Scott Riggs | 75 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet | 7 | NP | Out of race |
| 39 | 24 | Josh Wise | 42 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet | 7 | NP | Out of race |
| 40 | 27 | Casey Roderick | 24 West Virginia Miners Chevrolet | 3 | 4 | Out of race |
| 41 | 29 | Chase Miller | 46 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet | 2 | 3 | Out of race |
| 42 | 33 | Scott Speed | 47 The Motorsports Group Chevrolet | 2 | NP | Out of race |
| 43 | 17 | Ryan Blaney | 36 Advance Auto Parts / SealWrap Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | Out of race |
Jeff Green had an okay run, and it was good to see him getting the green light to run a race. Here’s the way the points look like following Darlington:
| Rank | Car # | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles |
| 1 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 364 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | 341 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 329 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 305 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 88 | Cole Whitt | 282 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 43 | Michael Annett | 271 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | 260 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 44 | Mike Bliss | 230 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | 222 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 219 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Join us soon for a preview of the race from Iowa Speedway. Enjoy!
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