KROGER 200 July 30, 2011 • Indianapolis, Ind. • 204 Laps
RACE 21 TIME OF RACE: 1:40:36 • AVERAGE SPEED: 83.466 mph • MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.987 second • POLE: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 108.278 mph • LEAD CHANGES: 5 among 4 drivers Wild Works Keselowski Snares Unlikely Victory
A MILD AND CALM race wasn’t getting it done for Brad Keselowski in the Kroger 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway. T e defending Nationwide
Series champion needed a bit of mayhem, and he got just that late in the race and earned his second win of the season. T e Penske Racing driver wasn’t
a factor through the middle portion of the race, but he jumped ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on a green-white- checkered restart and took the win. “I’ve been coming to this race
track for years,” Keselowski said. “I’ve been to victory lane as a team guy and a mechanic, but never a driver. It’s so special to win here.” James Buescher fi nished second, and Stenhouse moved to the top
of the point standings with a third- place fi nish. Aric Almirola and Carl Edwards rounded out the top fi ve. After a mild start, the action
heated up when Michael Annett and Tim Andrews tangled and hit the wall in Turn 3. After their cars had spun to a stop, the car of Steve Wallace came in sideways at speed and slammed both stalled cars. On the ensuing pit stops,
Edwards, who appeared as if he could challenge for the victory, was caught speeding while trying to beat Stenhouse off pit road. Seven laps after the lap 183
restart, Trevor Bayne, who was running second, brought out another caution after blowing a motor. Just as the race was about to go green with seven laps to go, Justin
“It’s so special to win here.” —BRAD KESELOWSKI
Allgaier’s car caught fi re. He pulled off the track, and the restart was aborted. Keselowski found himself lined
up with race leader Stenhouse on the restart, but another quick caution on lap 199 pushed the race into overtime. Keselowski managed to pull away and take the victory.
—JIM PEDLEY
RESULTS
FIN CAR DRIVER 1 2
22 Brad Keselowski 30 James Buescher
3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
88 Aric Almirola 60 Carl Edwards 38 Jason Leffl er 87 Joe Nemechek 20 Drew Herring 32 Reed Sorenson 18 Michael McDowell 19 Mike Bliss
09 Kenny Wallace 70 David Stremme 33 Austin Dillon 11 Brian Scott 2
Elliott Sadler 01 Mike Wallace
51 Jeremy Clements 7
Josh Wise
81 Blake Koch 14 Eric McClure 28 Derrike Cope 15 Timmy Hill 52 Tim Schendel 39 Matt Frahm 41 Fain Skinner 31 Justin Allgaier 16 Trevor Bayne 62 Michael Annett 66 Steve Wallace 40 Tim Andrews
89 Morgan Shepherd 44 Jeff Green
23 Dennis Setzer 49 Mark Green
04 Danny O’Quinn Jr. 75 Johnny Chapman 74 Mike Harmon 42 Scott Wimmer
47 Charles Lewandoski 46 Chase Miller
13 Jennifer Jo Cobb
LAPS EARNINGS 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 203 202 202 201 201 201 201 199 197 197 197 193 188 174 174 169 33 26 21 16 13 12 11 9 8 7 2
$30,925 $36,968 $35,443 $24,843 $16,300 $18,893 $19,718 $17,793 $17,693 $18,493 $18,193 $17,193 $17,543 $17,043 $17,518 $19,943 $17,093 $16,828 $16,793 $18,458 $10,225 $16,643 $16,993 $10,050 $17,073 $9,930
$16,343 $16,313 $16,293 $16,573 $9,760 $9,740 $10,120 $9,700 $9,655 $9,635 $9,600 $9,565 $9,545 $9,465 $9,420 $9,385
Source: NASCAR OCTOBER 2011 85
Photos: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
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