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On a green-white-checkered (flags) restart of the NNS Kroger 200, it was Brad Keselowski holding off  James Buescher, to win at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

Keselowski received his second series win of the 2011 season, his fourteenth series career win, and his first series win at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

Following Keselowski and Buescher to the drop of the checkered flag were pole sitter Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (who led 189 laps of the 204 laps that were run) finishing in third, Aric Almirola finishing fourth and Carl Edwards finished in fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten finishers were Jason Leffler coming in sixth-place, Joe Nemechek seventh, Drew Herring eighth, Reed Sorenson ninth and Michael McDowell finishing in the tenth position.

Stenhouse, with his third-place finish, puts himself on top of the point standings with a 3-point lead over Reed Sorenson.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 83.466 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 40 Mins, 36 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.987 Seconds
Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
Attendance: 36,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings:  1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 740 (Leader) 2. Reed Sorenson – 737 (-3 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Elliott Sadler – 716 (-24) 4. Justin Allgaier – 689 (-51) 5.
Aric Almirola – 671 (-69) 6. Jason Leffler – 646 (-94) 7. Kenny Wallace – 637 (-103) 8. Steve Wallace – 572 (-168) 9. Brian Scott – 566 (-174) 10. Michael Annett – 565 (-175).

Next Up: The U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, August 6th, with ESPN2 beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 7:00 PM (EDT).

2011 NNS Kroger 200 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	2	22	Brad Keselowski(i)	Discount Tire Dodge	204	0		Running	1	7
2	17	30	James Buescher(i)	FOE Chevrolet	204	0		Running
3	1	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Blackwell Angus Ford	204	43	2	Running	3	189
4	13	88	Aric Almirola	Grand Touring Vodka Chevrolet	204	40		Running
5	3	60	Carl Edwards(i)	Fastenal Ford	204	0		Running	1	4
6	7	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Chevrolet	204	38		Running
7	21	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	204	37		Running
8	15	20	Drew Herring	SportClips Toyota	204	36		Running
9	16	32	Reed Sorenson	Dollar General Chevrolet	204	35		Running
10	9	18	Michael McDowell(i)	Muscle Milk Toyota	204	0		Running
11	14	19	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	204	33		Running
12	11	9	Kenny Wallace	Federated Auto Parts Toyota	204	32		Running
13	18	70	David Stremme(i)	Keen Parts Inc. Chevrolet	204	0		Running
14	12	33	Austin Dillon(i)	Rheem/Menards Chevrolet	204	0		Running	1	4
15	6	11	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Toyota	204	29		Running
16	42	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	203	28		Running
17	24	1	Mike Wallace	Cowboys & Aliens Chevrolet	202	27		Running
18	26	51	Jeremy Clements	Clements Racing Engines Chevrolet	202	26		Running
19	20	7	Josh Wise	iRacing.com Chevrolet	201	25		Running
20	23	81	Blake Koch #	K-Love Dodge	201	24		Running
21	25	14	Eric McClure	Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevrolet	201	23		Running
22	19	28	Derrike Cope	MudJug.com Chevrolet	201	22		Running
23	22	15	Timmy Hill #	Rick Ware Racing Ford	199	21		Running
24	30	52	Tim Schendel	Metro Ministries/MDS Services Chevrolet	197	20		Running
25	33	39	Matt Frahm	Gilchrist Mfg. Ford	197	19		Running
26	34	41	Fain Skinner	Carport Empire Chevrolet	197	18		Running
27	4	31	Justin Allgaier	Deft Finishes Chevrolet	193	17		Oil Pump
28	5	16	Trevor Bayne	RickyvsTrevor.com Ford	188	16		Engine
29	8	62	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Toyota	174	15		Accident
30	10	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	174	14		Accident
31	31	40	Tim Andrews	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	169	13		Accident
32	32	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory In Jesus Chevrolet	33	12		Handling
33	27	44	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	26	11		Overheating
34	28	23	Dennis Setzer	R3 Motorsports Dodge	21	10		Brakes
35	29	49	Mark Green	Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet	16	9		Brakes
36	39	4	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	Go Green Racing Ford	13	8		Electrical
37	38	75	Johnny Chapman	Lilly Trucking Ford	12	7		Overheating
38	35	74	Mike Harmon	IPT Pellet Grills Chevrolet	11	6		Brakes
39	40	42	Scott Wimmer	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	9	5		Brakes
40	36	47	Charles Lewandoski #	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	8	4		Vibration
41	37	46	Chase Miller	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	7	3		Brakes
42	41	13	Jennifer Jo Cobb #	TenForJen.com Ford	2	2		Handling

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie