Catchfence

On a green-white-checkered (flags) restart, it was pole sitter Kurt Busch (filling in for Brad Keselowski) keeping Jimmie Johnson (0.974 seconds) behind him to win the NNS Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International.

This was Busch’s first series win of the 2011 season, his third series career win and his second series win at The Glen.

Joey Logano fought his was to third, while Kyle Busch, who sat on the outside pole and led the most laps (48 laps of the 85 that were run) finished in fourth and Carl Edwards finishing in fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten finishers were Paul Menard finishing in sixth, Ron Fellows seventh, Aric Almirola eighth, Trevor Bayne ninth and Elliott Sadler finishing in the tenth position.

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., who finished 15th, remains the series’ points leader with a 10-point lead over 13th-place finisher, Reed Sorenson.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 106.582 MPH
Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 57 Mins, 14 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.974 Seconds
Lead Changes: 6 among 2 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 5 laps
Attendance: 40,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings:  1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. –  816 (Leader) 2. Reed Sorenson – 806 (-10 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Elliott Sadler – 792 (-24) 4. Aric Almirola – 746 (-70) 5. Justin Allgaier – 736 ( -80) 6. Jason Leffler – 703 (-113) 7. Kenny Wallace – 686 (-130) 8. Steve Wallace – 636 (-180) 9. Brian Scott – 626 (-190) 10. Michael Annett – 623 (-193)

Next Up: The NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villenueve (Montreal, Canada) on Saturday, August 20th, with ESPN2 beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 2:00 PM (EDT).

2011 NNS Zippo 200 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	22	Kurt Busch(i)	Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge	85	0		Running	4	37
2	6	7	Jimmie Johnson(i)	Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an engine Chevrolet	85	0		Running
3	8	20	Joey Logano(i)	GameStop Toyota	85	0		Running
4	2	18	Kyle Busch(i)	Z-Line Designs Toyota	85	0		Running	3	48
5	3	60	Carl Edwards(i)	Fastenal Ford	85	0		Running
6	7	33	Paul Menard(i)	Rheem/Menards Chevrolet	85	0		Running
7	5	5	Ron Fellows	Canadian Tire Chevrolet	85	37		Running
8	17	88	Aric Almirola	Ragu Chevrolet	85	36		Running
9	11	16	Trevor Bayne	RickyvsTrevor.com Ford	85	35		Running
10	4	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	85	34		Running
11	19	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	85	33		Running
12	13	31	Justin Allgaier	Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet	84	32		Running
13	15	32	Reed Sorenson	Dollar General Chevrolet	84	31		Running
14	16	11	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Toyota	84	30		Running
15	12	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	RickyvsTrevor.com Ford	84	29		Running
16	14	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	84	28		Running
17	10	30	James Buescher(i)	AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet	84	0		Running
18	9	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Chevrolet	84	26		Running
19	27	62	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Toyota	83	25		Running
20	26	1	Mike Wallace	JD Motorsports Chevrolet	83	24		Running
21	22	21	Tim George Jr.	Applebee's/Potomac Family Dining Group Chevrolet	83	23		Running
22	23	19	Mike Bliss	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	83	22		Running
23	25	23	Alex Kennedy	Primalyn Ent/Dream Factory Chevrolet	82	21		Running
24	31	51	Jeremy Clements	Clements Racing Engines Chevrolet	82	20		Running
25	24	39	Casey Roderick	ACU/Randy Hill Racing Ford	82	19		Running
26	33	97	Kyle Kelley	Jamison Chevrolet	81	18		Running
27	34	75	Tomy Drissi(i)	Alvin & the Chipmunks-Chipwrecked Ford	79	0		Running
28	39	40	Josh Wise	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	78	16		Running
29	37	81	Blake Koch #	Daystar.com Dodge	77	15		Running
30	42	28	Derrike Cope	MAXelence.com Chevrolet	69	14		Transmission
31	32	15	Timmy Hill #	Rick Ware Racing Ford	66	13		Running
32	18	9	Kenny Wallace	Toyota Toyota	64	12		Overheating
33	41	70	Dennis Setzer	ML Motorsports Dodge	63	11		Brakes
34	40	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory in Jesus Racing Chevrolet	56	10		Oil Pump
35	35	14	Eric McClure	Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevrolet	53	9		Accident
36	28	64	Jason Bowles	Aspen Dental Toyota	52	8		Transmission
37	20	53	Andrew Ranger	Bollegraaf/Lobo USA Dodge	42	7		Suspension
38	21	67	J R Fitzpatrick	Go Canada Racing Ford	34	6		Transmission
39	38	52	Dan Clarke	couponchad.com Chevrolet	21	5		Engine
40	36	49	Mark Green	Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet	6	4		Brakes
41	30	82	JJ Yeley(i)	Crusader Staffing Dodge	4	PE		Brakes
42	29	13	TJ Bell(i)	DrivenMale.com Dodge	4	0		Brakes
43	43	44	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	1	1		Brakes

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
PE Post Entry (No Points)