Las Vegas Recap: What A Finish!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! The race just ended a while ago and boy what a finish! Didn't expect the finish that we saw! So let's recap the weekends action at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Xfinity Series ran the Boyd Gaming 300 on Saturday with Kyle Busch starting on the pole with Brad Keselowski starting alongside. Busch would win stage 1 but not by much over Kyle Larson. Keselowski would win stage 2 but at the end, Joey Logano would pull off the victory in his #12 Penske Ford. Now let's recap the Monster Energy Cup race.

The race was under way as Brad Keselowski would start on the pole with Martin Truex Jr accompanying him on the front row. Keselowski would lead the first part of the race until the first caution. The first and second stage would be 80 laps and the final stage would be 107 laps.

The first caution came out early in stage 1 as Corey Lajioe would blow a tire and hit the wall in turn 2. He would fall out of the race.

Martin Truex Jr would dominate the race and lead all the stages. He had a great car all day.

As the first stage was coming to a close, the races 2nd caution came out with 16 laps to go, when Kevin Harvick would blow a tire going into turn 1. He would be out of the race.

The main topic from last week was speeding penalties. The teams would fix that however and there would only be three speeding penalties today. The drivers speeding included Kyle Busch, Cole Whitt, and the driver pictured above Gray Gaulding.

The final caution came out with 16 laps to go as Danica Patrick's engine would expire. She would be out of the race just shy of the finish.

Martin Truex Jr would go on to win the race after dominating and losing the lead with 24 laps to go to Brad Keselowski. Keselowski would then lose power and Truex Jr would pass him back on the last lap.

Also on the last lap, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano would make contact in turn 3 and Busch would spin off of turn 4 resulting in an altercation between Busch and Logano's crew. As seen in the picture above courtesy of Google images, Busch would sustain a wound on his forehead but he would walk away under his own power after the altercation. Well that's all for today. Certainly a great race and a great finish. Goodnight everyone. See ya next week for the Phoenix recap.