Sam Hornish Jr. edges Blaney to win Sunday's Nationwide Race
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Sam Hornish Jr. beat Ryan Blaney off a restart with 21 laps to go and hung on to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney was second, followed by Regan Smith, Chase Elliott and Elliott Sadler in the first stand-alone event of the season.
Hornish, in the No. 54 car usually driven by Kyle Busch, led 167 of 250 laps to win in second Nationwide start of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Elliott has a two-point lead over Sadler and Smith in the series points standings.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 2 | 22 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske |
| 3 | 7 | Regan Smith | JR Motorsports |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | JR Motorsports |
| 5 | 11 | Elliott Sadler | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 6 | 2 | Brian Scott | Richard Childress Racing |
| 7 | 20 | Michael McDowell | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 8 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing |
| 9 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 10 | 1 | Landon Cassill | JD Motorsports |
| 11 | 42 | Dylan Kwasniewski | Turner Scott Motorsports |
| 12 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing |
| 13 | 60 | Chris Buescher | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 14 | 31 | Chase Pistone | Turner Scott Motorsports |
| 15 | 5 | Austin Theriault | JR Motorsports |
| 16 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 17 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing |
| 18 | 28 | J.J. Yeley | Carl Long Motorsports |
| 19 | 99 | James Buescher | RAB Racing |
| 20 | 98 | Ryan Gifford | Biagi-DenBeste Racing |
| 21 | 43 | Dakoda Armstrong | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 22 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Clements Racing |
| 23 | 4 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | JD Motorsports |
| 24 | 14 | Eric McClure | TriStar Motorsports |
| 25 | 40 | Matt DiBenedetto | The Motorsports Group |
| 26 | 44 | Hal Martin | TriStar Motorsports |
| 27 | 52 | Joey Gase | Means Racing |
| 28 | 93 | Carl Long | Carl Long Motorsports |
| 29 | 84 | Chad Boat | Billy Boat Motorsports |
| 30 | 33 | Cale Conley | Richard Childress Racing |
| 31 | 19 | Mike Bliss | TriStar Motorsports |
| 32 | 55 | Caleb Roark | Viva Motorsports |
| 33 | 23 | Carlos Contreras | R3 Motorsports |
| 34 | 87 | Tim Schendel | NEMCO Motorsports |
| 35 | 17 | Tanner Berryhill | Vision Racing |
| 36 | 76 | Tommy Joe Martins | Martins Motorsports |
| 37 | 70 | Derrike Cope | ML Motorsports |
| 38 | 74 | Mike Harmon | Mike Harmon Racing |
| 39 | 10 | Jeff Green | TriStar Motorsports |
| 40 | 46 | Ryan Ellis | The Motorsports Group |
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