The only thing that seemed to stop Kyle Busch at Phoenix International Raceway was Mother Nature. Busch led 155 of 168 laps contested Saturday, March 1, 2014 for the win.  Busch's NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 win was his third straight NNS victory at PIR and his seventh overall.

After a red-flag period of two hours, eight minutes, NASCAR made Busch’s win official.

The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota had taken the point for the first time with a pass of polesitter Brad Keselowski on Lap 6. From that point on, he toyed with the rest of the field, extending his advantage to more than four seconds at its widest.


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Kevin Harvick was second when rain halted the race, having passed Keselowski on Lap 160. Keselowski recovered from an accident on Lap 20 to run third. A tap from the pole winner sent Darryl Haar spinning into the outside wall off Turn 2 in a collision that also damaged the nose of Keselowski’s car.

The 2010 NNS champion restarted 27th on Lap 29 after pitting but worked his way forward and took advantage of his earlier pit stop to retake the lead, since most of the cars behind him had made green-flag stops for tires and fuel before the second caution slowed the race on Lap 90.

Harvick led briefly for the restart on Lap 97, but Busch regained the top spot on the restart lap and never relinquished it.

Kyle Larson was fourth, followed by Matt Kenseth, Elliott Sadler, Trevor Bayne and last Saturday’s Daytona winner, Regan Smith, who retained a five-point lead over Bayne in the series standings.

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