Kevin Harvick wins USG Durock 300 Busch Series

Joliet, IL (Sports Network) - Kevin Harvick hung around the top-10 for 170 laps before taking his first lead of the race and went on to capture Saturday's USG Durock 300 Busch Series race at the Chicagoland Speedway. The No.21 Richard Childress Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line 1.012 seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth.
The victory was Harvick's third of the season and 29th of his Busch career.
After winning his fourth pole of the season earlier in the day, Denny Hamlin led the 43-car field, comprised of 25 "Cup" drivers, to the green flag for 200 laps of racing.
The No.20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet driver led the field through the first caution flag on lap three for a Ryan Newman crash.
On lap seven the first lead change occurred when the race got back underway. series points leader Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch ducked under Hamlin to take over the top-two spots, respectively.
Edwards started to pull away from his competitors. He expanded the margin to over two seconds as Busch, Hamlin and Kenseth battled for second. Hamlin eventually won the battle for second and begun to cut into Edwards' lead.
The No.60 Ford driver lost the first position on lap 31 when Hamlin used the high side to pass him. Edwards fought back though and would trade the top spot with Hamlin. Hamlin won the battle on lap 35 as Edwards lost a few spots when Busch and Kenseth passed him.
Hamlin continued to lead, but Kenseth was closing the gap between the two. And on lap 49 Kenseth was able to get around the No.20 Chevrolet for the first spot. Busch, Edwards and Jeff Burton battled for position behind these drivers.
On lap 58 the leaders started to make their way down pit road for their first stops of the afternoon as the race stayed under the green flag. Todd Kluever, the last driver to cycle through the stops, stayed out to lead three laps before he came down for service.
When the stops were complete Busch found himself leading Kenseth, Hamlin, Burton and Harvick.