NASCAR Xfinity Series at New Hampshire 2016 Results: Winner, Standings, Reaction

The most dominant NASCAR Xfinity Series driver was back at it Saturday, as Kyle Busch took the checkered flag at the AutoLotto 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

It was Busch's 82nd career Xfinity Series win, which is 33 more than second-place Mark Martin's 49, according to the NBC Sports telecast.

Fox Sports: NASCAR showed the race's finish:

Now a part-time driver in the Xfinity Series, Busch recorded his sixth series victory of the season second straight win after taking the checkered flag at the Alsco 300 in Kentucky.

Here are the full race results and the updated driver standings, which don't include Busch because he isn't a full-time driver:

Place	Driver	Time Behind Leader (Seconds)
1	Kyle Busch	-
2	Erik Jones	1.500
3	Brad Keselowski	2.663
4	Daniel Suarez	6.002
5	Austin Dillon	6.385
6	Brennan Poole	8.402
7	Justin Allgaier	8.881
8	Alex Bowman	10.068
9	Brendan Gaughan	11.558
10	Elliott Sadler	11.812
11	Brandon Jones	13.136
12	Darrell Wallace Jr.	13.681
13	Jeremy Clements	16.891
14	Ryan Reed	1 Lap
15	Ryan Sieg	1 Lap
16	J.J. Yeley	1 Lap
17	Dakoda Armstrong	1 Lap
18	Justin Marks	1 Lap
19	Ryan Preece	2 Laps
20	BJ McLeod	3 Laps
21	Ray Black Jr.	3 Laps
22	Timmy Hill	3 Laps
23	Garrett Smithley	4 Laps
24	Mario Gosselin	4 Laps
25	Joey Gase	5 Laps
26	Scott Heckert	5 Laps
27	T.J. Bell	6 Laps
28	Matt Waltz	9 Laps
29	Chris Cockrum	9 Laps
30	Mike Harmon	12 Laps
31	Ross Chastain	30 Laps
32	Blake Koch	41 Laps
33	Ty Dillon	56 Laps
34	Jeff Green	91 Laps
35	Derrike Cope	101 Laps
36	David Starr	118 Laps
37	Corey Lajoie	136 Laps
38	Carl Long	162 Laps
39	Morgan Shepherd	175 Laps
40	Matt DiBenedetto	197 Laps

Place	Driver	Wins/Points
1	Erik Jones	2 wins
2	Daniel Suarez	1 win
3	Elliott Sadler	1 win
4	Ty Dillon	+162
5	Brendan Gaughan	+145
6	Justin Allgaier	+142
7	Brennan Poole	+125
8	Brandon Jones	+125
9	Darrell Wallace Jr.	+95
10	Ryan Reed	+41
11	Ryan Sieg	+33
12	Blake Koch	+13

Starting from the pole, Busch led the race's first 92 laps before losing the lead for 10 to a combination of Alex Bowman and Erik Jones. After dropping back as far as fifth, Busch navigated up to first by Lap 101 and never looked back even when his team went with two fresh tires instead of four with fewer than 20 laps remaining.

With Jones going with four at the same pit stop, the pressure was on Busch to hold off his teammate with worn tires.

He spoke about the win after the race, per Jim Utter of Motorsport.com:

"

I wasn’t sure (about the tire call). We have confidence in the calls that Chris Gayle (crew chief) made. He had confidence in those calls, which I’m proud of. We were able to do the best with what we had there.

We ran up front and ran with our teammate (Jones) a lot. We were so equal it was hard to tell who had the better car. We had a really good opportunity to keep track position over them.

"

Xfinity Racing showed his celebration in Victory Lane: 

Jones, who was on Busch's tail for much of the race, couldn't overtake him during the numerous restarts and had to settle for second place. He locked up a spot in the Xfinity Series Chase, though, which was a solid consolation prize.

Due to the heat in Loudon, New Hampshire, the 1.6-mile track was slick. That caused drivers to search for the best lines that created the most grip throughout the early portion of the race. 

What also made things tricky was the fact that New Hampshire Motor Speedway's curves aren't as severely banked as other tracks in the country. That meant an increase in braking and packed cars on the turns. 

NASCAR Xfinity showed one of the seven cautions of the day, which came after Bowman made contact with Ty Dillon:

Dillon, who entered Saturday in third place in the driver standings, missed around 80 laps because of the damage to his car. He returned later in the race just to pick up some points, but as he waited for his car to be repaired, he made his displeasure with Bowman known, per NASCAR on NBCSN:

Dillon finished 33rd, which dropped him to fourth in the standings, while Bowman crossed the finish line eighth. He spoke about the incident with Dillon but wasn't apologetic, per NBC Sports PR:

Bowman has to shift his focus to Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race, where he will be responsible for filling the big shoes of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car, as he is out with concussion-like symptoms.

But the new Dillon-Bowman rivalry is something to keep an eye on, as things could heat up if they find themselves close to each other on the track again.

However, their main concern should be finding a way to slow Busch when he takes the track, because he's been nearly unstoppable in the Xfinity Series this year.

Post-Race Reaction

Bowman continued to try to explain what happened with Dillon, per the NBC broadcast (via Joe Menzer of FoxSports.com):

"

You definitely never right-rear somebody intentionally. I hate that I put us in that box.

He drove me way up the racetrack. He obviously got tight underneath me and I had a ton of wheel in it to the left, and he drove me up the racetrack, up the racetrack. It finally caught and I barely came off the wall. You come off the wall six inches and you tag somebody in the right-rear... but he'll get over it someday. I definitely didn't mean to do it.

"

Busch, on the other hand, revelled in his victory:

He also hit a major milestone during his win, eclipsing the 17,000 laps-led plateau for his career. However, he didn't make a big deal about it, per Dan Gelson of the Associated Press (h/t the Indianapolis Star).

"I guess they’re big numbers,” Busch said. “Running in this series is something fun for me to do, cool for me to do and it also helps me out and gets me a little more experience.”

When you win as much as Busch does, it's hard not to have fun, considering he's one of the best to ever get behind the wheel in the Xfinity Series. 

Stats courtesy of NASCAR.com.