NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kansas 2015 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

Kyle Busch overcame a speeding penalty, debris damage and teammate Matt Kenseth to win Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Busch took first from Kenseth with 15 laps to go and ran away with his fifth Xfinity Series win of the season—but not without maneuvering a green-white-checker finish after Joey Gase blew an engine with four to go.

The Xfinity Series tweeted Busch a congratulations shortly after he captured the checkered flag.

Here are the top 10 finishers from Saturday’s race. For full results, visit NASCAR.com.

Rank	Driver	Time Behind Leader (Seconds)
1	Kyle Busch	---
2	Matt Kenseth	0.607
3	Joey Logano	0.986
4	Ty Dillon	1.368
5	Regan Smith	1.772
6	Chris Buescher	1.958
7	Chase Elliott	1.971
8	Ryan Seig	2.664
9	Daniel Suarez	3.053
10	Brendan Gaughan	3.105

Points leader Chris Buescher recovered from an early pit road speeding penalty to finish sixth. At halfway, crew chief Scott Graves informed Buescher to save fuel in order to make only one pit stop over the final 100 laps. The strategy paid off, as Buescher maintained the points lead—a streak now at 21 consecutive races, according to NASCAR.com.

Defending Xfinity Series champion Chase Elliott entered Saturday second in points and finished seventh Saturday after narrowly avoiding trouble in qualifying.

Sprint Cup drivers ran up front most of the day. Kenseth won the pole and led all afternoon until Busch took two tires with 81 to go to assume first. Busch (56) and Kenseth (148), Joe Gibbs Racing teammates who are also both still alive in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, accounted for all laps led.

Fellow teammate and Sprint Cup points leader Joey Logano finished third after recovering from a slow restart on lap 138, as Richard Childress Racing shows:

Brian Scott finished 23rd after running out of gas under the final caution when the race was pushed to overtime. Aaron Clay Burns of Speed Sport notes Scott, winless in 205 career starts, might have a few more wins if it weren’t for the competition from the A-listers.

Unlike the Sprint Cup Series, which employs playoffs where drivers are eliminated in phases over the final 10 races, the Xfinity Series champion is determined by points accrued through the entire 33-race season. Here is a look at the most updated standings:

Rank	Driver	Points
1	Chris Buescher	1,093
2	Chase Elliott	1,066
3	Regan Smith	1,060
4	Ty Dillon	1,057
5	Darrell Wallace Jr.	976
6	Elliott Sadler	974
7	Daniel Suarez	962
8	Brendan Gaughan	927
9	Brian Scott	922
10	Ryan Reed	825

Only three races remain—Texas, Phoenix and Homestead-Miami—for Buescher, 22, to maintain a lead he’s held since May 2 and capture his first Xfinity Series title in just his second full season.

Should the touted Roush Fenway Racing driver do so, owner Jack Roush would be hard-pressed to elevate Buescher to the Sprint Cup Series in 2016. RFR currently fields just three Cup drivers, so there is ample garage room for Buescher once they determine he’s ready.