Kyle Busch led from start to finish, usually by plenty, and ended an eight-race NASCAR Nationwide Series winless streak Friday night with his fifth career victory at Richmond International Raceway.
Kevin Harvick led the final 159 laps to beat Joey Logano and win an unusually wreck-free NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
As the laps dwindled, Chris Buescher's anxiety rose.
The 21-year-old rookie was leading the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course -- gunning for his first victory -- but was running out of fuel.
If this was Brad Keselowski's final trip to Iowa Speedway, he made it a memorable one.
Keselowski held off the charging Michael McDowell on Saturday night to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at the short track.
Brendan Gaughan took the lead after a green-white-checkered restart, then held on to win the rain-soaked and wild NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America on Saturday.
Kevin Harvick pulled away on a restart with 47 laps to go and ended Chase Elliott's two-race winning streak in NASCAR's Nationwide Series with a dominating victory early Saturday at Richmond International Raceway.
Chase Elliott missed his senior prom Friday, but wasn't too disappointed.
"I had a good date tonight, the `Lady in Black,' can't forget about that," he said, smiling.
When qualifying ended at Texas Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott hopped a fence and went on his way without a single fan bothering to stop him for an autograph or picture.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. watched the 18-year-old go by largely ignored and figured those days were numbered.