Allgaier passes teammate for 1st win

BRISTOL, Tenn. - BRISTOL, Tenn. - As the final laps ticked off in Saturday's Scotts 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, it became clear the race winner would be determined between Penske Racing drivers Justin Allgaier and Brad Keselowski.

Team owner Roger Penske offered only one piece of advice.

"Take care of yourselves," Penske told his drivers. "I didn't need to have the two of them in trouble. Once they cleared (Kyle Busch) it was down to who had the best car."

That turned out to be Allgaier, who passed his teammate on a restart on Lap 274 and held on the final 27 laps to earn his first Nationwide Series victory.

"The restart before that I was trying to figure out what Brad was doing on his restarts, because I hadn't been up there yet," he said. "The second restart I knew what I needed to do and I got a really good run."

Keselowski, who started on the pole, got several good looks inside of Allgaier in the final 15 laps but could never complete the pass.

The win came in Allgaier's 43 start in the series. He showed much promise in his first full season last year and finished with three top-10 and 12 top-five finishes and was sixth in the series standings.

"It feels pretty awesome. I have to admit that it's pretty unbelievable," Allgaier said of his win which also leaves him third in points. "We had a great car in practice and I screwed up qualifying and didn't get the run that we really needed and had to start 30th.

"I hope this is the first of many more to come this year."

Busch finished third, series points leader Carl Edwards was fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth. Harvick spun Joey Logano on the last lap, which did not sit well with him.

Logano attempted to confront Harvick pit road after the race but was held back. He eventually exchanged words with Harvick as the two walked back to the motorhome lot.

"He kept chopping me and chopping me," Harvick said when asked about his run-in with Logano. "You got to have a lane to race."