NATIONWIDE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a late gamble on gas, but that wasn't enough to overcome Kevin Harvick's dominance.
Harvick led most of the race, then passed Earnhardt with two laps left to regain the lead and win the Degree V12 300 Nationwide Series race on Saturday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Harvick and Kyle Busch each went into the pits for gas and four tires with 14 laps remaining. Earnhardt and Brian Keselowski stayed on the track, gambling they had enough gas to finish the race.
Earnhardt and Keselowski had enough gas, but were still passed by Harvick and Busch, who finished second. Earnhardt was third, followed by Keselowski and Jeff Burton.
CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: Mike Skinner pulled away after a late restart to win the first Camping World Trucks Series race at (Newton) Iowa Speedway.
Skinner, a two-time winner this year, was running away from the field when a yellow flag flew because of debris with seven laps to go. They restarted with four laps remaining and Skinner pulled away in his Toyota to win by 1.370 seconds. Aric Almirola was second in a Toyota.
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