Brad Keselowski goes down in the history books as the 1st NASCAR Nationwide Series winner at Iowa Speedway!

On a restart with 10 laps to go, Keselowski challenged Kyle Busch for the lead. He overtook Busch with 8 to go, but the 2 were side by side until the finish! All 50-thousand plus fans were up on their feet for the show!

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“I couldn’t have asked for a better finish,” Keselowski said. “It’s lot more fun to say I beat Kyle heads-up. That means a lot to me.”

It was a birthday present for Brad’s Dad who was celebrating his 58th birthday. His Pop was there and one of the first to congratulate him.

It was the Brad and Kyle show. Kyle led 84 laps, second to Keselowski’s race-high 121 of 250 laps. Between the 2 drivers, they led all but 45 laps of the race.

“Apparently, I don’t know what I need in my race cars in order to win these races at the end of them,” Busch said. “It’s a frustrating day.”

Busch is on a streak. He’s finished 1st or 2nd in the series over the past 9 consecutive races. He’s also led in 18 races this season.

Jason Leffler finished 3rd followed by Carl Edwards, Kelly Bires, Jason Keller, Kenny Wallace, Michael McDowell, Scott Lagasse Jr. and Stephen Leicht.

For the (unofficial) race results, click here.

There were a season record-tying 12 cautions which slowed the race for 56 laps. There were 12 cautions at Las Vegas earlier this season on February 20th.

There were 9 lead changes among 5 drivers: R. Stenhouse Jr. 1-7; J. Allgaier # 8-42; B. Keselowski 43-76; M. Bliss 77-79; K. Busch 80-104; B. Keselowski 105-146; K. Busch 147-188; B. Keselowski 189-224; K. Busch 225-241; B. Keselowski 242-250.

Kyle Busch extends his points lead to 207 points over 2nd place Carl Edwards -- both double duty drivers.

What did you think of racing for the first time at Iowa Speedway?