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Dylan Kwasniewski wins
the DRIVE4COPD 125 at Bristol Motor Speedway
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The sign reads, ‘Welcome To The Last Great Colosseum’ at the tunnel entrance of Bristol Motor Speedway.
Dylan Kwasniewski, 17, bested the legendary .533-mile high-banked oval and the other 35 competitors on Saturday to win the DRIVE4COPD 125 in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship season opener.
Kwasniewski, the reigning K&N Pro Series West champion out of Las Vegas, Nev., took the lead on Lap 30 after pole sitter and race leader Michael McGuire got tangled up with lapped traffic under caution. Kwasniewski – behind the wheel of his No. 98 Royal Purple/Rockstar Energy Drink Chevrolet – was able to hold off Brett Moffitt on seven restarts to pick up his first East victory in his fifth series outing.
| POS | DRIVER |
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| 1 | Dylan Kwasniewski |
| 2 | Brett Moffitt |
| 3 | Ryan Gifford |
| 4 | Michael McGuire |
| 5 | CJ Faison |
Moffitt was followed by Ryan Gifford – racing out of the Rev Racing stable – in third. McGuire rebounded from the early incident to finish fourth while CJ Faison came home in the fifth position.
Gray Gaulding, Eddie MacDonald, Jimmy Weller, Ben Rhodes and Ben Kennedy rounded out the top 10.
Kwasniewski, who led a race-high 96 laps, is competing for a K&N East championship in 2013 with Turner Scott Motorsports in its first full season of competition. It’s his sixth overall K&N Pro Series triumph in 29 career starts.
The race was slowed due to caution eight times for a total of 37 laps and there was just one lead change.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will return to action on Saturday, March 23 for the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 125 presented by G-Clean at Greenville (S.C) Pickens Speedway.
RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP | DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE AUDIO | BRETT MOFFITT & RYAN GIFFORD POST-RACE AUDIO
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| Dylan Kwasniewski en route to his DRIVE4COPD 125 victoryGetty Images for NASCAR |
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