Image via WikipediaRookie Austin Dillon passed James Buescher with 35 laps to go in Saturday night's Smith's 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then pulled away to win by a commanding 5.588-second margin.Dillon and Buescher battled over much of the final third of the race, but Dillon finally got around him for good one lap after a restart on Lap 111. Buescher stayed on his bumper until he lost second place to Johnny Sauter on another restart on Lap 119. After that, Dillon, in clean air, pulled away for the victory.
It was Dillon's second Truck Series victory; his first came at Iowa in July, ten races ago. Sauter finished second, followed by Buescher, series leader Todd Bodine and Matt Crafton. (Race results)
Bodine gained five points over Aric Almirola, who finished sixth, in the series standings. Bodine now leads Almirola by 262 points with five races to go. Johnny Sauter (-300) is third. With the win, Dillon (-388) climbed two spots to fourth, the highest ranking of his young career. Timothy Peter, who finished 26th, dropped one spot to fifth, 423 points behind Bodine.
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