Denny Hamlin captured Saturday afternoon’s RoadLoans.com 200 Busch Series race at the Dover International Speedway. The No.20 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 1.797 seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr.

The victory was Hamlin’s third of the season and fifth of his Busch career.

“The best medicine is a strong race car,” said Hamlin. “Once we got our car out front our car was just dynamite.”

Pole winner Greg Biffle brought the field to the green flag for 200 laps of racing over the cement “Monster Mile.” But by lap four Hamlin, who was suffering from the flu, slid underneath Biffle for the first lead change.

The race continued to be plagued by accidents and caution flags leaving Hamlin very little time to get back to the lead. But Hamlin didn’t need much time taking third place from Mike Bliss with still 20 laps to go. Two laps later he slid underneath Kenseth for second place and was less than one second behind Truex Jr.

Hamlin got side-by-side with 16 laps to go, but couldn’t complete the pass. Just one more lap and this time Hamlin swept under Truex Jr. to retake the lead. Once he got around Truex Jr. he checked out from the field and the race was over. Hamlin won by almost a full straightaway.

Kenseth, Bliss and Reed Sorenson completed the top-five.

The next race in the series is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th at the Kansas Speedway.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS

1 4 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 195/10 200 Running
2 7 8 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Sea Watch International 175/5 200 Running
3 33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Weyerhaeuser iLevel 165/0 200 Running
4 13 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts 165/5 200 Running
5 6 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Imation 155/0 200 Running
6 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford World Financial Group 155/5 200 Running
7 23 88 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet U.S. Navy 146/0 200 Running
8 27 211 Jason Keller Chevrolet InvestLinc 142/0 200 Running
9 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 143/5 200 Running
10 10 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 134/0 200 Running
11 11 77 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Dollar General 130/0 200 Running
12 28 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald’s 127/0 200 Running
13 32 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 129/5 200 Running
14 9 37 Casey Atwood Ford Kickbutt Amped Energy Ballz 121/0 200 Running
15 20 1 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 118/0 200 Running
16 25 9 Chase Miller Dodge Charter Communications 115/0 200 Running
17 15 230 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink / SKI Motorsports 112/0 200 Running
18 16 5 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Nat’l Guard / 28th Infantry Division 109/0 200 Running
19 21 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox / American Red Cross 106/0 200 Running
20 42 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford Tailgate 103/0 200 Running
21 14 42 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Memorex 100/0 199 Running
22 31 66 Steve Wallace Dodge HomeLife Communities 97/0 198 Running
23 3 10 Dave Blaney Toyota Hass Avocados from Mexico 94/0 198 Running
24 34 21 Tim McCreadie Chevrolet AutoZone 91/0 196 Running
25 38 252 Donnie Neuenberger Ford Plan B Technologies 88/0 196 Running
26 40 0 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 85/0 196 Running
27 41 28 Robert Richardson, II * Chevrolet Kibbles ‘n Bits 82/0 194 Running
28 36 25 Richard Johns Ford FreeCreditReport.com 79/0 183 Running
29 19 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn 76/0 168 Off Track
30 5 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 73/0 166 Off Track
31 24 27 Robby Gordon Ford Kleenex / Rite Aid 70/0 165 Running
32 17 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 67/0 157 Running
33 35 154 Carl Long Dodge Fridel-Carter Motorsports 64/0 127 Running
34 29 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Lilly / Walgreens 61/0 125 Off Track
35 18 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 58/0 57 Out of Race
36 37 01 Danny Efland Chevrolet Comfort Gel Packs / Shred 360 55/0 48 Out of Race
37 39 72 Marc Mitchell Dodge Vector Security 52/0 47 Out of Race
38 30 189 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 49/0 38 Out of Race
39 43 244 Mike Harmon Chevrolet Just1Shirt.com 46/0 31 Out of Race
40 8 126 Jamie McMurray Ford Dish Network 43/0 21 Out of Race
41 22 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 40/0 18 Out of Race
42 12 18 Brad Coleman * Chevrolet Carino’s Italian Grill 37/0 10 Out of Race
43 26 36 Brent Sherman Chevrolet Big Lots 34/0 10 Out of Race