Joliet, Ill. ? Johnny Sauter went 112 miles between pit stops Saturday and outran polesitter Todd Bodine following a red-flag restart to win NASCAR Busch series Tropicana Twister 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, his first career victory.

Sauter last pitted on lap 125 for fuel and four tires, along with Bodine and Joe Nemechek. The gamble paid off with the trio able to maintain track position when the race was stopped on lap 195 after Kasey Kahne crashed in turn 4.

“I don’t feel it was a fuel-mileage win,” Sauter said. “I definitely knew we were going to have enough. We just stuck to our guns.”

Bodine finished second, followed by Jeff Burton, who had the fastest car most of the day, and Nemechek.

The caution came after many of the early contenders had made final pit stops under green to take fuel. NASCAR officials stopped the field on the backstretch for five minutes, setting up the dash to the finish.

Points leader Greg Biffle was one those who pitted and found himself a lap down. He finished eighth and padded his points lead to 47 over Jason Keller and 150 over Jack Sprague. Biffle had to start from the back of the 43-car field because he changed engines after Friday’s qualifying.

The race was punctuated by numerous caution periods at the 2-year-old speedway, including a crash on lap 125 when Scott Riggs hit the wall on the backstretch on the 1.5-mile tri-oval. Riggs, who had led 50 laps of the race, was taken to a Joliet hospital, complaining of sore ribs. He was released after X-rays were negative.