Hometown boy Brad Keselowski took advantage of a pitched battle between Kyle Busch and polesitter Brian Vickers—one that continued after Saturday’s Carfax 250 Nationwide Series race—to win for the third time in 2009.
With Busch and Vickers battling on the bottom of the track, Keselowski took advantage of the outside line to pass both drivers on the final lap, with Vickers finishing second and Busch third in a race that stretched Busch’s lead in the series standings to 339 points on Carl Edwards. NASCAR
Busch and Vickers pitted with most of the lead-lap cars after a caution with 20 laps to go. They lined up in the second row for the restart behind Justin Allgaier, who stayed on the track, and Keselowski, who took only two tires, for a 12-lap dash to the finish.
Busch immediately took the lead when Vickers got hung up behind Allgaier, but came back to challenge and the two were side-by-side when another caution came out with 10 laps left.
Vickers chose the outside lane on the final restart with seven laps remaining, and was poised to run away with the race. Busch caught back up and the two appeared ready to fight it out on the final lap when Keselowski came seemingly out of nowhere. The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 2 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 6 David Ragan Ford 5 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 5 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 7 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 9 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 10 198 Paul Menard Ford 11 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 12 1 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 13 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 14 10 David Reutimann Toyota 15 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 16 214 Justin Lofton Toyota 17 26 Michael McDowell * Dodge 18 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 19 2 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 20 27 Jason Keller Ford 21 81 J.J. Yeley Dodge 22 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 23 20 Brad Coleman Toyota 24 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 25 150 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 26 61 Matt Carter Ford 27 87 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 28 24 Eric McClure Ford 29 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 30 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 31 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 32 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 33 234 Tony Raines Dodge 34 52 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 35 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 36 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 37 47 Chase Miller Toyota 38 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 39 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 40 60 Carl Edwards Ford 41 31 Kevin Hamlin Chevrolet 42 196 Dennis Setzer Dodge 43 192 Willie Allen Dodge
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