In a fitting end to the 2009 Nationwide Series season, Kyle Busch had two reasons to do a celebratory burnout.
After signing in and putting his car on the grid before Saturday’s Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Busch clinched the Nationwide Series championship. That was a mere formality. Two hundred laps later, he crossed the finish line .482 seconds ahead of charging Carl Edwards to win his ninth race of the season and the 30th of his career. NASCAR
Jeff Burton, Joey Logano and Hamlin round out the top five. Keselowski, third in the final standings, was 12th.
Busch became the first Nationwide champ to win the season finale since Sam Ard in 1983.
“It hasn’t been done in a long time, so I guess you know how hard it is to do for someone to come out here and win the final race of the year,” Busch said. The Associated Press
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota 5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 6 32 David Reutimann Toyota 7 33 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 8 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 9 99 Scott Speed Toyota 10 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 11 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 12 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 13 27 Jason Keller Ford 14 198 Paul Menard Ford 15 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 16 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 17 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 18 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 19 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 20 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 21 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 22 26 Kevin Conway Chevrolet 23 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 24 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 25 122 Parker Kligerman Dodge 26 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 27 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 28 24 Eric McClure Ford 29 5 Kelly Bires Chevrolet 30 31 Tim Andrews Chevrolet 31 6 Erik Darnell * Ford 32 10 Justin Marks Toyota 33 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 34 81 Blake Koch Dodge 35 7 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 36 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 37 47 Chase Miller Toyota 38 61 Kenny Hendrick Ford 39 5 Mark Day Chevrolet 40 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 41 192 Dennis Setzer Dodge 42 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 43 37 Kevin Hamlin Ford
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