Food City 250 - Bristol Motor Speedway

Earnhardt Jr. Wins from Pole in Thunder Valley
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was able to hold off fellow Nextel Cup competitor Matt Kenseth in the first green-white-checkered finish in the Busch series to win the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Earnhardt, who started the event from the pole position, led 125 of the event’s 256 laps to lead the most laps on the night. The race only featured four leaders on Friday evening and three of the four were regulars on the Cup circuit; Earnhardt, Kenseth (60), and Kevin Harvick (54). The only Busch series regular to lead a lap was rookie J.J. Yeley. Earnhardt outran Kenseth by .1 seconds in the two-lap shootout to capture his 20th career win in the series. Kenseth brought home the runner-up spot in the run down, while Kyle Busch was best-in-class, finishing in the third position. A pair of Davids rounded out the top five in the finishing order, with David Green finishing fourth and David Stremme finishing fifth.

Food City 250 Notes
· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Happy Hour · Starting Lineup · Ford Qualifying Quotes · Rookie Qualifying Quotes · Practice 1 · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Travis Geisler Notes · Tina Gordon Notes	· Kyle Busch Notes · Ron Hornaday Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Jason Keller Notes · Robby Gordon Notes · Kevin Harvick Notes · Kenny Wallace Notes · David Stremme Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Kevin Lepage Notes · Tony Raines Notes · Derrike Cope Notes

Dale Jr. Wins Bristol Busch Pole
In his fourth Busch series start of the season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole position for Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Earnhardt set an event record with a qualifying lap of 15.160 seconds, at an average speed of 126.570 mph, to earn his ninth series pole. Tony Raines will join Earnhardt on the front row of the starting grid, qualifying on the outside pole position, while Kenny Wallace and Kevin Harvick will start from row two.