Meijer 300 presented by Oreo - Kentucky Speedway

David Gilliland Pulls Kentucky Surprise
Part-time NASCAR Busch Series driver David Gilliland stunned the racing world with his first career victory in the Meijer 300 presented by Oreo at Kentucky Speedway in only his seventh series start. Like another David of another time, Gilliland took on NASCAR’s Goliaths and came out the victor. Crew chief Billy Wilburn, who guided NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace to numerous NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series wins in the past, never lost hope for a win even though Gilliland was forced to restart from 19th spot early in the race due to a bad pit stop. The young Californian driver’s impressive fourth place qualifying spot was a foretaste of things to come. Gilliland’s win was the first by a NASCAR Busch Series driver in 2006. In fact, six of the first 10 finishing positions were taken by series regulars. Following David Gilliland was a hard-charging J.J. Yeley in search of his first series win. Behind Yeley was Hamlin with Mike Wallace and Ashton Lewis Jr. rounding out the top five. Harvick, Greg Biffle, David Reutimann, Paul Menard and Robert Yates development driver Stephen Leicht made up the top 10. A total of 47 laps were run under caution. There were 11 lead changes among seven drivers with Gilliland leading 11 circuits. His average speed for the event was 116.063 mph.

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Hamlin Wins Pole at Kentucky Speedway
Denny Hamlin will start tonight’s Meijer 300 presented by Oreo at Kentucky Speedway from the pole position after winning the top starting spot in time trails this afternoon. Hamlin put down a lap of 30.376 seconds, at an average speed of 177.772 mph, to capture his fourth career Busch Pole, in his 52nd start in the series. All four of his poles have come this season; Texas Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway in April, and Darlington Raceway. In the three previous races he has started on the pole, Hamlin hasn’t finished outside of the top 10. He won at Darlington from the pole. Hamlin’s pole comes on the heels of his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory last week at Pocono Raceway. Carl Edwards starts on the outside pole, while Reed Sorenson will start from the third position. Two rookies, David Gilliland and Danny O'Quinn Jr., round out the top five starting positions.