Pepsi 300 - Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville Win Sweet Music to Harvick's Ears
Kevin Harvick outran teammate Clint Bower by 0.503 seconds to win the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway and extend his ever-growing point lead. Five years ago, Harvick won the pole at Nashville Superspeedway in the inaugural Busch Series race at the lightning-fast concrete racetrack. Saturday, the 2001 series champion and current points leader, returned to the Music City to capture his first win of the season and the 18th of his career. Harvick battled last year’s winner Reed Sorenson for the final 35 laps, but Sorenson’s challenge for a repeat ended with five laps to go when he scraped the wall in Turn 4. Harvick then held off his Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer, who won the 2005 June race at Nashville, with two laps left but had a great restart and pulled away with little effort and was rewarded with the coveted Sam Bass guitar trophy. Bowyer settled for the runner-up slot, Busch Pole winner Denny Hamlin was third, J.J. Yeley was fourth and Carl Edwards was fifth. Jon Wood had his second-best finish of the season with a sixth-place finish as the highest-finishing Busch Series regular. Harvick padded his points lead, now holding a 156-point advantage over second-place Hamlin.

Pepsi 300 Notes
· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · Lap Leader Notes · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Final Practice · Rookie Final Practice Quotes · Practice 2 · Practice 1 · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Race Notes · Weekend Schedule	· Kevin Harvick Notes · Denny Hamlin Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · Todd Kluever Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Kenny Wallace Notes · John Andretti Notes · Mark McFarland Notes · Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Notes · David Green Notes · Tim Sauter Notes · Erin Crocker Notes · Raybestos Rookie Notes · MRN Notes

Hamlin Grabs Second Straight Pole Position
Denny Hamlin edged Clint Bowyer for the top starting position for today’s Pepsi 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway. Hamlin clocked in a qualifying lap of 29.034 seconds, at an average speed of 165.282 miles per hour, to win his second consecutive pole position. Hamlin’s second career pole comes in his 44th NASCAR Busch Series start. Bowyer laid down a lap of 29.058 seconds, at 165.146 mph, and will start on the outside of row number one in the second position. Rookie Danny O’Quinn Jr. qualified in the third position, followed by Reed Sorenson in fourth and Paul Menard in fifth.