RoadLoans.com 200 - Dover International Speedway

Hamlin Battles Through Flu to Win at Dover
Fighting off the effects of the flu, Denny Hamlin passed Martin Truex Jr. with 14 laps left in the RoadLoans.com 200 NASCAR Busch Series race on Saturday at Dover International Speedway and pulled away to win his third race of the season. Hamlin, who had to take on fluids intravenously before the race, pitted for four tires and fuel under caution on Lap 167. He restarted eighth on Lap 170 and gained two positions before the caution flag flew for a track-record-tying 13th time because of AJ Allmendinger's spin in Turn 2 on Lap 171. After the race restarted on Lap 175, Hamlin picked off the five cars ahead of him, passing third-place finisher Matt Kenseth for second on Lap 183 and Truex, the race runner-up, in a drag race through Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 186. Hamlin beat Truex to the finish line by 1.797 seconds to claim his fifth career NASCAR Busch Series victory. Mike Bliss finished fourth, and Reed Sorenson came home fifth. Series points leader Carl Edwards, rookie Brad Keselowski, veteran Jason Keller, polesitter Greg Biffle and David Reutimann completed the top 10. Keselowski tied his career best finish while Keller came within one start of tying Tommy Houston’s series record of 417. He’ll go for that mark next weekend at Kansas. "I need a nap," Hamlin said after climbing from his No. 20 Chevrolet in victory lane. "I hated to stay in it and maybe risk tomorrow (in Sunday's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race), but I don't think I did. When the car handles that well, you're able to find something down in you that maybe you can't normally find." With enough carnage on the racetrack to cause 13 cautions, Dover produced its customary share of raw emotion. After Robby Gordon clipped the No. 33 Chevrolet of Tony Raines on Lap 58 and turned the car into the wall, Raines climbed from his car under caution and threw his helmet at Gordon's No. 27 Ford. "I want to thank RoadLoans.com for sponsoring (my) racecar and sponsoring the race," Raines said. "Unfortunately, they can't keep idiots like Robby Gordon from driving in the race." Jason Leffler wasn't as gracious in his criticism of Richard Johns, after the two wrecked on a restart on Lap 141. Running consistently in the top five before the crash, Leffler said it was a shame to be wrecked by a driver "who doesn't have the credentials to be in the Busch Series." With Scott Wimmer finishing 32 laps down in 29th place, Edwards' Roush Fenway Ford regained the lead in the race for the NASCAR Busch Series owners' championship by 39 points over the No. 29 of Richard Childress Racing.

RoadLoans.com 200 Notes
· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Toyota Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · WIX Filters Lap Leader Notes · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Final Practice · Practice 2: Rookie Practice · Practice 1 · Rookie Friday Quotes · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Casey Atwood Notes	· Carl Edwards Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · David Ragan Notes · Marcos Ambrose Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Scott Wimmer Notes · Dave Blaney Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Bobby Labonte Notes · Brad Keselowski Notes · Eric McClure Notes · Kelly Bires Notes · Tony Raines Notes · Landon Cassill Notes · Chase Miller Notes · A.J. Allmendinger Notes

Biffle Captures Dover Busch Pole
Greg Biffle won the Busch Pole for today's RoadLoans.com 200, lapping the Dover International Speedway in 23.310 seconds, at an average speed of 154.440 mph. This is Biffle’s 13th Busch Pole in 200 career NASCAR Busch Series races as well as his second pole and 11th top-10 start in 26 NASCAR Busch Series starts in 2007. This is Biffle’s 10th top-10 start in 13 Dover races, but his first better than third. Carl Edwards posted the second-fastest lap at 23.394 seconds, 153.886 mph and will join Biffle on the all- Roush front row. This is Edwards’ fifth top-10 start in six Dover races and his third from the front row. It is his 19th top-10 start in this season, but just his second in the past seven races. Dave Blaney (third) posted his ninth top-10 start in 21 NASCAR Busch Series races this season It is just his fifth top-10 start in 12 races at Dover. Brad Coleman (12th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.