Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 - Phoenix International Raceway

Bowyer Wins Busch Race at Phoenix
Clint Bowyer held off Matt Kenseth over the final six laps and took the checkered flag under caution in Friday night's NASCAR Busch Series Bashas' Supermarkets 200, as J.J. Yeley and Jon Wood crashed in Turn 2 on the last lap at Phoenix International Raceway. Jeff Burton, Bowyer's Richard Childress Racing teammate, finished third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards, who extended his points lead over 10th-place finisher Dave Blaney to 424 points. Burton made a run at Kenseth three laps from the finish as Kenseth overdrove Turn 1, and that allowed Bowyer to pull away slightly. Bowyer led four times for 120 laps. "When I saw that green car (Kenseth's Ford) off my bumper, that was when it got a lot more comfortable," said Bowyer, who posted his first Busch win of the season and the fourth of his career. "Man, that thing was just way too close there for a long time -- he was just so great there on the restarts." Kenseth, who led 17 laps late in the race, had just surrendered the top spot to Bowyer when caution slowed the field on Lap 188. Kenseth got the nose of his Ford in front of Bowyer's Chevy at the start/finish line on Lap 170 and completed a pass for the lead through Turns 1 and 2. Bowyer harried Kenseth to the inside for the next 15 laps, and the two cars came to the stripe in a dead heat on Lap 186. When Bowyer and Kenseth came to the line on the Lap 187, Bowyer held the lead by .039 seconds and cleared Kenseth out of Turn 2, before Stephen Leicht's cut right front tire brought out the 10th caution of the race.

Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Notes

· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Toyota Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Final Practice · Practice 2: Rookie Practice · Practice 1 · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Ryan Newman Notes · Mike Bliss Notes · Timothy Peters Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes

· Carl Edwards Notes · Dave Blaney Notes · Kevin Harvick Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Marcos Ambrose Notes · David Ragan Notes · Shane Huffman Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · Juan Pablo Montoya Notes · Jon Wood Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Jeff Burton Notes · David Stremme Notes · Todd Kluever Notes · Eric McClure Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Tony Raines Notes · Casey Mears Notes

Kyle Busch Captures Busch Series Pole at Phoenix
Kyle Busch won the Busch Pole for the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. This is his 10th pole in 96 NASCAR Busch Series races and second of the 2007 season. Busch turned a lap of 27.169 seconds, at an average speed of 132.504 mph, to capture his second pole at Phoenix, with his first coming in 2004. Kyle last won a Busch Pole at Atlanta in March earlier this season. This is the third time this season Busch has started from the top five and fifth time from the top 10. Clint Bowyer will start from the second position. This is Bowyer’s best starting position at Phoenix International Raceway. His previous best start was 14th in April, 2005. This is the third time this season Bowyer has started from inside the top five. Matt Kenseth will roll off third, the fourth time this season he has started from inside the top 10. Regan Smith qualified in the fifth position as the highest qualifying Busch regular.