Emerson Radio 250 - Richmond International Raceway

Kyle Busch Dominates from the Pole at Richmond
As far as Kyle Busch was concerned, a two-lap dash to the finish was no different from the 250 laps that preceded it. After a red-flag period that lasted six minutes, in a race that went two laps beyond its posted distance, Busch pulled away from Carl Edwards in a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win the Emerson Radio 250 NASCAR Busch Series race Friday night at Richmond International Raceway. Busch crossed the finish line .868 seconds ahead of Edwards, the series points leader. Ryan Newman ran third, followed by Matt Kenseth, who stopped for four tires under caution with 12 laps left and restarted 10th on Lap 242. Mike Bliss came home fifth, followed by Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, Scott Wimmer, Kasey Kahne and Jason Keller. Busch led 227 of the 252 laps in collecting his second Busch Series win in 15 starts this season and the ninth of his career. Kenseth appeared to have an answer for Busch in the middle stages of the race. On Lap 143, Kenseth powered past Busch at the start/finish line and held the top spot until Paul Menard spun in Turn 1 on Lap 161 and slammed into the outside wall. Running right behind Menard's lapped car at the time, Kenseth was hard on the brakes to avoid contact, but the driver of the No. 17 Ford spun down to the apron in Turn 2 after checking up behind Menard's No. 15 Chevy. Kenseth lost three spots in the process, and Busch regained the lead. On pit road during the caution, Kenseth fell to sixth during the yellow-flag stops. The loss of track position effectively ended Kenseth's chance to win the race. "Kenseth had the car to beat today, and I knew that," Busch said. "But our car was right there with him. He got the lead from us a couple of times. Then he spun himself out over there with the lapped car." Kenseth said the spin was unavoidable. "The 15 was so close to me I couldn't stop," Kenseth said, "so I had to turn the wheel a little bit, and my car was so loose it just spun out." Thereafter, Busch stayed in front, comfortably ahead of Edwards in the second position, until AJ Allmendinger's spin on the frontstretch brought out the seventh caution of the race on Lap 236. After the restart on Lap 242, Busch opened a 10-car-length gap over Edwards before oil on the track from Derrike Cope's blown engine brought the yellow flag on Lap 246 and the stoppage with three laps left.

Emerson Radio 250 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 · John Graham Notes · Tim McCreadie Notes · Bryan Clauson Notes · A.J. Allmendinger Notes

· Carl Edwards Notes · Kevin Harvick Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · David Ragan Notes · Marcos Ambrose Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Scott Wimmer Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Kasey Kahne Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Kelly Bires Notes · Paul Menard Notes · Bobby Labonte Notes · Brad Keselowski Notes · Eric McClure Notes · Ryan Newman Notes · Landon Cassill Notes · Alex Garcia Notes · Brian Vickers Notes

Kyle Busch Captures Busch Pole at RIR
Kyle Busch won the Busch Pole for the Emerson Radio 250, lapping the Richmond International Raceway in 21.361 seconds at 126.399 mph. This is Busch’s 11th Busch Pole in 104 career NASCAR Busch Series races. This is Busch’s third Busch Pole and his eighth top-10 start in 15 NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007. This is Busch’s second Busch Pole and third top-10 start in eight races at Richmond International Raceway. His other Busch Pole and other top-10 start came in his first two races here (2004). He had not qualified better than 12th in his past five Richmond starts. Matt Kenseth posted the second-fastest lap at 21.381 seconds, 126.280 mph and will join Busch on the front row. This is Kenseth’s eighth top-10 start in 16 Richmond races. It is his 11th top-10 start in 18 NASCAR Busch Series races this season. Jamie McMurray (third) posted his third top-10 start in 16 NASCAR Busch Series races this season and his first better than 10th. It is just his second top-10 start in 10 races at Richmond. Brad Keselowski (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.