Jeff Gordon didn’t win Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he came up clutch when it counted most.

NSCS Recap: Big Brother Dominates At Atlanta
HAMPTON, GA. — The other Busch won this one. Big Brother. Kurt. The Busch that won a championship before his little brother hit the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series scene a few years ago.

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Last week in the Busch Brothers’ hometown, Las Vegas, it was young Kyle winning the race.

Sunday, in Atlanta, it was Kurt’s day to shine and shine he did. Literally driving the wheels off his Miller Lite Penske Dodge, Kurt led a whopping 234 of the 325-lap Kobalt Tools 500, banging into the outside retaining wall several times in the process.

It was the elder Busch’s first win of the season and he did it in very convincing fashion.

When the 10th caution of the day waved with just three laps remaining and Busch leading, it set the stage for an exciting green, white, checkered flag finish. All the lead cars pitted for tires and Carl Edwards beat Busch and Jeff Gordon back on the track.

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RACE RECAP | ATLANTA
10 Martin Truex Jr.
9 Jimmie Johnson
8 Tony Stewart
7 Kasey Kahne
6 Clint Bowyer
5 Brian Vickers
4 Kevin Harvick
3 Carl Edwards
2 Jeff Gordon

1 VICTORY LANE

Kurt Busch takes home his 19th career win, started on outside pole, led the most laps, on his way to the #2 team’s 3rd top 10 in 2009. Second win in Atlanta.  A new celebration was born with a victory lap in reverse.

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OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

Reed Sorenson into the wall on lap 2

Bobby Labonte spun, and blew an engine

Travis Kvapil blew an engine (Roush/Yates)

Crew member was in the grass near Turn 1 getting a tire…smart move buddy

Tony Stewart didn’t get enough fuel, only 3 gallons…pit road mistakes continue

Kurt Busch passed Jeff Gordon like he was standing still

Quote of the Race: Junior to 88 crew: “If a wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack all of you with a hammer.”  Two free passes for Jr. today

Sam Hornish and Bill Elliott wreck, Tony Stewart gets lap back

Mark Martin blew a tire destroying his #5 machine

Jimmie Johnson caught speeding on pit road, Jeff Gordon’s crew dropped a lug

Scott Speed wrecks after hitting David Ragan, taking Greg Biffle with him

Joey Logano hit the wall hard, tapped by former driver of the the #20 Tony Stewart

11 Cautions in this race, causing a Green-White-Checkered finsish

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Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, was transported by ambulance from the infield care center at Atlanta Motor Speedway to the emergency room of a local hospital, where he is being treated for kidney stones, NASCAR officials confirmed Saturday.

It wasn’t the only time Tony Stewart has been at odds with Goodyear over the tires it brought to a Sprint Cup race, but the rant he went on before, during and after last spring’s event at Atlanta Motor Speedway was certainly one of his most passionate.