RACE RECAP | LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY
10 Kurt Busch
9 Martin Truex Jr.
8 Kyle Busch
7 Casey Mears
6 Clint Bowyer
5 Joey Logano
4 Jeff Gordon
3 Kasey Kahne
2 Matt Kenseth

VICTORY LANE

1 Jimmie Johnson survived multiple restarts to win the final race for the Lowes sponsorship of the speedway. Jimmie sat on the pole, led practices, and serves notice that to win the Championship, the other drivers need to go through him.

More Johnson stats…
6th career win at Lowes
6th win this season
3rd win of the first 5 Chase races

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Some chase drivers had some problems in this one, Mark Martin and Juan Pablo Montoya got into each other on a restart, JPM finished 35th, Martin 17th

-Carl Edwards team simply missed the setup on his 99 machine for this race, and then blew a transmission, he finished 39th

-Denny Hamlin had engine problems for his second straight DNF and finishes 42nd

-Other Chase drivers finished like this: Ryan Newman 11th, Tony Stewart 13th, and Greg Biffle 16th

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News Wire Service

CONCORD, N.C. — Eleven races without a win is an eternity for Kyle Busch, but the prolific Joe Gibbs Racing driver returned to victory lane decisively Friday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Six days removed from exiting car with what was later diagnosed as pneumonia, Busch led 137 of 200 laps to win the Dollar General 300 at the 1.5-mile track. With the victory, Busch expanded his lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings to 195 points over fifth-place finisher Carl Edwards with four races left in the season.

At the end of a 21-lap green-flag run to the finish, Busch crossed the stripe 1.712 seconds ahead of runner-up Mike Bliss. Dave Blaney ran third, followed by Brian Vickers and Edwards.

The victory was Busch’s seventh in the series this season, his fifth at LMS and the 28th of his career.

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1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 5 Mark Martin
3 9 Kasey Kahne
4 17 Matt Kenseth
5 14 Tony Stewart
6 39 Ryan Newman
7 * 71 Mike Bliss
8 * 25 Brad Keselowski
9 24 Jeff Gordon
10 18 Kyle Busch
11 33 Clint Bowyer
12 20 Joey Logano #
13 47 Marcos Ambrose
14 * 02 David Gilliland
15 2 Kurt Busch
16 * 82 Scott Speed #
17 11 Denny Hamlin
18 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
19 7 Robby Gordon
20 26 Jamie McMurray

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Jeff Burton to Make 850th Career NASCAR Start at Charlotte

WELCOME, N.C. (Oct. 13, 2009) – Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton will reach another career milestone when he makes his 850th career NASCAR start in Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, driving the No. 29 Holiday Inn/Holiday Inn Express Impala SS.

Since his NASCAR debut at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on March 13, 1988, Burton has made 541 Sprint Cup Series starts, 304 Nationwide Series starts and four Camping World Truck Series starts. He will tie Bill Elliott with 850 NASCAR starts for 11th on the all-time NASCAR starts list, trailing Kyle Petty in 10th with 885 collective starts. Two weeks ago at Kansas Speedway, the South Boston, Va., native became the 26th driver to make 540 starts in NASCAR’s premier division and is one of only 12 drivers to have competed in 300-plus Nationwide Series events.

“It’s hard to imagine I’ll be making my 850th NASCAR start,” stated Burton. “I’m not one to count how many starts I have made but I can certainly say that I have a lot more starts in my future. Competing in NASCAR’s top levels of racing is something I have dreamed of since I was five years old. Thirty-seven years later, I still have a passion for what I do and I look forward to capturing more trophies and, hopefully, a championship along the way.”

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