NSCS - Food City 500 @ Bristol 3-22-09

Kyle Busch won the Food City 500 in dominant fashion! What a difference 24 hours can make. Kyle dominated the Nationwide Series race @ Bristol on Saturday, but problems during a late race pit stop took him out of contention to win. Fast Forward to Sunday, Kyle lead 378 of 503 laps and held off his teammate on the green-white-checkered finish on his way to victory lane.

"It was a good day for us. The Snickers Toyota was really fast. We knew it was fast. We knew it was going to be a good race car coming here from our performance last fall. We fine tuned on it a little bit here and there. We need to work on the qualifying package a little bit. Ultimately, it doesn't really matter where you start here. You have to bide your time, take it easy when you have a car that's good. It was a very satisfying day today. We had a great run there. We really enjoyed it. So hopefully all the Mars family is happy today. Bringing home the Snickers brand to Victory Lane was cool." Kyle Busch (photo credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

It's Kyle's 2nd win of the season and 14th career. The Busch brothers have now won the past 3 races. It's nothing new for the 2. They won 4 consecutive races last year. Kurt finished 11th Sunday.

Kyle's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin held on for a runner up finish. Jimmie Johnson brought it home where he started - 3rd. Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne round out the top 5.

There were 9 cautions for 58 laps and 13 lead changes among 7 drivers:

M. Martin 1-2; R. Newman 3-27; J. Johnson 28-68; Kyle Busch 69-124; D. Reutimann 125; Kyle Busch 126-190; D. Hamlin 191; M. Waltrip 192-193; Kyle Busch 194-316; D. Hamlin 317-321; J. Johnson 322-368; Kyle Busch 369-443; D. Hamlin 444; Kyle Busch 445-503

Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 76 over Kurt Busch.