NSCS - Shelby 427

Bigger than the Daytona 500 to Kyle Busch.

"It's bigger than winning the Daytona 500. I said it wasn't going to be, but it is" Kyle Busch said of his first win at his hometown track. Kyle's Mother and big brother Kurt were among the first to congratulate him in victory lane.

This one will take a second to sort out. It will go down in NASCAR's history book that Kyle Busch won the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the pole, although he had to start the race at the back of the field due to an engine change. A pole sitter has never won a race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway nor has a race winner come from as far back in the field to win either. It's Kyle Busch's 13th career victory in 153 Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His last win came on Aug. 10, 2008 at Watkins Glen International. It's also the first Cup win for Joe Gibbs Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Matt Kenseth was unable to go 3 in a row. He barely got going. On lap 4 he had his #17 on pit road with the crew under the hood. His engine blew on lap 7. Kenseth finished last for just the 2nd time in his cup career. His Roush Fenway teammate David Ragan also experienced engine trouble. He ran 72 laps and finished 42nd.

Jimmie Johnson dominated the start of the race and led a race high 92 laps. His teammate, Jeff Gordon led for 17 laps early on. He led his 20,000th lap to rank seventh in series history. Gordon now has led 20,006 laps.

RCR's Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton finished 2-3. David Reutimann held on for a 4th place finish; a career best. Bobby Labonte finished 5th followed by Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr rounding out the top 10.

There were 16 lead changes among 12 drivers:

Kyle Busch 0; J. Johnson 1-50; C. Edwards 51-52; J. Logano # 53; Kyle Busch 54-55; R. Gordon 56; J. Johnson 57-75; K. Harvick 76-84; G. Biffle 85-124; K. Kahne 125; J. Johnson 126-148; J. Gordon 149-165; Kurt Busch 166; J. Burton 167-227; Kyle Busch 228-259; C. Bowyer 260-268; Kyle Busch 269-285.

There were 14 caution periods for 66 laps; a new record for both.

Jeff Gordon now leads the point standings by 18 points over Clint Bowyer.