It marks Kyle's 24th victory in the series and his 3rd win plus 8th top-10 finish this season. It's also his 3rd win and 8th top-10 @ Richmond.
Kyle started 3rd; went to the front for the first time on lap 3 and would go on to lead 4 times for the race high 117 laps.
"I feel like tonight was a good night to get back on track," Busch said. "Tonight was a race that mattered and we had our biggest challenger behind us in Carl, so it was nice to beat him out, straight up, and we had some other issues with the car that we fought through."Jason Smith/Getty Images
It could (obviously) turn out to be one of the best ways that Kyle could celebrate his birthday. Busch turns 24 on Saturday.
Edwards seemed like he might be one of the only contenders for Kyle over the course of the evening. Carl held on for a 2nd place finish saying, "he smoked me on the restarts. I did everything I could. That car that he's got there just runs really well on those restarts. I could probably do a little bit better job, but I did the best I could on that last one, and I couldn't get near him. But it's a great race car, and even though it's second, it's still a decent points day, and it's good to be this strong here at Richmond."
The polesitter, Matt Kenseth finished 3rd followed by Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, (Busch's teammate) Joey Logano, Mark Martin, rookie Michael McDowell, Jason Keller and Jason Leffler - rounding out the top 10.
For the complete (unofficial) results, please click here.
There were 10 cautions for 58 laps and 7 lead changes among 4 drivers: M. Kenseth 1-2; K. Busch 3-12; M. Bliss 13-70; K. Busch 71-94; M. Bliss 95-98; K. Busch 99-157; C. Edwards 158-228; K. Busch 229-250.
Kyle Busch extended his points lead over Carl Edwards by 82 points as the series heads out of Richmond.
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