Into the final corner and Busch still led with help from his brother Kurt while McMurray had Edwards behind him on the high side. Busch led out of turn four and seemed set for victory until his brother and Edwards briefly engaged in a scrap for third, which cost him his drafting partner. As they raced towards the line McMurray pinched Busch to the low groove, getting a critical side draft in the process and managed to get his nose marginally in front of Busch's front fender just metres from the finish line.
The final margin of victory was five thousandths of a second, the second closest since NASCAR introduced electronic timing and scoring in 1993 as McMurray claimed his first win in 166 races and just the second of his Cup career. Busch was left to bemoan the lack of help from his teammates as he claimed second with Kurt Busch hanging on for third and Edwards taking fourth.
Next to Kyle, Gordon was the best placed Hendrick finisher in fifth; handsomely increasing his championship lead in the process while Biffle, Bowyer, Matt Kenseth, Kahne and Johnson completed the top ten.
Gilliland recovered from his late spin to finish 11th with
Daytona 500 runner-up Mark Martin taking 17th after a largely anonymous evening. Mears slipped to 19th on tyres that were 50 laps old at the end while Montoya was 32nd after losing several laps in the pits.
Harvick led the list of ‘walking wounded' in 34th with Earnhardt Jr 36th, Stewart 38th and Hamlin 43rd after losing some 60 laps in the pits.
![Jamie McMurray [pic credit: Ford media/Autostock]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/283688.jpg)
