On the penultimate lap Montoya pushed his way underneath Gordon for second with Hamlin shuffled back to eighth at the same time and as the field took the white flag more than 150,000 fans held their breath as they waited to see who would dare break out of line first. Sadly they wouldn't get the chance to see a grandstand finish as a multi car crash triggered by the already damaged vehicles of Earnhardt Jr and McMurray wiped out more than a dozen cars in turn two including poleman Nemechek, the luckless Stremme, points leader Jeff Burton and his RCR teammate Kevin Harvick and defending series champion Jimmie Johnson.
By the time he was half way down the back straight the yellow flags were out and Busch was officially the winner on a day where it was his two teammates who looked the most likely to triumph but where the youngest member of the team actually drove the smartest race, save for the pit road incident.
Busch was quick to thank Montoya for pushing him to the front and while the Colombian ace was disappointed not to have had the opportunity to challenge for the win he was pleased with his best Sprint Cup oval finish to date. Hamlin fought back to third but will rue his lost opportunity after having the strongest car for most of the day with Ragan an excellent fourth and Brian Vickers completing the top five for
Red Bull Racing.
Travis Kvapil claimed a welcome sixth place for Yates Racing with Casey Mears the highest placed Hendrick Motorsports finisher in seventh. Newman, Clint Bowyer and Earnhardt Jr rounded out the top ten.
Robby Gordon fought from a lap down to claim eleventh place with Burton and Johnson 12th and 13th respectively after getting involved in the final lap skirmish. Menard and Gilliland were rewarded for a fine pair of drives with 14th and 15th places while Jeff Gordon wound up 19th after suffering damage on the final lap.
![Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. [Pic Credit image.net]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/411976.jpg)
