Edwards remained in second spot for the final 75 lap stretch to the chequered flag but Busch clearly had the field covered, leading by three seconds on lap 330, five on lap 340 and eight seconds with 50 laps remaining. Despite being held up by Martin Truex Jr and Jimmie Johnson who, whilst running sixth and seventh were in danger of being lapped, Busch was able to keep his lead above five seconds as the race entered its final stages. After some considerable coaxing by the team Kyle finally backed off his pace slightly in the final five laps but was still able to coast across the finish line for his fourth win of the year with ample room to spare, extending his points lead to more than 100 in the process.
After watching Hamlin run away with the Nationwide Series race on Saturday Edwards found himself in a similar position on Sunday with second the best he could possibly hope for. Whilst Edwards was by no means happy the result, coupled with the misfortunes of others, helps overcome his 100-point penalty incurred following his Las Vegas indiscretions.
Biffle claimed third, more than ten seconds behind Busch and after dominating at Darlington before mechanical troubles put him out and then running second in both the All Star race and the Coca Cola 600, another strong run has put the 2005 series runner up into the top five in the driver points standings with 13 races left before the cut-off for the ‘Chase for the Championship.'
Matt Kenseth made it three Roush-Fenway cars in the top four with his first top five finish since the second race of the year in Fontana while Jeff Gordon and defending Best Buy 400 winner Martin Truex Jr the only other two unlapped runners in fifth and sixth places respectively.
Jimmie Johnson overcame a speeding penalty on pit road to finish seventh, albeit a lap down while Jeff Burton lost his one hundred per cent laps completed record this year despite registering an eighth place finish. Dave Blaney put in one of his best drives of the year to take ninth with Jamie McMurray rounding out the top ten in the fourth Roush-Fenway entry.
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