Kyle Busch won the Shelby 427, his 13th victory in 153 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2009.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch is the first driver to win the Shelby 427 from the pole.
His last win came on Aug. 10, 2008 at Watkins Glen International.
This marks the fifth consecutive season that Kyle Busch has won races in all three of NASCARs national series. He swept NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck races at Auto Club Speedway on Feb. 21.
This is the first NASCAR Sprint Cup win for Joe Gibbs Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Clint Bowyer (second) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2009.
Jeff Burton (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 12 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 18 points over Clint Bowyer.
Jeff Gordon led his 20,000th lap to rank seventh in NASCAR Sprint Cup history. Gordon now has led 20,006 laps.
Fourteen caution periods sets a record for the Shelby 427. Sixty six caution laps also is a race record.
Joey Logano (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(3-1-2009)