…Greg Biffle won the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was his 19th Nationwide Series win in his 223rd race; his last victory came at the Auto Club Speedway in February 2006, a span of 76 races.
…Biffle ranks 18th on the all-time wins list.
…Biffle scored his first Nationwide Las Vegas victory in his eighth race there. He also has a win at Las Vegas in the Camping World Truck Series (1999).
…Biffle rebounded from a “too fast on pit road penalty” on Lap 30 and from going a lap down after running out of fuel at Lap 148. He became the ninth different Las Vegas race winner.
…Roush Fenway Racing posted its fifth Nationwide victory and 14th NASCAR victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
…Ford scored its fifth Las Vegas win.
…Eighteen drivers failed to finish the race — a track record.
…Kyle Busch, who was leading the points coming in, finished 39th. Busch is now fifth in points, 124 points behind Carl Edwards.
…Nineteen drivers were involved in on-track incidents, including Mike Bliss, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvik, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, David Ragan and pole-winner Scott Speed.
…The race featured 12 cautions for 60 laps and two red flags for 20.49 minutes. The 60 caution laps were a track record.
…The Vegas race featured a green-white-checker finish for the third time — it was extended from 200 laps to 209.
…Pole-winner Speed finished 40th after being involved in an accident that brought out the race’s third caution.
…Scott Lagasse Jr., who finished ninth, scored his first career top-10 finish.
…Michael McDowell, who finished sixth, was the highest-finishing rookie.
…Four of the drivers who finished in the top 10 were Rookie of the Year contenders.
…The top 10 consisted of two Fords, four Toyotas, three Chevys and a Dodge.(ESPN.com)(3-2-2009)
