* Mike Bliss won the Nationwide Series CarQuest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, which had a delayed start due to a late afternoon rain shower and finished with more rain on Lap 170 of 200. Bliss started from the rear. The last driver to win from the rear after an engine change at Lowe’s was Jeff Burton in October 2007. The last driver to win from the rear of any race was Carl Edwards at Memphis last October for a driver change.
* Bliss posted his second series victory in his 154th career start. He became the eighth series winner in 2009. His first series victory came at Lowe’s in October 2004. This was his second victory in nine races at Lowe’s. He led three times for 21 laps, including the final four.
* This was the 12th victory for Phoenix Racing. Phoenix Racing’s last win came at Milwaukee in June 2005, when Johnny Sauter won when the race was shortened after 200 of the 250 scheduled laps. Bliss is the sixth different driver to win for Phoenix Racing.
* The last rain-shortened race was at Montreal last August, won by Ron Fellows.
* Chevy posted its third win in 11 races in 2009. Ford and Toyota each have four wins this season.
* Kyle Busch, the points leader by 37 entering the race over Carl Edwards, finished third. Despite his second-place qualifying effort, Busch started at the rear of the field because of an engine change. He now leads the points by 73 over Edwards, who finished 10th. Busch scored his 22nd top-three finish in his last 41 series races.
* Edwards has finished second, third and 10th in the past three series races.
* Brendan Gaughan (finished second) posted his career-best finish. He was the highest-finishing rookie of the year contender of the seven rookies in the race.
* Jason Leffler (sixth) has scored 10 straight top-15 finishes, extending a streak that began at California in February. Leffler has finished in the top 10 in the past six series races, extending a streak that began at Nashville.
* Brad Keselowski (eighth) extended a streak of eight consecutive top-15 finishes that began at Bristol. Keselowski was in his third car of the weekend after crashing two cars in practice. Keselowski finished 22nd, 27th and 27th in the first three races of the season before posting his first top-15 finish of the season.
* The top 10 consisted of four Chevys, two Fords and four Toyotas.(ESPN.com)(5-27-2009)
