Kyle Busch won the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Busch won from the first-place starting position, joining Reed Sorenson (March 2005) as the only two drivers to win from the pole in 17 races at Nashville.
Busch scored his fourth Nationwide win in 13 races this season, the most by any driver. It was his 25th series victory in his 151st race. He is the youngest driver to 25 victories (24 years, 1 month, 4 days).
This marked Busch’s 51st combined NASCAR victory, giving him sole possession of 11th all-time. He passed Ned Jarrett, Junior Johnson and Greg Biffle.
Busch posted his first victory at Nashville in his eighth race here. He became the 13th different winner in 17 races at Nashville. He is the first driver to lead at the halfway point and win in the past six races at Nashville.
Brad Keselowski (second) extended a streak of 10 consecutive top-15 finishes that began at Bristol. Keselowski finished 22nd, 27th and 27th in the first three races of the season before posting his first top-15 finish of the season at Bristol (12th).
This was the second Joe Gibbs Racing victory at Nashville, both in 2009. It was Gibbs’ 33rd series victory and the 13th by Busch in 32 starts with Gibbs.
Toyota posted its fifth win in 13 races in 2009. Chevy and Ford have four each.
Busch led four times for 173 laps, including the final 24 laps. He has led 1,244 laps this season, the most among all drivers. He has led the most laps in the past six series races.
Busch entered the race leading the standings by 40 points over Carl Edwards. Edwards finished third. Busch now leads the points by 65 over Edwards.
Edwards (third) has finished second, third, 10th, fifth and third in the past five races.
Jason Leffler (fifth) has scored 12 straight top-15 finishes, extending a streak that began at California in February. Leffler has finished in the top 10 in the past eight races, extending a streak that began at Nashville in April. This is the longest current streak.
Michael McDowell (eighth) was the highest-finishing rookie of the year contender.
Richard Childress Racing made its 700th series start at Nashville. Stephen Leicht finished sixth and Sean Caisse finished 29th.
The top 10 consisted of four Chevys, two Fords and four Toyotas.(ESPN.com)(6-8-2009)
