* David Ragan won the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He became the 39th different race winner in 55 series races at Bristol. Ragan scored his second career Nationwide victory in 92 career races. It marked his second victory in 2009 — he also won at Talladega.
* Ragan became the ninth different race winner in the past nine races at Bristol.
* Ragan led once for the final 56 laps. Kevin Harvick led a race-high 91 laps.
* This was the 105th series victory for Roush Fenway Racing.
* Kyle Busch (28th) ended an 11-race streak of finishing first, second or third that dated to Nashville in June. With his lead on Lap 52, Busch has led in 21 consecutive races, the most by a driver in series history. Busch has led in 23 of the 24 races in 2009.
* Busch has a 228-point lead over second-place Carl Edwards in the Nationwide standings. Busch lost 91 points off his cushion with his 28th-place finish.
* Brad Keselowski (third) scored his sixth straight top-10 finish.
* Kevin Harvick (fourth) has scored top-10 finishes in 12 of his past 13 races at Bristol.
* Keselowski has been running at the finish in his past 57 series races, the longest current streak. His last DNF came for an accident at Las Vegas in March 2008, when he finished 23rd.
* Jason Leffler (sixth) has finished in the top 15 in 22 of the 24 races this season.
* Michael McDowell (10th) was the highest-finishing Rookie of the Year contender.
* Derrike Cope finished 26th in his 150th series race.
* This was the fourth green-white-checkered finish at Bristol and sixth in 2009.
(ESPN.com)(8-24-2009)
