*Kyle Busch won the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was his 12th series victory in his 63rd start.
*Busch’s victory ended a five-race winning streak for Ron Hornaday Jr., who finished third. Hornaday did not lead in the race, ending a streak of 12 straight races led. Busch led twice for 82 laps, including the final 77. Jason White led a race-high 86 laps, the most of the evening. White had led only 17 laps prior.
*Busch tied Lee Petty for 10th place in combined NASCAR wins with 54.
*Nine of Busch’s wins came with crew chief Richie Wauters. It was Busch’s first race back with Wauters since 2008.
*Hornaday has a 211-point lead over Matt Crafton in the series standings.
*Billy Ballew Motorsports scored its 13th series win.
*Toyota scored its fourth series win at Bristol and seventh of 2009, tying Chevrolet.
*Matt Crafton (second) scored his seventh top-5 finish in 15 races in 2009. It marked Crafton’s 100th career top-10 finish.
*J.R. Fitzpatrick (11th) was the best of the six Rookie of the Year contenders in the race.
*The race was slowed five times, the fewest number of cautions in the 12 races at Bristol.
*The top 10 consisted of seven Toyotas and three Chevrolets.(ESPN.com)(8-25-2009)
