Kyle Busch won the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Busch won the 2009 Nationwide Series championship just by starting the race.
Busch broke eight series records in 2009.
This is the first Nationwide driver championship for Joe Gibbs Racing, which won its second owners’ championship (2008).
Busch scored his 30th career series victory in his 173rd start. He is fourth all time on the career wins list, one behind third-place Jack Ingram. It was his ninth victory of 2009.
Busch led 73 of the 200 laps, including the final 36. He led the most laps for the 17th time in 2009.
Busch scored 5,682 points, the most earned by a driver in a single season in series history.
It marked the second time the champion has won the final race of the season, joining Sam Ard (1983).
Busch has finished first or second in 35 of the last 65 races, since the start of 2008.
Carl Edwards (second) scored his fourth straight top-10 finish at Homestead, the longest current streak.
Jeff Burton (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Homestead.
Joey Logano (fourth) posted his first top-10 finish at Homestead.
Denny Hamlin (fifth) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Homestead.
Brad Keselowski (12th) rebounded from a Lap 34 spin; he was running 35th on Lap 35. He ended a 16-race streak of top-10 finishes.
The 20 lead changes set a record for the most in a Nationwide race at Homestead.
Brendan Gaughan (11th) was the highest-finishing rookie contender.
Mike Bliss (16th) remained fifth in points (only the top five are on stage at the year-end banquet).(ESPN.com)(11-23-2009)
