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Brad Keselowski held off Kyle Busch by 0.515 seconds to win the NNS U.S. Cellular 250 inaugural running at Iowa Speedway (a Rusty Wallace owned track) early Saturday evening.

This is Keselowski’s fourth career win in the NNS, and his second series victory of the season.

Keselowski and Busch were followed by Jason Leffler who finished third, Carl Edwards fourth, Kelly Bires fifth, Jason Keller sixth, Kenny Wallace seventh, Raybestos Rookie contenders Michael McDowell and Scott Lagasse Jr. eighth and ninth respectively and Stephen Leicht rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 91.852 MPH
Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 22 Mins, 55 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.515 Seconds
Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 56 laps

Unofficial Top-10 in the Points Standings: 1. Kyle Busch – 3471 2. Carl Edwards – 3264 (-207 Behind Leader) 3. Brad Keselowski – 3099 (-372) 4. Jason Leffler – 2955 (-516) 5. Justin Allgaier – 2493 (-978) 6. Mike Bliss – 2479 (-992) 7. Steve Wallace – 2423 (-1048) 8. Joey Logano – 2395 (-1076) 9. Jason Keller – 2394 (-1077) 10. Brendan Gaughan – 2365 (-1106)

2009 U.S. Cellular 250 NNS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	11	88	Brad Keselowski	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	250	195	10	Running	4	121
2	27	18	Kyle Busch	Pizza Ranch Toyota	250	175	5	Running	3	84
3	15	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	250	165		Running
4	40	60	Carl Edwards	CitiFinancial Ford	250	160		Running
5	12	10	Kelly Bires	Fraternal Order of Eagles Toyota	250	155		Running
6	13	27	Jason Keller	Cottonelle/HyVee Ford	250	150		Running
7	24	28	Kenny Wallace	U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet	250	146		Running
8	9	26	Michael McDowell #	Fischer Honda Dodge	250	142		Running
9	17	11	Scott Lagasse Jr. #	America's Incredible Pizza/Fat Brain Toys Toyota	250	138		Running
10	6	29	Stephen Leicht	Holiday Inn Chevrolet	250	134		Running
11	36	15	Michael Annett #	Northland Toyota	250	130		Running
12	25	72	Benny Gordon	VSI / Samuel & Sons Ford	250	127		Running
13	5	20	Brad Coleman	BigSpot.com Toyota	250	124		Running
14	10	1	Mike Bliss	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Chevrolet	250	126	5	Running	1	3
15	2	12	Justin Allgaier #	Verizon Wireless Dodge	250	123	5	Running	1	35
16	20	83	John Borneman III	Borneman Plastering/Twisted X Boots Ford	250	115		Running
17	8	66	Steve Wallace	USfidelis Chevrolet	249	112		Running
18	18	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	249	109		Running
19	43	89	Morgan Shepherd	Eldora Speedway / Lagina Plumbing Chevrolet	249	106		Running
20	39	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Ford	249	103		Running
21	37	61	Matthew Carter	Specialty Racing Ford	248	100		Running
22	1	16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	3M Ford	248	102	5	Running	1	7
23	3	6	Erik Darnell #	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	247	94		Running
24	33	1	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	Meskwaki Bingo-Casino-Hotel Chevrolet	245	91		Running
25	21	62	Brendan Gaughan #	5-Hour Energy ES Chevrolet	244	88		Running
26	4	99	Trevor Bayne	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	244	85		Running
27	38	81	Sean Murphy	D.H. Griffin Companies Dodge	222	82		Running
28	16	2	Austin Dillon	High Point University Chevrolet	211	79		Accident
29	44	9	John Wes Townley #	Zaxby's Ford	205	76		Running
30	34	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	195	73		Running
31	7	5	Scott Wimmer	Fastenal Chevrolet	168	70		Engine
32	29	32	Brian Ickler	Dollar General Toyota	165	67		Accident
33	23	23	Ken Butler #	Aaron's Dream Machine Chevrolet	108	64		Accident
34	28	40	Aric Almirola	Westerman Companies Chevrolet	74	61		Accident
35	22	5	Casey Atwood	31-W Insulation Ford	37	58		Accident
36	41	87	Jeff Fuller	Nemco Motorsports Chevrolet	31	55		Overheating
37	31	0	Kertus Davis	sponsordavis.com Chevrolet	26	52		Brakes
38	19	49	Mark Green	GetMoreVacations.com Chevrolet	21	49		Brakes
39	35	73	Kevin Lepage	Iowa House Bed & Breakfast Dodge	19	46		Rearend
40	32	91	Chase Miller	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	9	43		Brakes
41	26	47	Coleman Pressley	ConstructionJobs.com Toyota	8	40		Engine
42	14	90	Johnny Chapman	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	7	37		Overheating
43	42	7	Mike Harmon	PMC Life Chevrolet	6	34		Brakes