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Kevin Harvick dominated the NASCAR Nationwide Series Degree V12 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as he led 131 of the 195 laps that were run.

Harvick, with his first NNS victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway, held off Kyle Busch by 1.138 seconds, to win his 34th series career race, and his second win of the 2009 NNS season.

Following Harvick and Busch to the drop of the checkered flag was pole sitter Dale Earnhardt Jr., in third, Brad Keselowski fourth, Jeff Burton fifth, Joey Logano sixth, Carl Edwards seventh, Greg Biffle eighth, David Ragan ninth and Reed Sorenson rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 145.228 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 04 Mins, 04 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.138 Seconds
Lead Changes: 13 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Attendance: 57,500

Unofficial Top-10 in the Points Standings: 1.) Kyle Busch – 4209 2.) Carl Edwards – 3988 (-221 Behind Leader) 3.) Brad Keselowski – 3917 (-292) 4.) Jason Leffler – 3532 (-677) 5.) Justin Allgaier – 3010 (-1199) 6.) Steve Wallace – 2994 (-1215) 7.) Jason Keller – 2873 (-1336) 8.) Brendan Gaughan – 2857 (-1352) 9.) Mike Bliss – 2835 (-1374) 10.) Michael McDowell – 2796 (-1413)

2009 Degree V12 300 NNS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	2	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	195	195	10	Running	6	131
2	8	18	Kyle Busch	NOS Energy Drink Toyota	195	175	5	Running	4	45
3	1	5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Degree V12 Chevrolet	195	170	5	Running	2	16
4	19	88	Brad Keselowski	DELPHI Chevrolet	195	165	5	Running	1	1
5	15	29	Jeff Burton	Holiday Inn Chevrolet	195	155		Running
6	11	20	Joey Logano	GameStop / The Beatles Rockband Toyota	194	150		Running
7	12	60	Carl Edwards	Save-a-Lot Ford	194	146		Running
8	20	16	Greg Biffle	CitiFinancial Ford	194	142		Running
9	3	6	David Ragan	Discount Tire Ford	194	138		Running
10	4	1	Reed Sorenson	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Chevrolet	193	139	5	Running	1	2
11	5	10	Kasey Kahne	Fritos Toyota	193	130		Running
12	9	98	Paul Menard	Richmond / Menards Ford	193	127		Running
13	16	32	Brian Vickers	Dollar General Toyota	193	124		Running
14	24	15	Michael Annett #	Pilot Travel Centers Toyota	192	121		Running
15	6	42	David Gilliland	moveforever.com / Arthritis.org Dodge	192	118		Running
16	7	99	Trevor Bayne	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	192	115		Running
17	33	12	Justin Allgaier #	Verizon Wireless Dodge	192	112		Running
18	29	40	Scott Wimmer	StopRepairBills.com Chevrolet	192	109		Running
19	37	1	Mike Wallace	SunDrop Chevrolet	192	106		Running
20	40	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	191	103		Running
21	18	70	Shelby Howard	ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet	191	100		Running
22	26	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Mahindra Tractors Chevrolet	191	97		Running
23	25	66	Steve Wallace	USfidelis Chevrolet	191	94		Running
24	31	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Dodge	190	91		Running
25	38	61	Matthew Carter	Bob Maddox Heating & Air Ford	189	88		Running
26	34	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Ford	189	85		Running
27	39	28	Kenny Wallace	U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet	189	82		Running
28	28	77	Peyton Sellers	SFP Chevrolet	189	79		Running
29	22	7	Chase Austin	Cavi Clothing / Macy's Chevrolet	186	76		Running
30	41	81	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	D.H. Girffin Companies Dodge	185	73		Running
31	21	62	Brendan Gaughan #	5-Hour Energy ES Chevrolet	132	70		Running
32	32	11	Kelly Bires	Ridemakerz.com Toyota	127	67		Engine
33	42	26	Brian Keselowski	Fischer Honda Dodge	71	64		Transmission
34	36	87	Mike Bliss	NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet	46	61		Handling
35	23	96	Michael McDowell #	Fischer Honda Dodge	41	58		Transmission
36	43	50	Jeremy Clements	Saxon Group / Boaty's Produce Inc. Chevrolet	38	55		Transmission
37	13	27	Jason Keller	Scott Tissue / Walmart Ford	31	52		Engine
38	30	5	Casey Atwood	31-W Insulation / CertainTeed Ford	12	49		Engine
39	35	47	Chase Miller	ConstructionJobs.com Toyota	9	46		Electrical
40	14	49	Mark Green	GetMoreVacations.com Chevrolet	9	43		Electrical
41	17	78	Kevin Lepage	DCI Dodge	6	40		Ignition
42	27	90	Johnny Chapman	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	4	37		Rear End
43	10	91	Dave Blaney	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	3	34		Electrical