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Kurt Busch (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

This is Busch’s second series career win of the 2009 season and his first win at Texas Motor Speedway.

The current series points leader, Jimmie Johnson, came into Texas with a 184 point lead over second place Mark Martin, but on lap three, Johnson’s day turned bad when Sam Hornish Jr., got into Johnson. Johnson took a big hit, both in hitting the wall, and in the points standings, as he ended up 129 laps down and finishing in 38th. Johnson now leads Mark Martin by 73 points with two races left to determine the championship.

Following Busch and Hamlin to the drop of the checkered flag were Matt Kenseth finishing third, Mark Martin fourth, Kevin Harvick fifth, Tony Stewart sixth, Clint Bowyer seventh, Greg Biffle eighth, Jeff Burton ninth and A J Allmendinger rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 147.137 MPH
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 24 Mins, 18 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 25.686 Seconds
Lead Changes: 13 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Attendance: 167,000

Unofficial Top-12 in the Points Standings:

1. Jimmie Johnson – 6297
2. Mark Martin – 6224 (-73 Points Behind Leader)
3. Jeff Gordon – 6185 (-112)
4. Kurt Busch – 6126 (-171)
5. Tony Stewart – 6119 (-178)
6. Juan Pablo Montoya – 6061 (-236)
7. Greg Biffle – 6050 (-247)
8. Denny Hamlin – 5975 ( -322)
9. Ryan Newman – 5973 65 (-324)
10. Kasey Kahne – 5898 (-399)
11. Carl Edwards – 5857 (-440)
12. Brian Vickers – 5777 (-520)

2009 Dickies 500 NSCS Race Results