Catchfence

Kyle Busch, who at one time was penalized to the back of the line of the lead lap for speeding down pit road, came back to take the lead and capture the NNS CampingWorld.com 300 victory at Auto Club Speedway (this was the third time this season that Busch has won a NNS race after being penalized).

This was Busch’s 12th series win of the 2010 season, his 42nd series career win and his 4th series win at Auto Club Speedway.

Following Busch to the drop of the checkered flag were Brad Keselowski finishing in second, Kevin Harvick finishing third, Carl Edwards fourth, Joey Logano fifth, Aric Almirola sixth, Ryan Newman seventh, Justin Allgaier eighth, Mike Bliss ninth and Reed Sorenson rounding out the top-ten finishers.

Brad Keselowski now has a 384 point lead over second-place Carl Edwards in the point standings.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 123.669 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 25 Mins, 33 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.034 Seconds
Lead Changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 33 laps
Attendance: 25,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings: 1. Brad Keselowski – 4764; 2. Carl Edwards – 4380 (-384 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Kyle Busch – 4279 (-485) 4. Justin Allgaier – 3938 (-826) 5. Paul Menard – 3866 (-898) 6. Kevin Harvick – 3763 (-1001) 7. Joey Logano – 3392 (-1372) 8. Trevor Bayne – 3391 (-1373) 9. Steve Wallace – 3351 (-1413) 10. Jason Leffler – 3315 (-1449)

Next Up: The teams return to the final COT car race with the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, Oct. 15th at 8:00 PM (EST). The teams will have two practice/test sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 13th with the first session scheduled to run from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST) and the second session from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (EST).

2010 NNS CampingWorld.com 300 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	18	Kyle Busch	NOS Energy Drink Toyota	150	190	5	Running	4	38
2	3	22	Brad Keselowski	America's Tire Dodge	150	175	5	Running	1	22
3	2	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	150	175	10	Running	4	86
4	6	60	Carl Edwards	Copart Ford	150	165	5	Running	1	3
5	5	20	Joey Logano	GameStop/Triton Toyota	150	155		Running
6	8	88	Aric Almirola	GT Vodka Chevrolet	150	150		Running
7	10	1	Ryan Newman	El Monterey Chevrolet	150	146		Running
8	11	12	Justin Allgaier	Verizon Wireless Dodge	150	142		Running
9	16	40	Mike Bliss	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	150	138		Running
10	12	32	Reed Sorenson	Dollar General Toyota	150	134		Running
11	20	17	Trevor Bayne	Roush-Fenway Ford	150	130		Running
12	7	98	Paul Menard	Richmond/Menards Ford	150	127		Running
13	35	16	Colin Braun #	Con-way Ford	150	124		Running
14	30	87	Joe Nemechek	Gator.com Chevrolet	150	121		Running
15	23	9	Brian Scott #	Shore Lodge Ford	150	118		Running
16	25	35	Jason Keller	Tri Star Motorsports Chevrolet	150	115		Running
17	18	11	James Buescher #	BigSpot.com Toyota	150	112		Running
18	27	81	Michael McDowell	Red Line Oil/Drive Reply Dodge	150	109		Running
19	37	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	150	106		Running
20	22	15	Michael Annett	Pilot Flying J Coffee Toyota	150	103		Running
21	15	1	Mike Wallace	JDavisMotorsports.com Chevrolet	150	100		Running
22	21	5	Willie Allen	31-W/ALS Association Chevrolet	150	97		Running
23	42	28	Kenny Wallace	Blue Ox Chevrolet	149	94		Running
24	28	83	John Borneman III	Twisted X Boots/Red Line Oil Ford	149	91		Running
25	4	99	Martin Truex Jr.	Torrent Toyota	149	93	5	Running	1	1
26	39	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	R3 Motorsports Chevrolet	148	85		Running
27	41	70	Mark Green	Blue Ox Chevrolet	148	82		Running
28	38	21	Morgan Shepherd	Victory in Jesus Chevrolet	148	79		Running
29	17	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #	Blackwell Angus Ford	147	76		Running
30	14	7	Danica Patrick	Tissot/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	141	73		Accident
31	36	10	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Toyota	141	70		Accident
32	29	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota	125	67		Accident
33	9	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	78	64		Accident
34	40	27	Brad Baker	Baker Curb Racing Ford	27	61		Handling
35	32	90	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	D'Hondt Humphrey Racing Chevrolet	21	58		Transmission
36	19	91	David Gilliland	D'Hondt Humphrey Racing Chevrolet	16	55		Electrical
37	13	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	15	52		Engine
38	43	52	Kevin Lepage	BH Contractors/Blaha Construction Chevrolet	10	49		Rear End
39	34	7	Danny Efland	Danny Efland Racing Chevrolet	6	46		Ignition
40	31	26	Brian Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge	4	43		Brakes
41	33	82	Chase Miller	MOBILE-Shop.com Dodge	3	0		Electrical
42	26	92	Dennis Setzer	DoubleTree Dodge	3	37		Brakes
43	24	36	Jeff Green	Tri Star Racing Chevrolet	2	34		Fuel Pressure

# Denotes Rookie