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Food City 500
Race 05 2009
1:30pm ET Sunday March 22nd
Race Recap
NO CONTEST - KYLE BUSCH WINS
GREEN-WHITE-CHECKERED
CAUTION 9 - Laps 493-501:
Joey Logano's engine blows up to bring out the
caution. Some of the drivers at the end of the lead
lap come into the pits. This will be a scintillating
finale between Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and possibly
Jimmie Johnson.
10 LAPS TO GO
CAUTION 8 - Laps 453-459:
David Stremme spins out in Turn 3. He wobbled a bit
and spun out on his own. AJ Allmendinger gets his
lap back courtesy of the Lucky Dog.
Lap 450 - 16 cars are on the lead
lap with 50 laps remaining.
CAUTION 7 - Laps 441-449:
Kevin Harvick has a blown tire and slams the Turn 4
wall to bring out the caution. This will bring
everybody down pit road for the final. Dale
Earnhardt Jr. gets the lucky dog again. Kyle Busch
comes in as leader and will leave up front.
Lap 438 - Kyle Busch puts Dale
Earnhardt Jr. a lap down.
Lap 429 - Kyle Busch puts 17th-place
AJ Allmendinger one lap down.
Lap 418 - Kyle Busch is now in heavy
traffic, allowing second-place Jimmie Johnson to
pull up right behind his bumper.
Lap 406 - Travis Kvapil has been
fighting Kyle Busch to stay on the lead lap for a
few laps now, allowing second-place Jimmie Johnson
to close up on the leader. Busch completes the pass
of Kvapil shortly thereafter, but that proved to be
a costly pass.
100 LAPS TO GO
Jeff Hammond on Lap 370 (via
Twitter): Watch No. 24. He is running steady but
he's in a perfect position to pounce.
Lap 369 - NEW RACE LEADER Kyle Busch takes the lead outside
of Turn 2.
Lap 366 - Kyle
Busch shoved his teammate out of
the way for second a few laps
ago and now he is bearing down
on Jimmie Johnson for the lead.
Update on Greg
Biffle: His team is loading up
his car and heading home because
of engine issues.
Lap 355 - Race
leader Jimmie Johnson is six
cars behind Dale Jr. and he is
getting ready to put his
Hendrick teammate down a lap
again.
Jeff Hammond on
Lap 343 (via
Twitter): Time to find out
if Tony Jr. can make a
difference for Junior now. If
they don't figure this out, they
may need to make a change.
Lap 340 - Greg
Biffle goes into the pits with
an engine related issue.
CAUTION 6 -
Laps 320-328: Brian Vickers
had a right-rear tire issue and
dropped debris on the track,
which brought out the caution.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the Lucky
Dog. Leaders pit and Jimmie
Johnson takes over the top spot
with Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch
following right behind.
Lap 318 - NEW
RACE LEADER - Denny Hamlin
passes Busch on the backstretch.
Lap 312 - Dale
Earnhardt Jr. goes a lap down
but it is not all smooth sailing
for race leader Kyle Busch.
Teammate Denny Hamlin is chasing
him down and the difference
between the two drivers is less
than one-tenth of a second.
Lap 312 - David
Gilliland smacks the wall in
Turn 2, but avoids other cars
and the race stays green.
Lap 309 - Jeff
Gordon has slipped to ninth.
Lap 292 - Kyle
Busch maintains low groove,
passes Elliott Sadler underneath
through Turns 3 and 4 to put the
20th-place driver one lap down
Lap 280 - Kyle
Busch passes former teammate
Tony Stewart. Stewart is trying
the high line to get a run but
Busch is hugging the low groove
around corners.
Lap 261 - 21
cars left on the lead lap.
Jeff Hammond on Lap 251 (via Twitter): No. 88 is just holding on. They need to work on that
car. If they
don't make
it better,
he's going
to be a lap
down.
Interesting
battle has
developed
for third
betwen
Marcos
Ambrose and
Denny Hamlin
just before
halfway.
Ambrose
bumped
Hamlin, then
passed him a
little
later. It'll
be
interesting
to see if
Hamlin
retaliates
at some
point today.
LAP 250 -
HALFWAY:
Top five -
Kyle Busch,
Jimmie
Johnson,
Marcos
Ambrose,
Denny Hamlin
and Jeff
Gordon.
Kyle Busch
puts
two-time
former
Bristol
winner Matt
Kenseth two
laps down on
Lap 244.
Race leader
Kyle Busch
complaining
of grip on
Lap 210.
Jeff Hammond
(via
Twitter):
No. 24 is
making some
good lap
times.
Update from
the
Hollywood
Hotel coming
soon.
CAUTION 5
- Laps
189-195:
Jamie
McMurray
spins in
Turn 2. Sam
Hornish Jr.
got into
McMurray to
spin him
out. Leaders
pit during
the caution.
Kyle Busch
comes out
first to
retain the
top spot.
Lap 174, 28
cars left on
lead lap.
By Lap 160,
11 cars have
fallen off
the lead
lap.
Kyle Busch
is running
away out
front on Lap
150, but the
car to watch
is David
Reutimann
back in
fourth -- he
is strong
today.
CAUTION 4
- Laps
124-129:
Juan Pablo
Montoya and
Jamie
McMurray had
been
tussling for
a few
seconds
before
Montoya put
an end to it
by getting
into the
rear of
McMurray's
car in Turn
2. McMurray,
who was
ninth at the
time,
suffered
some minor
rear end
damage and
flat spotted
his tires.
This is
perfect
timing for
Jimmie
Johnson, who
hadn't pit
all
afternoon,
as he gets
back on
sequence
with the
rest of the
field. Kyle
Busch comes
in first and
exits the
pits first.
Jeff Hammond
on Lap 116
(via
Twitter):
No. 48 is in
some serious
danger. When
he pits,
he'll be
down 3 or 4
laps really
quick.
Kyle Busch
is setting a
pretty solid
pace and
will start
lapping big
packs of
cars
shortly.
NEW LEADER:
Kyle Busch
wrestles the
lead away
from Jimmie
Johnson on
Lap 68.
CAUTION 3
- Laps
60-67:
Multiple
cars damaged
after Todd
Bodine got
crunched
into the
frontstretch
wall by
Michael
Waltrip. A
chain
reaction
begins and
cars that
pick up
damage
include
Kevin
Harvick,
Kurt Busch
and a few
others.
Second-place
Marcos
Ambrose
pits, but
leader
Jimmie
Johnson
stays out
again --
very
interesting
strategy on
their part.
Several of
the leaders
pit as well.
Aric
Almirola and
Kevin
Harvick got
busted for
speeding on
pit road,
sending them
to the tail
end of the
longest
line.
Kyle Busch
is charging
to the front
on Lap 55,
but both
Marcos
Ambrose and
race leader
Jimmie
Johnson are
hanging
tough out
front.
CAUTION 2
- Laps
33-37:
Right after
the restart,
John
Andretti
slid up the
track and
spun out
Dave Blaney
to bring out
the caution.
Luckily for
Blaney,
everybody
avoids his
spun out car
in the turn
and he seems
to have not
picked up
significant
damage --
but he does
go into the
garage.
Ironically,
John
Andretti was
supposed to
get the
Lucky Dog
award, but
he will not
get it
because he
was part of
the
incident.
CAUTION 1 - Laps 28-32: John Andretti spins out coming off Turn 2 and hits the inside wall to bring out the first caution of the day. Sterlin Marlin is the lucky dog. Leaders
pit during the caution. Mark Martin came out first from the pits, but seven cars stayed out, giving the lead to Jimmie Johnson. Others who stayed out include Dave Blaney, Marcos Ambrose, Todd Bodine, Elliott Sadler and Carl Edwards.
Jimmie Johnson up to second by Lap 16.
They are two-wide and briefly three-wide around the track --- very impressive at this short track.
LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes over the top spot on Lap 3.
Mark Martin leads the first two laps.
GREEN FLAG!
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start at the rear of the field this afternoon because of a transmission change.
Engines have been fired up --- get ready to go racing.
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