Despite Restarts, Busch Takes Atlanta

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Stephen Rhodes in NASCAR - Race Results - Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch won two races Sunday: the Kobalt Tools 500 and the Carl Edwards 25.

In a race that went 16 laps — nearly 25 miles — past its scheduled distance, after Edwards retaliated against Brad Keselowski for an incident earlier in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Busch took advantage of a strong restart to grab the lead during the second attempt at a green-white-checkered and crossed the finish line .482 seconds ahead of runnerup Matt Kenseth.

Juan Montoya, who was closing in on Busch near the end of the regulation 325 laps, finished third but lost his chance to battle for the victory when Edwards hit Keselowski’s No. 12 Dodge on the frontstretch and sent it flying on Lap 323.

Below are the unofficial results of the 2010 Kobalt Tools 500:

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS
1	11	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	190/5	341	Running
2	14	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Valvoline	170/0	341	Running
3	3	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	170/5	341	Running
4	6	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser	170/10	341	Running
5	23	98	Paul Menard	Ford	CertainTeed / Menards	160/5	341	Running
6	25	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Insignia / Best Buy	150/0	341	Running
7	26	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	146/0	341	Running
8	13	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	U.S. Census	142/0	341	Running
9	35	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	138/0	341	Running
10	32	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	134/0	341	Running
11	12	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Lance Snacks / Tom’s Snacks	130/0	341	Running
12	16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools	127/0	341	Running
13	15	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	124/0	341	Running
14	38	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	121/0	341	Running
15	1	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard	118/0	341	Running
16	34	21	Bill Elliott	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	120/5	341	Running
17	7	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Tornados	112/0	341	Running
18	5	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	National Guard / DuPont	109/0	341	Running
19	8	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Hunt Brothers Pizza	111/5	341	Running
20	22	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	108/5	341	Running
21	20	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	105/5	341	Running
22	21	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	97/0	341	Running
23	18	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	BB&T	99/5	341	Running
24	30	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Wave Energy Drink	96/5	341	Running
25	2	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M’s	93/5	341	Running
26	37	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Charter Air Transport / Taco Bell	90/5	341	Running
27	19	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	82/0	341	Running
28	36	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Mobil 1	79/0	340	Running
29	24	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	76/0	340	Running
30	40	34	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver’s	73/0	339	Running
31	41	37	Kevin Conway *	Ford	Extenze	70/0	334	Running
32	42	26	Boris Said	Ford	Sacred Power / Southern Pride Trucking	67/0	333	Running
33	4	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com / GoDaddy.com	64/0	331	Accident
34	31	13	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	61/0	329	Running
35	29	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	58/0	323	Running
36	28	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Mopar / FLO TV	55/0	322	Accident
37	17	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	52/0	211	Running
38	33	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	54/5	175	Clutch
39	10	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Scotts	46/0	170	Parked
40	9	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron’s Dream Machine	43/0	167	Overheating
41	27	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	40/0	48	Brakes
42	43	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	37/0	37	Transmission
43	39	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shelton	34/0	3	Accident