Green-White-Checkered Finish puts Busch in Victory Lane (NNS)

Kyle Busch (Top) edges out Greg Biffle (Bottom) in the 10th closest NNS victory in history

(February 20, 2010) FONTANA, Calif. -- With a last-lap pass of Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch stole a win in the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway -- a victory that came at the expense of the race's dominant driver, Busch's teammate, Joey Logano.

Busch finished .051 seconds ahead of Biffle, who sent Logano -- then the leader -- up the track after the restart for a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race two laps beyond its scheduled distance of 150 laps.

Busch and Biffle take the checkered flag as Logano spins.

Busch locked onto Biffle's rear bumper to start the final lap, and when Biffle slipped slightly, Busch dived to the inside. Third-place finisher Brad Keselowski took it three-wide below Busch in Turn 3 but couldn't sustain his momentum, and Busch won a drag race off Turn 4 to edge Biffle.

The victory was Busch's 31st in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, tying him with Jack Ingram for third on the career win list. Danica Patrick finished 31st, three laps down, in her second start in the series.

Busch celebrates his 31st Nationwide Series win

"We went off into (Turn) 1, and Joey got loose and slid way across the racetrack, and I had to turn underneath him and try to not get boxed in," Busch said. "Then we went down the back, and I was inside of Biffle, and I'm like, 'Man, I wish I was on the outside right now.'

"Then we got into (Turn) 3, and Keselowski put his nose in, and I thought we were going to wreck, but somehow we held on to it. (Biffle) ended up getting a little bit loose, so I was able to get to his inside. Man, it was exciting there, coming to the finish."

Logano, who started from the pole and led 130 laps, had an issue with what he considered Biffle's aggressiveness on the final restart. Logano and Biffle had traded shots during a NASCAR Nationwide race at the California track last October.

Biffle leads Logano

"I don't know what his deal is with me, but for some reason, in California, he feels like putting me in the fence or hitting me towards the end," said Logano, who spun through the infield grass on the final lap but still finished one spot behind fourth-place Carl Edwards. "I know we were racing hard there at the end, but -- I don't know -- I think he could have done it a little cleaner than that."

Biffle had a different version of the final restart.

"It was a rookie mistake," Biffle said. "He spun his tires on the restart and couldn't get going. … If Joey hadn't spun his tires on that last restart, I never would have had a chance at him. I had a front-row seat, and I was inside of him, and he came down the racetrack."

Logano had a comfortable lead over Busch when NASCAR threw the fourth caution of the race for Brendan Gaughan's spin in Turn 3 on Lap 144.

Note: The margin of victory was the 10th closest in NASCAR Nationwide Series history. … Patrick suffered a pair of pit road speeding penalties and lost one of her three laps on a pass-through penalty.

Final Results: Auto Club Speedway NASCAR Nationwide Series Stater Bros 300

Finish	Start	Car #	Driver	Team	Laps Completed	Points/ Bonus	Status
1	2	18	Kyle Busch	Z-Line Designs Toyota	152	190/5	Running
2	5	27	Greg Biffle	Red Man Moist Snuff Ford	152	175/5	Running
3	13	22	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tire Dodge	152	170/5	Running
4	4	60	Carl Edwards	Copart Ford	152	160	Running
5	1	20	Joey Logano	GameStop / Mario Kart Toyota	152	165/10	Running
6	12	66	Steve Wallace	5 hour Energy Toyota	152	150	Running
7	32	88	Kelly Bires	HendrikCars.com Chevrolet	152	146	Running
8	7	32	Brian Vickers	Dollar General Stores Toyota	152	142	Running
9	15	12	Justin Allgaier	Verizon Wireless Dodge	152	143/5	Running
10	3	11	Brian Scott #	AccuDoc Toyota	152	134	Running
11	10	99	Trevor Bayne	Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota	152	130	Running
12	19	01	Mike Wallace	Monster Diesel Chevrolet	152	132/5	Running
13	9	1	James Buescher #	Phoenix Racing Chevrolet	152	129/5	Running
14	20	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Toyota	152	121	Running
15	27	43	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Dr. Gadget / everbodygets1.com Ford	152	118	Running
16	43	09	Scott Riggs	RAB Racing Ford	152	115	Running
17	34	15	Michael Annett	Pilot Travel Centers Toyota	152	112	Running
18	18	16	Colin Braun #	Roush-Fenway Ford	152	109	Running
19	17	98	Paul Menard	Richmond/Menards Ford	152	106	Running
20	21	35	Jason Keller	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	151	103	Running
21	37	81	Michael McDowell	Crusader Staffing Associates Dodge	151	100	Running
22	29	42	Parker Kligerman #	Smith Ironworks Dodge	151	97	Running
23	16	87	Joe Nemechek	FrontRowJoe.com Chevrolet	151	94	Running
24	14	62	Brendan Gaughn	South Point Hotel and Casino Toyota	151	91	Running
25	35	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver’s Chevrolet	151	88	Running
26	11	10	David Reutimann	Beringer Toyota	150	85	Running
27	42	40	Mike Bliss	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	150	82	Running
28	30	05	Willie Allen	31W Insulation / CertainTeed Chevrolet	150	79	Running
29	39	28	Kenny Wallace	Blue Ox / Zimmzang Chevrolet	149	76	Running
30	6	21	John Wes Townley	Zaxby’s Chevrolet	149	73	Running
31	36	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	149	70	Running
32	23	70	Mark Green	ML Motorsports Chevrolet	149	67	Running
33	40	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	3R Motorsports Chevrolet	148	64	Running
34	41	26	Brian Keselowski	Double Tree Suites Dodge	148	61	Running
35	24	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Ford	148	58	Running
36	33	73	Derrike Cope	Asset Protect Dodge	147	55	Running
37	38	61	Josh Wise	Stratosphere Ford	147	52	Running
38	8	33	Kevin Harvick	Rheem Tankless Chevrolet	117	49	Engine
39	26	6	Ricky Steinhouse Jr. #	CitiFinancial Ford	117	46	Accident
40	25	56	Kevin Lepage	Start Energy Drink Toyota	40	43	Wheel Bearing
41	31	07	Danny Efland	Shred 360 / M&W Towing Chevrolet	17	40	Engine
42	22	96	Dennis Setzer	Stratosphere Dodge	3	37	Vibration
43	28	83	John Bornemann III	Twisted X Boots / Red Line Oil Ford	2	34	Transmission

# Denotes rookie status
Top 10 Points:
(1) C. Edwards 335;(2) J. Logano 311;(3) K. Busch 304;(4) J. Allgaier 303;(5) Brad Keselowski 299;(6) B. Vickers 297;(7) S. Wallace 289;(8) J. Buescher # 
271;(9) G. Biffle 265;(10) P. Menard 256.