Busch rules Richmond from start to finish

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09/08/2007 - Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won Friday night's Emerson Radio 250 at the Richmond Internationals Raceway leading all but 25 laps. The No.5 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.461 seconds ahead of Carl Edwards.

The victory was Busch's second of the season and ninth of his Busch career.

Pole winner Busch took off right from the drop of the green flag and quickly built a one-second lead over Matt Kenseth. But an early caution flag erased the margin just as quickly.

On the restart, Kenseth stayed with Busch this time and by lap 28 went past him for the first lead change of the evening.

Kenseth kept the lead until the next caution when most of the leaders pitted. Mike Wallace didn't pit and inherited the lead. His lead lasted only three laps before Busch, Kenseth and Denny Hamlin all flew around him with their new tires.

Busch and Kenseth continued to show the way as the field passed the 75-lap mark, leading Hamlin by more than two seconds. Busch was setting a torrid pace that even Kenseth couldn't stay with. By lap 85 he held more than one second on Kenseth and five seconds on Edwards, who got around Hamlin for third place.

After 100 laps, Busch's pace was so quick that just 17 cars remained on the lead lap. He kept the lead until lap 142 when Kenseth took another turn on top of the charts passing Busch on the inside.

Then Paul Menard spun with 91 laps to go and it cost Kenseth the lead as he also spun while trying to avoid Menard. It left the No.17 Ford in fourth place as he gathered himself and kept going.

The field got ready for their final stops as Busch led them down pit road with 89 laps remaining. Busch beat Edwards back to the track with Hamlin coming out third amd Jeff Burton, last week's Busch winner, in fourth place.

On the restart, Hamlin was quicker than Edwards and grabbed second place.

By lap 180 Busch had rebuilt his lead to 2.363 seconds and had clinched the 10-point bonus for "most laps led." But he wasn't in the race for points, he was in it for the win.

On lap 184 David Ragan slammed the outside wall to bring out the caution flag and slow the field to a crawl.

Busch, Edwards, Hamlin and Kenseth would decide this race in a four-car shootout over the final 60 laps. Busch again built his lead and with 35 laps to go it was 1.179 seconds over Edwards and 2.533 seconds over Kenseth.

A.J. Allmendinger spun to bring out the caution flag with 14 laps to go. Then Derrike Cope blew an engine with six laps to go and it left Busch with one last restart for the win. If he got a good restart the race was his. Busch got the restart he needed and win it he did, leading a total of 227 of 252 laps.

With the second-place finish, Edwards rebuilt his championship lead to 733 points over both Kevin Harvick and David Reutimann.

The next race in the series is set for Saturday, September 22nd at the Dover International Speedway.

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