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Date: Saturday, October 3rd

Start Time: 3:49 p.m. (et)

Site: Kansas Speedway -- Kansas City, Kansas

Track: 1.5-mile oval

Laps: 200

Miles: 300

Capacity:

Total purse: $1,567,739 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $84,845; 2nd Place - $62,375; 3rd Place - $51,650

Year: 9th

On TV: ESPN 2

Announcers: Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS XM Satellite

Race record: 129.125 m.p.h. (Jeff Green, 2001)

Qualifying record: 178.938 m.p.h. (Martin Truex Jr, 2005)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Denny Hamlin (not defending)

Runner up: Clint Bowyer

Pole winner: Kevin Harvick (172.227 m.p.h.)

Top 10:

1. Denny Hamlin (Start: 19)

2. Clint Bowyer (17)

3. David Ragan (9)

4. Carl Edwards (4)

5. Matt Kenseth (6)

6. Brad Keselowski (28)

7. Kasey Kahne (8)

8. Jason Leffler (23)

9. Joey Logano (13)

10. Kelly Bires (10)

Average speed: 122.296 m.p.h.

Time of race: 2 hours, 27 minutes, 11 seconds

Margin of victory: 1.407 seconds

Caution flags: 6 for 31 laps

Lead changes: 10 among 8 drivers

Past winners

2008 Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 122.296 m.p.h.

2007 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 107.838 m.p.h.

2006 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 111.559 m.p.h.

2005 Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 117.328 m.p.h.

2004 Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 117.504 m.p.h.

2003 David Green, Pontiac, 113.145 m.p.h.

2002 Jeff Burton, Ford, 120.509 m.p.h.

2001 Jeff Green, Ford, 129.125 m.p.h. (race record)

Last race

Race: Dover 200 (September 26th)

Site: Dover International Speedway -- Dover, Delaware

Miles: 200

Laps: 200

Finish line order: Clint Bowyer, Mike Bliss, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards

Time of Race: 1 hour, 38 minutes, 20 seconds

Average speed: 122.034 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 1.139 seconds

Caution flags: 4 for 17 laps

Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers

Lap leaders: K. Busch 1-80; C. Edwards 81; B. Keselowski 82-88; K. BuschK. Busch 1-80; C. Edwards 81; B. Keselowski 82-88; K. Busch89-117; C. Bowyer 118-200.

Entry list

#0 JC Stout (Castile, NY) Chevrolet/sponsordavis.com

#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/sponsordavis.com

#1 David Gilliland (Torrance, CA) Chevrolet/Miccosukee Gaming Resort

#02 Andy Ponstein (Hudsonville, MI) Chevrolet/CorrieStottRacing.com

#05 Casey Atwood (Antioch, TN) Chevrolet/31W Insulation

#5 Scott Wimmer (Wausau, WI) Chevrolet/Fastenal

#6 Erik Darnell (Beach Park, FL) Ford/Northern Tool & Equipment

#07 Jarit Johnson (El Cajon, CA) Chevrolet/TBA

#09 John Wes Townley (Waitville, GA) Ford/Zaxby's

#10 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Toyota/AccuDoc

#11 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Toyota/Ridemakerz

#12 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Dodge/Verizon Wireless

#15 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Toyota/TBA

#16 Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA) Ford/CitiFinancial

#18 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/NOS

#20 Joey Logano (Middleton, CT) Toyota/GameStop

#22 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Dodge/Penske Truck Rental

#23 Robert Richardson Jr (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/Aaron's Rental

#24 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Ford/Hefty

#26 Kevin Conway (Cornelius, NC) Dodge/TBA

#27 Jason Keller (Greenville, SC) Ford/Scott Tissue

#28 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/U.S. Border Patrol

#29 Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) Chevrolet/Holiday Inn

#31 Kevin Hamlin (Snohomish, WA) Chevrolet/TBA

#32 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General Stores

#33 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Jimmy John's

#34 Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) Chevrolet/Long John Silver's

#38 Jason Leffler (Long Beach, CA) Toyota/Great Clips-Comcast

#40 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Chevrolet/StopRepairBills.com

#44 Danny O'Quinn Jr (Coeburn, VA) Chevrolet/Dynamic Technology Inc.

#47 Chase Miller (Canton, GA) Toyota/TBA

#49 Mark Green (Owensboro, KY) Chevrolet/GetMoreVacations.com

#50 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA

#52 Brad Teague (Johnson City, TN) Ford/TBA

#58 Chris Horn (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/TBA

#60 Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) Ford/Save A Lot

#61 Matthew Carter (Denver, NC) Ford/TBA

#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/5 Hour Energy ES

#66 Steve Wallace (Charlotte, NC) Chevrolet/U.S. Fidelis

#70 Shelby Howard (Greenwood, IN) Chevrolet/ForeTravel Motorcoach

#73 Derrike Cope (Spanaway, WA) Dodge/TBA

#77 Peyton Sellers (Danville, VA) Chevrolet/SFP

#78 Kevin Lepage (Shelburne, VT) Dodge/TBA

#79 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) Dodge/Capitol

#81 Patrick Sheltra (Indiantown, FL) Dodge/Buffalo Wings & Rings

#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Chevrolet/NEMCO Motorsports

#88 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) Chevrolet/Delphi

#89 Morgan Shepherd (Conover, NC) Chevrolet/Lagina Plumbing Eldora

#90 Johnny Chapman (Stony Point, NC) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#91 Terry Cook (Sylvania, OH) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#92 Wille Allen (Nashville, TN) Dodge/Dusty's Collision

#96 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Dodge/TBA

#99 Scott Speed (Manteca, CA) Toyota/Red Bull

Leading contenders

Name	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Clint Bowyer				32nd	16th	5th	4th	2nd
Carl Edwards					27th	6th	38th	4th
Brad Keselowski						26th	36th	6th
Jason Leffler			16th		19th	31st	21st	8th
Joey Logano								9th
Mike Bliss			31st	19th		27th	31st	12th
Kevin Harvick	38th		2nd		4th	Won	13th	13th
Greg Biffle	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	8th	10th	18th
Kyle Busch				29th	8th	3rd	Won	35th
Brian Vickers		39th	32nd				9th
Reed Sorenson					7th	6th
Scott Wimmer	17th	24th	7th				15th
Joe Nemechek	35th	3rd	9th	Won	11th

Notes

Starting in the 19th position, Denny Hamlin led the final 43 laps torecord his ninth career Nationwide Series win last year. Hamlin led twice fora race-high 99 laps, as he edged Clint Bowyer by 1.407 seconds. Pole sitterKevin Harvick placed 13th after leading for 90 laps. Hamlin led 99 of thefinal 107 laps as he won for the fourth time in 2008.Kyle Busch led only 17 circuits, but it was the final 17 to propel him tovictory in 2007, as he defeated pole sitter Matt Kenseth by less than asecond. Busch started sixth on the grid, but did not take the lead until lap184, as he hung on for his 10th career Nationwide Series title. Kenseth, whohad started on the pole the last two races and finished second on bothoccasions, led four times for a race-high 65 laps.In 2006, Kevin Harvick continued his domination of that season, as he clippedMatt Kenseth by less than a second for his seventh win of that year and 24thof his Nationwide career. Harvick, who now owns 32 Nationwide titles,reclaimed the lead on lap 185 and held on for victory. Kenseth, who started onthe pole, led for a race-high 145 laps, but could not regain the lead afterlosing it on lap 166 to Kyle Busch.Kasey Kahne crossed the finish line in 2005 just 0.030 of a second ahead ofGreg Biffle to captured his third career Nationwide Series title. Althoughnever a winner, Biffle is the only driver to post five top-5 finishes at thisrace and seven straight top-10s.Although Matt Kenseth and Michael Waltrip are multiple pole winners of thisrace, there has never been a repeat winner in Kansas.With only seven races remaining, Kyle Busch holds a 211-point advantage overCarl Edwards. Busch has recorded 24 top-10 finishes in 28 starts, with sixwins. Edwards has recorded four wins and 23 top-10s in his 28 starts.The next race on the Nationwide Series schedule is October 10 at Auto ClubSpeedway in Southern California, as Kyle Busch attempts to defend his title inthe Copart 300.09/29 16:58:17 ET

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