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Date: Saturday, October 24th

Start Time: 3:30 p.m. (et)

Site: Memphis Motorsports Park -- Millington, Tennessee

Track: .75-mile oval

Laps: 250

Miles: 187.5

Capacity:

Total purse: $1,323,177 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $60,345; 2nd Place - $43,875; 3rd Place - $41,293

Year: 11th

On TV: ESPN 2

Announcers: Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree

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

Race record: Kevin Harvick, 2000 (92.352 m.p.h.)

Qualifying record: Jeff Green, 2000 (120.267 m.p.h.)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Carl Edwards

Runner up: David Reutimann

Pole winner: James Buescher (117.591 m.p.h.)

Top 10:

1. Carl Edwards (Start: 34)

2. David Reutimann (3)

3. Kenny Wallace (10)

4. Austin Dillon (18)

5. Joey Logano (24)

6. Chase Miller (21)

7. Mike Bliss (5)

8. David Ragan (17)

9. Steve Wallace (6)

10. David Stremme (2)

Average speed: 88.783 m.p.h.

Time of race: 2 hours, 8 minutes, 14 seconds

Margin of victory: 0.147 second

Caution flags: 8 for 39 laps

Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers

Past winners

2008 Carl Edwards, Ford, 88.783 m.p.h.

2007 David Reutimann, Toyota, 62.487 m.p.h.

2006 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 74.336 m.p.h.

2005 Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 73.473 m.p.h.

2004 Martin Truex Jr, Chevrolet, 78.560 m.p.h.

2003 Bobby Hamilton Jr, Ford, 87.674 m.p.h.

2002 Scott Wimmer, Pontiac, 79.337 m.p.h.

2001 Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 75.050 m.p.h.

2000 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 92.352 m.p.h. (Race Record)

1999 Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 76.583 m.p.h.

Last race

Race: Dollar General 300 (October 16th)

Site: Lowe's Motor Speedway -- Concord, North Carolina

Miles: 300

Laps: 200

Finish line order: Kyle Busch, Mike Bliss, Dave Blaney, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards

Time of Race: 2 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds

Average speed: 128.863 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 1.712 seconds

Caution flags: 6 for 31 laps

Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers

Lap leaders: C. Edwards 0; M. Kenseth 1-21; K. Busch 22-56; K. Kahne 57; M.C. Edwards 0; M. Kenseth 1-21; K. Busch 22-56; K. Kahne 57; M.Kenseth 58-60; J. Burton 61-63; T. Stewart 64; K. Wallace 65; J.Burton 66-86; K. Busch 87-133; B. Vickers 134-141; J. Logano142-145; K. Busch 146-200.

Entry list

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

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

#1 Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/Miccosukee Gaming Resort

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

#05 Mark Day (Clarksville, TN) Chevrolet/31W Insulation

#5 Richard Boswell II (Friendship, MD) Chevrolet/RCCA

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

#07 Danny O'Quinn Jr (Coeburn, VA) Chevrolet/TBA

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

#10 Justin Marks (Rocklin, CA) Toyota/TBA

#11 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/Ridemakerz

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

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

#16 Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) Ford/CitiFinancial

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

#20 Matt Dibenedetto (Hickory, NC) Toyota/TBA

#23 Robert Richardson Jr (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/Mahindra

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

#26 Kevin Conway (Cornelius, NC) Chevrolet/Extenze

#27 Jason Keller (Greenville, SC) Ford/Cottonelle

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

#29 Stephen Leicht (Asheville, NC) Chevrolet/Holiday Inn

#31 Nick Joanides (Woodland Hills, CA Chevrolet/Matthews Mobile Media

#32 Brian Ickler (San Diego, CA) Toyota/Dollar General Stores

#33 Kelly Bires (Mauston, WI) Chevrolet/Copart

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

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

#39 Eddie MacDonald (Rowley, MA) Ford/Go Green Racing

#40 Scott Wimmer (Wausau, WI) Chevrolet/StopRepairBills.com

#42 Todd Kluever (Sun Prairie, WI) Chevrolet/Smith Ironworks

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

#47 Coleman Pressley (Asheville, NC) Toyota/TBA

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

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

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

#61 Kenny Hendrick (Chino, CA) Ford/Specialty Racing

#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/U.S. Fidelis

#66 Steve Wallace (Charlotte, NC) Chevrolet/5 Hour Energy

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

#73 Chase Miller (Canton, GA) Dodge/TBA

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

#81 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Dodge/TBA

#87 Jeff Fuller (Auburn, MA) Chevrolet/TBA

#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 Justin Hobgood (Winnsboro, SC) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#92 Willie Allen (Nashville, TN) Dodge/TBA

#96 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Dodge/AT&T

#99 David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL) Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine

Leading contenders

Name	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Carl Edwards					5th	3rd	25th	Won
David Reutimann		12th					Won	2nd
Kenny Wallace	21st	19th		13th	18th	14th		3rd
Mike Bliss			8th	5th			2nd	7th
Steve Wallace					15th	20th	35th	9th
Jason Leffler					24th	34th	5th	12th
Brad Keselowski						41st	9th	17th
Kyle Busch			16th	14th
Matt Kenseth
Justin Allgaier

Notes

Only four races remain on the Nationwide Series docket, and Kyle Buschleads Carl Edwards by 195 points. Busch, who's 272 points ahead of third-placeBrad Keselowski, is fresh off his seventh win of the season last week inCharlotte. Busch has put the heat on his competitors, finishing in the topfour in five of the past six races.Last season, Edwards outlasted David Reutimann by 0.147 of a second for his18th career Nationwide Series title. Edwards led the final 185 laps afterstarting from the 34th position. Pole sitter James Buescher led the opening 24laps, but faded to 19th.Matt Kenseth will make his first start in Memphis since the inaugural seriesrace back in 1999. Reutimann also returns after winning in 2005 and placingsecond last year.Reutimann dominated this race in 2007, as he led three times for a race-high194 laps, en route to a 0.735 of a second win over Mike Bliss for his firstcareer Nationwide Series title. Pole sitter Marcos Ambrose, who led for thefirst 20 laps, placed fourth.In 2006, Kevin Harvick became the first multiple winner of this race, as heoutdueled Clint Bowyer by less than a second. The win, his eighth of 2006, wasthe 25th of his Nationwide Series career.The pole sitter has won this race on two occasions. Jeff Green was the firstto accomplish this feat in 1999 and Martin Truex Jr turned the trick in 2004.Number one position has fared well in this race, finishing in the top fiveseven times. When Clint Bowyer captured the 2005 event, he came from the 35thposition, the worst starting position by a winner. Chevrolet has captured thisrace six times in the previous 10 runnings.The next race on the Nationwide Series schedule is November 7 at Texas MotorSpeedway. Kyle Busch will attempt to defend his title in the O'ReillyChallenge.10/23 14:50:25 ET

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