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Date: Saturday, November 14th

Start Time: 4:45 p.m. (et)

Site: Phoenix International Raceway -- Avondale, Arizona

Track: one-mile oval

Laps: 200

Miles: 200

Capacity:

Total purse: $1,432,011 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $62,720; 2nd Place - $45,825; 3rd Place - $35,825

Year: 11th

On TV: ESPN 2

Announcers: Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

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

Race record: Jeff Burton, 2000 (115.145 m.p.h.)

Qualifying record: Kyle Busch, 2004 (133.819 m.p.h.)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Carl Edwards

Runner up: Denny Hamlin

Pole winner: Denny Hamlin (132.915 m.p.h.)

Top 10:

1. Carl Edwards (Start: 2)

2. Denny Hamlin (1)

3. Kevin Harvick (4)

4. Clint Bowyer (12)

5. Kyle Busch (3)

6. Landon Cassill (42)

7. Jamie McMurray (6)

8. Mike Bliss (5)

9. Mike Wallace (22)

10. Joey Logano (15)

Average speed: 95.374 m.p.h.

Time of race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 27 seconds

Margin of victory: 0.096 second

Caution flags: 9 for 41 laps

Lead changes: 6 among 6 drivers

Past winners

2008 Carl Edwards, Ford, 95.374 m.p.h.

2007 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 89.111 m.p.h.

2006 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 91.202 m.p.h.

2005 Carl Edwards, Ford, 97.893 m.p.h.

2004 Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 96.031 m.p.h.

2003 Bobby Hamilton Jr, Ford, 96.734 m.p.h.

2002 Scott Wimmer, Pontiac, 96.709 m.p.h.

2001 Greg Biffle, Chevrolet, 99.834 m.p.h.

2000 Jeff Burton, Ford, 115.145 m.p.h. (race record)

1999 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 115.053 m.p.h.

Last race

Race: O'Reilly Challenge (November 7th)

Site: Texas Motor Speedway -- Ft. Worth, Texas

Miles: 300

Laps: 200

Finish line order: Kyle Busch, Casey Mears, Jason Leffler, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards

Time of Race: 2 hours, 21 minutes, 58 seconds

Average speed: 126.790 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 3.154 seconds

Caution flags: 7 for 34 laps

Lead changes:

Lap leaders: M. Kenseth 1-10; K. Busch 11-54; B. Keselowski 55-57; K. BuschM. Kenseth 1-10; K. Busch 11-54; B. Keselowski 55-57; K. Busch58-64; K. Harvick 65; K. Busch 66; K. Harvick 67-71; K. Busch72-106; K. Kahne 107; K. Busch 108-154; B. Keselowski 155; K.Busch 156-200.

Entry list

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

#1 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/Miccosukee Gaming Resort

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

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

#05 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Chevrolet/31W Insulation

#6 David Ragan (Unadilla, GA) Ford/Discount Tire

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

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

#10 David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL) Toyota/Beringer Vineyards

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

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

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

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

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

#20 Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA) Toyota/GameStop-2010

#23 Ken Butler (Lilburn, GA) Chevrolet/Aaron's

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

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

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

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

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

#31 Daryl Harr (St. Albert, Canada) Chevrolet/Fuel-doctor.com

#32 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Toyota/Dollar General Stores

#33 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Rheem

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

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

#40 Scott Wimmer (Wausau, WI) Chevrolet/TBA

#47 Chris Cook (Phoenix, AZ) Toyota/TBA

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

#58 To Be Announced Chevrolet/Cavi Clothing/Macy's

#60 * Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) Ford/Valvoline/O'Reily's

#61 Jason Bowles (Ontario, CA) Ford/TBA

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

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

#81 Alex Tagliani (Lachenaie, Canada) Dodge/TBA

#83 John Bornemann III (Ramona, CA) Ford/Red Lion Oil

#85 Casey Atwood (Antioch, TN) Ford/31W Insulation

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

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

#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 Dennis Setzer (Newton, NC) Dodge/TBA

#96 Brian Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) Dodge/TBA

#98 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Ford/Richards/Menards

#99 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Toyota/TBA

Leading contenders

Name	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Carl Edwards					Won	5th	7th	Won
Denny Hamlin					9th	3rd	28th	2nd
Kevin Harvick	3rd	37th	2nd	13th	4th	2nd	5th	3rd
Clint Bowyer					2nd	4th	3rd	4th
Kyle Busch				2nd		10th	Won	5th
Mike Bliss			20th	12th			32nd	8th
Justin Allgaier								12th
David Ragan							23rd	14th
Brad Keselowski							21st	21st
Jason Leffler			11th		7th	14th	8th	25th
David Reutimann							12th
Matt Kenseth	22nd		19th	8th	3rd	Won	2nd

Notes

With two wins in his last three Nationwide Series starts, Kyle Buschhas a stranglehold on the points race with only two events remaining. Busch, awinner last week in Texas, boasts a 272-point advantage over Carl Edwards anda 292-point lead over Brad Keselowski.To clinch the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship at Phoenix, Buschneeds to lead by 195 points after the race. To guarantee that, he needs toplace at least 15th, or 16th with at least one lap led, or 18th and the mostlaps led.Last year, Edwards defeated pole sitter Denny Hamlin by a mere 0.096 of asecond for his 19th career Nationwide Series title. Edwards led the final 78laps and held off a hard-charging Hamlin in a green-white-checkered finish.Hamlin led twice for 62 laps, while third-place finisher Kevin Harvick ledfor 53 laps.Starting in the 4th position, Kyle Busch dominated the 2007 race, as he led132 laps, including the final 86 for his 11th of 29 career Nationwide Seriestitles. Busch took the checkered flag, 0.305 of a second ahead of MattKenseth. Pole sitter Clint Bowyer finished third.In 2006, Matt Kenseth edged Kevin Harvick by less than a second for his 20thcareer Nationwide Series title. With the win, Kenseth became the second driverto win a Phoenix race from the pole, joining Carl Edwards who accomplished thefeat in 2005. Kenseth dominated the race, leading for a race- high 125 laps.Back in 2005, Edwards posted his fifth win of that season, as he crossed thefinish line 0.246 of a second ahead of runner-up Clint Bowyer. Edwards, whostarted on the pole, led 103 of the 200 laps, including the final 20, as tookthe checkered flag in front of an estimated crowd of 55,000.The 2009 Nationwide Series season concludes November 21 at Homestead-MiamiSpeedway. Carl Edwards won last year's Ford 300.11/10 16:56:30 ET

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