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Hometown Hero Busch Cruises To Vegas Victory

The Associated Press

Kyle Busch makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Shelby 427 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 1, 2009

Updated: 03/01/2009 11:33 pm

LAS VEGAS - Kyle Busch won on his home track, driving from the back of the field Sunday to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Busch won the pole, but he had to drop to the back of the field at the start of the race because the engine in his Toyota had to be changed Friday. He calmly marched toward the front, took the lead with 57 laps to go, then lost it during a late round of pit stops.

Busch was third on a restart with 22 laps to go, then chased down Jeff Burton and leader Clint Bowyer to move out front again. Busch had to hold them off on two final restarts for his first victory of the season.

It was Busch's first win at Las Vegas in six career Cup starts.

Zephyrhills' David Reutimann, one of the five Toyota drivers who had to change a motor this weekend, finished fourth and was followed by Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon, who missed pit road late in the race and blew his tire on the subsequent trip around the track.

Greg Biffle was seventh and Brian Vickers, another Toyota driver with an engine change, was eighth. Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top 10.

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