FINAL: Kyle Busch Earns Food City 500 Win

UPDATE: 5:18pm

Kyle Busch took the Food City 500 title, holding off challengers to make it to victory lane. The top 12 finishers were:

# 18 - Kyle Busch
# 11 - Denny Hamlin
# 48 - Jimmy Johnson
# 24 - Jeff Gordon
# 9 - Kasey Kahne
# 5 - Mark Martin
# 39 - Denny Hamlin
# 31 - Jeff Burton
# 42 - Juan Pablo Montoya
# 47 - Marcose Ambrose
# 2 - Kurt Busch
# 00 - David Reutimann

Busch started the race in the 10th row and quickly moved to the front of the field.

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UPDATE: 5:04pm, Lap 493

Joey Logano tapped the wall outside of turn 1, bringing out the 9th caution.

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UPDATE: 5:01pm, Lap 486

Denny Hamlin is now running 2nd, Mark Martin runninng 3rd.
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UPDATE: 4:57pm, Lap 473

Kyle Busch is poised for a visit to Victory Lane at Bristol, with less than 30 laps to go. Jimmy Johnson is holding on to 2nd place, with Mark Martin running 3rd.
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UPDATE: 4:49pm, Lap 454

David Stremme in the #12 Penske Dodge brought out caution number eight.

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UPDATE: 4:44pm, Lap 442

Kevin Harvick brushed the wall in his #29 Penzoil Chevy, bringing out the latest caution, the 7th of this race.

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UPDATE: 5:

Kyle Busch has won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, capping a day in which he led the most laps and held off challengers Jimmy Johnson and Mark Martin for the victory.

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UPDATE: 4:23pm, Lap 369

Kyle Busch, driving the #18 Snickers Toyota has taken the lead back from Jimmy Johnson in the #48 Lowe's Chevy.

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UPDATE: 4:10pm, Lap 327

Debris on the track brough out caution #6. Racing has resumed at lap 327, with Jimmy Johnson in the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet now in the lead.

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UPDATE: 3:45pm, Lap 250
250 laps are now in the books at the Food City 500, and here is the running order:
# 18 - Kyle Busch
# 48 - Jimmie Johnson
# 47 - Marcos Ambrose
# 11 - Denny Hamlin
# 24 - Jeff Gordon
# 42 - Juan Pablo Montoya
# 9 - Kasey Kahne
# 00 - David Reutimann
# 39 - Ryan Newman
# 5 - Mark Martin
# 33 - Clint Bowyer
# 28 - Travil Kvapil

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UPDATE: 3:24pm Lap 191

Jamie McMurray brought out the 5th caution of the race, hitting the wall coming out of turn 2 after being bumped by Kyle Busch, driving the #18 Snickers Toyota. McMurray, driving the #26 Crown Royal Ford, hit the right rear quarter panel into the wall, then drove to his pit while the caution was out.
Kyle Busch in the #18 Snickers Toyota is holding his position in first place.

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UPDATE: 3:12pm, lap 150
Kyle Busch remains in the lead, Jimmy Johnson in 2nd and Denny Hamlin is now running 3rd.

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UPDATE: 3:01pm, lap 123

The 4th caution of the day came out when Jamie McMurray, driving the #26 Crown Royal Ford was bumped by Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the #42 Chevy.

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UPDATE: 2:53pm, lap 100

Kyle Busch, driving the #18 Snickers Toyota is in the lead, with Jimmy Johnson driving the #48 Chevy is running 2nd and David Reuitimann driving the #00 Aaron's Toyota is running 3rd.
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UPDATE: 2:42pm

The third caution came out on lap 59, when Todd Bodine, driving the # 64 crashed.

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UPDATE 2:30PM

Within the first 20 laps, Martin fell back to 3rd, with Ryan Newman, who started the race from the second position, taking over first place. Jimmy Johnson, driving the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet is now running 2nd.

On lap 26, John Andretti, driving the #34 Window World Chevy, lost it between turns 1 and 2, spinning into the water barrels in front of the outer pit wall, bringing out the first caution. When racing resumed, it didn't last for long, as Dave Blaney, driving the #66, spun in turn 4 and brought out a 2nd caution on lap 33.

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The Food City 500 is now underway at Bristol Motor Speedway, with pole sitter Mark Martin in the #5 CarQuest Chevy leading the pack.

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UPDATE: Bristol Motor Speedway President Jeff Byrd has thanked the crowd in pre-race ceremonies for selling out the 54th consecutive Cup race at this venue.

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In just over an hour, the field of 43 will take to the track when the green flag drops for today’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

And, BMS has kept its record intact by selling out yet another Cup Series race – the latest in a streak of sellouts that dates back to 1982. The economic impact is being felt here, however, and is evidenced in the slightly smaller crowds around the track property and some empty spaces in the campgrounds that surround the track.

The economy isn’t dampening the excitement of fans here, though, who continue spending money at the souvenir stands and who will fill the seats as one of the most anticipated races of the NASCAR circuit gets underway.