"Matt Kenseth the Man at Auto Club Speedway"
The crowd who did attend the Auto Club 500 saw 50 late race laps of slice and dice hammer and tong racing between 4 time series champion Jeff Gordon, who came up 1.4 seconds short behind the 2003 series champion and Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth. Kenseth, along with crew chief Drew Blickensderfer, is now 2 for 2009. That battle again denied Kyle Busch his chance to sweep all three of NASCAR's National Touring Series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck) in a single weekend. The younger brother of 2004 champion Kurt Busch (finished 5th) had to settle for a distant third.
The race had four rain cautions, and some uncharacteristic engine woes for the Hendrick crew of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress racing, was NOT "happy" after smacking the turn one wall; he was credited with 38th place.
Points going into Las Vegas:
Matt Kenseth/385
Jeff Gordon/304
Kurt Busch/294
Tony Stewart/294
Greg Biffle/268
Clint Bowyer/266
Michael Waltrip/264
David Ragan/262
Carl Edwards/260
Juan Pablo Montoya/256
Elliott Sadler/248
David Reutimann/248
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