Kasey Kahne Wins CARQUEST Auto Parts 300

The top-five was rounded out by Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton and Regan Smith.

Photo courtesy: lowesmotorspeedway.com

CONCORD, N.C. - Kasey Kahne won Saturday night's CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Kahne, who started 32nd, led a total of 43 laps as he held off Casey Mears for his first Busch Series win of the season.

The top-five was rounded out by Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton and Regan Smith.

Kahne, Mears, Bowyer and Burton will clash again tonight when the green flag drops at 5:30 PM ET Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race.

A spectacular U.S. military pre-race show will begin at 2:30 PM ET.

Entertainment includes performances by the 82nd airborne chorus, U.S. Army Golden Knights, a Fantastic Four aerial stunt and LeAnn Rimes singing the national anthem.

CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 Driver Quotes

Kasey Kahne (race winner, first win at Lowe's Motor Speedway, No. 9 Country Crock Dodge): "We brought a brand new car and it was exceptional. The guys did a real good job. We got out where we needed to be and got some clean air. It's been a long time between wins. Maybe we can do this tomorrow night, too."

Casey Mears (runner-up, No. 24 National Guard/30th Heavy Brigade Combat Chevrolet): "Needed some more bite. We fought that all weekend. For us, it was a good comeback. Had a hard time all night getting the front end to turn right. We made up some ground and stayed out. Kasey had a great car tonight. Any time you have a good run, you can take something from it. It's good to represent the National Guard on Memorial Day weekend."

Clint Bowyer (third place, No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet): "We just fought tight all weekend, too. It was fun. We kinda lucked out at the end and got some track position." (It has been a good weekend, so far, as Bowyer finished second Friday night in a race at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, across the road from the speedway.)

CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 Results:

FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS

1. 32 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Country Crock Spread 190/5 200 Running

2. 22 24 Casey Mears Chevrolet Nat'l Guard / 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team 170/0 200 Running

3. 9 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 165/0 200 Running

4. 4 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 165/5 200 Running

5. 6 4 Regan Smith Chevrolet U.S. Army 155/0 200 Running

6. 8 148 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 155/5 200 Running

7. 1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby's 151/5 200 Running

8. 16 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Sta-Green Xtended Feed / Lowe's 147/5 200 Running

9. 2 21 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet AutoZone 143/5 200 Running

10. 12 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 134/0 200 Running

11. 27 10 Dave Blaney Toyota ABF U-Pack Moving 130/0 200 Running

12. 25 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 127/0 200 Running

13. 35 47 Jon Wood Ford Armor All 124/0 200 Running

14. 38 18 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Hunt's / Joe Gibbs Driven 121/0 200 Running

15. 13 126 Todd Kluever Ford Dish Network 118/0 200 Running

16. 20 22 David Stremme Dodge Supercuts 115/0 200 Running

17. 10 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Ortho 117/5 199 Running

18. 15 37 Jamie McMurray Ford Troy-Bilt 109/0 199 Running

19. 40 27 Ward Burton Ford Kleenex / Cottonelle 106/0 199 Running

20. 17 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford / MatchLight 103/0 199 Running

21. 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / U.S. Coast Guard 105/5 199 Running

22. 33 77 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Dollar General 97/0 199 Running

23. 26 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 94/0 199 Running

24. 23 88 Shane Huffman Chevrolet U.S. Navy 91/0 199 Running

25. 7 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 88/0 199 Running

26. 29 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 90/5 199 Running

27. 14 25 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 82/0 199 Running

28. 43 91 David Green Toyota YRT2 79/0 199 Running

29. 19 230 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 4caring.org 76/0 198 Running

30. 31 66 Steve Wallace Dodge HomeLife Communities 73/0 198 Running

31. 28 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 70/0 198 Running

32. 18 155 Robby Gordon Ford Verizon Wireless 67/0 198 Running

33. 39 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald's Premium Chicken 64/0 197 Running

34. 11 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 61/0 197 Running

35. 42 36 Brent Sherman Chevrolet Big Lots 58/0 196 Running

36. 41 28 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 55/0 196 Running

37. 34 23 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet MACtac.com 52/0 189 Running

38. 36 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Clabber Girl 49/0 181 Running

39. 21 144 Mike Bliss Dodge Family Dollar 46/0 153 Off Track

40. 37 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco / Havoline 43/0 148 Off Track

41. 5 12 Kurt Busch Dodge Penske Truck Rental 50/10 148 Out of Race

42. 30 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 37/0 53 Out of Race

43. 24 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 34/0 4 Out of Race

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