Blaney's win, Harvick's title at Lowe's

Blaney took the win after a series of circumstances in the closing laps took other likely winners out of the running.

Meanwhile Harvick had fate similarly fall his way to clinch the title, his second Busch crown, by finishing the race in ninth, having looked no chance to do so before the third of the race's three red flags.

Problems with a tyre and in the pits saw Harvick run as low as 35th, Edwards' late race departure just what Harvick needed to take the title with an unassailable 775 point lead over Edwards.

The race was looking like a Carl Edwards benefit until, with just over ten laps remaining, one of the night's many cautions came out for a crash for Jamie McMurray.

Casey Mears, who had taken the lead a few laps earlier by running a different pit strategy, pitted under the caution for the fuel he needed but took no tyres and came back onto the track, somehow still leading the race.

Discussions between NASCAR and various teams eventually saw NASCAR decide to red flag the race to sort out the situation, eventually rightly returning the lead to Carl Edwards, who had dominated the race, ahead of Mears.

Lap 193 of 200 saw the race return to green flag racing, but another crash two laps later saw the caution out again. Lap 197 and it was green once more, Mears again right behind Edwards.

Mears tried to pass Edwards through turns three and four on lap 198 but got loose, spinning into Edwards as they both slammed into the wall, their races over. NASCAR red-flagged the race to clean up the track so the field could have a chance at a green-white-checker finish.

Now Dave Blaney led the race from Matt Kenseth, who had returned to the lead lap when McMurray crashed, but had to start near the back of the field thanks to a combination of restart rules which seemed to conspire against him.

Two to go and the race restarted, Blaney ahead of Kenseth. Entering turns three and four with just over a lap remaining, Blaney took the high line as Kenseth dived below, the duo exiting turn four side-by-side.

It looked like Kenseth would just breeze past but they stayed alongside each other as they took the white flag, through turns one and two, and down the back stretch for the final time. Through turn three Kenseth stayed low, but as they entered four he bobbled before spinning as he came off four.

Blaney took the win as the field scattered in the smoke from Kenseth's spin. Somehow Kenseth only fell to fourth, as Michael Waltrip and Stacey Compton snuck through to take second and third.

Pos  Driver               Make        Laps
 1.  Dave Blaney          Chevrolet    203
 2.  Michael Waltrip      Dodge        203
 3.  Stacy Compton        Ford         203
 4.  Matt Kenseth         Ford         203
 5.  Danny O'Quinn Jr     Ford         203
 6.  Johnny Sauter        Chevrolet    202
 7.  Clint Bowyer         Chevrolet    202
 8.  Denny Hamlin         Chevrolet    202
 9.  Kevin Harvick        Chevrolet    202
10.  Ashton Lewis         Ford         202
11.  Mike Skinner         Dodge        202
12.  Kyle Busch           Chevrolet    202
13.  Paul Menard          Chevrolet    201
14.  Stephen Leicht       Ford         201
15.  Aric Almirola        Chevrolet    201
16.  Tony Stewart         Chevrolet    201
17.  Casey Atwood         Ford         201
18.  Todd Kluever         Ford         201
19.  Kenny Wallace        Ford         200
20.  David Reutimann      Dodge        200
21.  Scott Wimmer         Ford         200
22.  Bobby Labonte        Ford         200
23.  Jon Wood             Ford         199
24.  Ted Musgrave         Dodge        199
25.  John Andretti        Ford         199
26.  Casey Mears          Dodge        198
27.  Carl Edwards         Ford         198
28.  Jason Leffler        Chevrolet    198
29.  Mike Wallace         Dodge        196
30.  Brad Baker           Chevrolet    195
31.  Jamie McMurray       Dodge        182
32.  J.J. Yeley           Chevrolet    168
33.  Auggie Vidovich      Dodge        114
34.  Brad Keselowski      Chevrolet    113
35.  Jeff Burton          Chevrolet    108
36.  David Ragan          Ford         103
37.  Regan Smith          Ford         101
38.  Reed Sorenson        Dodge         94
39.  Shane Huffman        Chevrolet     89
40.  Jay Sauter           Chevrolet     72
41.  Greg Biffle          Ford          42
42.  Jimmie Johnson       Chevrolet     21
43.  Kasey Kahne          Dodge          7