Bowyer wins Dover Busch race

"It feels good," said Bowyer. "I struggled in practice and really was concerned about the race. But I held on in there for about 15 laps and then it came in pretty good.

"Everybody at RCR (Richard Childress Racing) has done a really good job and if they can make me fast, they can make anyone fast..."

The green-white-chequered flag finish was prompted by Martin Truex Jr's late spin.

Until encountering problems with his right rear tyre 30 laps from the end, Truex Jr appeared to be the most likely victor.

He had passed polesitter Scott Riggs for the lead on lap 41, and then fought back through to reclaim the position from Jamie McMurray after differing pit stop strategy dropped Truex down the order briefly.

But then a sudden loss of grip saw him plummet to the foot of the top ten, and he would eventually fall to 27th after his spin.

Kenseth picked up the lead as Truex hit trouble, but only for a handful of laps before Bowyer asserted himself. Although Kenseth nosed ahead a few times in the closing stages, Bowyer would not be deposed.

"I just couldn't quite get him," said Kenseth. "We were just a little loose off the corners all day. It wasn't quite right, but the guys did a good job and it was a lot of fun racing Clint and Kevin."

Third place was a typically stealthy result for runaway points leader Harvick. Having qualified a disappointing 24th, Harvick edged his way into contention quietly but effectively.

"We just didn't qualify very well and had to take our time working up through the traffic," he said. "We wound up right up there where we needed to be at the end.

"I was really nervous going into today - it's not my best track as a driver. But it worked out really good."

Early leader Riggs lost ground with a poor pit stop and a spin, and could only recover to 12th.

Results 

Pos  Driver              Make      Laps
 1.  Clint Bowyer        Chevrolet  202
 2.  Matt Kenseth        Ford       202
 3.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet  202
 4.  Jamie McMurray      Dodge      202
 5.  Jason Leffler       Chevrolet  202
 6.  Reed Sorenson       Dodge      202
 7.  Kyle Busch          Chevrolet  202
 8.  Greg Biffle         Ford       202
 9.  J.J. Yeley          Chevrolet  202
10.  Michael Waltrip     Dodge      202
11.  Scott Wimmer        Dodge      202
12.  Scott Riggs         Dodge      202
13.  Todd Kluever        Ford       202
14.  Kenny Wallace       Ford       202
15.  Ken Schrader        Ford       202
16.  Dave Blaney         Chevrolet  202
17.  Regan Smith         Ford       202
18.  David Ragan         Ford       202
19.  John Andretti       Ford       202
20.  Stacy Compton       Ford       202
21.  Steve Wallace       Dodge      200
22.  Stephen Leicht      Ford       200
23.  Johnny Sauter       Chevrolet  200
24.  Mike Wallace        Dodge      200
25.  Ashton Lewis        Ford       200
26.  Carl Edwards        Ford       200
27.  Martin Truex Jr.    Chevrolet  199
28.  Auggie Vidovich     Dodge      199
29.  Tim Sauter          Chevrolet  199
30.  Casey Atwood        Ford       199
31.  Jay Sauter          Chevrolet  198
32.  Stanton Barrett     Chevrolet  196
33.  Derrike Cope        Ford       196
34.  Donnie Neuenberger  Ford       195
35.  Shane Hall          Ford       194
36.  Shane Huffman       Chevrolet  189
37.  Paul Menard         Chevrolet  162
38.  Jon Wood            Ford       145
39.  Burney Lamar        Chevrolet  137
40.  Denny Hamlin        Chevrolet  135
41.  Kertus Davis        Chevrolet  100
42.  Sean Caisse         Chevrolet  10
43.  Chris Wimmer        Chevrolet  3