Kenseth racks up 12th Busch win

Kenseth defeated Fedewa by 0.352-seconds and averaged 72.103 miles per hour around the 0.533-mile high-banked short track. Lajoie was third, followed by Jimmie Johnson and Kenny Wallace.

"It's nice to run well and have a good car anytime," said Kenseth, who scored the 12th Busch series victory of his career.

The race was slowed by 12 caution periods for 75 laps of the 250-lap race. The first crash came on lap nine when Marty Houston, Larry Foyt and rookie Jamie McMurray crashed in the fourth turn.

The biggest shunt came on lap 76 when Jeff Green, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Shane Hall, rookie Greg Biffle, Mike Dillon, Christian Elder, Mike McLaughlin and Houston crashed in the first turn with Biffle's car ending up on Hamilton's hood. Dillon was hurt in the accident and transported to a hospital, where he was treated and released after he complained of a stiff neck.

"I'm not sure really what happened," Green said. "This is just Bristol, that's about all I can say. It's a lot like a restrictor-plate race, everybody wants to be at the bottom of the race track. When one guy lets off, then it's a chain reaction and you can't help it.

"We've just got to get our qualifying effort a little bit better. When you start back where we've starting, you are asking for trouble. We had a good car today and I felt like we were going to contend, if we could ever have gotten to the front."

Green, the defending Busch Series champion, entered the race as the points leader, but the crash knocked him out of the lead. Kevin Harvick, who has taken over the RCR Winston Cup ride after Dale Earnhardt's death, is the new points leader with 912 points. Jason Keller, 21 points back, follows him. Biffle and McLaughlin third follow Green. Harvick led the most laps in the race with 86, including the first 69.

Harvick regained the lead on lap 149 but was passed by Lajoie on lap 166. Lajoie stayed in front until Kenseth took the lead from him on lap 202.

Britain's Stevie Hodgson finished his first Busch race in a respectable 16th place, four laps down on the winner.

Biffle leads the Raybestos Rookie of the Year points with 83 followed by Jim Sauter's 57, Scott Wimmer's 53, McMurray's 52 and Houston's 46.