2008 Best Buy 400

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Tyler Head

For the 3rd time in five races, and the 4th time in Sprint Cup Series competition this year, Kyle Busch emerged from his car victorious, with his Toyota parked in victory lane, as Busch led 158 laps en-route to his run away victory over Carl Edwards.

"It was definitely a great race for us there," Busch said. "We didn't have the car to beat today."

"I think Kyle's being modest," Edwards said. "I think that last run, his car was the best car."

Busch earned his 10th victory among Nascar's top three series, as he outran the Roush cars of Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth, who finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th. However, Edwards wasn't fascinated with the way his day ended.

"No good," said Edwards, who won the race here in September. "Not what we came here to do."

On lap 18 nearly half of the top-12 in points found themselves involved in a 10-car pileup that started when David Gilliland and Elliott Sadler made contact coming off turn 2, sending Sadler spinning in front of the field. From there Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. all piled in to the wreckage, along with others.

Kahne's wreck, who won the Coca-Cola 600 just a week earlier, allowed David Ragan to pull within 8 points of the chase after the halfway point of Nascar's regular season. Matt Kenseth also pulled within 95 points, and after his slow start is in position to make a run at the chase.

And for Stewart, it was the third straight race in which he finished 18th or worse, and the 4th in the last five races.

"Unfortunately, adversity is our motto here at Joe Gibbs Racing," Stewart said after his wreck.

However, his teammate has only faced the adversity of the fans that hate to see him win, which he has done on several of Nascar's toughest tracks. And recently if Busch hasn't been celebrating a win, he's been close, finishing 3rd or better in each of the past five races.

"I just want to win everything, man," Busch said. "That's all I'm here for. I've found something that's worked for me recently."

Greg Biffle earned his second consecutive top-3 finish as he came home third after dominating the first half of the race, leading 164 laps, the most of any driver. The Biff did this despite electrical issues that forced him to cut off all unnecessary devices within the car, including those that cool the driver during the race. However, Biffle still made a charge for the win, but fell well behind Busch and Edwards as the laps wound down.

"In the end, he got his car right and was able to drive off," Biffle said.