Good afternoon and welcome to the CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway, the 25th event on the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series schedule.

AAA Pole Award: Greg Biffle was the fastest qualifier for the event. This is his 12th career Busch pole, but the last one was 05/29/04 at Lowe's.

BUSCH TRACK RECORDS: Fastest race set by Mark Martin 8/95 of 169.571 mph. Kasey Kahne holds the record for the fastest qualifying lap, at 186.490 mph 08/03. Mark Martin also has led the most laps (303) and has the most top-five finishes (6).

Green Flag to start the CARFAX 250 at 3:47 p.m.

Order at the start: 16 10 6 41 20 59 15 21 77 27

Lead Change #1: #10 Brian Vickers leads lap 1.

Order after Lap 1: 10 16 20 41 21 17 6 59 15 77 LL2: #99 David Reutimann and #25 David Gilliland made contact but both continue. #99 shows tire smoke.

Caution Flag #1: #42 Kevin Hamlin spins in turn 4, leaving debris behind. Yellow flag laps 9 - 11

Under the yellow #47 Kelly Bires pits for a rear end adjustment. Reutimann also pitted in the #99 to work on left front damage. #90 Stephen Leicht also pitted to take a pound out of the left rear, rubber out of the left rear, 4 tires and fuel.

Order after 10 laps: 10 16 20 17 21 77 15 29 24 03 132.723 mph

LL16 Lead Change #2: #17 Matt Kenseth.

Caution Flag #2: #41 Reed Sorensen and #60 Carl Edwards make contact. Yellow laps: 26 - 28.

During the caution #49 Brian Keselowski pits twice, once for a stop and go penalty. #77 Bobby Labonte pitted for tire rub. #41 Reed Sorensen pitted for a track bar adjustment, saying the car was really tight in the center.

LL26 Lead Change #4: #20 Denny Hamlin over #16 Greg Biffle.

Order after 30 laps: 20 Denny Hamlin 16 10 17 21 5 15 29 03 9 133.148 mph.

Caution Flag #3: #33 Tony Stewart spun exiting turn 2. Yellow laps 34 - 36. #77 Bobby Labonte was the Lucky Dog.

During the yellow #33 Stewart pitted for a track bar adjustment and tires. He said, This car is so loose that I can barely keep it on the track and we are still kickin' everyone's butt."

#10 Brian Vickers had a problem getting fuel into the car during the caution due to a stuck flapper valve. He fell from the top 10 to 33rd because he had to stop twice.

LL33 Lead Change #5: #17

Order after 40 laps: 17 Matt Kenseth 20 16 21 15 5 29 88 24 03 129.386 mph

LL45 Lead Change #6: #20 Denny Hamlin

Order after 50 laps: 20 Denny Hamlin 17 16 21 15 5 88 29 24 26 136.775 mph.

LL58 Lead Change #7: #17 Matt Kenseth

Order after 60 laps: 17 Matt Kenseth 20 16 21 15 5 29 88 10 28 142.022 mph

LL68 Lead Change #8: #20 Denny Hamlin

Order after 70 laps: 20 Denny Hamlin 17 16 21 15 29 5 88 10 03 145.873 mph

#29 Jeff Burton pits for major chassis changes. #17 Matt Kenseth also pits, taking a half-turn out.

LL77 Lead Change #9: #21 Kevin Harvick (during green flag pit stops)

LL79 Lead Change #10: #10 Brian Vickers (during green flag pit stops)

Order after 80 laps: 6 David Ragan 77 20 90 17 21 16 15 10 33 147.872 mph

LL80 Lead Change #11: #6 David Ragan

LL81 Lead Change #12: #77 Bobby Labonte

LL86 Lead Change #13: #20 Denny Hamlin

Order after 90 laps: 20 Denny Hamlin 17 21 16 5 15 29 03 88 10 150.297 mph

Order after 100 laps: 20 17 21 16 5 29 15 03 10 88 152.541 mph

Order after 110 laps: 20 17 21 16 5 29 15 10 03 24 154.320 mph, 4.086 second interval

Order after 120 laps: 20 17 21 16 5 29 10 15 03 24 155.813 mph, 5.998 second interval

LL122, #27 Ward Burton slows.

LL123 #5 Mark Martin passes #16 Greg Biffle for fourth, low on the track. On the final lap #5 Mark Martin slows, out of fuel. The #38 of Jason Leffler also ran out of gas on the final lap.

Unofficial order of finish: 20 (Denny Hamlin) 17 21 29 16 10 15 03 24 2 26 5 88 38 18 99 1 77 59 41 156.486 mph, 6.998 margin of victory.

New Busch Series Track Record: Denny Hamlin set the MIS Busch Series record for greatest margin of victory finishing 6.998 seconds ahead of second-place Matt Kenseth (#17). The previous record was held by Mark Martin, who took the checkered flag 6.91 seconds ahead of Terry Labonte in 1995.

POST-RACE QUOTES:

Denny Hamlin #20 (1st): (on playing a joke on crew chief) "I was out of gas. I made him jump on the wall, I'm sure. It happened at Indy and it wasn't so funny then. I figured I could coast anyway, even if I did run out. I have to give congratulations to Dave Rogers (crew chief). (on yesterday's accident during testing) "I definitely did not want to give these guys (crew) any more work than they already had to. I can't say enough about those guys who put the car back together even better than the way it was. I'm just happy - we just got a mile and a half-two-mile win.:

Matt Kenseth #17 (2nd): (on today's race) "I had a lot of fun racing with Denny today. We were even through the middle section of the race . I could pass him and he could pass me. We just got a little too tight towards the end. We didn't quite make the changes we needed to there. We had a good car. We'd just have liked the chance to battle them to the end. We just got too far behind on the green flag pit stop and couldn't make it up. (on track conditions) The track conditions were a lot different than yesterday. We learned a little bit about that and about air pressure adjustments."

Kevin Harvick #21 (3rd): (on today's race) "It was interesting. Our car was really loose and we got better through the day. We didn't really make it better at the beginning of the run but we did get better through the middle of race and on towards the end of run. It's been a lot of fun winning races and being competitive. (on owners' championship) That's pretty awesome to see, as much ground as everyone's (21 car and teammate 2 car) been able to make up on. To put the pressure on the 60 car is going to be fun until the end."

Greg Biffle #16 (5th): "It was a pretty uneventful race. The 3M Ford Fusion car was running really good and qualified on the pole. Fifth was not what we were looking for but we learned a lot today. We adjusted some tire pressures. We got too loose at the start and got too tight at the end. We couldn't get that balance worked out, where I could run fast at the beginning of the run and keep some speed for the end of the run. Unfortunately there at the end we lost third and a couple more spots. Overall, it was a good day.

On the final lap #88 Brad Keselowski ran out of fuel and coasted a long time, to finish 3:03.831 behind the winner, but on the lead lap. Keselowski said of the experience:

"You try to save gas as much as you can but I gave up a couple of spots trying to do that. I'm just glad we made it back. (on future) "I'd like to ride in the 88 car the rest of the year but we're still trying to work that out. We're looking for more strong runs like this. If the race fell a little different we might have had a shot at the top five. I was just glad to be representing the Navy."

Brian Keselowski #49 (33rd): "It was not bad for the first time out. We were loose at the start, but we were able to hold on and survive. We were so happy to be in the race, so I could race with my brother Brad. I want to run at Memphis and Homestead with the Busch Series and run full time with the ARCA series."