Jeff Gordon contained to Clint Bowyer in a square end of green-white-to flag to gain the Bank at night of America 500 Saturday in the Motor Lowe's Speedway - the second consecutive victory of Gordon, his sixth of the season and 81ª of its race in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR.Fear to finish the fuel, Gordon still crossed the line of goal 0,579 seconds in front of Bowyer in a race that extended three returns more of its announced distance of 334 returns. Gordon increased to its advantage in Caza by Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR to 68 points on its coequipero Jimmie Johnson, who controlled to a series of problems to finish 14º.Kyle Busch arrived third party, followed of Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards, and pilots in Caza took the five first positions.After NASCAR suspended the race by 12 minutes to clean oil in the track, Ryan Newman escaped to Gordon by outside after the resumption in return 330. Nevertheless, two returns later, Newman hit in curve 2 and caused 15ª and last yellow flag to prepare a race of two returns in the end.A duro hits in the curve 1 that involved to Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Riggs caused 13ª yellow flag of the race in return 279. As much Bowyer as Gordon entered pits by four rims and fuel, but Kyle Busch escaped to Gordon leaving pits to take a leadership that did not last much. In return 285, after the subsequent resumption, Gordon escaped easily to its coequipero in the Hendrick Motorsports and it moved away of the rest of the squad.After Busch and Bowyer interchanged the end during a bullfight of 38 returns in green flag, NASCAR considered the fourth yellow flag after Johnny Sauter trompeó by oil that threw the 66 no. Chevy of its coequipero, Jeff Green.As much Kurt Busch as Stewart had to fight with problems in the track of pits. In return 177, car no. 15 of Paul Menard grazed to the Chevrolet de Stewart when it left his place of pits. Stewart soon had a fort contact with the no. 9 Dodge de Kasey Kahne, that turned in front of the bichampion when trying to arrive at its place in pits.Busch had damages in the right front defense of its no. 2 Dodge after the contact in pits with the no. 01 Chevy de Mark Martin in return 191, but that did not affect it. Busch recovered a position between the 10 first until it failed a cylinder to him more ahead in the race and was catched during a return after a yellow flag interrupted a cycle of shutdowns in pits under green flag.Stewart rescued a result in seventh place, but Busch finalized 26º, two returns back.Notes: Kevin Harvick stopped twice in pits under green flag by problems in the rims at the beginning of the race, finished 33º and fell in the scores of Caza. Denny Hamlin had to enter pits the last yellow flag by a problem with the transmission and it could not take the necessary speed in the resumption. 20º finished and fell more back of Gordon.
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Confusion of Kenseth
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