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* Kyle Busch won the Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway after starting the race third. Busch scored his eighth career victory in his 127th career race. Busch's previous victory came at Darlington. Busch scored his fourth victory in 2008, the most in the series. Three of those victories have come in the past five races. Busch scored his seventh straight top-10 finish, extending a streak that began at Texas. This is Busch's first victory in seven races at Dover. His previous best Dover finish was second (twice). It marked his fifth top-five finish in seven races at Dover.
* Busch's win marked Toyota's fifth victory in 2008. Chevrolet and Ford each have three wins, and Dodge has two.
* Greg Biffle led the most laps, leading three different times for 164 laps total.
* This was the fifth victory for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008.
* Busch led four times for 158 laps, including the final 74.
* Carl Edwards (second) scored his ninth top-10 finish in 2008. Edwards has scored top-10 finishes in his past four races, extending a streak that began at Richmond. Edwards has finished third or better in the past four races at Dover.
* Busch remained first in the points standings. Busch gained 48 points in the race. He is now 142 points ahead of Jeff Burton -- the largest championship lead so far this season.
* Busch has won 10 races in NASCAR's three National divisions (four in Cup, four in Nationwide, two in Trucks). Busch is the only driver to score nine top-5 and 10 top-10 finishes in 13 races this season.
* Biffle (third) scored his fifth straight top-10 finish at Dover.
* Matt Kenseth (fourth) scored his third top-10 finish in his past three races.
* Jeff Gordon (fifth) scored his fourth straight top-10 finish, extending a streak that began at Richmond. He climbed from 10th to sixth in points.
* Burton (eighth) is the only driver to score top-15 finishes in all 13 races this season.
* Sam Hornish Jr. (18th) was the highest-finishing rookie.
* Kevin Harvick (38th) extended the longest streak of running at the finish of 57 races that began at Kansas in October 2006.
* A Lap 18 accident involving 11 cars (Nos. 07, 9, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21, 29, 43, 66 and 88) resulted in a 15-minute, 42-second red flag. Six of the top 12 in points were involved in this accident, resulting in a shuffle in the points standings.
* Only six cars finished on the lead lap, the fewest in a race this season.(ESPN.com)
 
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