by Bruce Simmons
The rains subsided and the ark was put away, and the racing commenced, finally, albeit under the threat of heavy fog in the first set of green/yellow flag laps at Michigan International Raceway. The fog caused a red flag but they soon got back under way 1/2 an hour later to start the race in earnest on lap 13 as Jeff Gordon led them to the green.
Kurt Busch won the event, followed by Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth & Denny Hamlin rounding out the top 5.
Tony Stewart came in 10th, Dale Earnhardt Jr 12th. Jeff Gordon has some off roading issues as he got stuck in the infield after spinning down the straight away... he came in 27th.
After 203 of 200 laps, (yep, green white checkered at the end), there were 20 cars on the lead lap. (The GWC came about after Greg Biffle spun in Turn 2).
The unofficial results are at nascar.com
As far as points go, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton swapped spots, with Jimmie being in 6th now and Kurt Busch stayed in 12th, 33 points behind Martin Truex Jr.. Dale Earnhardt Jr took over 13th, but is a distant 163 points back.
The late race charge by Truex wasn't much to make Busch fans feel threatened. At the end of the race, Kurt had the restarts well in hand, and was able to put just enough distance on his fellow competitors each lap to let the viewer know he was probably going to win unless lightning struck in those last few laps.
The unofficial points standings are at nascar.com
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