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Kyle Busch earned his first Cup Series road win at Sonoma.

Lap-by-Lap: Infineon

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June 23, 2008
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CHECKERED FLAG: Kyle Busch survives the green-white-checkered and wins the Toyota/Save Mart 350. David Gilliland is second with Jeff Gordon third. Elliott Sadler's tire finally goes and he hits the wall.

Lap 111 -- WHITE FLAG -- Kyle Busch gets the white flag and has a decent lead.

Lap 110 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. David Gilliland
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Elliott Sadler
5. Clint Bowyer

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Lap 109 -- Elliott Sadler, currently fourth, has a flat tire but will try to finish the race.

Lap 108 -- YELLOW FLAG: The field is back rolling again.

Lap 108 -- RED FLAG: The race has been stopped for track clean up.

Lap 108 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Tony Stewart got in the back of Scott Pruett, who then hit Martin Truex Jr. Pruett dropped fluid on the track bringing out the caution. This means there will be a green-white-checkered.

Lap 107 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. David Gilliland
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Elliott Sadler
5. Clint Bowyer

Lap 106 -- Tony Stewart is down to 19th, Jamie McMurray to 20th, Ron Fellows to 31st and Kevin Harvick to 32nd.

Lap 105 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Jamie McMurray went into Turn 4 too fast and Tony Stewart passed him for second. Then Kevin Harvick got loose and spun collecting Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart and Ron Fellows -- all top-10 cars.

Lap 104 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green for the final six laps.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Jamie McMurray
3. Tony Stewart
4. David Gilliland
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 101 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: David Reutimann has a tire go down in Turn 9 sending him into the wall hard. No free pass will be given.

Lap 100 -- Kevin Harvick has caught David Gilliland and is challenging him for fourth. Greg Biffle clips Jimmie Johnson causing him to spin and the No. 48 falls to 23rd.

Lap 99 -- Kyle Busch is out front by 4.3 seconds and unless a caution comes out looks like he will win in convincing fashion.

Lap 98 -- Boris Said has taken his No. 60 to the garage.

Lap 97 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on the bumper of Juan Montoya for 11th position.

Lap 96 -- Kyle Busch is out front by more than four seconds. Tony Stewart completes the pass of David Gilliland for third.

Lap 95 -- Casey Mears was as low as 41st at one point but is running 10th.

Lap 94 -- Tony Stewart is currently the fastest car on the track and has caught David Gilliand in third.

Lap 93 -- Carl Edwards has worked his way up to 19th but an ill-timed caution could have cost him the race.

Lap 92 -- The top eight each have at least one second separation between each car.

Lap 91 -- Polesitter Kasey Kahne is currently 35th, one lap down.

Lap 90 -- Last week's winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. has raced a quiet top-15 race and is currently 12th.

Lap 89 -- David Gilliland has caught Jamie McMurray and is challenging for second.

Lap 88 -- Ron Fellows passes Elliott Sadler for sixth in what could be a great point day for the DEI No. 01.

Lap 87 -- Kyle Busch leads by 2.5 seconds on second-place Jamie McMurray.

Lap 86 -- Juan Montoya is up to 11th after restarting 15th.

Lap 85 -- Marcos Ambrose has gone to the garage and will end the day with a DNF in his Cup Series debut.

Lap 84 -- Marcos Ambrose spins after getting clipped by Elliott Sadler. Ambrose is on pit road and Kevin Harvick passes Sadler for fifth. Ambrose says he lost his transmission and just tried to get out of the way.

Lap 83 -- Positions three through eight are separated by less than four seconds.

Lap 82 -- Jimmie Johnson is up to 18th, Carl Edwards has fallen to 23rd. Kyle Busch is out front by two seconds.

Lap 81 -- Tony Stewart passes Marcos Ambrose in Turn 4 for fifth.

Lap 80 -- David Gilliland passes Marcos Ambrose for third. On the pass, the two got together but were able to keep both cars straight.

Lap 79 -- Jeff Gordon is becoming a factor again, he passes Casey Mears for ninth.

Lap 78 -- On the restart, Jamie McMurray has a great restart and passes Marcos Ambrose for second. David Gilliland passes Tony Stewart for fourth.

Lap 77 -- Kyle Busch brings the field to the green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Marcos Ambrose
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Tony Stewart
5. David Gilliland

Lap 76 -- Marcos Ambrose is up to second after the spin and Juan Montoya fell back to 15th. None of the leaders hit pit road to top off on fuel.

Lap 75 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Patrick Carpentier and Joe Nemechek are on the tail end of the lead lap and in front of the race leaders creating havoc. In Turn 11, Marcos Ambrose got underneath Juan Montoya and spun the No. 42. Joe Nemechek will get the free pass.

Lap 74 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Juan Montoya
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Marcos Ambrose
5. David Gilliland

Lap 73 -- Carl Edwards is down to 20th, Jimmie Johnson 21st and Ryan Newman 22nd as they are the first cars who pitted under caution.

Lap 72 -- Michael Waltrip and Paul Menard both too fast exiting pit road and serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 71 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch takes the lead as Carl Edwards and the other cars who didn't pit under green hit pit road. They have to dodge Robby Gordon who is stuck on the entrance of pit road.
• Carl Edwards with four tires and fuel
• Ryan Newman with an air pressure adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson with a wedge and track bar adjustment
• Scott Pruett with a wedge adjustment

Lap 70 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch got together and spun, collecting Max Papis and bringing out the caution. Denny Hamlin will get the free pass.

Lap 70 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards leads as Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Denny Hamlin are on pit road. Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon also on pit road, Stewart stalled his car on exit.

Lap 69 -- Matt Kenseth, Marcos Ambrose and Martin Truex Jr. are on pit road. Jeff Burton was too fast exiting and will have to make a pass-through penalty.

Lap 68 -- Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick on pit road for four tires and fuel.

Lap 67 -- David Gilliland is on pit road and gives up the seventh position.

Lap 66 -- Marcos Ambrose has moved up to sixth after restarting 17th back on Lap 33.

Lap 65 -- Carl Edwards passes Tony Stewart for fourth.

Lap 64 -- Jeff Gordon is on the move. He has moved up to 16th after being as low as 22nd.

Lap 63 -- Kyle Busch leads by four seconds as we are about four laps away from green flag stops.

Lap 62 -- Kyle Busch has put David Reutimann a lap down.

Lap 61 -- Marcos Ambrose is ninth, Robby Gordon is 10th and Elliott Sadler has fallen to 11th.

Lap 60 -- The top five of Kyle Busch, Juan Montoya, Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards all have three seconds between them.

Lap 59 -- Max Papis is on pit road beginning another round of green flag stops.

Lap 58 -- Carl Edwards is up to fifth as fifth through 10th are running very tight together.

Lap 57 -- Kyle Busch's lead is shrinking as Juan Montoya has closed to within two seconds.

Lap 56 -- Thirty-nine cars are on the lead lap. Kurt Busch is the first car one lap down. Brian Simo is the only driver off the track.

Lap 55 -- Carl Edwards continues to slowly climb to the front as he passes David Gilliland for sixth.

Lap 54 -- Marcos Ambrose is up to 11th and Ron Fellows has climbed to 15th.

Lap 53 -- Robby Gordon up to ninth as he passes Elliott Sadler.

Lap 52 -- Denny Hamlin tries to pass Ryan Newman in Turn 11 and instead goes around. The race stays green and Hamlin falls to 32nd after running 15th.

Lap 51 -- The top-four are all separated by at least two seconds.

Lap 50 -- Tony Stewart passes Jeff Burton for fourth.

Lap 49 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road to get four tires and fix the tire rub.

Lap 48 -- Kurt Busch has a tire rub after getting together with Scott Pruett and might have to make an unscheduled pit stop.

Lap 47 -- Robby Gordon is up to 10th and challenging Martin Truex Jr. for ninth.

Lap 46 -- Kyle Busch leads by three seconds in front of Juan Montoya.

Lap 45 -- Carl Edwards passes Martin Truex Jr. for eighth.

Lap 44 -- Tony Stewart passes David Gilliland for fifth.

Lap 43 -- Marcos Ambrose passes Denny Hamlin for 15th.

Lap 42 -- A.J. Allmendinger is back on pit road.

Lap 41 -- Robby Gordon gets around Jimmie Johnson for 12th. Jeff Gordon down to 22nd.

Lap 40 -- The current top-five:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Juan Montoya
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Jeff Burton
5. David Gilliland

Lap 39 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is up to 19th. Jimmie Johnson has fallen to 12th.

Lap 38 -- Jeff Gordon is still fighting his racecar and falls to 20th as Clint Bowyer passes him.

Lap 37 -- Dave Blaney is on pit road.

Lap 36 -- Marcos Ambrose is down to 18th and Jeff Gordon 19th after the first pit stops.

Lap 35 -- Kyle Busch is out front by 2.2 seconds.

Lap 34 -- Jimmie Johnson is 10th as the nine cars ahead of him all pitted before the caution. Boris Said was too fast exiting pit road and will have to make a pass-through penalty.

Lap 33 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch takes the lead as on the restart. Greg Biffle spins and Juan Montoya has to check up to not hit Biffle. Greg Biffle falls back to sixth.

Lap 32 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Juan Montoya
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jamie McMurray
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 31 -- A.J. Allmendinger is still on pit road as he can't get his car started. Boris Said is on pit road with the hood up due to some serious brake problems.

Lap 31 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the lead as Jimmie Johnson hits pit road. The guys who haven't pitted yet make their stops.
• Carl Edwards with an air pressure adjustment and four tires
• Marcos Ambrose with an air pressure adjustment and four tires
• Robby Gordon with an air pressure adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson with a track bar and air pressure adjustment

Lap 30 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Joe Nemechek and David Ragan spin in Turn 11, hitting a stack of tires and sending them on the track. Aric Almirola will get the free pass.

Lap 30 -- Juan Montoya, Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart are all on pit road for tires and fuel.

Lap 29 -- Jamie McMurray is on pit road for four tires and fuel.

Lap 28 -- Marcos Ambrose is up to fourth. Kyle Busch is currently running 12th. Martin Truex Jr. is on pit road for an air pressure adjustment, four tires and fuel.

Lap 27 -- Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton are on pit road. Both take four tires and fuel.

Lap 26 -- Carl Edwards has closed the gap on Jimmie Johnson. Johnson now leads by 2.1 seconds.

Lap 25 -- Greg Biffle hits pit road to begin green flag pit stops.

Lap 24 -- Brian Simo goes to the garage. Jeff Gordon is down to 12th as Elliott Sadler and Jamie McMurray pass him. Gordon says he has no grip in his tires.

Lap 23 -- Carl Edwards is up to second and Robby Gordon to third as Kurt Busch falls to fourth.

Lap 22 -- Jeff Gordon is down to 10th as Juan Montoya and Greg Biffle pass him for eighth and ninth.

Lap 21 -- NASCAR is black-flagging Brian Simo, who is currently 37th.

Lap 20 -- Carl Edwards passes Robby Gordon for third. Ryan Newman gets around Jeff Gordon for seventh.

Lap 19 -- Jeff Gordon is falling as he is down to seventh as Denny Hamlin gets around him. Juan Montoya passes Greg Biffle for ninth.

Lap 18 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by five seconds. Marcos Ambrose passes Jeff Gordon for fifth.

Lap 17 -- Second-place Kurt Busch, Robby Gordon and Carl Edwards have pulled away from the rest of the field.

Lap 16 -- Bobby Labonte has worked his way up to 26th after his Lap 2 spin.

Lap 15 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 4.5 seconds in front of second-place Kurt Busch.

Lap 14 -- Kyle Busch is up to 18th. Tony Stewart up to 27th.

Lap 13 -- Carl Edwards passes Jeff Gordon in Turn 11 for fourth. Marcos Ambrose passes Ryan Newman in the same corner for sixth.

Lap 12 -- Juan Montoya has worked his way into the top 10 in just 12 laps as he passes Kasey Kahne for 10th.

Lap 11 -- Kasey Kahne has fallen to 10th. Jimmie Johnson leads by four seconds.

Lap 10 -- Carl Edwards gets around Kasey Kahne for sixth. Marcos Ambrose is back down to seventh.

Lap 9 -- Jimmie Johnson has opened up a three second lead on the field. Marcos Ambrose passes Ryan Newman for sixth and Jeff Gordon gets around Kasey Kahne for fourth.

Lap 8 -- Jeff Gordon passes Ryan Newman for fifth. Kyle Busch is up to 21st after starting 30th.

Lap 7 -- Jimmie Johnson remains out front. Kurt Busch passes Kasey Kahne for second and Robby Gordon is challenging Kahne for third.

Lap 6 -- Tony Stewart is working his way through the field. He is up to 30th after starting 39th.

Lap 5 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Kasey Kahne in Turn 11 to take the lead. Officials are reporting Robby Gordon is dragging something from his car.

Lap 4 -- Kasey Kahne still out front. Juan Montoya is up to 16th after starting 21st.

Lap 3 -- Leader Kasey Kahne is reporting a clutch problem. Robby Gordon is up to fourth after starting eighth.../

Lap 2 -- Bobby Labonte gets loose in Turn 11 and loses his fourth-place position falling to 30th. The race stays green.

Lap 1 -- Kasey Kahne leads the first lap and gets five bonus points.

5:23 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne brings the field to the green as the Toyota/Save Mart 350 is under way.

5:13 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off pit road and onto the 1.99-mile Sonoma road course.

5:08 p.m. -- Food Network host Guy Fieri and Northern California Toyota's Dave Fuller give the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

5:01 p.m. -- Nikki Blonsky, star of the 2007 movie Hairspray, performs the national anthem.

5:00 p.m. -- Tim Boeve, Infineon Raceway's track minister delivers the Invocation.

4:59 p.m. -- A moment of silence for drag racer Scott Kalitta, who lost his life at a NHRA event on Saturday.

4:52 p.m. -- Michael Waltrip and A.J. Allmendinger will start at the rear of the field for an engine change. David Reutimann will also start in the back because he is in his backup car.

3:30 p.m. -- TNT's pre-race coverage has started.

INFINEON HEADLINES
Teacher Said says student Kahne has surpassed him
Caraviello: For Gordon, there's just something about Sonoma
Montoya out to rediscover magic at site of only victory
Ambrose taking advantage of opportunity at Sonoma
Childress' sponsor gain leaves Davis team on hunt
Franchitti disappointed, fails to qualify at Sonoma
Test shows no issue with carbon monoxide in car
Kahne sets bar early for pole position at Infineon
Biffle set to sign three-year extension with Roush

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