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Kasey Kahne held off Tony Stewart four times on double-file restarts to win at Infineon.

Lap-by-Lap: Sonoma

By NASCAR.COM
June 22, 2009
04:20 PM EDT
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Lap 113 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Kasey Kahne hangs on to win the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Infineon Raceway to put a Richard Petty car in Victory Lane for the first time since April 18, 1999.

Lap 113 -- Mark Martin and two others crash on the final lap but no caution.

Lap 112 -- WHITE FLAG: Kasey Kahne holds the lead on the restart, and Tony Stewart ducks in for second. Marcos Ambrose takes third, followed by Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 111 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne gets the field going from the outside lane for a green-white-checkered finish.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Tony Stewart
3. Marcos Ambrose
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 110 -- The track is clean.

Lap 109 -- None of the front-running cars stop for service.

Lap 108 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Scott Speed's car is stopped in the middle of the track after being spun by Boris Said.

Lap 107 -- Kasey Kahne continues to lead Tony Stewart and Marcos Ambrose.

Lap 106 -- Casey Mears spins off track with some help from Patrick Carpentier. He gets going again.

Lap 105 -- Tony Stewart catches Kasey Kahne in the U-turn but Kahne is able to pull away on the straight heading to the finish line.

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Lap 104 -- Jimmie Johnson runs in fourth place as the leaders have settled into a groove.

Lap 103 -- Kasey Kahne leads Tony Stewart by a mere 0.624 seconds as Stewart is on his bumper.

Lap 102 -- Third-place Marcos Ambrose has the fastest car this lap. He's chasing Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart. David Stremme spins near pit-road entrance and gets to his stall. Kevin Harvick also has problems with a cut tire.

Lap 101 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and David Ragan are among several cars who spin in a cloud of dust and collect damage. They all drive away. No caution.

Lap 100 -- Kasey Kahne keeps the lead on the restart when Tony Stewart spins the tires. Juan Montoya races hard for second, but he can't make the pass of Stewart. Marcos Ambrose gets back around Montoya to take third place again. Kyle Busch spins around and is in the middle of the racing surface as his car will not fire. He gets it started and drives off.

Lap 99 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne takes the green flag from the outside lane.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Tony Stewart
3. Marcos Ambrose
4. Juan Montoya
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 98 -- Nobody pits.

Lap 97 -- Nobody pits as track officials clean the racing surface.

Lap 96 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Debris is on the track.

Lap 95 -- Marcos Ambrose moves into third place by passing Juan Montoya.

Lap 94 -- Kasey Kahne holds the lead during the restart. Tony Stewart holds second. Juan Montoya races Jimmie Johnson side-by-side for third and keeps the spot. Greg Biffle spins around and has rear-end damage but keeps on going. Brand Ash spins and hits the wall hard with major damage, although he drives away.

Lap 93 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne leads the field to green from the outside lane.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Tony Stewart
3. Juan Montoya
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 92 -- Nobody pits with one to go.

Lap 91 -- None of the leaders pit.

Lap 90 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Jimmie Johnson clips Kurt Busch and sends him directly into the tire barrier in the ess turns. Busch has damage and sits in the grass. Afterward, Denny Hamlin makes contact with Marcos Ambrose as they approach pit-road entrance. No major damage.

Lap 89 -- Tony Stewart drives side-by-side with Juan Montoya and then takes the second position in a clean pass.

Lap 88 -- Kasey Kahne holds the lead on the restart, but Juan Montoya takes second position from Tony Stewart as the shuffling for position gets frantic.

Lap 87 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne gets the race going again from the outside lane.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kurt Busch
4. Juan Montoya
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 86 -- The green flag is pushed back a lap.

Lap 85 -- Track officials clear the racing surface.

Lap 84 -- Boris Said and Joey Logano hit pit road. Said's crew examines the car for damage. Logano gets four tires and fuel while his crew works on some cosmetic damage. Matt Kenseth is also back in for tires and fuel.

Lap 83 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Sam Hornish Jr. gets spun by Boris Said going into Turn 11. Hornish spins, then clips David Gilliland. Said and Gilliland drive away, but Hornish's car is smashed up in the front.

Lap 82 -- Kurt Busch is up to third position and trails Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart.

Lap 81 -- Joey Logano falls to seventh position and makes contact with Scott Speed. Ryan Newman spins during the lap, and Paul Menard spins in the final turn. Speed ducks onto pit road.

Lap 80 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kasey Kahne holds the outside lane for the advantage and takes the lead from Scott Speed. Tony Stewart follows, as do several cars as Speed struggles to stay with the leaders.

Lap 79 -- GREEN FLAG: Scott Speed gets the race going again from the inside lane.
1. Scott Speed
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Joey Logano
4. Tony Stewart
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 78 -- Matt Kenseth leads another group of cars to make pit stops. Scott Speed stays out to keep the lead.

Lap 77 -- LEAD CHANGE: Leader Robby Gordon leads a small group onto pit road. Scott Speed takes the lead.
• Robby Gordon gets a chassis adjustment, tires and fuel
• Jeff Gordon gets fuel and tires
• Martin Truex Jr. is in for his tires and adjustments

Lap 76 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Bobby Labonte spins coming up the hill and toward Turn 1 after contact with Jimmie Johnson. He gets into the grass and stops.

Lap 75 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart is in for fuel and tires. He gets a minor adjustment as the team services the car. Marcos Ambrose is in for a track-bar adjustment, fuel and four tires. Kevin Harvick pits also. The leader is Robby Gordon.

Lap 74 -- After an adventurous day, A.J. Allmendinger is now running fourth although he is on a different pit cycle than many of the race's fast cars.

Lap 73 -- Jeff Burton gets off track but continues on without issue. Tony Stewart continues to lead by 4.680 seconds ahead of Robby Gordon.

Lap 72 -- Jimmie Johnson makes a pit stop for tires and fuel from his top-10 running position.

Lap 71 -- Kasey Kahne gives up second place to make a pit stop for tires and fuel.

Lap 70 -- Kasey Kahne runs in second, followed by Robby Gordon.

Lap 69 -- Juan Montoya pits for a loose car. He gets changes and four tires. Jeff Gordon pits and his crew drops a lug nut on the left-rear, delaying the stop. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also pits and also has a lug nut issue, but the delay is minimal.

Lap 68 -- Boris Said was clocked speeding on exit of pit road. He will have a pass-through penalty.

Lap 67 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin makes a pit stop under his scheduled cycle. The leader is now Tony Stewart. Hamlin gets no changes but fuel and tires in 16.3 seconds. Kurt Busch also pits for a wedge adjustment and tires. Greg Biffle is in for tires and fuel.

Lap 66 -- Carl Edwards pits for tires and fuel. Joey Logano gives up his top-five spot to make a pit stop for air-pressure and track-bar changes. Matt Kenseth pits for tires and fuel.

Lap 65 -- Clint Bowyer makes a pit stop. Tony Stewart moves around Kurt Busch to take second place in Turn 7.

Lap 64 -- Denny Hamlin leads Kurt Busch by 1.206 seconds.

Lap 63 -- Tony Stewart has the fastest car from fourth position after passing Marcos Ambrose and Joey Logano.

Lap 62 -- Road-course ace Boris Said and regular Marcos Ambrose run third and fourth, respectively.

Lap 61 -- Kyle Busch nudges Sam Hornish Jr., who spins. Busch then spins and runs into Brian Vickers on the right-hand turn before the esses. Busch drives off, as does Hornish. But Vickers has damage that may trouble his car -- perhaps a flat tire.

Lap 60 -- Brian Vickers passes Juan Montoya for eighth place. Dale Earnhardt Jr. tries to follow but can't.

Lap 59 -- Matt Kenseth now runs 36th after his spin. He was third. Mark Martin has fallen to 39th after his pit stop.

Lap 58 -- Denny Hamlin leads as the pack stays tight the whole lap. Brandon Ash spins from his 19th position. He gets going again. Mark Martin pits with a flat tire. It got cut when Matt Kenseth spun out as the field bunched up.

Lap 57 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin gets the race back under way from the inside lane.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Kurt Busch
4. Joey Logano
5. Boris Said

Lap 56 -- Denny Hamlin leads. Jeff Gordon goes to the rear of the field for speeding on pit road.

Lap 55 -- Cars head to pit road at the halfway point of the race while the leader stays out:
• Tony Stewart gets tires and fuel and minor changes
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires and minimal changes
• Kasey Kahne asks for few changes with his tires
• Jimmie Johnson smokes the tires getting out of his stall in traffic

Lap 54 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Debris is on the track next to the curb in one of the turns.

Lap 53 -- A.J. Allmendinger spins in the U-turn after getting nudged by leader Denny Hamlin. Allmendinger had just gotten his lap back.

Lap 52 -- Marcos Ambrose continues his march forward and is up to 21st position.

Lap 51 -- Juan Montoya battles hard with Jeff Gordon for 15th position. Gordon holds the spot for now.

Lap 50 -- Boris Said is up to fifth position during this green-flag run.

Lap 49 -- Kasey Kahne, who led late in the green-flag pit stops, is in 27th position. His teammate Reed Sorenson has returned to the track.

Lap 48 -- Leader Denny Hamlin has the fastest car this lap. He leads Kurt Busch by 2.664 seconds.

Lap 47 -- Marcos Ambrose has the fastest car this lap in 26th position after pitting six laps ago.

Lap 46 -- Joey Logano moves up to fourth position during this fuel run.

Lap 45 -- Tony Stewart battles hard with Jeff Gordon for 13th position back in the pack.

Lap 44 -- David Reutimann gets spun around by Jimmie Johnson just before the group goes through the esses. Elliott Sadler is penalized for rear damage that continues to flap.

Lap 43 -- Elliott Sadler slides around coming through Turn 10. He gets sideways but is able to drive off.

Lap 42 -- Bobby Labonte has fallen from fifth to ninth since the last restart, seven laps ago.

Lap 41 -- Marcos Ambrose hits pit road for a scheduled stop, giving up third place. Leader Denny Hamlin has the fastest car this lap.

Lap 40 -- Joey Logano is up to fifth place, trailing Matt Kenseth.

Lap 39 -- Matt Kenseth is in fourth. His crew tells him to save three laps worth of fuel this run so they can be on schedule for the race.

Lap 38 -- Kurt Busch drives by Denny Hamlin for the lead but locks the brakes up and loses the spot back to Hamlin.

Lap 37 -- Clint Bowyer has the fastest car this lap in 12th position.

Lap 36 -- Kyle Busch is in 17th after the leaders make their green-flag pit stops.

Lap 35 -- After a round of green-flag pit stops, Denny Hamlin leads by 0.754 seconds.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Kurt Busch
3. Marcos Ambrose
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Bobby Labonte

Lap 34 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kasey Kahne gives up the top position to make his stop. He gets four tires and an air-pressure change to fix the tight condition in Turn 4. Kahne stalls the car pulling out. Denny Hamlin is scored as the leader.

Lap 33 -- Ryan Newman gives up second position to make his pit stop. He gets an air-pressure adjustment with his four tires. Reed Sorenson's crew pushes the No. 43 car back down pit road with a problem.

Lap 32 -- Kasey Kahne stays out as the leader.

Lap 31 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart pulls in for his pit stop as the leader, giving the lead to Kasey Kahne. Stewart gets four tires and an air-pressure change. Jimmie Johnson is penalized for speeding off pit road.

Lap 30 -- Jimmie Johnson pits for a track-bar adjustment and tires. Robby Gordon is also on pit road for a stop.

Lap 29 -- Brian Vickers gives up second place to make a pit stop for an air-pressure adjustment. Juan Montoya follows him onto pit road. Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin make pit stops to stay on schedule. Meanwhile, in the U-turn, Patrick Carpentier and Clint Bowyer spin out but drive away.

Lap 28 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart takes the top spot as Kyle Busch ducks onto pit road. He is tight and gets adjustments. He gets four tires in 14.7 seconds. Martin Truex Jr. is in for a stop also.

Lap 27 -- Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears make pit stops as teammates to stay on their cycle.

Lap 26 -- Boris Said spins out in the U-turn just after his crew is telling him to conserve fuel during this run. He was running in 21st.

Lap 25 -- Kyle Busch hangs on to the lead as the top cars slip and slide on old tires. Tony Stewart takes second position.

Lap 24 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race going again from the inside lane.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Brian Vickers
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Tony Stewart
5. Ryan Newman

Lap 23 -- Kevin Harvick is penalized for speeding on pit road.

Lap 22 -- A few cars head to pit road while the leaders stay out:
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires and an air-pressure change
• Matt Kenseth is loose and gets changes and tires
• Martin Truex Jr. gets a track-bar adjustment and air-pressure change
• Boris Said gets an air-pressure adjustment and tires

Lap 21 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: David Ragan gets off track and into the tire barrier as several cars get into a cluster in the final U-shaped turn. Jeff Burton spins out in the process.

Lap 20 -- After starting the race strong and moving as high as fifth place, Martin Truex Jr. has fallen back to 15th.

Lap 19 -- Juan Montoya has the fastest car this lap and runs in eighth.

Lap 18 -- Jamie McMurray is up to 12th place after starting in 23rd position.

Lap 17 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch goes to the inside of Brian Vickers just before the esses to take the lead.

Lap 16 -- Matt Kenseth moves back inside the top 10 and is in ninth. Behind him is Jeff Gordon.

Lap 15 -- Kyle Busch is on the bumper of Brian Vickers for the lead. He trails by 0.337 seconds.

Lap 14 -- Jimmie Johnson has the fastest car this lap and runs in seventh position.

Lap 13 -- Marcos Ambrose hits pit road as part of his strategy. He had moved up to 24th after starting in the back. His plan is to be off sequence from the leaders. He gets four tires and fuel in 15.3 seconds.

Lap 12 -- Boris Said is running in sixth behind Tony Stewart. Said started the race in ninth. A.J. Allmendinger comes back to pit road to serve a speeding penalty.

Lap 11 -- A.J. Allmendinger hits pit road to change tires and for his team to evaluate the damage.

Lap 10 -- A.J. Allmendinger gets off the track in Turn 8 and drives through the sand. He has left-side damage. The slide was from a flat tire.

Lap 9 -- Sam Hornish Jr. is on pit road for a vibration. His crew changes tires and he's back out. P.J. Jones and Dave Blaney have gone to the garage.

Lap 8 -- Elliott Sadler follows Juan Montoya around Matt Kenseth and is now in the top 10.

Lap 7 -- Brian Vickers leads Kyle Busch by 1.544 seconds, although Busch has the fastest car this lap.

Lap 6 -- Sam Hornish provides the first excitement, locking the brakes as he's racing A.J. Allmendinger for 18th. Hornish holds the spot.

Lap 5 -- Juan Montoya is up to 10th position, gaining seven spots from the start of the race.

Lap 4 -- Jeff Gordon is up to 12th position, gaining one spot from the start. But his big concern is how his car handles at the start of the race.

Lap 3 -- Kyle Busch settles in second position, followed by Kasey Kahne.

Lap 2 -- Tony Stewart allows teammate Ryan Newman to pass him for fourth, then gets passed by Martin Truex Jr. for fifth.

Lap 1 -- Brian Vickers sails ahead by getting an early jump in the first turn to lead the first lap. The pack stays on track for the most part; no issues.

5:23 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch get the Toyota/SaveMart 350 under way from Infineon Raceway.

5:12 p.m. -- Cars are rolling onto the race track for the pace laps. Marcos Ambrose (engine), David Gilliland (backup car) and Scott Speed (driver change) will drop to the back of the grid to start the race.

5:09 p.m. -- Ken Stabler delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

5:01 p.m. -- Oakland Police Department dispatcher Davina Kelly sings the national anthem.

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

3:30 p.m. ET -- TNT's pre-race coverage of the Toyota/SaveMart 350 is on the air.

The End

Toyota/SaveMart 350

Race Results
Pos. Driver Make
1. Kasey Kahne Dodge
2. Tony Stewart Chevrolet
3. Marcos Ambrose Toyota
4. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
5. Denny Hamlin Toyota
6. Juan Montoya Chevrolet
7. A.J. Allmendinger Dodge
8. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
9. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
10. Elliott Sadler Dodge

Sprint Cup Series

Driver Standings
Pos. +/- Driver Points Behind
1. -- Tony Stewart 2,364 --
2. -- Jeff Gordon 2,280 -84
3. -- Jimmie Johnson 2,207 -157
4. -- Kurt Busch 2,084 -280
5. +1 Carl Edwards 2,051 -313
6. -1 Ryan Newman 2,046 -318
7. +3 Denny Hamlin 2,009 -355
8. -1 Greg Biffle 1,992 -372
9. -- Kyle Busch 1,962 -402
10. +1 Matt Kenseth 1,957 -407
11. -3 Mark Martin 1,926 -438
12. +2 Juan Montoya 1,917 -447
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