Kenseth had built a lead of nearly 2 seconds over Waltrip before Tony Raines was knocked into the wall by another car on lap 139 of the 150-lap event, bringing out the last of six caution flags. That gave Daytona 500 winner Waltrip one last shot at the leader.

On the restart on lap 144, Waltrip's Chevrolet drew alongside Kenseth's Ford, but the leader was able to stay ahead and steadily increased his lead. The winning margin was 0.882 seconds -- about 10 car-lengths.

Kevin Harvick finished third, completing a top-three sweep by Winston Cup regulars. More