HAMPTON, Ga. -- Nextel Cup regular Matt Kenseth held off an emotional Kyle Busch in a two-lap sprint to the finish, winning the Busch race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.

Kenseth was leading the Aaron's 312 when a crash in Turn 2 took out Reed Sorenson and Clint Bowyer with less than three laps to go.

The race was red-flagged while the wreckage was cleared. On the restart, Kenseth's Ford got a good jump and was able to hold off Busch's Chevrolet on the 1.54-mile trioval.

"We were concerned about that," Kenseth said, shortly before returning to the track for the International Race of Champions. "Kyle had a great engine in that car. Every time I'd go down the backstretch, he'd catch me. So I had to have a good restart."

The winning margin was 0.119 seconds -- about two car lengths.  More