RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Kasey Kahne raced to his first victory on NASCAR's premier series Saturday night, putting the domination of Roush Racing and Hendrick Motorsports to rest -- at least for a night.

While points leader Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon had miserable nights and Roush's Kurt Busch struggled, Kahne finally finished a race that he started with one of the strongest cars.

Kahne, a six-time pole-sitter and six-time runner-up in his career, just beat Tony Stewart off pit road after all the leaders pitted under caution with about 67 laps to go. The Evernham Motorsports driver gradually pulled away from Stewart on a restart with 61 laps remaining, and then again three more times. More