JGR Busch Series Race Report - Dover

Date: Sept. 22, 2007
Event: RoadLoans.com 200 (Round 29 of 35)
Series: NASCAR Busch Series
Location: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (1-mile oval)
Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Chevrolet)

JGR Finish: Denny Hamlin (Started 4th, Finished 1st / Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Brad Coleman (Started 12th, Finished 42nd / Accident, completed 10 of 200 laps)

Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet, led the two-car Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) contingent at Dover (Del.) International Speedway by winning Saturday’s RoadLoans.com 200 NASCAR Busch Series race. It was his fifth career Busch Series win and his third this season.

Brad Coleman, driver of the No. 18 Carino’s Italian Grill Chevrolet for JGR, finished 42nd after an accident on lap 11.

There were 13 caution periods for 61 laps, with 11 drivers failing to finish the 200-lap race.

With 29 of 35 Busch Series races in the books, the No. 20 car is third in owner points, 123 points behind the leading No. 60 car of Roush Fenway Racing, and 141 points ahead of the fourth-place No. 21 car of Richard Childress Racing. The No. 18 car is 25th in owner points, 79 points outside the top-20.

Finishing behind Hamlin in second was Martin Truex, Jr., while Matt Kenseth, Mike Bliss and Reed Sorensen secured the rest of the top-five. Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Jason Keller, Greg Biffle and David Reutimann comprised the remainder of the top-10.

The next event on the Busch Series schedule is the Sept. 29 Yellow Transportation 300 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. The race starts at 3:30 p.m. EDT with live, high-definition coverage provided by ESPN2 beginning with its pre-race show at 3 p.m.