| By Connell Sanders Jr | Monday, September 2nd 2013, 03:59 GMT |
Kyle Busch claimed victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup's 500-mile night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The Joe Gibbs Toyota driver emerged in the lead during the final pitstops and was able to control the closing stages. The win puts Busch's place in this year's Chase beyond doubt.
His erstwhile team-mate Joey Logano made progress through the field during the final stint to take second for Penske, having earlier lost ground with an out-of-sequence pitstop, but Busch remained seven tenths of a second clear up front.
Logano's final pass was on Martin Truex Jr, who coped with both a fractured wrist and a melting support cast on his hand to take third in his Waltrip Toyota.
Both Buschs were in the top four, with Kurt recovering from 32nd on the grid to fourth for Furniture Row, helped in large part by an astounding restart in which he made up eight positions to appear in second place.
Juan Pablo Montoya led much of the first part of the race, but faded to seventh in the end.
His fall was not as great as Carl Edwards' - the Roush Fenway man looking dominant at times early on only to slump to 18th, unable to regain the ground lost when he stayed on old tyres as most around him took fresh rubber mid-race.
Reigning champion Brad Keselowski's bid to at least be in contention for a second title struck another blow when his Penske Ford ran into engine problems while he was leading.
He was eventually classified 35th, leaving him 15th in the points with just Richmond next week remaining before the Chase cut-off.
Championshp leader Jimmie Johnson also had a bad night, getting involved in two collisions and finishing four laps down in 28th.
At one stage he looked set to finally lose the lead in the standings, but was granted a reprieve when nearest rival Clint Bowyer had an engine failure when running in a position to jump to the top of the championship.
Polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr immediately slumped down the order when the race began and finished 16th.
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