Kasey Kahne holds off Stewart in Sonoma
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| Richard Petty celebrates win with his driver Kasey Kahne |
| Bob Heathcote/AR1.com |
Kasey Kahne drove his No. 8 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge away from Tony Stewart's No. 14 Chevy when the green flew with two laps to go to win Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon raceway in Sonoma, California.
Marcos Ambrose came home third for Toyota followed by Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin.
It was the first time Kahne has ever won on a road course and he held off Stewart on double file restart after double file restart to get the win.
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Results
| FIN | ST | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | PTS/BNS | LAPS | STATUS |
| 1 | 5 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 195/10 | 113 | Running |
| 2 | 4 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Old Spice | 175/5 | 113 | Running |
| 3 | 3 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox | 165/0 | 113 | Running |
| 4 | 11 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 160/0 | 113 | Running |
| 5 | 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Office | 160/5 | 113 | Running |
| 6 | 17 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 150/0 | 113 | Running |
| 7 | 20 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Best Buy | 146/0 | 113 | Running |
| 8 | 26 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 142/0 | 113 | Running |
| 9 | 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 138/0 | 113 | Running |
| 10 | 8 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Stanley Tools | 134/0 | 113 | Running |
| 11 | 38 | 55 | Patrick Carpentier | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 130/0 | 113 | Running |
| 12 | 33 | 113 | Max Papis * | Toyota | GEICO | 127/0 | 113 | Running |
| 13 | 34 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 124/0 | 113 | Running |
| 14 | 23 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Irwin Vise-Grip | 121/0 | 113 | Running |
| 15 | 27 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 123/5 | 113 | Running |
| 16 | 1 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 120/5 | 113 | Running |
| 17 | 7 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 112/0 | 113 | Running |
| 18 | 10 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Dewalt | 109/0 | 113 | Running |
| 19 | 12 | 20 | Joey Logano * | Toyota | The Home Depot | 106/0 | 113 | Running |
| 20 | 25 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ford | Ask.com | 103/0 | 113 | Running |
| 21 | 30 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Johns Manville / Menards | 100/0 | 113 | Running |
| 22 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's / Transformers | 102/5 | 113 | Running |
| 23 | 21 | 07 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 94/0 | 113 | Running |
| 24 | 9 | 08 | Boris Said | Ford | Carter / Simo Racing | 91/0 | 113 | Running |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | GE Reveal | 88/0 | 113 | Running |
| 26 | 35 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 85/0 | 113 | Running |
| 27 | 29 | 09 | Ron Fellows | Chevrolet | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | 82/0 | 113 | Running |
| 28 | 15 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M Post-it | 79/0 | 113 | Running |
| 29 | 16 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 76/0 | 113 | Running |
| 30 | 41 | 34 | John Andretti | Chevrolet | Taco Bell | 73/0 | 113 | Running |
| 31 | 42 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 70/0 | 113 | Running |
| 32 | 32 | 171 | David Gilliland | Chevrolet | Adobe Road Winery | 67/0 | 113 | Running |
| 33 | 40 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 64/0 | 113 | Running |
| 34 | 36 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 61/0 | 113 | Running |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Carquest / Kellogg's | 58/0 | 113 | Running |
| 36 | 22 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Menards / Jim Beam | 60/5 | 113 | Running |
| 37 | 31 | 187 | Scott Speed * | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 57/5 | 113 | Running |
| 38 | 18 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 49/0 | 106 | Running |
| 39 | 39 | 12 | David Stremme | Dodge | Penske Racing | 46/0 | 101 | In Pit |
| 40 | 28 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Valvoline | 43/0 | 98 | Running |
| 41 | 43 | 102 | Brandon Ash | Dodge | Efusjon Energy Club | 40/0 | 94 | In Pit |
| 42 | 19 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 37/0 | 3 | In Pit |
| 43 | 37 | 204 | P.J. Jones | Toyota | Jim Beam / Menards | 34/0 | 2 | In Pit |
* Denotes Rookie