Kasey Kahne scores resounding Bristol from Kyle Busch

Kasey Kahne took his second short track career win as the Sprint Cup points table was shaken up after the Food City 500 at Bristol.

The Hendricks Chevrolet driver scored a resounding win by 1.7s from Kyle Busch with Brad Keselowski claiming third.

Penske driver Keselowski has shot into the lead of the Sprint Cup standings after Jimmie Johnson, who held a slender lead going into the Bristol race, struck the wall bringing out the 10th caution period of the race on lap 454.

Richard Petty driver Marcos Ambrose was shuffled down the order, running near the tail at one stage, but remained solid to claim 19th position. Ambrose managed to boost himself  to 15th in the overall standings.

Keselowski had the lead on the restart but had a messy getaway with Kahne springing into the lead.

The Las Vegas winner Matt Kenseth was knocked out of the running when Jeff Gordon sliced a tyre on lap 389.

Kahne was prominently placed throughout the 500 lap race before going on to score his 15th career victory.

Three Hendricks Motorsports drivers were running in the top five 130 laps into the race with Kahne, Gordon and Johnson running third-to-fifth as they hunted the leader Denny Hamlin.

Then by lap 147 Kahne managed to catch Denny Hamlin before spearing into the lead.

Runner-up Busch, who started from pole, staged a stirring comeback after receiving a penalty.

Over the remaining 20 laps Busch and Keselowski were engaged in an enthralling battle for second before the former prevailed.

Hamlin’s promising run came to nothing when he connected with the wall late in the race ending with steering damage leaving him circulating with a wounded car and ending up in 23rd place.

Hamlin and Joey Logano, former team-mates at Joe Gibbs Racing, were the involved in a post-race scuffle after Hamlin nudged Logano on the final restart. A Hamlin crew member intervened to diffuse the situation by pulling Logano away.

Kurt Busch was fourth followed by Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt jr, Ryan Newman, Brian Vickers, Paul Menard and Jamie McMurray finishing 10th.

Result

Pos	Driver	Car/Engine	Laps	Time/Delay
1	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	500	2h 53:25
2	Kyle Busch	Toyota	500	1.700
3	Brad Keselowski	Ford	500	22:06:35
4	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
5	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	500	22:06:35
6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
7	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
8	Brian Vickers	Toyota	500	22:06:35
9	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
10	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
11	Greg Biffle	Ford	500	22:06:35
12	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	500	22:06:35
13	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
14	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	500	22:06:35
15	Casey Mears	Ford	500	22:06:35
16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	500	22:06:35
17	Joey Logano	Ford	500	22:06:35
18	Carl Edwards	Ford	499	1 Lap
19	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	499	1 Lap
20	David Stremme	Toyota	498	2 Laps
21	David Ragan	Ford	498	2 Laps
22	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	498	2 Laps
23	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	498	2 Laps
24	David Gilliland	Ford	496	4 Laps
25	Terry Labonte	Ford	496	4 Laps
26	Josh Wise	Ford	496	4 Laps
27	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	495	5 Laps
28	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	495	5 Laps
29	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	490	10 Laps
30	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	487	13 Laps
31	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	464	36 Laps
32	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	458	42 Laps
33	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	410	90 Laps
34	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	390	Accident
35	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	390	Accident
36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	321	Accident
37	Aric Almirola	Ford	245	Accident
38	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	234	Engine
39	David Reutimann	Toyota	184	Engine
40	Scott Speed	Ford	184	Electrical
41	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	159	Engine
42	Michael McDowell	Ford	26	Accident
43	Mike Bliss	Toyota	3	Engine

STANDINGS

Rank	Driver		Points	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF
1	Brad Keselowski		166	0	4	4	0
2	Dale Earnhardt Jr		-9	0	2	4	0
3	Jimmie Johnson		-15	1	2	3	0
4	Clint Bowyer		-38	0	1	2	0
5	Greg Biffle		-40	0	0	1	0
6	Denny Hamlin		-41	0	1	1	0
7	Kasey Kahne		-42	1	2	2	0
8	Carl Edwards		-42	1	2	2	0
9	Paul Menard		-48	0	0	2	0
10	Kyle Busch		-51	0	2	2	1
11	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		-51	0	0	0	0
12	Joey Logano		-62	0	0	0	0
13	Matt Kenseth		-63	1	1	2	2
14	Jamie McMurray		-66	0	0	1	0
15	Marcos Ambrose		-67	0	0	0	0

 

See video below of Hamlin/Logano altercation