The race saw two red flags in the first 100 laps due to rain, the second for nearly an hour. Drivers seemed pleased with the track when they were allowed to run, although the theme of the evening seemed to be loose handling cars. During the second red flag, Jimmie Johnson was asked what he would like to see the crew change on the next pit stop. Johnson joked that he would like to see about 7 rounds of bite and maybe raise the track bar an inch. Then perhaps they would get closer to a good handling car.

Joey Logano started the race strong, qualifying fourth, and lead for 32 laps, but adjustments on the car early  caused the rookie to get too loose. The condition finally got the best of Logano on lap 94 when he kissed the wall hard in turn four.  It wasn’t just young drivers finding the wall at Lowe’s. Johnson, current Sprint Cup points leader, and defending two time series champion also got loose coming out of turn two. He got a chance to see just how soft the soft wall is on the inside of the back straightaway crashing into very hard. Johnson was running eighth at the time of his accident and finished 33rd.

Justin Allgaier made his Nationwide debut tonight. You may be asking yourself “who is Justin Allgaier?” Don’t worry you wouldn’t be alone. However, if his debut is any indication of his future, then Allgaier is going to be a driver to keep an eye on. A week ago, the 22 year old, was driving an ARCA series car, before being signed to a Nationwide Series ride by Roger Penske this week. Allgair did everything he could to prove that Penske knows talent. He qualified 14^th and was strong all night running in the top ten for most of the race before being caught up in Jeff Green’s  accident and seeing his evening literally go up in flames on the front stretch with 75 laps to go.

Perhaps Kyle Busch should begin calling himself the mailman. Busch didn’t let rain, loose handling, young hungry drivers, nor a falling stock market keep him from delivering yet another victory for Joe Gibbs Racing taking his ninth Nationwide victory of the year leading for a total of 137 laps of 200. This backed up his spring win at Lowes where he lead 86 of the 200 laps. It should be noted that between the Nationwide, Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck series’, this was Busch’s twentieth victory for 2008 in NASCAR series events.