For the first time in his career Kyle Busch finished better than 6th at Watkins Glen, and for the eighth time this year he was standing in victory lane. Busch led 52 of 90 laps from the pole as he ran away from the field for another dominating win.

"I knew (Tony Stewart) was going to be hard to beat racing against the same stuff with Tony Stewart and Joe Gibbs Racing," Busch said from victory lane. "I'm really going to hate to see him leave at the end of the year. I've got to thank him. The more we ran the better our car got with grip."

Busch's win made it mathematically impossible for any other driver to earn more bonus points towards the Chase, as he has four more wins than anyone else with just four races remaining before the Chase begins. He also became the first driver to win both Cup road course races since Robby Gordon in 2003.

Behind Busch was his teammate Stewart, whose second place finish allowed him to gain 60 points on 13th in points, giving him a comforatable 138 point cusion. Following in third was Marcos Ambrose, who followed up his first career Nationwide Series win on Saturday with a strong run from 41st to 3rd on Sunday, giving the Wood Brothers their best finish since 2005.

The first 80 laps of the race were relatively incident-free, but after a late restart David Gilliland and Michael McDowell made contact off turn 11, sending Gilliland spinning in front of several cars. When the smoke settled nine cars had been involved, leaving the exit of turn 11 filled with debris.

That wreck set up the final restart, in which Busch pulled away instantly from Stewart, who was left to battle with Ambrose and Juan Pablo Montoya for the final laps as Busch pulled away by two seconds.

Although Clint Bowyer was able to sneak through that large crash, he wasn't able to keep his spot in the top-12 in the points standings, as Matt Kenseth's 12th place finish put him back in front of Bowyer, who finished 23rd. Bowyer now trails by Kenseth by 22 points, while David Ragan is 92 points outside the Chase.

Every other driver is 209 points or more behind, starting with 15th place Martin Truex Jr., who finished 5th. Truex made headlines earlier in the weekend when he announced his contract extension with DEI through 2009.

"I'm exited to put an end to all of the rumors," Truex said during a press conference. "I'm looking forward to doing great things with the company and moving forward."