thirty-ninth position, but would lose power to his race car after four laps. After 229 laps, Stewart had a 3.9 second lead over second placed Edwards. Eleven laps later, Johnson fell to the fifth position, after being passed by Kyle Busch. On lap 243, Menard drove to pit road because of engine problems. Three laps later, Harvick moved into fifth, after passing Johnson. Then, Edwards passed Stewart to become the leader of the race. Four laps later, Edwards was on pit road, as debris from Harvick's race car, after a tire flat, prompted the fifth caution. On lap 256, Harvick drove to pit road to repair his front bumper of his race car. After Harvick drove through pit road the first time, it caused a scoring error, so he was held a lap to fix it. Edwards led on the restart, but within two laps Scott Speed had an engine failure to bring out the sixth caution. Kurt Busch stayed off pit road during the caution to become the leader. Five laps later, on lap 280, Kahne passed Kurt Busch for the first position. One lap later, Johnson passed Kyle Busch for the fourth position. On lap 283, Edwards, followed by Johnson, passed Kurt Busch for second and third. Nine laps later, Stewart passed Kyle Busch for the fifth position. Three laps later, Brad Keselowski collided with the outside wall hard enough to bring out the caution. Edwards became the leader after the pit stops, but one lap after the restart, Stewart reclaimed the lead, as Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne collided. On lap 302, the eighth caution was given because Kahne's tire deflated. The restart was on lap 307, with Stewart the leader. Three laps later, Kevin Harvick returned to pit road, as Jeff Burton passed Kurt Busch for fifth. On lap 314, Kyle passed his brother Kurt Busch for sixth. By lap 316, Stewart had a 1.2 second lead over Edwards. With three laps remaining, Kahne showed his anger with Newman, after the contact that sent him collided into Kurt Busch. Tony Stewart crossed the line to win the race, over a second ahead of second place Carl Edwards. Jimmie Johnson maintained third while Jeff Burton and Kyle Busch finished fourth and fifth. Post-race Tony Stewart appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his first win of the season, and his third at Atlanta