he won in 2008.

Edwards was second, followed by Harvick, Biffle and Kurt Busch.​

Before the start of the second segment, Denny Hamlin stayed out while the rest of the field pitted following the first segment, giving him a temporary lead.

Pole-sitter Edwards reclaimed the lead five laps into the next run.

Former leader Kyle Busch had restarted fifth due to pit strategy – others in front of him took two tires and he took four. But when Busch faded to seventh, he made contact with Clint Bowyer on the backstretch and lost control of his car while trying to avoid the sideways No. 15.

Busch hit the wall hard, bounced off and was then clobbered by Joey Logano – who had no place to go.

"By the time the smoke cleared, I wasin the wrong spot," Logano told his team on the radio.

Busch, obviously upset, then tried to walk back to pit road before an official convinced him to take the mandatory ride to the infield care center.

"Just trying to go, you know?" Busch said. "You've got to run hard and try to get as many positions as you can to try to get the (best) average finish. … Bit me in the rear."

On the ensuing restart, AJ Allmendinger wrecked when Biffle tired to squeeze by on the high side and Brian Vickers bumped into Allmendinger, who was in the low lane.​

First segment

Kyle Busch won the first segment, taking the top position from Edwards on lap 9 of the 20-lap run.

There were no incidents during the opening segment. Gordon was