Busch won tonight’s race, crossing the finish line .159 seconds ahead of second-place Jimmie Johnson. The victory is his seventh of the 2008 season. He racked up his 12th top-five and 13th top-10 finish.

DID YOU KNOW? In eight races at Chicagoland, the driver leading the most laps has scored four victories and seven top-five finishes.

DID YOU KNOW? A driver has led over 100 of the 267 laps in each of the past FIVE consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Chicagoland and in six of the eight races.

Kyle Busch leads the WIX Filters Lap Leader standings by three races (7-4) over Jimmie Johnson.

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Kyle Busch 7

Jimmie Johnson 4

Tony Stewart 3

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3

Denny Hamlin 1

Kasey Kahne 1

BUSCH QUOTES: “I don’t even know where to start, really. I mean, we had a decent car all night. It was not probably one of the best cars but it was close. It was a contender and that’s all we needed was just one that we could go out there and race everybody with and try to make gains on. The 99 came up through there and he was really good as he’s always been on these mile-and-a-halfs this year for some reason. The 48 was strong there. He fell back in the middle stages of the race but we were able to get up front there and led a lot of laps there towards the end of the race. And then on that second to last restart, I think, is where Jimmie got by me. I don’t know, I got a little slow into Turn 1 or whatever and he got a run on me and got up to my rear bumper in Turn 3, got me a little loose and got by me there and pretty much given up by that point and figured that he had the race won. But another caution came out and we were able to rebunch up for that final restart and got a great restart on his rear bumper and pulled to his outside through one and two figuring that he was going to protect the bottom as he did down the frontstretch and had some momentum and got to his outside there and then drove off into Turn 3 and was able to complete the pass through four. Made it to the finish line first and it just an unbelievable year and something to be really proud of and really fortunate to be involved with everything and have all these guys on my side with Joe Gibbs and J.D. and Steve and everybody. You cherish ‘em when you can get ‘em and definitely this year is one to cherish.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Kyle Busch 7

Jimmie Johnson 4

Tony Stewart 3

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3

Denny Hamlin 1

Kasey Kahne 1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT/ DRIVER

Daytona 500 Kyle Busch, 86 laps

Auto Club 500 Jimmie Johnson, 76 laps

UAW-Dodge 400 Kyle Busch, 56 laps

Kobalt Tools 500 Kyle Busch, 173 laps

Food City 500 Tony Stewart, 267 laps

Goody’s Cool Orange 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 148 laps

Samsung 500 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Jimmie Johnson, 120 laps

Aaron’s 499 Tony Stewart, 61 laps

Crown Royal 400 Denny Hamlin, 381 laps

Dodge Challenger 500 Kyle Busch, 169 laps

Coca-Cola 600 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 76 laps

Best Buy 400 Kyle Busch, 158 laps

Pocono 500 Kasey Kahne, 69 laps

LifeLock 400 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps

Toyota/Save Mart 350 Kyle Busch, 78 laps

LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Tony Stewart, 132 laps

Coke Zero 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 51 laps

LifeLock.com 400 Kyle Busch, 165 laps