Celebrating before his hometown crowd, Kyle Busch earned his first points win of the 2009 season during Sunday's Shelby 427 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Leading a total of 51 laps, the younger of the Busch brothers was forced to start from the rear of the field after an engine change prior to Friday's qualifying session.

Using pit strategy under the fourth caution of the day, Busch and his Steve Addington-led crew broke into the top-10 for the first time. With just under sixty laps remaining in the 285-lap event Busch made his charge to the front. Passing Richard Childress Racing's Jeff Burton for the lead, the driver of the No. 18 M&M's Toyota knew his first win in front of his hometown crowd was within reach.

Losing the lead on pit road when Clint Bowyer stayed out under the twelfth caution of the day, Busch restarted fourth behind Bowyer's No. 33, Burton and Jeff Gordon. Making his move around Gordon as the field took the green, Busch set his sights on the lead. After moving past Burton for second, Busch drove hard into Turn 1 and 2 and forced Bowyer up the hill as he cued the radio saying, "Say goodnight Gracie."

Surviving a number of late-race cautions, Busch was able to drive away from the field on each restart. Taking the checkered flag, Busch bowed before his hometown crowd, grabbed the flag and kissed the start finish line.

"This is pretty cool," an ecstatic Busch said from victory lane. "I didn't know exactly what it would mean, but coming to the checkered flag I had knots in my stomach. This is probably as big as the Daytona 500, I said it wasn't going to be, but it is."

Charging from the back of the pack, Busch showed patience and skill as he worked his way through the field. Although he started from the rear, the 23-year-old will be credited with winning from the pole - becoming the first driver to do so at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

"We just had to battle back," Busch explained. "We didn't have the best car out there today, but we had a car that we kept working on, just kept getting better and getting better. I don't know where I get credited for this win this thing from, whether it's from the back or from the pole. Either way we conquered both of them that's for sure."

Clint Bowyer was able to move past teammate Jeff Burton late on the final restart to earn the second-spot and move into second in the series standings. Burton was able to hold off to take the third-spot, while David Reutimann and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top-5.