Travis Kvapil lights 'em up in celebration after winning the Smith's Las Vegas 350. (VPS Motorimages Photo)

Kvapil, who started from the pole, was running third behind Jon Wood and Johnny Benson on a restart with 29 laps remaining.  "I didn't think I had much for them because we were all running the same lap times," Kvapil said. "I knew I had to try something different. I'd been running the outside in (Turns) 1 and 2 and decided to test the waters in 3 and 4. I had clean air out there, it stuck good for me, I had momentum, and I was able to make the passes."  Kvapil went around Benson exiting Turn 4 to take second 11 laps later and made the same maneuver on Wood four laps later to take the lead on Lap 133 of 146 on the 1.5-mile superspeedway.  Wood was third, followed by Terry Cook and Erik Darnell. It was the best finish of the year for both Wood, who has run only six NCTS races, and Cook, who has run the entire schedule.

Jacques Villeneuve became the first Formula One world champion to drive in a NASCAR race in nearly 40 years and the second ever. The Canadian started seventh, fell to 15th in two laps and then began holding his position.  Villeneuve damaged the front of his truck in making contact with Brian Scott on Lap 47, but managed to bring it home one-lap down in 21st.  Buddy Lazier, the 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner, also made his NASCAR debut and finished 24th.