Leicht, whose best finish previous was eighth in the Pepsi 300 in April, beat Coleman by 1.851 seconds.

A year after unsung David Gilliland stunned the field, Leicht repeated the feat at the 1.5-mile oval, a track that has become friendly to first-time winners because of the absence of many Nextel Cup drivers who usually run the series.

Leicht had led all of 11 laps this season before last night, including 10 in last week's Federated 300 in Nashville. He'd managed just two top-10 finishes all season and had finished better than 20th just once in his last eight starts.

Two months of frustration, however, went away following the final caution of the night on lap 178. On the restart six laps later, Leicht quickly caught Scott Wimmer, then used his momentum to blow by good friend Coleman.

For the first 156 laps, it looked like another runaway for Edwards, the series leader and Nextel Cup regular.

Edwards led 96 laps and seemed well on his way to his fifth victory of the season, third in a row and second Busch win at Kentucky. His lead grew to 10 seconds before a caution for debris came on lap 152.

Edwards' night ended on the restart, however, when Steve Wallace bumped him into the wall heading into the first turn. Edwards managed to return to the track, but missed 21 laps and finished 33rd.

"(Wallace) got a run and turned down on me a little bit and I turned down on him trying to make it a little hard on him," Edwards said. "If I wouldn't have tried to block, we wouldn't have wrecked."

Pole-sitter Regan Smith dominated the first 50 laps, leading by nearly 4 seconds before heading into the pits for the first time. But Smith ran out of gas heading down pit road and stalled when his pit crew tried to give him a jump-start.

The stall cost Smith two laps, ruining his chances for grabbing his first Busch Series win. Though he made it back on the lead lap by the end, he finished 19th.