Hetookthelead away from Kahne out of a late restart and fended off Kahne's Chevrolet over the final laps, adding another trophy to his Las Vegas victories in 2003 and 2004.
The Serbian world No. 3 then began to strike the ball more crisply and consistently and in the tiebreaker hetookthelead for good by hitting an ace and winning a 19-shot rally on the first two points.