RICHMOND, Va. -- With the checkered flag in sight and Matt Kenseth in his way, Johnny Sauter knew he had one last chance to make a move.

He did, bumping Kenseth into the wall and out of the way in the final turn Friday night, ending a wild seven-lap beating and banging shootout and gaining his second career Busch Series victory.

"Matt got a little aggressive there under the caution, getting into the back of me,'' said Sauter, admitting he was annoyed. "I thought I had one last opportunity to get back by him there in four and I took it.''

Sauter wasn't concerned that Kenseth was angry.

"It's just one of those deals. It's just good hard racing. I was hungry and I really needed a win and I felt like maybe I needed it worse than Matt did,'' he said. "I'm sure he's mad at me, but that's OK.''

Kenseth had admittedly bumped Sauter under a caution, then passed him just over two laps from the end coming out of the final restart.

He seemed a sure winner until Sauter exacted his revenge.

"We went green and I passed him fair and square and he just plain drove into the back of me for the win,'' Kenseth said. "That isn't the way I race. I raced him clean, gave him a lot of room and didn't get it back.''

Sauter's Richard Childress Racing teammate Kevin Harvick was second, also in a Chevrolet, followed by Bobby Hamilton Jr. in a Ford, Brian Vickers in a Chevrolet and new points leader David Green in a Pontiac.

Kenseth wound up sixth.

Harvick, who sat on the pole after qualifying was rained out and the field was set based on owner points, has shared the ride with Sauter this season, giving Childress a 180-point lead coming into the race.

"I'm so dang proud of Johnny I can't hardly stand it,'' Harvick said, adding that he, too, was upset that Kenseth started the banging.

The race further jumbled the points race, which remains the tightest in series history. The top five drivers are separated by 111 points.

But the finish involved none of the leaders.

Sauter, who started 30th, had passed Harvick and then Kenseth, the Winston Cup points leader, in the final 30 laps and seemed to have the strongest car when the Funai 250 went back to green with seven laps left.

But Kenseth pulled even on the outside and the two battled side-by-side, finally making contact coming out of the fourth turn. As both cars wiggled and the drivers tried to hang on, Harvick pulled even, too, and the three raced three-wide into the first turn -- a recipe for trouble.

More contact resulted, and as an accident far back in the field brought out another caution, Sauter emerged again as the leader.

The crash, which knocked points contender Jason Keller into the wall and out of the race, caused NASCAR to stop the event with a red flag.

After about five minutes, the cars rolled again, the race went back to green with three laps to go and the final-laps fireworks got going.

Green now leads Vickers by 48 points. Riggs is 68 back, followed by Ron Hornaday, who is 74 back. Keller is now 111 points behind.

Riggs was running in the top 10 when he was broadsided by Mike Bliss on the 207th of 250 laps.

Riggs refired his car and got back in the race, but was caught speeding on pit road during a series of stops for repairs. He was called back into his pits for a one-lap penalty and faded to finish 29th.