CONCORD, N.C. -- Kasey Kahne technically wasn't eligible to run the All-Star race. He didn't let that stop him from stealing the $1 million prize at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Kahne earned his berth in the show last night not through accomplishment on the track, but in a popularity contest that permitted one driver voted on by the fans to compete in the main event.

It gave Kahne a chance to run in the 100-lap shootout, which was intermittently dominated by Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

With a gamble on the final pit stop, Kahne put the field in his rear-view mirror to become the first driver voted in by the fans to win, and just the third driver in All-Star history to advance from the preliminary race and claim the final trophy.

Kahne didn't take tires to advance his position and restart in second when the final 25-lap segment began. Biffle, who had led the final 11 laps of the third segment, took two tires and was mired back in traffic on the restart.

Biffle never got a chance to run down Kahne, who slid past leader Jimmie Johnson to lead the final 17 laps and claim the victory.

Biffle finished second, Matt Kenseth was third and Johnson and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five.

Dale Jarrett was behind the wheel for the final time in his storied career last night in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. His father, a two-time Cup champion, thinks his son is retiring at the right time.

"I would hate to see him hang on for four or five more years or whatever the case might be," Ned Jarrett said. "People have a tendency to remember you for the last thing you did. I want people to remember him as a champion and a winner in racing. If you hang on too long, sometimes people lose track of that."

Dale Jarrett, 51, won 32 races, including three Daytona 500s. He won the points championship in 1999, but hasn't been a contender in recent years. He was honored before the race with a video tribute.

Jarrett will be ESPN's lead analyst for its Sprint Cup races, again following his father, a longtime TV commentator. Ned Jarrett thinks that will help the withdrawal symptoms that come with leaving the sport.

"He's had a great career and I think it's time," Ned Jarrett said. "He's going out on his own terms, and I think that's good. But also it's good to see him going into another career in broadcasting, sort of following in my footsteps. All of that makes me proud."

Greg Biffle was deemed king of the burnout -- and the best at following directions.

The first Pennzoil Victory Challenge pitted Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Busch in a burnout and doughnut competition on the front stretch of Lowe's Motor Speedway.

The rules called for drivers to first do a smoky burnout, then at least two doughnuts before coming to a stop and then driving into a simulated Victory Lane with another burnout.

It didn't work out that way.

There were numerous rules infractions. Johnson knocked over cones and several drivers blew out tires. Harvick intentionally bumped the wall and sent smoke into the stands. Busch, NASCAR's newest villain after wrecking Dale Earnhardt Jr. earlier this month, got out of his car early and bowed to the booing fans.

"I tried to hit every obstacle they set out for us and blow both rear tires to get the fans excited," said Johnson after collecting the most penalties. "This is really for the fans."

Biffle won, collecting $10,000 to donate to his charity, which supports animal shelters.

"It was a lot of fun," Biffle said. "You had to follow instructions. That was important. ... I think Jimmie missed the memo on what the drill was. But it was funny to watch."

Davidson men's basketball coach Bob McKillop, who led the surprising Wildcats to within a victory of the Final Four, was the grand marshal.