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RACE RECAP | TEXAS
10 Carl Edwards
9 Jeff Burton
8 Kurt Busch
7 Juan Pablo Montoya
6 Mark Martin
5 Matt Kenseth
4 Tony Stewart second top 5 this season
3 Greg Biffle moved from 23rd to 15th in points
2 Jimmie Johnson worked and worked on his car all day
VICTORY LANE
1 Ending a 47 race winless streak Jeff Gordon picks up his very first win at Texas Motor Speedway. Jeff’s points lead is now at 162
NNS Recap: Polesitter Busch Dominates Nationwide Race At Texas
Kyle Busch celebrates his third consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at Texas Motor Speedway in Victory Lane on Saturday. (Photo Credit: CIA STOCK)
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s high time Kyle Busch got a new nickname.
“Shrub” is no longer worthy of the younger Busch brother — so how about “The Dominator?”
Busch led a track-record 178 of 200 laps in winning Saturday’s O’Reilly 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway by 1.447 seconds over fast-closing Tony Stewart.
For the second year in a row the #00 made headlines at Texas. Last year you’ll remember Michael McDowell needed a flatbed after barrel rolling the car until it was a steaming pile of twisted metal, he was unhurt. This year the story is different, as that car is on the pole for Sunday’s race
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1 00 David Reutimann
2 24 Jeff Gordon
3 17 Matt Kenseth
4 6 David Ragan
5 98 Paul Menard
6 9 Kasey Kahne
7 14 Tony Stewart
8 18 Kyle Busch
9 48 Jimmie Johnson
10 20 Joey Logano #
11 47 Marcos Ambrose
12 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
13 99 Carl Edwards
14 16 Greg Biffle
15 31 Jeff Burton
16 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
17 29 Kevin Harvick
18 83 Brian Vickers
19 33 Clint Bowyer
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Edwards Attempting Texas 3-Step, After Last Season’s Sweep
Call it a Texas three-step. Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford) won both of last season’s NASCAR Sprint Cup events at Texas Motor Speedway, part of his series-leading total of nine victories that fueled his runner-up finish in the series standings. Edwards also won at Texas in the 2005 fall race. His three TMS wins are a series high.
Edwards comes to Texas eighth in the series points but has nonetheless been perceived to be in an early-season slump — much like three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson was prior to his win this past Sunday at Martinsville.
Edwards has yet to win this season. Compare that with 2008’s late-season rush when he won three of the 10 events in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Maybe he is in a slump. Nonetheless, he’s also solidly in Chase contention and remains a favorite to be in championship contention later on this season.
Clearly, Edwards has taken to Texas since joining the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2004. He has an average TMS finish of 13.9 and a Driver Rating of 102.3 there — third-best in the series.
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