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5 11 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Check off a major accomplishment from Kyle Busch’s bucket list.

Busch fended off strong challenges from David Reutimann and Jamie McMurray to win Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and complete his unprecedented sweep of three NASCAR national touring events at the same track in the same week.

On Lap 429 of 500, Busch nosed past Reutimann after an intense 15-lap battle and pulled away to a Sprint Cup victory that fit quite nicely with his Wednesday win in the Camping World Truck Series and his Friday triumph in the Nationwide Series.

“Oh, Dave, thank you, guys,” Busch radioed to crew chief Dave Rogers moments before crossing the finish line. “I can’t believe it—swept the weekend at Bristol!”

The victory was Busch’s fourth at the .533-mile track, his third of the season and the 19th of his career. McMurray came home third, followed by Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne.

It was a statement race for Bowyer, who separated himself from Mark Martin in the battle for the final berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Bowyer overcame a pit-road speeding penalty to finish in the top five while Martin foundered to a 23rd-place result in a car that didn’t handle to his liking.

With two races left before the Chase field is set Sept. 11 at Richmond, Bowyer, 12th in the standings, leads McMurray, who supplanted Martin in 13th place, by 100 points. Martin is 14th, 101 points back.

The two drivers who are guaranteed at least a tie for top seeding when the Chase begins—Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin—had major issues in Saturday’s race.

After leading 175 laps, Johnson was fighting for position on Lap 262 when contact from Juan Pablo Montoya’s Chevrolet sent Johnson’s Chevy spinning down the backstretch and into the Turn 3 wall. The polesitter lost 66 laps during repairs and finished 35th.

Hamlin snapped a drive shaft near the midpoint of the race and lost 26 laps in the garage while his crew replaced it. He finished 34th. The only consolation for Johnson and Hamlin is that each has a series-best five victories, good for 50 bonus points to start the Chase.

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Race Recap | Bristol
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Kurt Busch
8 Greg Biffle
7 Juan Montoya
6 Ryan Newman
5 Kasey Kahne
4 Clint Bowyer
3 Jamie McMurray
2 David Reutimann

Victory Lane

1 Kyle Busch becomes the only driver in Nascar history to sweep a weekend. Winning the Truck, Nationwide Series, and Cup Series races. He also moves up 5 spots in the point standings.

Other Stories on the day

-Tony Stewart got damage in the right rear coming up on another wreck, he later spun for further damage

-Clint Bowyer was busted for speeding on pit road but finished well ahead of his 12th place rival Mark Martin.

-Jimmie Johnson’s horrible luck continues as Juan Montoya hooked the 48 into the wall while running 2nd. He’s had 1 top 10 in the last 6 races. He dropped 4 spots in the standings is now 9th.

-Juan Montoya got a tire rub from contact with the 48

-Denny Hamlin went behind the wall at the same time as the 48 with drive shaft problems

-Jeff Gordon is now locked into the chase after his 11th place finish

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See the video of Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski racing for the win, ultimately Brad getting wrecked, and Kyle ending up in Victory Lane.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/swf/2.2/sect/video/nascar_embed.swf?context=nascar_viral&videoId=busch/2010/08/20/nns_bri2_high_three.nascar

REACTION: KYLE BUSCH

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REACTION: BRAD KESLOWSKI

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