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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 24, 2011)

LOUDON, N.H.—The Magic Mile gave Kyle Busch a chance to show his mastery.

Busch dominated Saturday’s F.W. Webb 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a race in which only six Camping World Truck Series entries finished on the lead lap.

Busch crossed the finish line 3.816 seconds ahead of runner-up Austin Dillon to post his sixth win in 14 starts this season and the 30th victory of his career. Behind Busch and Dillon, Kevin Harvick finished third, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. and Johnny Sauter.

Busch led the first 130 laps and didn’t surrender the top spot until he came to pit road for tires and fuel on Lap 131. That handed the lead to Dillon, who didn’t pit until Lap 135.

By the time pit stops cycled through, Busch had opened his advantage over Dillon to nearly six seconds. Harvick was running third at that point, more than 12 seconds back.

Though Dillon closed the gap over the final 30 laps, Busch was able to cruise to the win, breaking a string of five straight Chevrolet victories in the series. Dillon now is atop the truck standings by two points over James Buescher, who finished seventh, the first driver one lap down.

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(September 19, 2011)

JOLIET, Ill.—Winless no more.

Poor-mouthing Tony Stewart, who four days ago minimized his chances for a third Sprint Cup title, outlasted the field in Monday’s rain-delayed Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Saving fuel during a 50-lap green-flag run to the finish, Stewart, who started 26th, crossed the stripe .941 seconds ahead of hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win his first race of the season and the 40th of his career, tying him with Mark Martin for 16th on the all-time list.

This is the same Stewart who had said at Thursday’s Chase media day in Chicago that there were seven drivers who could win the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup—and he wasn’t one of them.

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 15, 2011)
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Marcos Ambrose passed Brad Keselowski on the first lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish at Watkins Glen and won Monday’s rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen under caution when a violent multicar wreck exploded behind him on the final circuit.
Ambrose, who charged through the bus stop (inner loop) and powered past Keselowski to the inside, became the fifth first-time winner in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series this year.

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Subbing for Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch won Saturday’s Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International in an event in which Busch and his brother, Kyle Busch, led every lap.

Keselowski, who broke his ankle Aug. 3 during testing at Road Atlanta, watched the race from the ESPN television booth as Busch held off Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano to win his first Nationwide race since 2006 and his third in 12 career starts.

Busch won in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the event three laps past its scheduled distance of 82 laps at the 2.45-mile road course.

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Johnson finished second despite a pit-road penalty. Logano was third, followed by Kyle Busch, who couldn’t improve his position after the final restart, and Carl Edwards. Paul Menard, Ron Fellows, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10.

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1 1 22 Kurt Busch(i) Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge
2 6 7 Jimmie Johnson(i) Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an engine Chevrolet
3 8 20 Joey Logano(i) GameStop Toyota
4 2 18 Kyle Busch(i) Z-Line Designs Toyota
5 3 60 Carl Edwards(i) Fastenal Ford
6 7 33 Paul Menard(i) Rheem/Menards Chevrolet
7 5 5 Ron Fellows Canadian Tire Chevrolet
8 17 88 Aric Almirola Ragu Chevrolet
9 11 16 Trevor Bayne RickyvsTrevor.com Ford
10 4 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet
11 19 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
12 13 31 Justin Allgaier Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet
13 15 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Chevrolet
14 16 11 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Toyota
15 12 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. RickyvsTrevor.com Ford

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