Busch pulls out Cup title
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When his right-front tire went flying off early in the Ford 400, the final race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, Kurt Busch, it seemed, was destined to spend his offseason
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Kurt Busch, the 2004 Nextel Cup champion, goes into the Sharp Aquos 500 at California Speedway holding down the 12th and final spot in the Chase.
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DARLINGTON, SC. - Martin Truex, Jr. had a quiet day in Darlington. Consistent in the top 10 and out of trouble, he crossed the finish line fourth and in doing so, claimed the 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Championship.
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Nextel Cup regular Matt Kenseth held off an emotional Kyle Busch in a two-lap sprint to the finish, winning the Busch race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.
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No more mulligans. When Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was hit by engine failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 42nd last Sunday, the mishap tightened NASCAR's new 10-race championship format. It also meant each of the 10 drivers in the title chase has had at least one finish of 30th or worse in the first seven events.
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Pressure? What pressure? Kurt Busch, last in the qualifying line and first in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, waited out 54 drivers yesterday, then won the pole for the season-ending Ford 400, which will determine the 2004 champion.
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Now that Kurt Busch has the lead in the Chase for the Championship, what will he do with it? Especially since it&#39;s beginning to look as if being atop the standings may be a jinx.
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Nascar took 25 championship points away from Carl Edwards because his car failed an inspection Sunday after he won a Nextel Cup series race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
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Kurt Busch surprised himself by winning the pole yesterday for the NASCAR season finale, putting himself in excellent shape for the opening laps of Sunday&#39;s climactic Ford 400.
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When Tony Stewart struggled to a 20th place finish in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington on Sunday, it eliminated any chance that he would have the opportunity to race for the Nextel
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As Busch celebrated his 2004 Nextel Cup championship, most of the 80,000 fans turned their backs and walked out of Homestead-Miami Speedway, leaving the 26-year-old first-time champion to himself.
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HOMESTEAD Â· In today&#39;s climax to the most intense, tragic and captivating NASCAR autumn ever, Kurt Busch has the spoiler&#39;s role.
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There have been times when New Hampshire International Speedway has been a playground for Kurt Busch.
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Jimmie Johnson was supposed to be finished a month ago in the Nascar Nextel Cup playoff for the season points title. He was down by 247 points with too few races left to make up the difference.
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LOUDON, N.H. -- In a year of sweeping changes for NASCAR, the most notable of which was the process by which its 2004 champion will be determined, Kurt Busch yesterday made it a clean sweep at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Winning Busch Series races is routine for Kevin Harvick. Just not at Daytona &#151; until now. Harvick, who ran away with the 2006 Busch Series title, dominated the Orbitz 300 Saturday, earning his first victory at Daytona International Speedway.
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Kurt Busch, last in the qualifying line and first in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, waited out 54 other drivers Friday and then won the pole for the season-ending Ford 400, which will determine the 2004 champion.