Busch earns Nextel crown in closest finish ever
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Last year it ended with a yawn. Matt Kenseth showed up for NASCAR&#39;s season finale here at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the championship already in the bag.
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Kurt Busch maintained a slim lead over younger brother Kyle, and three-time winner Jeff Gordon, who started 42nd, made a late move into the top 10 just before the midway point of the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
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If Kurt Busch goes on to win his first NASCAR title, he can point to the 500 miles at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway as the defining race of his season.
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Dover, DE (Sports Network) - Series points leader Martin Truex Jr. earned the win in Saturday afternoon&#39;s Stacker 200 Busch race at the Dover International Speedway.
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Kyle Busch had to go to overtime Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway for his first NASCAR Nextel Cup victory of the year.
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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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Jimmie Johnson wins for the second time at Darlington this year and moves to within 18 points of Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch with one race left in the chase for the title.
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ST. LOUIS - No visiting team has won at Busch Stadium during this postseason. Then again, no team had ever come back from an 0-3 series deficit in the playoffs, either.
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Carl Edwards' hard push to the finish line was slowed only by the caution flag. Edwards had the car to beat under green &#151; even if it was only a few laps at a time &#151; and that was enough to win the wreck-filled Busch Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.
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Kurt Busch came to Homestead-Miami Speedway with more in mind than just winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship.
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Darlington, SC (Sports Network) - Kurt Busch will start on the pole for Sunday&#39;s Mountain Dew Southern 500. The event is the ninth of 10 races to determine the 2004 Nextel Cup champion.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch has been doing everything right in his bid for his first Nextel Cup championship. He now has one big hurdle to clear entering today's Ford 400.
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Kurt Busch has been doing everything right in his bid for his first Nextel Cup championship. He now has one big hurdle to clear entering Sunday&#39;s Ford 400.
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NASCAR chairman Brian France will keep the new points system in place for next year, satisfied that the closest championship race in history is proof that the 10-race playoff structure works better than expected.
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It was what every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver competing in the Chase for the Championship feared - a DNF (Did Not Finish). A poor finish with the accompanying
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Since he has nothing to lose, Martin Truex Jr. says, he can go all-out to win. Truex, 24, will finish his first season of Busch competition Saturday at Homestead in the final race of the year.
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No. 97 Ford, Roush Racing: Busch finished fifth at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and, thanks to the 25-point penalty assessed to Dale Earnhardt Jr.