Busch win-lose, Martin win-win.
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Two Fords take on three Chevrolets in Sunday&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami speedway, and while Kurt Busch has it all to lose, having led the final 10-race âChase for the Nextel Cup&#39; right from the start, fifth-placed Mark Martin is under
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Self-proclaimed sham Mark Martin vowed to leave racing at the top of his game. A late-season surge has put him there, back in the chase for that elusive NASCAR title.
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Markko Martin and his Michelin shod Ford Focus proved victory two weeks ago in Corsica owed nothing to the fact that his main opponent, Sebastien Loeb, had his sights set more on claiming the necessary points to clinch the 2004 Drivers&#39; and Manufacturers
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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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His Odysseus-like journey complete, his place in NASCARâs new points race assured, Mark Martin wanted one more thing. So last Sunday, a day after he clinched
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All weekend the two drivers on Kurt Busch&#39;s rear bumper in points talked about this being the NASCAR championship the young Roush Racing driver could lose.
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HOMESTEAD - All five of the Nextel Cup championship contenders have vowed to be on the offensive this weekend. Kurt Busch converted words into actions Friday, winning the pole for Sunday&#39;s championship-deciding
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LAS VEGAS -- Jeff Burton nudged a spinning Kyle Busch across the finish line yesterday to win a chaotic, caution-marred Busch Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Last race: Jimmie Johnson won for the fourth time in five races and moved within 18 points of standings leader Kurt Busch by taking the Mountain Dew Southern 500 in Darlington, SC Five drivers head into this weekend&#39;s finale separated by just 82 points.
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Nascar has penalized the Nextel Cup teams of Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter for rule infractions found on their cars during the postrace inspection after Sundayâs race at New Hampshire International Speedway. The No. 5 Chevrolet of Busch and the No. 70 Chevrolet of Sauter were found to have used unapproved parts and failed to meet the minimum front car heights.Nascar officials said yesterday that Busch and Sauter were each penalized 25 points and that their respective crew chiefs, Alan Gustafson and Robert Barker, were each fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Sept. 19.In addition, Rick Hendrick, the owner of the No. 5, was penalized 25 car owner championship points, as was Joe Custer, the owner of the No. 70.
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Joe Nemechek kept Tony Stewart winless in the NASCAR Busch Series, then earned his first victory of the season in the series' closest race this year.
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Loudon, NH (Sports Network) - Kurt Busch led the most laps (155) and captured the Sylvania 300 Nextel Cup race at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
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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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No. 97 Ford, Roush Racing: Busch finished fifth at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and, thanks to the 25-point penalty assessed to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Kevin Harvick passes Mark Martin on the final lap Sunday in a wreck-filled finish to win the Daytona 500 and deny the 48-year-old Martin his first victory in NASCAR's biggest race.
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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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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.