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It's Kyle Busch - Again!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Driver to go for three tomorrow
Friday night had transitioned into Saturday afternoon, but Kyle Busch's result stayed the same in the NASCAR Busch Series ARIZONA.TRAVEL 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Busch steered the No. 5 Chevrolet to the lead for 132 of 203 laps - including the final 86 - to win his fourth Busch Series race of 2007 and gain the 11th checkered flag of his career. The win ties Busch with Jeff Burton for the second-most wins by a driver in NASCAR's second series this season, but perhaps the more significant meaning of the 22-year-old's triumph is that it came in his final Busch Series race behind the wheel of a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Busch will move to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008.
Busch started fourth and fell out of the top 10 later in the race, but he quickly recovered to take the lead at Lap 118. Not even the restart for a green-white-checkered finish - stemming from a four-car accident on the frontstretch on Lap 198 - could take Busch away from the front or keep him from Victory Lane.
Matt Kenseth was Busch's closest competition, but Busch used a quick restart on Lap 202 to distance himself from the field over the final two laps and win by 0.305 second. Clint Bowyer finished third, Scott Wimmer was fourth, and Kevin Harvick ended in fifth.
11 cautions slowed the field for 46 laps, and there were 10 lead changes among seven drivers.
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