Busch dominant in third straight Nationwide win at Texas

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04/04/2009 - Fort Worth, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch put on a dominating performance in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 to win his third consecutive Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Busch set a new track record after leading 178 of 200 laps. He also became the first driver to win from the pole in 17 Nationwide races at Texas.

Brad Keselowski chased down Busch with less than 15 laps to go, but John Wes Townley's accident setup a seven-lap shootout to the finish.

On the final restart, Keselowski spun his wheels and fell back to third, while Tony Stewart, who took on four new tires during the fourth and final caution, charged from seventh and took second position with three laps to go.

Busch finished 1.447 seconds ahead of Stewart for his second Nationwide victory of the season and the 23rd of his career. He has also won two Sprint Cup races and two Camping World Truck Series events so far this year.

"It was going to be a battle there between Keselowski and me if the caution had not come out," Busch said. "He was getting fast there at the end. It was cool that it was going to be a battle."

Busch's win comes two weeks after his bitter defeat at Bristol Motor Speedway. He led 156 of the first 254 laps at Bristol, but during his final pit stop, a tire bounced off the inside wall and rolled away from his pit stall. He was hit with a pass-through penalty and had to restart in 14th. Busch, who ended up finishing sixth, quickly left the track in disgust after the race.

Keselowski finished third after starting 42nd in a backup car. The JR Motorsports driver crashed during his qualifying run on Thursday.

David Ragan came in fourth, and Paul Menard was fifth.

Matt Kenseth, Mike Bliss, Jeff Burton, David Reutimann and rookie Justin Allgaier completed the top-10.

With the victory, Busch moved to within 38 points of leader Carl Edwards in the championship standings. Edwards was running among the top-five in the final laps, but Joey Logano made contact with the Roush Fenway Racing driver and put him into the wall. Logano finished 12th, while Edwards ended up two laps down in 18th.

Edwards will attempt to win his third straight Sprint Cup Series race at Texas on Sunday. He will start 13th in the Samsung 500.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 20th after a pit-road mishap in the early stages. Earnhardt Jr. had a loose left-front wheel after his first stop, forcing him to pit again. He never recovered after falling deep in the field.

The 300-mile race ran relatively incident-free. Brendan Gaughan, the only driver to win four NASCAR races in a row at Texas in the Truck Series, got loose and spun onto the infield grass on Lap 160 for the third caution. The first two cautions were for debris.

The next Nationwide race is Saturday, April 11, at Nashville Superspeedway.

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