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Post by jkelly57 on Nov 19, 2006 7:33:56 GMT -6
By The Associated PressHOMESTEAD, Fla. — Matt Kenseth passed teammate Carl Edwards for the lead with 11 laps to go Saturday night and pulled away for his second consecutive Busch Series victory. Kenseth won last week in Phoenix but had to hold off Kevin Harvick in a three-lap sprint to the finish to claim the win. This time Kenseth led 90 laps, lost the lead on a poor pit stop and had to chase down Edwards to reclaim it. Once out front there was no catching him, and the victory was wrapped up when Jay Sauter spun on the final lap to bring out the caution and freeze the field. It was the third Busch win of the season for Kenseth and 21st of his career. Now he'll try to carry it over into today's Nextel Cup finale. He heads into the race trailing points leader Jimmie Johnson by 63 points. "Oh, man, I learned some stuff. Jimmie's in big trouble," the pessimistic Kenseth deadpanned. Edwards finished second and couldn't focus on running down Kenseth because Edwards had to contend with Paul Menard in his rearview mirror. Menard was third and was followed by Denny Hamlin, J.J. Yeley and Harvick, who finally got to celebrate the Busch Series title he won five weeks ago. Harvick will try to make it two titles this season — he heads into the Cup finale mathematically eligible to win that championship, too. But he's 90 points behind Johnson. Enumclaw's Kasey Kahne was eighth, and Greg Biffle from Vancouver, Wash., was 38th. used courtesy of the Seattle Times Companylink to site: seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003437820_auto19.html?syndication=rss
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Post by jkelly57 on Nov 19, 2006 8:42:54 GMT -6
1. (5) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 200 laps, 126.523 mph., $86,200. 2. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, 200, $64,650. 3. (14) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200, $73,752. 4. (7) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 200, $45,075. 5. (2) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 200, $37,875. 6. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, $34,075. 7. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 200, $27,475. 8. (19) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 200, $25,875. 9. (18) Todd Kluever, Ford, 200, $34,299. 10. (39) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 200, $42,674.
11. (8) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 199, $23,225. 12. (11) David Reutimann, Dodge, 199, $28,699. 13. (13) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 199, $22,625. 14. (31) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 199, $21,675. 15. (20) Scott Wimmer, Ford, 199, $27,664. 16. (32) John Andretti, Ford, 199, $26,784. 17. (27) Stacy Compton, Ford, 198, $26,674. 18. (41) Jon Wood, Ford, 198, $26,559. 19. (23) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, 198, $26,399. 20. (38) Ashton Lewis Jr., Ford, 198, $27,189.
21. (12) Casey Atwood, Ford, 198, $28,255. 22. (9) Steve Wallace, Dodge, 198, $22,795. 23. (33) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 197, $20,860. 24. (28) Mike Skinner, Dodge, 197, $22,400. 25. (37) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 197, $30,109. 26. (29) Kenny Wallace, Ford, 197, $24,399. 27. (22) Stephen Leicht, Ford, 197, $24,289. 28. (21) Erin Crocker, Dodge, 197, $21,935. 29. (6) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 197, $25,725. 30. (40) Jay Sauter, Chevrolet, 196, $24,209.
31. (42) Regan Smith, Ford, 196, $24,049. 32. (35) Auggie Vidovich, Dodge, 196, $29,234. 33. (43) Carlos Contreras, Dodge, 196, $19,435. 34. (36) Brent Sherman, Chevrolet, 181, $21,375. 35. (15) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Ford, 177, $23,584. 36. (10) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 174, $23,699. 37. (4) Shane Huffman, Chevrolet, 165, $21,870. 38. (26) Greg Biffle, Ford, 163, $19,215. 39. (17) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 127, engine failure, $19,155. 40. (34) Jorge Goeters, Chevrolet, 84, steering box, $19,115.
41. (25) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 66, accident, $19,055. 42. (30) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 43, engine failure, $19,000. 43. (24) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 20, accident, $20,929.
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 2 hours, 22 minutes, 16 seconds. Margin of Victory: Under caution. Caution Flags: Eight for 32 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 11 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K.Harvick 1-23; M.Kenseth 24-47; J.Montoya 48; C.Atwood 49; K.Harvick 50-90; C.Edwards 91; M.Kenseth 92-115; P.Menard 116-117; J.Yeley 118-119; R.Smith 120-121; B.Vickers 122-132; J.Wood 133-134; S.Wimmer 135-136; M.Kenseth 137-168; C.Edwards 169-189; M.Kenseth 190-200.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): M.Kenseth, 4 times for 91 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 64 laps; C.Edwards, 2 times for 22 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time for 11 laps; P.Menard, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Yeley, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Smith, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Wood, 1 time for 2 laps; S.Wimmer, 1 time for 2 laps; JP.Montoya, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Atwood, 1 time for 1 lap.
Point Standings: 1. K.Harvick, 5,648. 2. C.Edwards, 4,824. 3. C.Bowyer, 4,683. 4. D.Hamlin, 4,667.
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