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Posted: Nov 21st 2009 5:00PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Kyle Busch, Nationwide Series

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) --
Kyle Busch only needed the green flag to drop to win his first NASCAR title. His coronation was never in doubt and neither, really, was the outcome of the Nationwide Series finale.
Busch made it a double dose of celebration for Joe Gibbs Racing, wrapping up the series championship before turning a single lap and capping Saturday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane.
"It's not easy to win in any division in this sport when you're racing against some of the best," Busch said. "It's a big deal."
Posted: Oct 24th 2009 8:30PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Nationwide Series

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) --
Brad Keselowski held off points leader
Kyle Busch on the final lap to win the Kroger On Track For the Cure 250 in a green-white-checker finish in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Keselowski was leading when a caution came out with two laps to go because Stephen Wallace spun after tangling with
Matt Kenseth. Wallace banged into Kenseth's car after the race and the two had words on pit road.
Keselowski held onto the lead through the overtime segment. Busch finished second and leads
Carl Edwards by 215 points in the standings.
Posted: Oct 3rd 2009 8:45PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Nationwide Series

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- That horrific barrel roll at Dover, the one that looked more like a scene from "Talladega Nights" than a real NASCAR wreck?
Turns out it gave
Joey Logano confidence, not fear.
Passing points leader
Kyle Busch with three laps left, Logano won at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, pulling out his fifth Nationwide victory less than a week after that spectacular crash during a Sprint Cup race.
Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 1:00AM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Penske Racing, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Brad Keselowski's long courtship with
Penske Racing ended Tuesday when he finally took an offer to move to the Sprint Cup Series.
Keselowski, who had been hoping to move into a Cup ride with mighty Hendrick Motorsports, will instead drive the No. 12 Dodge next season. He'll replace
David Stremme, and run full schedules in both the Cup and
Nationwide Series.
"This was the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life,'' Keselowski said. "But I woke up this morning feeling confident I had made the right one. It was clear to me this is the direction I want to head."
Posted: Aug 31st 2009 8:00PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Nationwide Series

MONTREAL (AP) --
Carl Edwards was as shocked as anyone.
"I can't believe I won the race,'' Edwards said Sunday after making a stunning pass of
Marcos Ambrose on the final turn of the Nationwide race at Montreal. "I just figured he'd take off and run away with it. I guess that goes to show you never give up.''
It was another lost opportunity at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for Ambrose, who has had a chance to win all three Nationwide races conducted on the street circuit since NASCAR began racing here in 2007.
The despair was real on a day that started in sunshine and turned to gloom.
Posted: Aug 29th 2009 1:24PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed under: Penske Racing, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup

It's got to be tough to be in
Brad Keselowski's shoes.
The full-time
Nationwide Series driver has shown to be one of the brightest up and coming stars in NASCAR, and his surprise
Sprint Cup victory at Talladega only added to the hype. Consider that he's got the best shot as a non-Cup regular to overtake Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards for the Nationwide points title and his 3 wins in 2009, and you're looking at a guy who's turned plenty of heads in Cup ownership.
Reports say that
Penske Racing has agreed to put him in the No. 12 Cup car for 2010, but how well he'd do there as a full-time driver is very much up in the air.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 10:55PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: David Ragan, Kyle Busch, NASCAR Crashes, Nationwide Series

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) --
David Ragan held off teammate
Carl Edwards on a two-lap sprint to the finish Friday night to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Edwards settled for second, but shaved 91 points off the commanding lead
Kyle Busch brought into the race. Busch, who started the night with a 339-point lead over Edwards, was wrecked by Chase Austin while leading early in the race and finished 28th.
Edwards now trails him by 248 points, and wasn't disappointed to lose to his Roush Fenway Racing teammate.
Posted: Aug 15th 2009 8:28PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Brian Vickers, Kyle Busch, NASCAR Fights, Nationwide Series

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) --
Brian Vickers didn't see it coming.
Brad Keselowski sure did.
With Vickers and
Kyle Busch fighting it out on the final lap, Keselowski swooped in to grab the lead in the final turn and hold on to the
Nationwide Series race Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.
"I knew they'd do what they did and that's why I was sitting there lurking,'' said Keselowski, a Michigan native. "The two of them together are a recipe for what you saw -- that's just putting it the way it is.''
Vickers finished second and Busch third, and they exchanged some heated words on pit road afterward.
Posted: Aug 9th 2009 2:00AM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed under: Kyle Busch, Nationwide Series

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) -- A year ago
Marcos Ambrose used pit strategy to win at Watkins Glen International. The second time around he used a little aggression.
The hard-charging Tasmanian passed series points leader
Kyle Busch with a daring move through the chicane Saturday and won the Nationwide Zippo 200 for the second straight year for JTG-Daugherty Racing.