FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 4 21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet AutoZone 190/5 200 Running 73,275
2 5 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Delphi 175/5 200 Running 52,000
3 6 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 170/5 200 Running 47,925
4 11 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 160/0 200 Running 29,375
5 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford iLevel Structurwood 155/0 200 Running 29,050

NASCAR likely will levy additional penalties to the JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports teams sent to the back at the start of the Busch Series race Saturday for lug nuts that did not meet specifications at Texas Motor Speedway.

Kevin Harvick won Saturday’s O’Reilly Challenge Busch Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway and an 11th-place finish from Carl Edwards clinched his first Busch Series championship.
The No.21 RCR Chevrolet crossed the finish line 3.486 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch. The victory was Harvick’s sixth of the season and 32nd of his Busch career [...]

Practice 3 Happy Hour (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Ave Speed mph, Laps Run
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Chevy 28.880 186.981 1 180.603 43
2 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 28.922 186.709 1 180.812 34
3 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 28.927 186.677 1 180.535 41
4 12 Ryan Newman alltel [...]

Kyle Busch, No. 5 Kellogg’s / CARQUEST Monte Carlo SS met with media and discussed Sunday’s race, the new NASCAR Nationwide Series, the Atlanta test with Joe Gibbs Racing, whether he believes in luck, racing at Phoenix next week, and his schedule after the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series tour ends at Homestead.
TALK ABOUT YOUR CAR [...]

Martin Truex, Jr.
“I came up to speed, the car was real good in turns three and four,” said Dale Earnhardt, Inc. driver Truex, Jr. “In turns one and two went really well, so I drove way down in to turn three and I actually got a little tight and never quite got to the bottom. [...]

AJ ALLMENDINGER, No. 84 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Team Red Bull Starting position: 5th
How was your qualifying run? “It was awesome. The car was perfect. It’s been perfect all day. We brought a brand new car here and it’s just been fantastic. Everybody at the team has been working hard. It came down to that [...]

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Charger)
“The car in practice wasn’t that great and we were sixth fastest. It was really tight on the corners and it was actually little on the loose side here. You start thinking man I could have gone a little here or there, but it was a pretty good [...]

DAVID GILLILAND — No. 38 M&M’s Ford Fusion (qualified 34th)
“We’ve been struggling with the car and was just a little bit too tight, our M&M’s Ford Fusion has just been a little too tight. We made some adjustments and we made it better, but it didn’t get quite to where we needed it to be. [...]

Petty Enterprises could move into the soon-to-be-abandoned Robert Yates Racing shop as it continues exploring a permanent site in Salisbury, N.C. Petty Enterprises is currently located in Randleman, N.C., and Salisbury is about halfway between Randleman and the auto-racing hub of Mooresville, N.C.