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 which put him in second place all-time, behind only Mark Martin’s 47 wins.

“It’s been a lot of fun to drive this Auto Zone Chevrolet and this place has been really good to us,” said Harvick.

Pole winner David Reutimann brought the field to the green flag, but surrounded by Nextel Cup superstars, he didn’t last there for long. First Tony Stewart, who qualified second, got around the outside and led the first lap by about six inches. Then Busch cruised past Reutimann before the first caution flag appeared on lap four.

Stewart quickly opened up a big lead on Busch, building the margin to over two seconds by lap 16. But a caution flag on lap 21 sent everyone down pit lane. There Busch used a two-tire stop to beat Stewart off pit lane as did Matt Kenseth.

However, Stewart wasn’t content to sit in third. He caught Kenseth in two laps and on lap 34 sailed underneath Busch for the lead. Reutimann also went around Busch who faded all the way to seventh. But no one was as fast at Stewart who had the lead at about two seconds by lap 40.

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS

1 4 21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet AutoZone 190/5 200 Running
2 5 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Delphi 175/5 200 Running
3 6 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 170/5 200 Running
4 11 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 160/0 200 Running
5 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford iLevel Structurwood 155/0 200 Running
6 9 88 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet U.S. Navy 150/0 200 Running
7 2 18 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Goody’s Cool Orange 156/10 200 Running
8 15 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 147/5 200 Running
9 26 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 138/0 200 Running
10 19 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 134/0 200 Running
11 3 60 Carl Edwards Ford Dish Network 130/0 200 Running
12 22 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips / Comcast 127/0 200 Running
13 7 155 Robby Gordon Ford Verizon Wireless 124/0 200 Running
14 12 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Eckrich / Brookshire’s 121/0 200 Running
15 24 24 Casey Mears Chevrolet Nat’l Guard / 256th Infantry Brigade 118/0 199 Running
16 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford MSC Industrial Supply Co. / 3M 120/5 199 Running
17 8 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 112/0 199 Running
18 1 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 109/0 199 Running
19 28 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox / American Red Cross 106/0 199 Running
20 17 344 Michael McDowell Toyota NAPA / Aaron’s 103/0 198 Running
21 33 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 105/5 197 Running
22 29 211 Jason Keller Chevrolet Sweet Baby Ray’s 97/0 197 Running
23 34 66 Steve Wallace Dodge Memorex 94/0 197 Running
24 21 9 Elliott Sadler Dodge Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper 91/0 197 Running
25 18 42 Dario Franchitti Dodge Target / Fujifilm 88/0 197 Running
26 38 37 Casey Atwood Ford Kickbutt Amped Energy Ballz 85/0 197 Running
27 36 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Lilly / Walgreens 82/0 196 Running
28 10 41 Bryan Clauson Dodge Memorex 79/0 195 Running
29 14 77 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Dollar General 76/0 195 Running
30 27 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford Tailgate 73/0 195 Running
31 16 12 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Kodak 70/0 194 Running
32 42 28 Robert Richardson, II * Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 67/0 193 Running
33 31 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 64/0 188 Running
34 41 25 Richard Johns Ford FreeCreditReport.com 61/0 188 Running
35 23 27 Brad Baker Ford Cottonelle / Brookshire’s 58/0 171 Running
36 32 170 Mark Green Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach / Biomet 55/0 170 Running
37 37 10 Brent Sherman Toyota Fan1st.com 52/0 161 Running
38 30 230 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Smith & Wesson / SKI Motorsports 49/0 131 Out of Race
39 40 189 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 51/5 33 Out of Race
40 43 0 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty / Jason March 43/0 18 Out of Race
41 39 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl / Jason March 40/0 12 Out of Race
42 35 36 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet McGill Motorsports 37/0 4 Out of Race
43 13 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts 34/0 3 Out of Race

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