O'Reilly 300 - Texas Motor Speedway

Kurt Busch Wins in Busch Series Debut
Kurt Busch is batting 1.000. Busch won the O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in his NASCAR Busch Series debut. He is the fifth driver in series history to win in his first career start. The last driver to accomplish the feat was Terry Labonte at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the fall of 1985. Dale Earnhardt (Daytona, 1982), Joe Ruttman (Dover, 1982) and Ricky Rudd (Dover, 1983) are the other three drivers to win in their series debut. He also became the 16th driver to win in the each of the premier NASCAR Series. After Kevin Harvick dominated early, Busch was dominant late. Although Busch was unable to relax as six cautions mired the final 49 laps, including three restarts in the final 14 laps. The race would end in a green-white-checker finish with Busch holding off Greg Biffle by 0.266 seconds to take the checkered flag. Busch would end up leading the final 70 laps on the day. Biffle would not lead a single lap and settle for second place, while Casey Mears finished in the third spot. Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five, while Paul Menard was the highest finishing driver who is not a regular on the NEXTEL Cup circuit, coming home seventh.

O'Reilly 300 Notes
· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Ford Qualifying Quotes · Rookie Qualifying Quotes · Rookie Thursday Quotes · Final Practice · Practice 2 · Practice 1 · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Race Notes · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes	· Clint Bowyer Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · Todd Kluever Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Carl Edwards Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Kasey Kahne Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · David Green Notes · Kenny Wallace Notes · Jeff Burton Notes · Tim Sauter Notes · John Andretti Notes · Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Notes · AJ Foyt IV Notes · Scott Wimmer Notes · Mark Martin Notes

Denny Hamlin Captures Texas Pole
Denny Hamlin captured the first Busch Pole of his career in his 43rd series start when he won the top starting spot for the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. His previous career best start was second earlier this season at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is Hamlin’s third NASCAR Busch Series start at Texas Motor Speedway. His best start of ninth and finish of 14th both came in this race in 2005, while he started 14th and finished 19th at the fall event at Texas. Hamlin timed in at 28.738 mph, at an average speed of 187.905, to earn the start on the inside of row one. Reed Sorenson will join Hamlin on the front row after posting the second best qualifying time. Matt Kenseth will start third while Mark Martin, making his first Busch Series start this season, will start fourth. David Green rounds out the top-five positions on the starting grid.