O'Reilly Challenge - Texas Motor Speedway

Harvick Continues to Dominate Busch Series, Claims Ninth Win
Kevin Harvick put together another dominant performance, leading 145 of 200 laps in route to winning the O’Reilly Challenge 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick has won both races since clinching the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series championship at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. This win was yet another highlight in what has been one of the top seasons in NASCAR Busch Series history. Harvick now has nine wins in 2006, one short of the series record set by Sam Ard in 1983. The finish was his 30th top-10 finish of the year (in 32 races), tying Ard for most top-10 finishes in one season (1983). Harvick can top Ard’s win record by taking the checkered flag at Phoenix next weekend and then the season final at Homestead. Although Harvick’s car was one of the fastest on the track, he needed some fuel-mileage luck to hold off Tony Stewart. Crew chief Shane Wilson had warned Harvick to save gas near the end of the race – he ran out at the start/finish line. “Its just been one of those years where everything has gone right,” Harvick said. “That was way close,” said Shane Wilson, Harvick’s crew chief. “I probably shouldn’t have been that aggressive, but we said we were going to try to win as many of these last three (races) as we can and we did it today.” Stewart finished second ahead of Jeff Burton, Mark Martin and Ron Hornaday. Juan Pablo Montoya, running his second career NASCAR Busch Series race finished 28th, three laps off the pace. He finished 11th in last week’s debut at Memphis Motorsports Park.

O'Reilly Challenge Notes

· Race Results · Ford Post-Race Quotes · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · WIX Filters Lap Leader Notes · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Ford Qualifying Quotes · Rookie Qualifying Quotes · Final Practice · Practice 2: Rookie Practice · Practice 1 · Rookie Friday Quotes · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Bobby Labonte Notes · Randy Lajoie Notes · Steve Wallace Notes

· Kevin Harvick Notes · Carl Edwards Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Kenny Wallace Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · John Andretti Notes · Stacy Compton Notes · Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Notes · Todd Kluever Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Jeff Burton Notes · Kasey Kahne Notes · Auggie Vidovich Notes · Ron Hornaday Notes · Shane Huffman Notes · Scott Wimmer Notes · Casey Atwood Notes · Mark Martin Notes

Martin Grabs Texas Busch Series Pole
Mark Martin will lead the field to the green flag for Saturday’s O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway after capturing the Busch Pole with a lap of 28.039 seconds, at an average speed of 192.589 mph. The pole is the second of the 2006 season for Martin and the 30th of his storied Busch career. It comes in his 220th career start and his final NBS start of the season. Kyle Busch will join Martin on the front row, starting from the outside pole. Stephen Leicht will start his Robert Yates Racing Ford from the third position, while 2006 Busch Series champion Kevin Harvick starts fourth. Tony Stewart will roll of fifth in a third Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet.