O’Reilly Challenge - Texas Motor Speedway

Harvick Wins in Texas, Edwards Clinches Championship
Kevin Harvick won the battle. Carl Edwards won the war. Harvick streaked across the finish line 3.486 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch to win Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge NASCAR Busch Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick won his series-best fourth race at Texas, his sixth of the season and the 32nd of his career, breaking a tie with Jack Ingram for second on the all-time Busch Series win list. With a 531-point lead entering Saturday's race, Edwards accomplished what had become inevitable, his first series championship. With an 11th-place finish, he closed out second-place David Reutimann to give Roush Fenway Racing its first NASCAR title and Jack Roush his second championship in the Busch Series. Edwards locked up the title by the time the race reached Lap 162. With Harvick a runaway winner last year, it marked the second straight season a full-time Nextel Cup driver has won the NASCAR Busch Series championship. Edwards also will be the last in a line of 19 different Busch Series champions over 26 years, given that Nationwide assumes sponsorship of the series next year. "It feels great," said Edwards. "The first half of the year was so spectacular. We had luck on our side. It's just amazing. I've lived two completely different lives. I was here at Texas Motor Speedway in 2000 with Mike Mittler, working on his truck. So to be standing out there on pit road with the championship trophy is just amazing." Harvick took the lead on Lap 166 when frontrunner Greg Biffle came to the pits with what he thought -- erroneously -- was a flat tire. From that point on, it was no contest. Denny Hamlin ran third, Clint Bowyer fourth and Matt Kenseth fifth. Rookie Brad Keselowski finished sixth, followed by Tony Stewart, who had the race's dominant car until a mishap on Lap 111 slowed his Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet. "Just to be up there with Jack Ingram and Mark Martin and all the guys who made the Busch Series what it is, that's pretty special," said Harvick, who is 15 wins behind Martin, the series leader.

O’Reilly Challenge Notes

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

· Carl Edwards Notes · Kevin Harvick Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · David Ragan Notes · Marcos Ambrose Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes · Jeff Burton Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Casey Mears Notes · Brad Keselowski Notes · Bobby Labonte Notes · Kelly Bires Notes · Tony Raines Notes · Sam Hornish Jr. Notes · Casey Atwood Notes · Bryan Clauson Notes · Brent Sherman Notes · Dario Franchitti Notes

Reutimann Captures Busch Series Pole at Texas
Fresh off of his first career Busch Series win, David Reutimann won the Busch Pole for the O’Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. Reutimann turned in a qualifying lap of 28.177 seconds at 191.646 mph to capture his second Busch Pole in 64 career NASCAR Busch Series starts. His first came at Memphis in 2003. This is Reutimann’s first Busch Pole and his 11th top-10 start in 33 NASCAR Busch Series races in 2007. This is Reutimann’s third top-10 start in four races at Texas. Tony Stewart posted the second-fastest lap and will join Reutimann on the front row. This is Stewart’s fourth top-10 start in 12 NASCAR Busch Series races this season and his fourth start of sixth or better in as many races at Texas. Points leader Carl Edwards will start third, posting his 22nd top-10 start in 33 NASCAR Busch Series races this season. The final two drivers eligible for this season’s Series Championship will start nose-to-tail.