Another Busch win for Harvick
Kevin Harvick continued to dominate the 2006 Busch championship with his ninth season win at Texas Motor Speedway tonight
Harvick won the O'Reilly Challenge 300 ahead of fellow Cup driver Tony Stewart by a mere 0.862 seconds - and it's just as well the race ended when it did, because Harvick ran out of fuel just as he crossed the finish line.
Harvick is now one victory shy of equalling Sam Ard's record of ten wins in a single Busch season, which Ard set in 1983.
Harvick can break the record if he wins the final two rounds of the season - next weekend at Phoenix, Arizona, and the season finale in Homestead, Florida.
"Its just been one of those years where everything has gone right," Harvick said at victory lane.
NASCAR rookie Juan Pablo Montoya had a tough second Busch race, finishing 28th and three laps behind winner Harvick.
Montoya, who started from tenth, had to enter the pits for repairs on the formation lap, which meant he already began the race from the rear.
And, despite making his way steadily up the order, the Colombian made an error, brushing the car across the wall and damaging his Dodge car.
Pos Driver Make Laps 1. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 200 2. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 200 3. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 200 4. Mark Martin Ford 200 5. Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 200 6. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 200 7. Carl Edwards Ford 200 8. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 200 9. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 199 10. Todd Kluever Ford 199 11. Scott Wimmer Ford 199 12. Jon Wood Ford 199 13. Mike Wallace Dodge 199 14. David Reutimann Dodge 199 15. John Andretti Ford 199 16. Kenny Wallace Ford 199 17. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 199 18. Kasey Kahne Dodge 198 19. Casey Atwood Ford 198 20. Stephen Leicht Ford 198 21. Ashton Lewis Ford 198 22. Regan Smith Ford 198 23. Mike Skinner Dodge 198 24. Stacy Compton Ford 198 25. Greg Biffle Ford 198 26. Matt Kenseth Ford 197 27. Paul Menard Chevrolet 197 28. Juan Montoya Dodge 197 29. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 197 30. Danny O'Quinn Jr. Ford 197 31. Steve Wallace Dodge 196 32. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 196 33. Chad Chaffin Dodge 195 34. Ted Musgrave Dodge 193 35. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 193 36. Reed Sorenson Dodge 131 37. Kertus Davis Chevrolet 105 38. Auggie Vidovich Dodge 87 39. Jay Sauter Chevrolet 77 40. Max Papis Chevrolet 76 41. Randy LaJoie Chevrolet 68 42. Shane Huffman Chevrolet 63 43. Jason Leffler Chevrolet 55
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